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Nuevo Nighthawks win Super Bowl VIII over Tennessee Venom 41-9
Super Bowl VIII matched the Nuevo Nighthawks and
the Tennessee Venom. Tennessee won the toss and after a punt,
intercepted Tom Brady's second pass of the game and returned it to the
Nuevo 24. Nuevo defense was able to hold Tennessee to a John Kasay
34 yard field goal for a 3-0 lead. Nuevo answered going 70 yards
in 7 plays with Brady hitting Wayne for a 15 yard pass to make it 7-3
Nuevo with 3:39 left in the first quarter. After a Tennessee punt
and Brady Interception, Tennessee drove to the Nuevo 36. A 4th and
3 reverse to Javon Walker was stuffed for a 5 yard loss and momentum
seemed to shift. Nuevo went 59 yards in 5 plays with Steve Smith
scoring on a 17 yard slant to make it 14-3 with 10:07 left in the
half. Tennessee went three and out and Nuevo drove 80 yards in 7
plays with Steve Smith again scoring on an 8 yard pass from Brady to
make it 21-3 with 5:40 left in the half. After another three and
out, Nuevo drove to the Tennessee 6 where Adam Vinatieri hit a 23 yard
chip shot to make it 24-3 at the half.
Nuevo got the ball to start the second half and
added a 45 yard field goal by Vinatieri to make it 27-3 with 11:45 left
in the 3rd. Then after a 35 yard kickoff return gave Tennessee
good field possession, Mike Brown picked up a fumble and raced 55 yards
for a touchdown to make it 34-3 with 10:40 left in the 3rd.
Tennessee would answer with a 57 yard drive resulting in a 22 yard Kasay
field goal to make it 34-6 with 4:49 left in the 3rd. After a
Nuevo punt, Joey Porter picked off Philip Rivers and returned it 56
yards for a 41-6 Nuevo lead. Tennessee would add a John Kasay 4th
quarter field goal to make the final 41-9.
Tom Brady took home MVP honors completing 23-33
for 291 yards and 3 td's. Reggie Wayne caught 7 balls for 110 and
a TD, Torry Holt added 6 for 94 and Steve Smith caught 2 td's.
Joseph Addai adding 74 yards on the ground. Tennessee was led by
Philip Rivers 19-41 for 222 yards and Donald Driver's 5 catches for 64
yards. Nuevo was helped by their defense that recorded their only
2 scores on turnovers all year in the third quarter and held Tennessee
to 0-11 on 3rd down. Nuevo out gained Tennessee 354-269.
Commish Cliff Dolgins: cdolgin@attglobal.net E-mail Chad the WEB DESIGNER at: cweyenberg@comcast.net We do not have
league dues: FREE! INTERESTED
OWNERS PLEASE READ!
Currently, we have 24 owners, to play in a HEAD TO
HEAD football league using Action PC 2005 software. We will be
starting our fourth season of league play using the 2004 NFL season
disk and advancing through NFL history (only 1 season played per
year). We will plan on starting the draft
in August and all owners must own a copy of
the Action PC 2005 for Windows software . This league
will all but require its members to play Head to Head over the internet,
so do not join if you do not think you can fill this commitment. If
interested in being placed on our waiting list e-mail contact the commish Last updated: 2/12/08
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