Tom Brady's MVP performance in SUPER BOWL XI brought Nuevo their 5th championship.

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Nuevo Wins Super Bowl XI 34-10

Super Bowl XI featured a rematch of Super Bowls XIII and X between the Tennessee Venom and Nuevo Nighthawks. 

Tennessee won the toss and deferred to the second half.  Nuevo opened the game with Tom Brady completing the first pass for a first down but Tennessee held and forced a punt taking over at their own 20 yard line.  After a Steve Slaton 14 yard run for a 1^st down Philip Rivers was intercepted by Darelle Revis who returned it 46 yards for a touchdown and a quick 7-0 lead 4 minutes into the game.  Tennessee answered with an 13 play 51 yard drive with John Kasay splitting the uprights from 33 to make it 7-3 with 5:24 left in the quarter.  Nuevo marched right back down the field 8 plays and 80 yards with Brady hitting 4 passes of 10 plus yards and Derrick Ward diving into the end zone form a yard out to make it 14-3 with 1:11 left in the first quarter.

Tennessee took the kickoff and drove to the Nuevo 45 but stalled out there and downed the punt on the Nuevo 6 yard line.  Brady came out throwing and hit Wayne for 12 and 23 plus 26 to Steve Smith but Tennessee tightened and Shaun Suisham kicked a 36 yard field goal to make it 17-3 with 9:13 left in the half.  Tennessee went three and out and Nuevo got the ball back ion good field position at their own 44 and marched 56 yards in 7 plays with Brady hitting Fred Jackson on a dump off pass for 10 yards and a 24-3 lead with 4:07 left in the second quarter.  Nuevo held Tennessee and forced a punt getting the ball back with 1:29 left in the half and went 58 yards in 11 plays with Suisham adding a field goal at the gun to make it 27-3 at the half.

Tennessee received the second half kickoff and quickly drove 66 yards in 6 plays with Rivers connecting with Jerramy Stevens on an 11 yard pass to make it 27-10 with 11:15 left in the 3^rd quarter.  After a Nuevo punt, Tennessee went three and out and Revis blocked a punt to give Nuevo the ball at the Tennessee 15 and Brady wasted no time hitting Steve Smith on a 15 yard slant on the first play to open up a 34-10 lead with 7:42 left in the third quarter.  The rest of the game had both teams moving the ball some but no more scoring and Nuevo won 34-10.

Nuevo only had a 363-335 yard edge and 22-20 first down advantage with Tennessee closing the gap on both in the second half.  Tom Brady took home MVP honors completing 21 of 35 passes for 292 and 2 Td’s.  Both Reggie Wayne and Steve Smith went over 100 yards for Nuevo with Wayne grabbing 9 balls for 134 and Smith 7 for 106 and a TD.  Philip went 27 of 44 for 268 yards and a TD for Tennessee and his big target was Antonio Gates who caught 11 balls for 114. 

The defensive stars of the game were Aaron Schobel playing his last game had 6 tackles, 4 stuffs, 2 pass defenses, 1 hurry and 1 forced fumble along with Darelle Revis who had 9 tackles, 2 PD, 1 interception for a Td and a blocked punt. Ray Lewis had 10 tackles and 2 PD and Ron Bartell had 9 tackles and a forced fumble for Tennessee .