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MVP Matt Cassel celebrates Nuevo's 3rd straight and 4th overall TAFL title.

Nuevo Beats Tennessee 31-17 in Super Bowl X

Super Bowl X is a rematch of Super Bowl VIII between Nuevo and Tennessee lead by first full season coach Dave Pittner bringing Tennessee back to the big dance. 

The game features the two top defenses in the league and Nuevo’s #2 offense vs. Tennessee ’s #4 offense.  Both teams dominated their two playoff games, Tennessee a combined 57-17 and Nuevo 51-6. 

Nuevo kicks off into a steady rain and Tennessee drives to the Nuevo 25 but Joey Porter comes on a 3^rd down blitz and forces a fumble with Nuevo recovering at their own 34.  Matt Cassel leads Nuevo down to the Tennessee 35 but Ray Lewis sack forces a 3^rd and 19 at the 44.  Cassel hits a hitch to Reggie Wayne to the 30 to set up the first points a 47 yard Jason Elam field goal with 6:35 left in the first quarter.  After two Tennessee punts and a Nuevo punt, Nuevo starts on their own 31 towards the end of the first quarter.  Nuevo quickly goes 69 yards in 6 plays capped by a Matt Cassel 5 yard scramble to put Nuevo up 10-0 with 12:53 left in the half. 

Nuevo defense forces a three and out and starts the next drive on their own 38 yard line.  Cassel converts a 3^rd and 2 to Wayne and Derrick ward sweeps the next play around right tackle 45 yards and puts Nuevo up 17-0 with 8:56 left in the half.  After a couple of punts, Tennessee gets the ball back with 2 minutes left in the half and drive from their own 34 to the Nuevo 21 but Nuevo tightens and forces Philip Rivers into incompletions on 3^rd and 4th and 1 to take a 17-0 lead into the locker room.

Nuevo gets the ball to start the second half and Tennessee tightens to force a punt.  Rivers drives Tennessee down the field and John Kasay caps the drive with a 25 yard field goal to cut the score to 17-3 with 9:24 left in the half.  After two punts and the field conditions getting worse, Nuevo takes over at their own 20 with 3:06 left in the 3^rd quarter.  Matt Cassel forces a second down pass and after a review Ken Lucas is awarded an interception at the Nuevo 35 to turn momentum of the game around.  It takes 11 plays to go 35 yards but TJ Duckett goes over the top for the last yard with 12:43 left in the game to cut the score to 17-10. 

The fourth quarter was just starting to heat up.  Having more success passing, Nuevo first play after the kickoff was picked off by Ray Lewis at the Nuevo 30.  After a 5 yard run by Steve Slaton and 15 yard personal foul tacked on Tennessee found themselves 10 yards away from erasing a 17 point halftime deficit.  Two plays later Slaton explodes 3 yards off left tackle and the game is tied with 11:23 left in the game.  Chris Carr takes the kickoff back 51 yards and sets Nuevo up at the Tennessee 44 yard line.  On 3^rd and 1 Matt Cassel makes up for the two picks with a 25 yard slant to Steve Smith followed by a 10 yard Td hook up with Reggie Wayne to put Nuevo up 24-17 with 9:02 left in the game.

Nuevo forces a three and out and takes over with 7:38 left in the game.   On 3^rd and 3 Derrick ward is stopped one yard short and Nuevo punts with 5:51 left and Tennessee is 65 yards away from tying up the game. Rivers connects with Donald Driver for 20 yards the first play to set Tennessee up at the Nuevo 45.  Jay Ratliff sacks Rivers on the next play and a 4^th and 7 pass to Driver falls to the turf and Nuevo takes over with 3:18 left on their own 42.  On 2^nd and 7 Cassel hits Scheffler for 12 yards and a 1^st down at the Tennessee 43.  Justin Blalock is flagged for a crucial holding penalty on the next p-lay and Nuevo is looking at 1-20.  Derrick Ward runs for 9 yards on the next two plays setting up a crucial 3^rd and 11 with 2:33 left.  Cassel hits Scheffler for 10 yards and Nuevo is faced with a 4^th and 1 at the 34 with 2:33 left.  Nuevo in no mans land decides to go and Cassel dials up a play action fake and Tennessee sells out vs. the run and hits Steve Smith on a slant and Smith takes it the distance to put Nuevo up 31-17 with 2:18 left.  Brian Dawkins picks off Rivers in desperation mode to wrap up the win.

Matt Cassel was awarded the MVP by the game going 20-33 for 313 yards, 2 Td passes and 1 TD run but was almost the goat throwing 2 straight picks in his own territory.  True MVP probably was Steve Smith and his 8 catches for 163 and a TD and all 8 being first downs.  Reggie Wayne adds 6 balls for 83 and a TD and Derrick Ward runs 14 times for 81 yards and a TD in the win.  Tennessee is lead by Rivers 23-42 for 301 yards.  Justin Gage grabs 5 balls for 92 yards, Michael Jenkins 6 for 72 and Steve Slaton chips in with 83 yards of total offense and a TD.

On defense Brian Dawkins led the winners with 8 tackles and an Interception and London Fletcher chipped in with 6 tackles and 2 deflections.  In the loss Kevin Williams had a monster game for Tennessee with 8 tackles 3 stuffs, 1 sack and 1 hurry.  Ken Lucas had 6 tackles and an interception while Ray Lewis added 4 tackles a sack and pick.

Nuevo had a slight 391-354 yard advantage while both teams had 18 first downs.  Both defenses were good on 3^rd downs with Tennessee only converting 4 of 15 and Nuevo 2 of 10.