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Old 04-24-2019, 08:45 AM   #174
revrew
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Join Date: Jun 2001
Location: Just outside Des Moines, IA
SUPERBOWL – (13-5) Baltimore Ravens v. (13-5) Des Moines Dragons

The game opened exactly as all Dragon fans feared. 12 plays, 80 yards, and Baltimore's Freddie Osborne plowed in from 2 yards out for the opening lead.

But don't count out these Dragons, not this year's Dragons – not for a second. QB Dakota Corriveau answered with a 9 play, 75-yard drive of his own, capping it off with a TD pass to the gimpy, but reliable WR Louis Forbes. The receiver would finish the day with 13 catches on 16 targets for 118 yards. The quarterback throwing him the ball would finish with 277 yards passing and a QB rating of 101.8.

In the second quarter, Freddie Osborne continued to pick away at the Dragons and pushed Baltimore into field goal range. But on the ensuing kickoff, Dragon WR Myles Kinney took the kick 94 yards back to the house! Dragons up, 13-10! Seven minutes later, Kinney caught a TD pass, and the Dragons were shocking everyone, up 20-10!

The second half, however, opened with the worst possible play, as Corriveau tossed a pick-6, allowing Baltimore right back into it.

A punt. A fumble. A punt. The teams trade turnovers, but in the 4th quarter, trailing 23-20, Baltimore mounted one more drive. Freddie Osborne continued to wear down the Dragons, both by land and by air, and the drive kept going, and going, and with only 3:19 left on the clock, Osborne punched in another TD to take the lead, 27-23.

In the end, despite fantastic games from Corriveau (save for the pick 6), Louis Forbes, Myles Kinney, Mitch Plante, and Dale Griffin, the Dragons just couldn't stop the SuperBowl MVP Freddie Osborne when it counted most.

A great game, Dragon fans. Great game. Alas, you'll have to content yourselves with NFC champs as the Dragons lose, 27-23.
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