2002 Superbowl

     For the second straight season, the FFL Superbowl came down to a rematch of a previous Championship clash. In this case it was a second matchup for the MIDWEST MENACE and the DAMAGE, who faced-off in the 1998 classic. The MIDWEST MENACE were the same old fearsome offensive force back in 1998, changing only very little since that time. But the DAMAGE come into this Superbowl as a mere shell of the powerful team they fielded back in 1998. In that 1998 season the DAMAGE were led by quarterback Randall Cunningham who set an FFL record with 335 points on his way to carrying the DAMAGE to the FFL Scoring Title. This year the DAMAGE are a much different team, averaging just over 57 points per game and even more telling--- ranking LAST in the FFL with just 85 quarterback points for the year. So it should come as no surprise to find Brian Griese posting a disappointing -6 points in this Superbowl. This performance ranks as a TIE for the worst QB-performance in Superbowl history. The good news for the DAMAGE is that this ties the performance of Drew Bledsoe, the MENACE quarterback for this game. For Bledsoe this becomes his second Superbowl flop, as he scored -3 points for the Washburn Wildcats back in the 1997 Superbowl. With both quarterbacks posting record -6 point performances, it should also come as no surprise to find that the 2002 FFL Superbowl goes in the books as the lowest-scoring Championship game in FFL history with just 61 combined points-this breaks the previous record of 69 points set in 1994 when the Toads defeated the Bruisers. The biggest difference-maker in this game was wide receiver Randy Moss of the MENACE, who scored 16 points to garner the Superbowl MVP award. It marks the first time that a wide receiver has won the FFL Superbowl MVP award since Sterling Sharpe won the award in the 1994 Superbowl. Moss contributed 26 points in the first round playoff game, for a combined total of 42 post-season points--- not bad for a player coming off his worst season in years. Running back Ahman Green added 10 points for the MENACE in this game, as they post the second-lowest winning total in FFL Superbowl history, coming just three points shy of the record-the 37 points scored by the same MENACE in their 1998 Superbowl victory over these same DAMAGE. This has clearly not been a recipe for a Superbowl-Shootout. The DAMAGE got 10 points from Curtis Martin in this game and another 9 points from kicker John Carney. In their 2 Superbowl appearances the DAMAGE have scored a combined 56 points--- no wonder they are 0-2 in these games. Despite this being the lowest-scoring Superbowl in the history of the league, the 21 points scored by the DAMAGE ranks as only the 3rd-lowest score in history--- behind the 17.5 points scored by the Bruisers in 1994 and the 18 points scored by the Tigers in 1999. The MIDWEST MENACE have had their fair-share of post-season troubles, but this victory puts them in the record books with three Superbowl victories, tying the record previously held solo by the Anorexic Toads. The resume for the MENACE now reads: 7 FFL Scoring Titles, 5 Kansas Division Championships, and 3 FFL Superbowl Victories.