Using cassette tape audio with Final Cut Pro & DV footage

I am trying to use the audio from a cassette tape as part of a concert soundtrack. There were lots of sound problems during the concert, and afterward one of the sound guys gave me the audio cassettes he recorded of a church Christmas concert. I digitized the audio cassette using ProTools 7 at 48kHz and it sounds great. Problem is kind of what I anticipated - even if I synch a single note to absolute accuracy, the audio "drifts" out of synch where at the end of a 5 minute clip, the "end" is off by 47 frames. Even if I try and synch up shorter sections, there is still some drift.
I have a soundtrack from my DSR-250; it was not possible to get a feed from the soundboard. I tried adjusting the speed/duration of the audio cassette track - everything lines up better; the sound is still off.
Any hints, recommendations, advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

The reason behind not being able to sync the audio from the cassette with the video (thanks for the accurate answer, javabob!) is that audio cassette recorders are not speed controlled during recording or playback like video or DAT tape is. No tape will playback at the exact same speed twice do to many factors, including relative humidity, tape stretch, machine wear, etc. Which is why standard audio cassettes aren't generally used for this type of thing.
-DH

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