2008 Dallas Desperados season | |
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Head coach | Will McClay |
Home field | American Airlines Center |
Results | |
Record | 12–4 |
Division place | 2nd |
Playoff finish | Lost Wild Card Playoffs (Dragons) 63–77 |
The 2008 Dallas Desperados season is the seventh season for the franchise. The Desperados finished the regular season 12–4, but despite having the second best record in the National Conference, they made the playoffs as the 3rd seed because they did not win their division. Their Wild Card round opponent was the New York Dragons, a team which the Desperados had defeated in both regular season meetings. The Dragons, unfortunately for the Desperados, won the game that counted the most of the three, eliminating the Desperados from the playoffs by a score of 77–63.
Eastern Division | |||||||||
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Team | W | L | PCT | PF | PA | DIV | CONF | Home | Away |
Philadelphia Soul(1) | 13 | 3 | .813 | 992 | 810 | 7–1 | 9–2 | 7–1 | 6–2 |
Dallas Desperados(3) | 12 | 4 | .750 | 861 | 798 | 6–2 | 9–2 | 6–2 | 6–2 |
Cleveland Gladiators(4) | 9 | 7 | .563 | 901 | 895 | 4–4 | 5–6 | 6–2 | 3–5 |
New York Dragons(6) | 8 | 8 | .500 | 822 | 819 | 2–6 | 4–7 | 5–3 | 3–5 |
Columbus Destroyers | 3 | 13 | .188 | 750 | 893 | 1–7 | 2–10 | 2–6 | 1–7 |
Week | Date | Opponent | Result | Record | Location | Attendance | Recap |
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1 | March 1 | at Georgia Force | W 51–41 | 1–0 | The Arena at Gwinnett Center | 10,224 | Recap |
2 | March 7 | Columbus Destroyers | W 46–36 | 2–0 | American Airlines Center | 12,432 | Recap |
3 | March 17 | Colorado Crush | W 51–40 | 3–0 | American Airlines Center | 12,576 | Recap |
4 | March 22 | at San Jose SaberCats | W 59–56 | 4–0 | HP Pavilion | 11,472 | Recap |
5 | March 30 | at New York Dragons | W 33–31 | 5–0 | Nassau Coliseum | 8,216 | Recap |
6 | April 5 | Cleveland Gladiators | W 58–51 | 6–0 | American Airlines Center | 11,497 | Recap |
7 | April 12 | New Orleans VooDoo | W 55–44 | 7–0 | American Airlines Center | 12,314 | Recap |
8 | Bye Week | ||||||
9 | April 28 | at Philadelphia Soul | L 28–57 | 7–1 | Wachovia Spectrum | 15,426 | Recap |
10 | May 3 | at Columbus Destroyers | W 48–45 | 8–1 | Nationwide Arena | 14,310 | Recap |
11 | May 10 | Grand Rapids Rampage | W 65–54 | 9–1 | American Airlines Center | 11,476 | Recap |
12 | May 17 | Arizona Rattlers | L 54–55 | 9–2 | American Airlines Center | 12,950 | Recap |
13 | May 23 | at Orlando Predators | W 67–41 | 10–2 | Amway Arena | 12,366 | Recap |
14 | May 31 | at Cleveland Gladiators | W 68–52 | 11–2 | Quicken Loans Arena | 11,717 | Recap |
15 | June 7 | Philadelphia Soul | L 64–71 | 11–3 | American Airlines Center | 11,943 | Recap |
16 | June 14 | New York Dragons | W 51–49 | 12–3 | American Airlines Center | 12,042 | Recap |
17 | June 22 | at Chicago Rush | L 63–75 | 12–4 | Allstate Arena | 16,260 | Recap |
Round | Date | Opponent (seed) | Result | Location | Attendance | Recap |
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NC Wild Card | June 27 | New York Dragons (6) | L 63–77 | American Airlines Center | 10,076 | Recap |
2008 Dallas Desperados roster | ||||||
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Quarterbacks
Fullbacks
Wide receivers
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Offensive/Defensive linemen
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Linebackers
Defensive backs
Kickers |
Injured reserve
Practice Squad
Rookies in italics |
Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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DAL | 14 | 13 | 7 | 17 | 51 |
GA | 13 | 7 | 0 | 21 | 41 |
at The Arena at Gwinnett Center, Duluth, Georgia
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Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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CLB | 7 | 10 | 7 | 12 | 36 |
DAL | 14 | 19 | 6 | 7 | 46 |
at American Airlines Center, Dallas, Texas
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Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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COL | 14 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 40 |
DAL | 7 | 10 | 20 | 14 | 51 |
at American Airlines Center, Dallas, Texas
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Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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DAL | 13 | 16 | 6 | 24 | 59 |
SJ | 7 | 21 | 7 | 21 | 56 |
at HP Pavilion at San Jose, San Jose, California
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Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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DAL | 14 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 33 |
NY | 7 | 10 | 14 | 0 | 31 |
at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Uniondale, New York
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Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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CLE | 7 | 17 | 10 | 17 | 51 |
DAL | 7 | 21 | 20 | 10 | 58 |
at American Airlines Center, Dallas, Texas
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Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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NO | 3 | 21 | 13 | 7 | 44 |
DAL | 7 | 20 | 21 | 7 | 55 |
at American Airlines Center, Dallas, Texas
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Bye Week
Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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DAL | 0 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 28 |
PHI | 14 | 23 | 6 | 14 | 57 |
at Wachovia Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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DAL | 14 | 6 | 14 | 14 | 48 |
CLB | 13 | 20 | 6 | 6 | 45 |
at Nationwide Arena, Columbus, Ohio
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Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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GR | 13 | 17 | 14 | 10 | 54 |
DAL | 16 | 21 | 14 | 14 | 65 |
at American Airlines Center, Dallas, Texas
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Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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ARZ | 0 | 15 | 13 | 27 | 55 |
DAL | 7 | 7 | 21 | 19 | 54 |
at American Airlines Center, Dallas, Texas
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Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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DAL | 7 | 21 | 25 | 14 | 67 |
ORL | 14 | 14 | 6 | 7 | 41 |
at Amway Arena, Orlando, Florida
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Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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DAL | 7 | 27 | 14 | 20 | 68 |
CLE | 10 | 21 | 14 | 7 | 52 |
at Quicken Loans Arena, Cleveland, Ohio
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Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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PHI | 14 | 28 | 14 | 15 | 71 |
DAL | 21 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 64 |
at American Airlines Center, Dallas, Texas
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Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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NY | 7 | 7 | 21 | 14 | 49 |
DAL | 14 | 17 | 13 | 7 | 51 |
at American Airlines Center, Dallas, Texas
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Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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DAL | 14 | 21 | 0 | 28 | 63 |
CHI | 21 | 14 | 13 | 27 | 75 |
at Allstate Arena, Rosemont, Illinois
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Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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(6) NY | 14 | 21 | 14 | 28 | 77 |
(3) DAL | 7 | 21 | 7 | 28 | 63 |
at American Airlines Center, Dallas, Texas
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