2008 Dallas Desperados season

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.

2008 Dallas Desperados season
Head coachWill McClay
Home fieldAmerican Airlines Center
Results
Record12–4
Division place2nd
Playoff finishLost Wild Card Playoffs (Dragons) 63–77

Standings

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Eastern Division
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


Regular season schedule

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Week Date Opponent Result Record Location Attendance Recap
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

Playoff schedule

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Round Date Opponent (seed) Result Location Attendance Recap
NC Wild Card June 27 New York Dragons (6) L 63–77 American Airlines Center 10,076 Recap

Coaching

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  • Will McClay – Head Coach
  • Steve Criswell – Assistant OL/FB
  • Adriel Fenton – Defensive Quality Control/Special Teams Assistant
  • James Fuller – Defensive Coordinator/Special Teams
  • Tony Ollison – Strength and Conditioning Coach
  • Phill Penn – Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach
  • Deatrich Wise – Dir. Player Programs/OL/DL/FB/LB

Roster

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2008 Dallas Desperados roster
Quarterbacks

Fullbacks

Wide receivers

Offensive/Defensive linemen Linebackers

Defensive backs

Kickers

Injured reserve

Practice Squad

Rookies in italics
Roster updated July 26, 2008
19 Active, 8 Inactive

Stats

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Regular season

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Quarter 1 2 34Total
DAL 14 13 71751
GA 13 7 02141

at The Arena at Gwinnett Center, Duluth, Georgia

  • Date: March 1
  • Game time: 1:00 PM EST
  • Game attendance: 10,224
Game information
Quarter 1 2 34Total
CLB 7 10 71236
DAL 14 19 6746

at American Airlines Center, Dallas, Texas

  • Date: March 7
  • Game time: 8:30 PM EST
  • Game attendance: 12,432
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Quarter 1 2 34Total
COL 14 6 61440
DAL 7 10 201451

at American Airlines Center, Dallas, Texas

  • Date: March 17
  • Game time: 8:00 PM EST
  • Game attendance: 12,576
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Quarter 1 2 34Total
DAL 13 16 62459
SJ 7 21 72156

at HP Pavilion at San Jose, San Jose, California

  • Date: March 22
  • Game time: 10:30 PM EST
  • Game attendance: 11,472
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Quarter 1 2 34Total
DAL 14 0 31633
NY 7 10 14031

at Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum, Uniondale, New York

  • Date: March 30
  • Game time: 3:00 PM EST
  • Game attendance: 8,216
Game information
Quarter 1 2 34Total
CLE 7 17 101751
DAL 7 21 201058

at American Airlines Center, Dallas, Texas

  • Date: April 5
  • Game time: 8:00 PM EST
  • Game attendance: 11,497
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Quarter 1 2 34Total
NO 3 21 13744
DAL 7 20 21755

at American Airlines Center, Dallas, Texas

  • Date: April 12
  • Game time: 8:00 PM EST
  • Game attendance: 12,314
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Week 8

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Bye Week

Quarter 1 2 34Total
DAL 0 13 7828
PHI 14 23 61457

at Wachovia Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

  • Date: April 28
  • Game time: 8:00 PM EST
  • Game attendance: 15,426
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Quarter 1 2 34Total
DAL 14 6 141448
CLB 13 20 6645

at Nationwide Arena, Columbus, Ohio

  • Date: May 3
  • Game time: 7:00 PM EST
  • Game attendance: 14,310
Game information
Quarter 1 2 34Total
GR 13 17 141054
DAL 16 21 141465

at American Airlines Center, Dallas, Texas

  • Date: May 10
  • Game time: 8:00 PM EST
  • Game attendance: 11,476
Game information
Quarter 1 2 34Total
ARZ 0 15 132755
DAL 7 7 211954

at American Airlines Center, Dallas, Texas

  • Date: May 17
  • Game time: 8:00 PM EST
  • Game attendance: 12,950
Game information
Quarter 1 2 34Total
DAL 7 21 251467
ORL 14 14 6741

at Amway Arena, Orlando, Florida

  • Date: May 23
  • Game time: 8:30 PM EST
  • Game attendance: 12,366
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Quarter 1 2 34Total
DAL 7 27 142068
CLE 10 21 14752

at Quicken Loans Arena, Cleveland, Ohio

  • Date: May 31
  • Game time: 8:00 PM EST
  • Game attendance: 11,717
Game information
Quarter 1 2 34Total
PHI 14 28 141571
DAL 21 15 141464

at American Airlines Center, Dallas, Texas

  • Date: June 7
  • Game time: 8:00 PM EST
  • Game attendance: 11,943
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Quarter 1 2 34Total
NY 7 7 211449
DAL 14 17 13751

at American Airlines Center, Dallas, Texas

  • Date: June 14
  • Game time: 8:00 PM EST
  • Game attendance: 12,042
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Week 17: at Chicago Rush

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Quarter 1 2 34Total
DAL 14 21 02863
CHI 21 14 132775

at Allstate Arena, Rosemont, Illinois

  • Date: June 22
  • Game time: 4:00 PM EST
  • Game attendance: 16,260
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Playoffs

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National Conference Wild Card: vs. (6) New York Dragons

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Quarter 1 2 34Total
(6) NY 14 21 142877
(3) DAL 7 21 72863

at American Airlines Center, Dallas, Texas

  • Date: June 27
  • Game time: 7:30 PM EST
  • Game attendance: 10,076
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