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

Eastern Division
Team W L PCT PF PA DIV CON Home Away
z-Philadelphia Soul 13 3 .813 922 810 7–1 9–2 7–1 6–2
x-Dallas Desperados 12 4 .750 861 798 6–2 9–2 6–2 6–2
x-Cleveland Gladiators 9 7 .563 901 895 4–4 5–6 6–2 3–5
x-New York Dragons 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

z - Clinched division and conference's best record
x - Clinched playoff berth

Regular season schedule

Week Date Opponent Home/Away Result
1 March 1 Georgia Force Away W 51–41
2 March 7 Columbus Destroyers Home W 46–36
3 March 17 Colorado Crush Home W 51–40
4 March 22 San Jose SaberCats Away W 59–56
5 March 30 New York Dragons Away W 33–31
6 April 5 Cleveland Gladiators Home W 58–51
7 April 12 New Orleans VooDoo Home W 55–44
8 Bye Week
9 April 28 Philadelphia Soul Away L 28–57
10 May 3 Columbus Destroyers Away W 48–45
11 May 10 Grand Rapids Rampage Home W 65–54
12 May 17 Arizona Rattlers Home L 54–55
13 May 23 Orlando Predators Away W 67–41
14 May 31 Cleveland Gladiators Away W 68–52
15 June 7 Philadelphia Soul Home L 64–71
16 June 14 New York Dragons Home W 51–49
17 June 22 Chicago Rush Away L 63–75

Playoff schedule

Round Date Opponent Home/Away Result
NC Wild Card June 27 New York Dragons Home L 63–77

Coaching

  • 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

2008 Dallas Desperados roster
Quarterbacks

Fullbacks

  • 40 Josh White

Wide receivers

  • 18 Josh Bush
Offensive/Defensive linemen
  • 96 Jeremy Calahan
  • 66 Jeff Chase
Linebackers
  • 50 David Dixon

Defensive backs

  •  6 Bobby Perry

Kickers

Injured reserve
  •  2 Chris Brown DB
  • 21 Dennis DaShane DB

Practice Squad

  • 89 Troy Mason WR
  • 10 Perry Patterson QB

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

Regular season

Week 1: at Georgia Force

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

Week 2: vs. Columbus Destroyers

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

Week 3: vs. Colorado Crush

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

Week 4: at San Jose SaberCats

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

Week 5: at New York Dragons

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

Week 6: vs. Cleveland Gladiators

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

Week 7: vs. New Orleans VooDoo

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

Week 8

Bye Week

Week 9: at Philadelphia Soul

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

Week 10: at Columbus Destroyers

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

Week 11: vs. Grand Rapids Rampage

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

Week 12: vs. Arizona Rattlers

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

Week 13: at Orlando Predators

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

Week 14: at Cleveland Gladiators

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

Week 15: vs. Philadelphia Soul

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

Week 16: vs. New York Dragons

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

Week 17: at Chicago Rush

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

Playoffs

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

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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