The 2008 Dallas Desperados season was 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.
Standings
Regular season schedule WeekDateOpponentResultRecordLocationAttendanceRecap1March 1at Georgia ForceW 51–411–0The Arena at Gwinnett Center10,224Recap2March 7Columbus DestroyersW 46–362–0American Airlines Center12,432Recap3March 17Colorado CrushW 51–403–0American Airlines Center12,576Recap4March 22at San Jose SaberCatsW 59–564–0HP Pavilion11,472Recap5March 30at New York DragonsW 33–315–0Nassau Coliseum8,216Recap6April 5Cleveland GladiatorsW 58–516–0American Airlines Center11,497Recap7April 12New Orleans VooDooW 55–447–0American Airlines Center12,314Recap8Bye Week9April 28at Philadelphia SoulL 28–577–1Wachovia Spectrum15,426Recap10May 3at Columbus DestroyersW 48–458–1Nationwide Arena14,310Recap11May 10Grand Rapids RampageW 65–549–1American Airlines Center11,476Recap12May 17Arizona RattlersL 54–559–2American Airlines Center12,950Recap13May 23at Orlando PredatorsW 67–4110–2Amway Arena12,366Recap14May 31at Cleveland GladiatorsW 68–5211–2Quicken Loans Arena11,717Recap15June 7Philadelphia SoulL 64–7111–3American Airlines Center11,943Recap16June 14New York DragonsW 51–4912–3American Airlines Center12,042Recap17June 22at Chicago RushL 63–7512–4Allstate Arena16,260Recap
Playoff schedule RoundDateOpponent (seed)ResultLocationAttendanceRecap NC Wild Card June 27 New York Dragons (6) L 63–77 American Airlines Center 10,076 Recap
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
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
Regular season Week 1: at Georgia Force
Week 2: vs. Columbus Destroyers
Week 3: vs. Colorado Crush
Week 4: at San Jose SaberCats
Week 5: at New York Dragons
Week 6: vs. Cleveland Gladiators
Week 7: vs. New Orleans VooDoo
Week 8 Bye Week
Week 9: at Philadelphia Soul
Week 10: at Columbus Destroyers
Week 11: vs. Grand Rapids Rampage
Week 12: vs. Arizona Rattlers
Week 13: at Orlando Predators
Week 14: at Cleveland Gladiators
Week 15: vs. Philadelphia Soul
Week 16: vs. New York Dragons
Week 17: at Chicago Rush
Playoffs National Conference Wild Card: vs. (6) New York Dragons