The 2008 New York Dragons season is the 14th season for the franchise, their eighth season in New York. The Dragons finished the regular season with an 8–8 record, and were able to take the 6th and final playoff seed in the National Conference by virtue of winning a tiebreaker scenario over the New Orleans VooDoo. The Dragons won their Wild Card round game, upsetting the Dallas Desperados 77–63. The Desperados had defeated the Dragons in both regular season meetings. In the Divisional round of the playoffs, the Dragons lost to top seeded Philadelphia Soul, 48–49, who the Dragons had also lost both regular season meetings to.
Standings
Regular season schedule WeekDateOpponentResultRecordLocationAttendanceRecap1March 3at Cleveland GladiatorsL 49–610–1Quicken Loans Arena17,391Recap2March 9Kansas City BrigadeW 50–471–1Nassau Coliseum10,542Recap3March 16at Philadelphia SoulL 42–631–2Wachovia Center16,102Recap4March 21at Arizona RattlersL 33–621–3US Airways Center11,689Recap5March 30Dallas DesperadosL 31–331–4Nassau Coliseum8,216Recap6April 5Grand Rapids RampageW 63–342–4Nassau Coliseum8,211Recap7April 13Columbus DestroyersW 62–443–4Nassau Coliseum7,346Recap8April 18at Tampa Bay StormW 66–474–4St. Pete Times Forum17,104Recap9April 26Cleveland GladiatorsW 56–395–4Nassau Coliseum9,991Recap10Bye Week11May 10at Los Angeles AvengersW 52–486–4Staples Center13,422Recap12May 18Georgia ForceL 67–726–5Nassau Coliseum8,634Recap13May 24at Columbus DestroyersL 41–436–6Nationwide Arena12,842Recap14June 2at Colorado CrushW 73–657–6Pepsi Center14,078Recap15June 7New Orleans VooDooW 58–518–6Nassau Coliseum9,922Recap16June 14at Dallas DesperadosL 49–518–7American Airlines Center12,042Recap17June 22Philadelphia SoulL 30–598–8Nassau Coliseum9,718Recap
Playoff schedule RoundDateOpponent (seed)ResultLocationAttendanceRecap NC Wild Card June 27 at Dallas Desperados (3) W 77–63 American Airlines Center 10,076 Recap NC Divisional July 5 at Philadelphia Soul (1) L 48–49 Wachovia Center 16,102 Recap
Regular season
Week 1: at Cleveland Gladiators
Week 2: vs. Kansas City Brigade
Week 3: at Philadelphia Soul
Week 4: at Arizona Rattlers
Week 5: vs. Dallas Desperados
Week 6: vs. Grand Rapids Rampage
Rookie Defensive Speacilist John Walker was Named Defensive Player of the WeekNewsday [Long Island, N.Y] 11 Apr 2008: A.52.
Week 7: vs. Columbus Destroyers
Week 8: at Tampa Bay Storm
Week 9: vs. Cleveland Gladiators
Week 10 Bye Week
Week 11: vs. Los Angeles Avengers
Week 12: vs. Georgia Force
Week 13: at Columbus Destroyers
Week 14: at Colorado Crush
Week 15: vs. New Orleans VooDoo
Week 16: at Dallas Desperados
Week 17: vs. Philadelphia Soul
Playoffs
National Conference Wild Card: at (3) Dallas Desperados
National Conference Divisional: at (1) Philadelphia Soul
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