Dallas Desperados
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| Conference | National | |
| Division | Eastern | |
| Year founded | 2002 | |
| Home arena | American Airlines Center | |
| City, State | Dallas, Texas | |
| Wild card titles | 1: 2002 |
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| Division titles | 2: 2003 & 2006 |
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| Conference titles | None | |
| ArenaBowl championships | None | |
The Dallas Desperados are an Arena Football League team that began play in 2002 as an expansion team.
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[edit] History
The team is owned by Jerry Jones, who is also the owner of the NFL's Dallas Cowboys. The team originally played their home games at American Airlines Center and then in their second season of exsistance 2003 they played at Reunion Arena (2002-2003), but moved back to the AAC in 2004, they have been playing its home games at the American Airlines Center in downtown Dallas, home of the NBA's Dallas Mavericks and the NHL's Dallas Stars, and compete in the Eastern Division of the AFL National Conference. There was some initial controversy when the Desperados were founded because their logo was similar to that of indoor soccer's Dallas Sidekicks.
The Desperados were formerly coached by Joe Avezzano, who was then also the special teams coach for the Cowboys; his Desperados tenure ended when he left the Cowboys to join the Oakland Raiders' coaching staff. The starting quarterback for the Desperados in 2005 was Clint Stoerner, a former Cowboys quarterback, who was named to the Arena Football League's 2005 All-Rookie Team.
The Desperados' official mascot is Kid Coyote [1].
[edit] Notable players
- Dialleo Burks - WR/LB
- Shannon Culver - WR/DB
- Clint Dolezel - QB
- Jermaine Jones - DS
- Jim Kubiak - QB
- Carlos Martinez - K
- Corey Mayfield - OL/DL
- Hamin Milligan - DS
- Will Pettis - WR/CB
- Terrill Shaw - OS
- Clint Stoerner - QB
- Andy Kelly - QB
- Duke PettIjohn - FB/LB
[edit] Season-by-season
Note: W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties
| Season | W | L | T | Finish | Playoff Results |
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| 2002 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 4th AC Western | Lost Week 2 (Chicago) |
| 2003 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 1st AC Central | Lost Week 1 (Georgia) |
| 2004 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 3rd NC Eastern | -- |
| 2005 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 2nd NC Eastern | -- |
| 2006 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 1st NC Eastern | Lost NC Championship (Orlando) |
| 2007 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Totals | 46 | 36 | 1 | (including playoffs) | |
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| American Conference | National Conference | ||
| Central Division Chicago Rush |
Western Division Arizona Rattlers |
Eastern Division Columbus Destroyers |
Southern Division Austin Wranglers |
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