2007 Dallas Desperados season The 2007 Dallas Desperados season was the 6th season for the franchise . They look to make the playoffs again after finishing 2006 with an 13 - 3 record . They had a 15 - 1 record and qualified for home - field advantage throughout the National Conference playoffs . Coaching . Will McClay started his fourth season as head coach of the Desperados . Regular season . Week 1 : at New York Dragons . Scoring Summary : 1st Quarter : 2nd Quarter : 3rd Quarter : 4th Quarter : Week 2 : vs Tampa Bay Storm . Scoring Summary : 1st Quarter : 2nd Quarter : 3rd Quarter : 4th Quarter : Week 3 : at Kansas City Brigade . Scoring Summary : 1st Quarter : 2nd Quarter : 3rd Quarter : 4th Quarter : Week 4 : at Orlando Predators . Scoring Summary : 1st Quarter : 2nd Quarter : 3rd Quarter : 4th Quarter : Week 5 : vs Austin Wranglers . Scoring Summary : 1st Quarter : 2nd Quarter : 3rd Quarter : 4th Quarter : Week 6 : vs Columbus Destroyers . Scoring Summary : 1st Quarter : 2nd Quarter : 3rd Quarter : 4th Quarter : Week 7 : vs Philadelphia Soul . Scoring Summary : 1st Quarter : 2nd Quarter : 3rd Quarter : 4th Quarter : Week 8 : at Georgia Force . Scoring Summary : 1st Quarter : 2nd Quarter : 3rd Quarter : 4th Quarter : Week 9 : vs Nashville Kats . Scoring Summary : 1st Quarter : 2nd Quarter : 3rd Quarter : 4th Quarter : Week 10 : at Utah Blaze . Scoring Summary : 1st Quarter : 2nd Quarter : 3rd Quarter : 4th Quarter : Week 11 : vs Chicago Rush . Scoring Summary : 1st Quarter : 2nd Quarter : 3rd Quarter : 4th Quarter : Week 13 : at Columbus Destroyers . Scoring Summary : 1st Quarter : 2nd Quarter : 3rd Quarter : 4th Quarter : Week 14 : at Philadelphia Soul . Scoring Summary : 1st Quarter : 2nd Quarter : 3rd Quarter : 4th Quarter : Week 15 : vs New Orleans VooDoo . Scoring Summary : 1st Quarter : 2nd Quarter : 3rd Quarter : 4th Quarter : Week 16 : vs New York Dragons . Scoring Summary : 1st Quarter : 2nd Quarter : 3rd Quarter : 4th Quarter : Week 17 : at Colorado Crush . Scoring Summary : 1st Quarter : 2nd Quarter : 3rd Quarter : 4th Quarter : Playoffs . Week 2 : vs Columbus Destroyers . " at the American Airlines Center in Dallas , Texas " The Destroyers blew a 30 - point lead and lost to the Desperados earlier this season 53 - 51 and they lost the 2nd game in Columbus 56 - 47 . This time , it looked as if Dallas , after a shaky start , would continue their dominance over the Destroyers . Leading 38 - 28 at the half , the tide turned on back - to - back kickoffs by Columbus kicker Peter Martinez . Dallas , who had deferred , got the opening kickoff . However , the ball bounced off the goalpost and into the hands of Columbus ' Josh Bush . On the very next kickoff , a nearly identical play occurred when the ball again bounced off the goalpost and Columbus recovered at the 4 - yard line . On the next play , Damien Groce ran the ball in to give Columbus a sudden 42 - 38 lead 58 seconds into the second half . After a Clint Dolezel interception set up a field goal for Columbus , Jason Shelley put the game away with a 28 - yard reception with 12 : 55 left in the game to give Columbus a 2 - touchdown lead that they held onto to pull off the upset against the Desperados .