Despite major signings, including Joe Jordan, Gordon McQueen, Gary Bailey, and Ray Wilkins, the team failed to achieve any significant results ; they finished in the top two in 1979 – 80 and lost to Arsenal in the 1979 FA Cup Final.

Despite their great defensive effort, the Giants still trailed 13-9 late in the fourth quarter, but a 30-yard run from linebacker Gary Reasons on a fake punt set up kicker Matt Bahr's fourth field goal, cutting their deficit to 13-12.

Despite the original group's premature break-up, many of its members found considerable success elsewhere: founding member John Felice formed the seminal Real Kids, Jerry Harrison later joined Talking Heads, David Robinson co-founded the Cars, and Ernie Brooks would later work with David Johansen, Arthur Russell, Elliott Murphy, and Gary Lucas.

Despite the acrimony of their divorce years earlier, Gary Merrill also defended Davis.

Despite his stereotypical masculinity, at heart, Gary is a gentle soul and loves Dorothy.

Despite the loss of Gary Gait to the Baltimore Thunder, the Wings still claimed their 4th regular season title in 5 years at 9-3.

Despite their shock and horror at his " death ," the two rubbed several of their dice on Gary ( believed to endow good luck, they in fact cursed the dice ).

Despite being closer to the paper he often did not want to know how Gary got his so-called " hunches " and never learned of the paper.

Despite not recording any new material as Tackhead since, group members continued to record as the backing band or along with various Sherwood-led On-U Sound productions artists such as Gary Clail's solo efforts, African Head Charge, Dub Syndicate, New Age Steppers and others.

Despite partisan differences, he also assisted the Progressive Conservative government of Gary Filmon on matters relating to francophone education.

Despite being the only Tory MLA from northern Manitoba, he was not appointed to a cabinet position in the government of Premier Gary Filmon.

Despite this, The Rams again struggled with injuries, at one point being without thirteen first team players, including Dean Leacock, Rob Hulse, Kris Commons, Paul Green, Chris Porter, Miles Addison, Gary Teale, Shaun Barker and Stephen Pearson.

Despite Gary Forsee's widely reported poor management performance throughout the Sprint Nextel merger and afterwards, he was awarded a severance package that ChiefExecutive. net described as " exceptional :" Foresee's severance package added up to over $ 40 million, including a $ 1. 5 million salary through 2009, $ 5 million in bonuses, stock options and restricted shares worth $ 23 million and an $ 84, 000-a-month pension for life.

Despite the group's US success, it made no progress at all in the UK ; nevertheless, at a time when British groups were dominating the American music scene, Gary Lewis & The Playboys were one of the few homegrown groups to have success in the mid-1960s ( at one time in 1965, the group was the only American group on the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100 ).

Despite accomplishing another Grand Slam, this time in only one season, Roberts lost his crown, finishing second to Gary Scott in the 1975 national championship.

Despite major signings, including Joe Jordan, Gordon McQueen, Gary Bailey, and Ray Wilkins, the team failed to achieve any significant results ; they finished in the top two in 1979 – 80 and lost to Arsenal in the 1979 FA Cup Final.

Despite her extracurricular activities with both Gary and Alan-Michael, Blake vehemently refused when Beth asked her to give Phillip an amicable divorce.

Despite the iconic portrayal of the character by Gary Cooper ( see below ), " Cooper was not producer Stanley Kramer's first choice to play Marshal Will Kane.

Despite his plane being on fire, Bush completed his attack and released bombs over his target, scoring several damaging hits.

Despite the step up, his scoring exploits continued and he was runner-up only to Ian Rush in the goalscoring charts the following season and then went one better as he was the First Division's joint top goalscorer in 1984 – 85 with 24 goals.

Despite their defensive flaws, the Dolphins ' powerful offense led the NFL in scoring ( 513 points ) and total yards gained ( 7, 064 ), and helped the team reach an AFC best 14-2 regular season record.

Despite his injury problems, McNair finished the season as the second leading rusher on the team with 337 yards and scoring 8 touchdowns.

Despite the loss, Leach was awarded the Conn Smythe Trophy for scoring a record 19 goals in 16 playoff games.

Despite this, McGrady led the league in scoring with 28. 0 ppg, made the All-NBA 2nd Team and his 4th consecutive All-Star Team.

Despite a prolific scoring career, Gower is often best remembered for his languid, laid-back approach both on and off the field.

Despite starting the season for Newcastle and scoring in a League Cup win over Coventry City, it was revealed after the game that Milner had handed in a written transfer request the week before.

Despite domestic club troubles, he continued to make progress at international level, scoring the winning goal for the England Under-21 side in a 3 – 2 win over Switzerland.

Despite scoring 39 points in regulation time and fouling out both Dampier and Keith Van Horn, Duncan only made one of seven field goal attempts in overtime against Mavericks reserve center DeSagana Diop, and the Spurs lost Game 7.

Despite their chances of progression being written off by press on both sides of the Anglo-Scottish border, Celtic defeated Liverpool 3 – 1 on aggregate with Larsson scoring the opener in a 1 – 1 1st leg draw followed by a 2 – 0 Celtic victory at Anfield.

Despite initially maintaining his decision to retire, he eventually returned to the national side, scoring three goals in four matches and leading Sweden to the quarter-finals, where they were defeated in a penalty shootout by the Dutch.

Despite a decrease in offensive production, Kariya tied winger Brad Boyes for the team lead in scoring with 65 points ( 16 goals and 49 assists ) over 82 games.

Despite Malone's scoring and the presence of players like Harry Mummery, Quebec had a dismal season, finishing last, with four wins and twenty losses.

Despite Aldridge being injured for both matches against Carl Zeiss Jena, the quarter-final away leg was drawn 2 – 2, with Tommy Tynan scoring both goals.

Despite scoring only 12 and 11 with the bat, he took three wickets in the Australians ' first innings.

Despite scoring three tries in the second test at Durban, the Springboks suffered from some woeful goal kicking and failed to land any penalties or conversions, whilst for the Lions Neil Jenkins once again kicked 5 penalties to level the scores at 15 – 15 before Jerry Guscott dropped a goal for an 18 – 15 lead for the Lions.

Despite scoring, Heatley and the Senators suffered a 8 – 3 defeat to his former Thrashers teammates.

Despite the slump, Fowler rallied for the following campaign, and showed a marked improvement in the second half of the 2004 – 05 season, scoring his 150th Premiership goal in the 3 – 2 win over Norwich City on 28 February 2005.

Despite concerns about his fitness, Fowler finished the 2005 – 06 season scoring on a more consistent basis than Liverpool's other strikers.

* Despite playing in an era where seasons totaled no more than 48 games, Joliat remains in 9th place all-time on the Canadiens ' career goal scoring list and second among left wingers to Steve Shutt.

Despite leading the playoffs in scoring through the first three rounds, Kovalchuk was playing through a herniated disc in his back, and was very ineffective against the Kings, scoring just one point in the series, an empty-net goal in Game 4, as the Devils fell to the Kings in six games.

Despite his scoring success, the United States finished the tournament in fifth place.

Despite missing three games with a broken right index finger, an injury he suffered against the Islanders, Stevens would finish the year third on the team in scoring with 61 points ; his 51 assists were also good enough for second on the Capitals.