Despite that, he again finished third in the MVP voting.

Despite throwing 60 passes and hindered by a lack of depth at running back, last year's Super Bowl MVP wasn't intercepted and rallied the Saints within 34 – 30 in the fourth quarter.

Despite those two close triumphs ( 22 – 21 against the Dolphins in the Divisional Round, and 17 – 13 against the Steelers in the AFC Championship Game ), the Chargers lost Super Bowl XXIX to the San Francisco 49ers by a score of 49 – 26, who were led by quarterback Steve Young ( Super Bowl MVP ) and wide receiver Jerry Rice.

Despite throwing three interceptions, Bradshaw was named Super Bowl MVP by completing 14 of 21 passes for 309 yards and two touchdowns.

Despite winning the Triple Crown, Williams came in second in the MVP voting to Joe Gordon of the Yankees.

Despite this, the Conn Smythe Trophy for playoff MVP was awarded to Anaheim goaltender Jean-Sébastien Giguère, who became the first player not on the championship team to be named playoff MVP since Ron Hextall of Philadelphia in 1987.

Despite Heilmann ’ s third batting title, the American League MVP award went to Roger Peckinpaugh, whose batting average was almost 100 points below Heilmann ’ s, and who had 70 fewer RBIs and 40 fewer extra base hits than Heilmann.

Despite winning a fourth batting title, Heilmann still finished second in the MVP voting, this time behind Lou Gehrig.

Despite these defeats, Erving was named the NBA MVP in 1981 and was again voted to the 1982 All-NBA first Team.

Despite his efforts, Minnesota Vikings rookie running back Adrian Peterson was named MVP.

Despite being named team MVP for the 2008-09 season, Havlát was not re-signed by the club.

Despite the fact that MVP Baseball 2005 was the last official MLB release from EA Sports, a very active modding community exists for the PC version of the game.

Despite Goslin ’ s role in leading the Senators to the 1924 and 1925 World Series, the American League MVP award for 1924 and 1925 went to Goslin's teammates Walter Johnson and Roger Peckinpaugh.

Despite his efforts, Trammell finished second to Toronto's George Bell in the MVP voting ( 332 – 311 ).

Despite an off-year, Terry still finished fourth in the MVP voting, perhaps gaining votes for managing the team to the championship, the Giants ' first since 1922, the year before Terry's MLB debut.

Despite his home run title, he only came in 17th in the American League MVP Award voting.

Despite his accomplishment, Williams lost the AL MVP race to the Yankees ' Joe DiMaggio, who holds the record for a hitting streak, with 56 straight games in which he had a hit.

Despite superior numbers, he finished second in MVP voting to Robin Yount.

Despite the team's near collapses due to financial concerns, Vanbiesbrouck led the Oilers to a league championship and shared the league's MVP honors.

Despite being overshadowed by such stars as Larry Bird, Kevin McHale, and Robert Parish, Maxwell was named MVP of the 1981 NBA Finals.

Despite the success in domestic cups, Liverpool was 17th in the table over the second half of the season to finish the season eighth, their worst showing in the league since 1994, failing to qualify for Europe's Champions League for a third straight season.

Despite its initial dismal commercial showing, " Forever Changes " has since gained recognition as one of the all-time great rock albums.

Despite its strong Australian showing, and having an American producer ( Peter McIan ), Business as Usual was twice rejected by Columbia's parent company in the United States.

Despite Macdonald's claims that he was innocent, evidence came to light showing receipts of money from Allan to Macdonald and some of his political colleagues.

Despite the information available at the time, Garfield made a strong showing at the convention in 1874, commanding over two-thirds of the delegates, and then won re-election against Democratic and Independent opponents, though by a smaller margin than in the past.

Despite being raised an atheist in a family of communists, Arkan made a point of showing public respects to the Serbian Orthodox Church, especially its head Patriarch Pavle.

Despite its poor box office showing, the film began to attract a devoted fan base.

Despite being mayor for such a long time, Quimby does not know or care much about his city, often privately ( or even publicly ) showing his outright contempt for Springfield's citizens.

Despite their poor regular season showing in 1968 – 69, they made the playoffs ; however, they were manhandled by St. Louis in a four-game sweep.

Despite this, CD is a valuable tool, especially for showing changes in conformation.

Despite showing great resilience against Collingwood, the Dmons were handed two further blows with losses to Adelaide and St Kilda.

Despite opinion polls showing he was the most popular Conservative politician with the public, he lost in a final round among the rank-and-file membership, a new procedure introduced by Hague, to a much less experienced, but strongly Eurosceptic rival, Iain Duncan Smith.

Despite evidence showing the people had no reason to kill themselves, they are shown to have been alone at the time of the murder.

" Despite the scandal, Tanaka made a record showing in the 1967 general election, and Satō re-appointed him as secretary general, moving Fukuda to the post of finance minister.

John Slezer | Slezer's Edinburgh Castle c. 1693 depicting the Scottish Union Flag. Despite the drawings described in this letter as showing drafts of the two new patterns, together with any royal response to the complaint which may have accompanied them, having been lost in a fire, other evidence exists, at least on paper, of a Scottish variant whereby the Scottish cross appears uppermost.

Despite the poor box-office showing of these films, Wright was usually praised for her performances.

Despite showing his face, giving away his code name, and revealing his FBI affiliation, Hanssen escaped arrest when the Bureau's investigation didn't go anywhere.

Despite the occasion being bittersweet ( it is also the third anniversary of Vera's death ), he's in his element: loud, brash, and boisterous-lighting a candle for his deceased wife before ordering rounds of drinks and proudly showing his son's photo around.

Despite an unsuccessful showing at E3 1997 and low expectations among the gaming media, GoldenEye 007 turned out to be both a critical and a commercial success.

Despite research showing almost no relation between growth and the achievement of the goals 2 to 7 and statistics showing that during periods of growth poverty levels in some cases have actually risen ( e. g. Uganda grew by 2. 5 % annually between 2000 – 2003, yet poverty levels rose by 3. 8 %), researchers at the ODI suggest growth is necessary, but that it must be equitable.

Despite its close proximity, it was not directly involved in the pottery industry, and it strongly opposed attempts to add it in 1930 with a postcard poll showing residents opposing it by a majority of 97. 4 %.

Despite footage showing otherwise, the Ngôs blamed the Việt Cộng for the deaths, and protests for equality broke out across the country.

Despite this they still made use of the public baths, showing the value that they had as a public institution.