Despite Miami's superb offense, punter Reggie Roby still made the pro bowl, averaging 44. 7 yards per punt with a net gain average of 38. 7.

Despite the disappointment, Williams proved to be one of the elite point guards in the league, averaging 19. 4 points and 10. 8 assists per game, second in the league, despite playing the entire season with a lingering ankle injury.

Despite the change in staff in 2011, the program remained mired in third place, averaging around 2 – 2. 5 million average viewers per week.

Despite limited genetic variation in the species, body size increases from west to east, with the birds from southwest Europe ( Spain and south France ) averaging about 10 % smaller than the vultures from central Asia ( Manchuria, Mongolia and northern China ).

Despite early fears that the WHL could not succeed in an NHL city, the Hitmen have been a major success, averaging as many as 10, 000 fans per game in 2004 – 05.

Despite the fact that the Blitz were one of the strongest teams in the league ( some suggested that they could have been competitive in the NFL ), they struggled at the gate, averaging only 18, 100 fans.

Despite the facilities, the club struggles to attract a large fanbase, with attendances averaging around 300.

Despite the World XI losing all of the one-day games by considerable margins, Sangakkara left the series with some credit, averaging 46.

Despite raging controversy over bonuses for employees of the struggling Lloyds Bank, he sought to justify upcoming bonuses averaging 15 per cent for his approximate 2, 500 staff, arguing " If you're saying we should now cut the bonuses ( of FSA employees ), you're saying you should cut their pay by 15 %".

Despite averaging 22. 7 points per game during his first six games back, it was clear that King's explosiveness was diminished, and this prompted the New York Knicks to release him at the end of the 1987 season.

Despite this, the series did hold strong viewing figures, averaging 4. 6 million viewers.

Despite his low shooting percentage, Crawford scored in double digits 10 times and ended the season averaging 4. 6 points, 1. 5 rebounds and 2. 3 assists.

Despite averaging 46. 71 on the tour, his scored only 55 runs in 5 Test innings, and his captaincy was also criticised.

Despite averaging more byes per innings than Saggers during the 12 warm-up matches, and sustaining an injury from a catching error, Tallon was selected for the First Test at Trent Bridge.

Despite averaging only 5. 6 points per game as a senior, he was named a Third Team All-American by the Associated Press.

Despite the successful rehabilitation of over a half million disabled persons in the first eleven years after 1943, the existing program was still seen to be inadequate to cope with the nation's backlog of an estimated two million disabled.

Despite the 1994 cease-fire, sporadic violations, sniper-fire, and landmine incidents continue to claim over 100 lives each year.

Despite continuous wars or imperial expansion on the Empire's frontiers and one year-long civil war over the imperial succession, the Mediterranean world remained at peace for more than two centuries.

Despite these troubles Andronikos III secured the extension of Byzantine control over Thessaly in 1333 and Epirus in 1337, by taking advantage of succession crises in these principalities.

* 1388 – Despite being outnumbered 16 to 1, forces of the Old Swiss Confederacy are victorious over the Archduchy of Austria in the Battle of Näfels.

Despite being outscored over the season, the Diamondbacks posted the best record in the NL with 90 wins and 72 losses.

Despite problems over the previous acquisition of AC Cars, Hayes saw the potential of the brand and the discussion resulted in Ford taking a share holding in September 1987.

Despite the fact that four of his sons ( Aban, Abd al Rahman, Muhammad and Ahmad ) were alive at the time of his death, all of them were passed over for succession.

Despite reforms, weak control over privatization led many successful state enterprises to bankruptcy.

Despite their alliance, Greco-Bulgarian antagonism over the city and Macedonia in general did not abate.

Despite a cease-fire order from the army HQ, over 100 rounds were fired directly into the fleeing crowds by troops under the command of Major Ted Loden.

Despite the increasing evidence of a military build-up on Cuba, no U-2 flights were made over Cuba from September 5 until October 14.

Despite the criticism, viewers were immediately drawn to the serial, won over by Coronation Streets ' ordinary ' characters.

Despite the change to indirect fire, cannon proved highly effective during World War I, directly or indirectly causing over 75 % of casualties.

Despite its explicitly Christian nature, Clement's work draws on Stoic philosophy and pagan literature ; Homer alone is cited over sixty times in the work.

Despite the consensus of public health professionals regarding the benefits of vaccination, among chiropractors there are significant disagreements over the subject, which has led to negative impacts on both public vaccination and mainstream acceptance of chiropractic.

Despite his by now well established superstardom, Bowie, in the words of biographer Christopher Sandford, " for all his record sales ( over a million copies of Ziggy Stardust alone ), existed essentially on loose change.

Despite this particular mission, in winning the Albigensians over by persuasion Dominic met limited success, " for though in his ten years of preaching a large number of converts were made, it has to be said that the results were not such as had been hoped for.

Despite Bacon's advice to him, James and the Commons found themselves at odds over royal prerogatives and the king's embarrassing extravagance.

Despite those efforts, he failed to gain control over Hungary and Bohemia in the Bohemian War ( 1468-1478 ) and was even defeated in the Austrian-Hungarian War ( 1477-1488 ) by the Hungarian King Matthias Corvinus in 1485, who managed to maintain residence in Vienna until his death five years later ( see Siege of Vienna ( 1485 )).

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

Despite its many faults, the wheellock was a significant improvement over the matchlock in terms of both convenience and safety, since it eliminated the need to keep a smoldering match in proximity to loose gunpowder.

Despite this remarkable achievement, the Gatling's weight and cumbersome artillery carriage hindered their ability to keep up with infantry forces over difficult ground, particularly in Cuba, where roads were often little more than jungle footpaths.

Despite having " lost " its Soviet periphery, Russia has 9 time zones, stretching slightly over half the world's longitude.

Despite the failure of this coup, the United States became concerned over Honduran instability.

Despite gaining 9 seats the Tories lost 8 behind them to the Liberals Democrats and one even to Labour.

Despite this, by September 1960, following the four-way division of the country, there were four separate armed forces: Mobotu's ANC itself, numbering about 12, 000, the South Kasai Constabulary loyal to Albert Kalonji ( 3, 000 or less ), the Katanga Gendarmerie which were part of Moise Tshombe's regime ( totalling about 10, 000 ), and the Stanleyville dissident ANC loyal to Antoine Gizenga ( numbering about 8, 000 ).

Despite entering December with a record of 8 – 3, Dallas lost its slim grip on 1st place in the division with losses to the New York Giants and San Diego.

Despite wavering tensions between Tehran and Cairo, the two countries are members of the OIC and the Developing 8

Despite this modest initiative, the financial results were excellent, as it stimulated an increase of foreign trade volume among its members from 3. 5 to 8. 2 billion US dollars between 1959 and 1967.

Despite the crises of the preceding electoral period, in the 2002 federal election, the Greens increased their total to 55 seats ( in a smaller parliament ) and 8. 6 %.

Despite the good news off the field, and winning four out of five games to start the season, the Wizards just missed out on a playoff berth with a loss to the New York Red Bulls on the final day, finishing with a 10 – 14 – 8 record.

Despite a strong push in the middle of the 2007 season, winning five straight games, the Vikings lost their final two games to finish the season at 8 – 8, missing the playoffs.

Despite current currency problems, Burmese economy is expected to grow by about 8. 8 % in 2011.

Despite being shut out four times in ten games, the Giants recorded an 18 – 8 September to move into first by three games as the pitching staff achieved a team ERA of 1. 78, the lowest in the National League in a September stretch run since the 1965 Dodgers.

Despite having Jake Peavy start the game and bringing in Trevor Hoffman in the bottom of the 13th inning to try to hold an 8 – 6 lead, the Padres ' season ended when the Rockies rallied to win 9 – 8.

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

Despite past opposition to state intervention the Chirac government approved a 2. 8 billion euro aid package to troubled manufacturing giant Alstom.

Despite producing one Top 10 and two Top 20 singles, the album peaked at No. 8 with a six week chart run.

Despite the vast size of its coma, Halley's nucleus is relatively small: barely 15 kilometers long, 8 kilometers wide and perhaps 8 kilometers thick.

Despite Asser's comment that the dyke ran " from sea to sea ", it is now thought that the original structure only covered about two-thirds of the length of the border: in the north it ends near Llanfynydd, less than five miles ( 8 km ) from the coast, while in the south it stops at Rushock Hill, near Kington in Herefordshire, less than fifty miles ( 80 km ) from the Bristol Channel.

Despite some early battles between the two, Cortés allied himself with the Aztecs ’ long-time enemy, the Confederacy of Tlaxcala, and arrived at the gates of Tenochtitlan on November 8, 1519.

Despite the deployment of 8, 000 ARVN plainclothes troops into his district to vote, Đán still won by a ratio of 6 – 1.

Despite harsh conditions, the region has supported large populations as far back as 8, 000 BCE.

Despite occasional Indian attacks, Boone returned to the Clinch Valley and brought his family and other settlers to Boonesborough on September 8, 1775.

Despite all of this, the Magic had a 23 – 8 record at the end of December.