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 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.

Despite his having died at the age of 32, Richard is often depicted as being considerably older: Basil Rathbone, in the Tower of London, and Peter Cook were both 46 when they played him, Laurence Olivier was 47 ( in his 1955 film ), Vincent Price was 51, Ian McKellen was 56 as was Pacino in his 1996 film ( although Pacino was 39 when he played him on Broadway in 1979, and Olivier was 37 when he played him on stage in 1944 ).

Despite the departure of most Chinese nationals from Somalia in 1991, the two countries maintained a small trading relationship ; total trade volume in 2002 was US $ 3. 39 million, with Somalia exporting US $ 1. 56 million of goods to China and importing $ 1. 83 million.

Despite questions lingering about the team's struggling offense, the team compiled a 49 – 39 record by the 2009 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, good enough for second place in the NL West.

Despite his lack of significant family connections or success in office, he achieved praetorship in either 39 or 40, at the youngest age permitted ( 30 ), during a period of political upheaval in the organisation of elections.

Despite being panned by critics, the sequel took over $ 39 million in its first five days in the U. S. box office charts and went on to gross $ 90 million in the US.

Despite playing regularly for the national side, Matthews put in 38 games for Stoke in 1938 – 39, helping them to a seventh place finish – there would not be another full season of Football League action until 1946.

Despite predictions that they " wouldn't get ten points ," Blackpool took 39 from their 38 games, including home and away victories over Liverpool, consecutive away wins at Stoke City and Sunderland, and a home victory over Tottenham Hotspur.

Despite its small footprint, North Providence has the eighth-highest population of Rhode Island's 39 cities and towns, and the second-highest of the state's towns after Coventry, Rhode Island's largest municipality by land area.

Despite being state party chairman, he only won 39 percent of the vote in the five-candidate primary and was forced into a runoff with party activist Marty Connors.

Despite the early yearnings for fame, Butler would tell London's Daily Telegraph in a 2009 interview, when aged 39:

Despite being outspent by almost 3-1, she defeated Weber 58 %- 39 %.

Despite factional struggles within the party Bannon ( aged 39 ) managed to return Labor to government in the 1982 election with a 5. 9 percent two-party swing, stressing the continuation of prudent budgetary measures that had begun under David Tonkin and emphasising the economic development of the state.

Despite the publication of a series of novels, Man and Boy remains his best-selling book, being published in 39 languages, most recently Chinese for its publication in the People's Republic of China ( January 2009 ).

Despite missing 8 games through injury and suspension, Brown kicked a career high 39 goals and again lead the Lions in marks, with 140.

Despite Tennessee's Senator Al Gore being elected Vice President as Bill Clinton's running mate, the Clinton-Gore Democratic ticket won the 3rd District by only 39 votes out of 225, 000 cast, one of their worst performances in the state.

Despite this, the Brazilian took 3rd on lap 39.

Despite his appearance in three more matches in the 1996 – 97 season, and a testimonial against Arsenal at Portman Road, Wark played his last professional match against Tranmere Rovers on 30 November 1996 at the age of 39.

Despite being injured regularly ( he was a doubt up until the last minute for the 1936 Cup Final ), Drake's speed, fierce shooting and brave playing style meant he was Arsenal's first-choice centre forward for the rest of the decade, and he was the club's top scorer for each of the five seasons from 1934 – 35 to 1938 – 39.

Despite the loss, the Reds were an organization on the rise, having improved from finishing last in the National League in 1937 ( 56 – 98,. 364 ), then fourth in ' 38 ( 82 – 68,. 547 ) to the NL champions in ' 39.

Despite this division, Mumbai has become India's most successful domestic team. It has played in 43 of the 66 Finals through 2010 and have won 39 Ranji Trophy championships,

Despite a game-time temperature of and a 35-mile-per-hour wind that sent wind chills as low as – 59 ° F, Bengals ' quarterback Ken Anderson threw for 161 yards and 2 touchdown passes, with no interceptions, and rushed for 39 yards to lead his team to a victory.

Despite this defeat he was awarded the honor of a second consulship in 40 BC and was sent by Octavianus as governor to Hispania, where he remained for three years ( 39 BC-36 BC ).

Despite his 4 – 11 win – loss record, Richard finished the season with a 2. 39 ERA and even threw a no-hitter against the Daytona Beach Dodgers.

Despite regaining some form late in the season, Eastbourne were unable to recover and ended on 39 points, 8 points short of safety.