{{Short description|Professional women's American football team}} {{Use American English|date=March 2026}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox American football team | name = Dallas Desire | logo = Dallas Desire logo blue.jpg | helmet = | uniform = | established = 2004 | suspended = 2012–15 | folded = 2016 | location = Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex | field = QuikTrip Park<br>Cotton Bowl<br>Dr Pepper Arena | colors = Blue, silver, and white | nickname = | coach = | manager = | owner = Lingerie Football League, LLC | mascot = | league = Legends Football League | division = Western Conference | div_champs = | website = {{URL|http://www.lflus.com/dallasdesire/}} }}

The '''Dallas Desire''' was a professional women's American football team located in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex. While active, they were one of five teams of the Lingerie Football League's Western Division. The Desire was one of two new teams added in 2004, along with the Chicago Bliss, before the second Lingerie Bowl in 2005. Before the 2011–2012 season, the team was suspended and brought back for the 2016 season.

The original team played outdoors at the QuikTrip Park at Grand Prairie in 2009 and then one game at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas in 2010. In both seasons, the Dallas Desire were one of two LFL teams to play their home games on an outdoor stadium with the others being the Denver Dream in 2009 and the Miami Caliente in 2010. The relaunched team played indoors at Dr Pepper Arena in nearby Frisco.<ref name=return>[http://www.lfl360.com/lfl-north-america/usa/americas-fastest-emerging-sport-names-dallas-texas-for-2016-expansion/ AMERICA’S FASTEST-EMERGING SPORT, NAMES DALLAS, TEXAS FOR 2016 EXPANSION]</ref> Team operations were suspended once again after the conclusion of the 2016 season.

==History== [[File:Lingerie Football League - Dallas Desire vs. San Diego Seduction.jpg|thumb|260px|Desire players in a match against San Diego Seduction in October 2009.]] After the first Lingerie Bowl in 2004 between Team Dream and Team Euphoria, the alternative Super halftime event expanded to a four team tournament. The Desire were announced as one of the two new teams alongside the Chicago Bliss added to the rebranded Los Angeles Temptation (formerly Team Dream) and New York Euphoria. While the teams had location based names, all practices and the event itself took place in Los Angeles.<ref name="string"/><ref name="herald1"/> The Desire made their first appearance taking part in Lingerie Bowl II in 2005 coached by William "The Refrigerator" Perry. They were defeated by the Temptation in the Western Final, which included a Skill Test, a 3-on-2 match, and a dance competition, with a score of 36–68. They also took part in Lingerie Bowl III in 2006, also losing to the Temptation in the semifinal. The Lingerie Bowls from 2007 through 2009 were all cancelled for various reasons. The Lingerie Bowl then launched the Lingerie Football League (LFL), a full season league with home arenas and ten teams in two divisions. The Lingerie Bowl became the championship game for the league and was still scheduled during the Super Bowl halftime in February 2010.

For the 2009–10 LFL season, each team was scheduled to play the other four teams in its division once.<ref name="sked09"/> Two of the games were at home and two were on the road.<ref name="whitt090904"/> The Desire played its home games at QuikTrip Park in Grand Prairie, Texas, one of two teams that season to play outdoors. Their head coach was former NFL player Antuan Edwards.<ref name="obs1"/><ref name="unlace9"/> The Desire's first home game was on September 25, 2009, against the Denver Dream.<ref name="obs1"/><ref name="weekly930"/><ref name="game1"/> Their other home game was against the Los Angeles Temptation while they played the San Diego Seduction and Seattle Mist on the road. They ended the regular season 3–1, qualifying for the Western Conference championship game, where they lost to the Los Angeles Temptation 20–14.<ref name="newt7"/>

The 2010–11 LFL season had the same format as the previous season, but the Desire moved to the Cotton Bowl in Dallas, Texas, the highest-capacity stadium (92,100 seats) for any professional American football team, for their home games.<ref name="2010sked"/><ref name="do100902"/> All of the season's games were aired on MTV2.<ref name="dh100817"/> Dallas went 0–3 in the season before the league announced in early December 2010 that their last home game on January 21, 2011, against the Seattle Mist was cancelled due to the potential of inclement weather in the outdoor stadium and neither team winning a game.<ref name="lfl101207"/>

On March 17, 2011, the LFL announced that the Dallas Desire franchise would be suspended for the 2011–12 season with a planned return in 2012–13, citing financial issues and the commitment of players, both on and off the field. In January 2012, assistant coach of Dallas Desire, Clarence LeBlanc released an announcement to the players that "Dallas Desire would be discontinued as a team but are looking to relocate to Austin, Texas."{{citation needed|date=January 2020}} The league then cancelled the 2012–13 season, rebranded as the Legends Football League, and shifted to a summer and fall schedule away from the Super Bowl for the 2013 season.

In 2015, the LFL announced that the Dallas Desire would return for the 2016 season, playing at the Dr Pepper Arena in Frisco. The reinstatement of the franchise coincided with the arrival of a new franchise in Austin, the Austin Acoustic, which would be featured in a "Battle for Texas Bowl" and the Desire's first home game in the 2016 season.<ref name=return/> Former Texas A&M linebacker Melvin Bullitt was named head coach, with his brother Terrance as assistant.<ref name=bullitt>[http://www.lfl360.com/lfl-north-america/usa/revitalized-dallas-desire-set-to-make-franchise-return-by-naming-melvin-bullitt-as-head-coach/ REVITALIZED DALLAS DESIRE SET TO MAKE FRANCHISE RETURN BY NAMING MELVIN BULLITT AS HEAD COACH]</ref> The 2016 Desire went 3–1 and lost the Western Conference championship to the Seattle Mist 44–6

The Desire ceased operations again before the 2017 season.

==Season schedules== right|thumb|Logo used from 2004 to 2008

===2009–10=== {| class="wikitable" border="1" |- ! Date !! Opponent !! Venue !! Score |- | September&nbsp;25, 2009 || Denver Dream || QuikTrip Park || '''Dallas 20'''<br/>Denver 6<ref name="game1"/> |- | October&nbsp;16, 2009 || at San Diego Seduction || San Diego Sports Arena || '''Dallas 40'''<br/>{{nowrap|San Diego 6}}<ref name="game2"/> |- | October&nbsp;23, 2009 || Los Angeles Temptation || QuikTrip Park || '''Dallas 24'''<br/>{{nowrap|Los Angeles 12}}<ref name="game3"/><ref name="nbc091024"/> |- | January&nbsp;1, 2010 || at Seattle Mist || ShoWare Center || '''Seattle 28'''<br/>{{nowrap|Dallas 12}}<ref name="game4"/> |- | February&nbsp;4, 2010<br>Western Conf. Championship || Los Angeles Temptation || Seminole Hard Rock || '''Los Angeles 20'''<br/>{{nowrap|Dallas 14}}<ref name="newt7"/> |}

===2010–11 season=== {| class="wikitable" border="1" |- ! Date !! Opponent !! Venue !! Score |- | September&nbsp;3, 2010 || San Diego Seduction || Cotton Bowl<ref name="do100902"/><ref name="dmn100904"/><ref name="do100906"/> || '''San Diego 24'''<br>{{nowrap|Dallas 13}}<ref name="r7n100908"/> |- | September&nbsp;10, 2010 || at Chicago Bliss || Sears Centre<ref name="dh100824"/><ref name="cdh100908"/> || {{nowrap|Dallas 7}}<br/>'''Chicago 14'''<ref name="chi100910"/> |- | December&nbsp;3, 2010 || at Los Angeles Temptation || Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum<ref name="law101205"/> || Dallas 6<br/>'''Los Angeles 40''' |- | January&nbsp;21, 2011 || Seattle Mist || Cotton Bowl || Cancelled<ref name="lfl101207"/> |}

==References== {{reflist|2|refs= <ref name="game1">{{cite news |first=Patrick |last=Michels |work=Dallas Observer |title=Lingerie Football's Dallas Desire vs. Denver Dream |url=http://www.dallasobserver.com/slideshow/view/28497006 |date=September 27, 2009 |accessdate=October 2, 2009 |archive-date=October 2, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091002215506/http://www.dallasobserver.com/slideshow/view/28497006 |url-status=dead }}</ref> <ref name="game2">{{cite news |first=Richie |last=Whitt |work=Dallas Observer |title=Dallas' Best Football Team is Also its Best-Looking |url=http://blogs.dallasobserver.com/sportatorium/2009/10/dallas_best_football_team_is_a.php |date=October 21, 2009 |accessdate=October 27, 2009 |archive-date=October 25, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091025123134/http://blogs.dallasobserver.com/sportatorium/2009/10/dallas_best_football_team_is_a.php |url-status=dead }}</ref> <ref name="game3">{{cite news |first=Danny |last=Fulgencio |work=Dallas Observer |title=Desire Tops Temptation: They Actually Keep Score in the Lingerie Football League |url=http://blogs.dallasobserver.com/unfairpark/2009/10/desire_tops_temptation_they_ac.php |date=October 24, 2009 |accessdate=October 27, 2009 |archive-date=October 28, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091028044051/http://blogs.dallasobserver.com/unfairpark/2009/10/desire_tops_temptation_they_ac.php |url-status=dead }}</ref> <ref name="game4">{{cite news |publisher=KIRO-TV |title=Photos of Seattle Mist Lingerie Football Players |url=http://www.kirotv.com/slideshow/vj/20817350/detail.html |date=January 2, 2010 |quote=The Seattle Mist of the Lingerie Football League knocked off the undefeated Dallas Desire in a game on Jan. 1 at the Showare Center in Kent. |accessdate=February 23, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100630111637/http://www.kirotv.com/slideshow/vj/20817350/detail.html |archive-date=June 30, 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref> <ref name="newt7">{{cite news |first=Michael J. |last=Mooney |work=Broward-Palm Beach New Times |title=Miami Caliente Eliminated From The Lingerie Football League Playoffs |url=http://blogs.browardpalmbeach.com/juice/2010/02/miami_caliente_eliminated_from_lfl_playoffs.php |date=February 5, 2010 |accessdate=February 23, 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100227094152/http://blogs.browardpalmbeach.com/juice/2010/02/miami_caliente_eliminated_from_lfl_playoffs.php |archivedate=February 27, 2010 }}</ref> <ref name="obs1">{{cite news |first=Patrick |last=Williams |work=Dallas Observer |title=Best of Dallas 2009: With the Dallas Desire, It's All For Love of the... Um... Game. |url=http://www.dallasobserver.com/bestof/2009/award/sports-for-love-of-the-um-game-1529513/ |date=September 30, 2009 |accessdate=October 2, 2009}}</ref> <ref name="sked09">{{cite web|publisher=Lingerie Football League |title=2009-2010 Schedule |url=http://www.lflus.com/docs/LFLSchedule.pdf |accessdate=October 7, 2009 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091012110226/http://www.lflus.com/docs/LFLSchedule.pdf |archivedate=October 12, 2009 }}</ref> <ref name="string">{{cite news |first=John |last=Gonzalez |work=Dallas Observer |title=First-String Divas |url=http://www.dallasobserver.com/2004-06-03/news/first-string-divas&page=45 |date=June 3, 2004 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110617081540/http://www.dallasobserver.com/2004-06-03/news/first-string-divas%26page%3D45/ |archivedate=2011-06-17 }}</ref><ref name="herald1">{{cite news |first=Richard |last=Swanson |work=Boston Herald |title=New league's uniform: Shoulder pads and thongs |url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/bostonherald/access/618737401.html?dids=618737401:618737401&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Apr+16%2C+2004&author=RICHARD+SWANSON&pub=Boston+Herald&desc=New+league%27s+uniform%3A+Shoulder+pads+and+thongs&pqatl=google |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130131203045/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/bostonherald/access/618737401.html?dids=618737401:618737401&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Apr+16,+2004&author=RICHARD+SWANSON&pub=Boston+Herald&desc=New+league's+uniform:+Shoulder+pads+and+thongs&pqatl=google |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 31, 2013 |date=April 16, 2004 |accessdate=October 27, 2009 }}</ref> <ref name="unlace9">{{cite web |first=Matt |last=Field |publisher=LFL Unlaced |title=Two minute drill with Dallas Desire Head Coach Antuan Edwards |url=http://lflus.com/blog/?p=241 |date=September 23, 2009 |accessdate=October 2, 2009 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090926045711/http://lflus.com/blog/?p=241 |archivedate=September 26, 2009 }}</ref> <ref name="weekly930">{{cite news |first=Anthony |last=Mariani |work=Fort Worth Weekly |title=Lingerie Football Season Kicks Off |url=http://www.fwweekly.com/index.php?option=com_wordpress&p=1614&Itemid=248 |date=September 30, 2009 |accessdate=October 7, 2009}}</ref> <ref name="whitt090904">{{cite news |first=Richie |last=Whitt |work=Dallas Observer |title=Whitt's End: 9.4.09 |url=http://blogs.dallasobserver.com/sportatorium/2009/09/whitts_end_9409.php |date=September 4, 2009 |accessdate=October 2, 2009 |archive-date=September 23, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090923232732/http://blogs.dallasobserver.com/sportatorium/2009/09/whitts_end_9409.php |url-status=dead }}</ref> <ref name="nbc091024">{{cite news |publisher=KXAS-TV |title=Dallas Desire Beats L.A. Temptation, 24-12 |url=http://www.nbcdfw.com/news/sports/Dallas-Desire-vs-LA-Temptation-65906132.html |date=October 24, 2009 |accessdate=September 7, 2010}}</ref> <ref name="2010sked">{{cite web |publisher=Lingerie Football League |title=2010/2011 Schedule |url=http://www.lflus.com/docs/LFL2010Schedule.pdf |accessdate=April 19, 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101010191528/http://www.lflus.com/docs/LFL2010Schedule.pdf |archivedate=October 10, 2010 }}</ref> <ref name="dh100817">{{cite news |first=Ashok |last=Selvarn |work=Daily Herald |title=The Bliss is back: Lingerie Football League games to air on MTV2 |url=http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=401448 |date=August 17, 2010 |accessdate=September 4, 2010}}</ref> <ref name="dh100824">{{cite news |work=Daily Herald |title=Bliss to open LFL season at Sears Centre Sept. 10 |url=http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=403007&src=1 |date=August 24, 2010 |accessdate=September 4, 2010}}</ref> <ref name="do100902">{{cite news |first=Danny |last=Hurley |work=Dallas Observer |title=Lingerie Football League: Dallas Desire Get Ready for the Game |url=http://www.dallasobserver.com/slideshow/lingerie-football-league-dallas-desire-get-ready-for-the-game-30967344/ |date=September 2, 2010 |access-date=September 2, 2010 |archive-date=September 3, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100903151413/http://www.dallasobserver.com/slideshow/lingerie-football-league-dallas-desire-get-ready-for-the-game-30967344/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> <ref name="dmn100904">{{cite news |first=Ron |last=Baselice |work=The Dallas Morning News |title=Dallas Desire kicks off season at the Cotton Bowl |format=video |url=http://www.dallasnews.com/video/?bctid=602846749001 |date=September 4, 2010 |accessdate=September 7, 2010}}</ref> <ref name="do100906">{{cite news |first=Danny |last=Hurley |work=Dallas Observer |title=Lingerie Football League: Dallas Desire vs. San Diego Seduction |url=http://www.dallasobserver.com/slideshow/lingerie-football-league-dallas-desire-vs-san-diego-seduction-30984074/ |date=September 6, 2010 |accessdate=September 7, 2010}}</ref> <ref name="cdh100908">{{cite news |work=Daily Herald |title=Best bets: Lingerie football, David Brenner, improv marathon |url=http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=405689 |date=September 8, 2010 |accessdate=September 8, 2010}}</ref> <ref name="r7n100908">{{cite news |publisher=R7 Notícias |title=Mulheres disputam Liga de Futebol de Lingerie nos EUA |url=http://noticias.r7.com/esquisitices/noticias/mulheres-disputam-liga-de-futebol-de-lingerie-nos-eua-20100908.html |date=September 8, 2010 |accessdate=September 8, 2010 |language=Portuguese |quote=Apesar de estar jogando na casa das rivais, o time de San Diego venceu por 24 a 13.}}</ref> <ref name="chi100910">{{cite news |first=Ashley |last=Reyes |publisher=NBC Chicago |title=A Blissful Season Opener |url=http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/sports/PHOTOS-Lingerie-Football-League-chicago-bliss-102683364.html |date=September 11, 2010 |accessdate=September 12, 2010 |quote=Things look good for another successful season for the Chicago Bliss as they rolled in their season opener Friday night, beating the Dallas Desire 14-7 at the Sears Center Arena.}}</ref> <ref name="law101205">{{cite news |first=Josh |last=Reiss |work=LA Weekly |title=Lingerie Football League: Los Angeles Temptation vs. Dallas Desire |url=http://www.laweekly.com/slideshow/lingerie-football-league-los-angeles-temptation-vs-dallas-desire-32007621/ |date=December 5, 2010 |accessdate=December 7, 2010}}</ref> <ref name="lfl101207">{{cite web |publisher=Lingerie Football League |title=January 21st Seattle Mist at Dallas Desire Games Cancelled, Tickets Will Be Refunded |url=http://www.lfl360.com/blog/jan-21st-seattle-mist-at-dallas-desire-game-cancelled-tickets-will-be-refunded/ |date=December 7, 2010 |accessdate=March 28, 2011}}</ref> }} {{refbegin}} *{{cite news |first=Kelly |last=Knickerbocker |work=Dallas Observer |title=Dallas Desire Prospects: Lookin' Good! |url=http://blogs.dallasobserver.com/sportatorium/2009/02/dallas_desires_prospects_are_l.php |date=February 13, 2009 |access-date=October 8, 2009 |archive-date=April 12, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100412153905/http://blogs.dallasobserver.com/sportatorium/2009/02/dallas_desires_prospects_are_l.php |url-status=dead }} *{{cite news |first=Richie |last=Whitt |work=Dallas Observer |title=What's So Appealing About Gorgeous Women in their Underwear Tackling Each Other? If You Have to Ask, You Won't Want To See the Lingerie Football League's Dallas Desire. |url=http://www.dallasobserver.com/2009-10-29/news/what-s-so-appealing-about-gorgeous-women-in-their-underwear-playing-tackle-football-well-if-you-have-to-ask-you-won-t-want-to-see-the-dallas-desire/ |date=October 29, 2009 |accessdate=September 4, 2010 }} *{{cite news |publisher=KDAF-TV |title=Dallas Desire Player Profile: Angie Hansen |url=http://www.the33tv.com/news/kdaf-angie-hansen-dallas-desire-lfl-story,0,2698971.story |date=August 12, 2010 |accessdate=September 4, 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724015558/http://www.the33tv.com/news/kdaf-angie-hansen-dallas-desire-lfl-story%2C0%2C2698971.story |archivedate=July 24, 2011 }} *{{cite news |first=Jane |last=Geelan-Sayres |publisher=KXAS-TV |title=Fall in Love With the Dallas Desire |url=http://www.nbcdfw.com/news/sports/Fall-in-Love-With-the-Dallas-Desire--100630084.html |date=August 17, 2010 |accessdate=September 4, 2010 }} *{{cite news |first=Richie |last=Whitt |work=Dallas Observer |title=Are You Ready For Some (Lingerie) Football? |url=http://blogs.dallasobserver.com/sportatorium/2010/09/are_you_ready_for_some_lingeri.php |date=September 2, 2010 |accessdate=September 4, 2010 |archive-date=September 4, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100904234736/http://blogs.dallasobserver.com/sportatorium/2010/09/are_you_ready_for_some_lingeri.php |url-status=dead }} *{{cite web |first=Adam K. |last=Raymond |publisher=MTV Clutch |title=Perfect Combo Of Lingerie And Football Gets Even More Perfect With Addition Of Fighting |url=http://clutch.mtv.com/2010/09/09/perfect-combo-of-lingerie-and-football-gets-even-more-perfect-with-addition-of-fighting/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100910113944/http://clutch.mtv.com/2010/09/09/perfect-combo-of-lingerie-and-football-gets-even-more-perfect-with-addition-of-fighting/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 10, 2010 |date=September 9, 2010 |accessdate=September 12, 2010 }} {{refend}}

==External links== *[http://www.lflus.com/dallasdesire/ Dallas Desire official website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091004192341/http://www.lflus.com/dallasdesire/ |date=2009-10-04 }} * {{Twitter}} * {{Facebook User|MyDallasDesire}}

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