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The 2007
2007 Arena Football League season
The 2007 Arena Football League season was the 21st season of the Arena Football League. The regular season began play on March 1, 2007 and concluded on June 25...

Utah Blaze
Utah Blaze
The Utah Blaze is a professional arena football team based in Salt Lake City, Utah and competes in the West division of the Arena Football League. Home games are played at the EnergySolutions Arena.-The original Utah Blaze :...

season was the second season for the franchise. They look to make the playoffs after finishing 2006 with an 7-9 record. They went 8-8 record and qualified for the playoffs.

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Home/Away Game	Result
1	March 3	New Orleans VooDoo New Orleans VooDoo The New Orleans VooDoo are an Arena Football League team based in New Orleans, Louisiana. They play their home games in New Orleans Arena....	Home	W 63-61
2	March 10	Arizona Rattlers Arizona Rattlers The Arizona Rattlers are a professional arena football team based in Phoenix, Arizona. They are currently members of the Western Division of the National Conference in the Arena Football League . The Rattlers were founded in 1992 as an expansion team. They play their home games at US Airways Center...	Away	W 75-71
3	March 18	Nashville Kats Nashville Kats The Nashville Kats were an Arena Football League team, located in Nashville, Tennessee. They were last coached by Pat Sperduto, who coached the team's original incarnation to two ArenaBowl appearances prior to the original franchise's move to Atlanta in 2002...	Away	L 69-55
4	March 23	Grand Rapids Rampage Grand Rapids Rampage The Grand Rapids Rampage was an Arena Football League team that began playing as a 1998 expansion team. They were coached by Steve Thonn.-History:...	Home	W 83-42
5	April 1	Las Vegas Gladiators Las Vegas Gladiators The Cleveland Gladiators are an arena football franchise based in Cleveland, Ohio which plays in the Arena Football League. The team is part of the East division of the AFL's American Conference. The Gladiators play all of their home games at Quicken Loans Arena, which they share with the NBA's...	Away	W 57-47
6	April 6	Austin Wranglers Austin Wranglers The Austin Wranglers were an arena football team based in Austin, Texas. They played four seasons in the Arena Football League from 2004 to 2007 and spent one season in AF2, the AFL's developmental league, in 2008. They made playoff appearances in the AFL in 2006 and in AF2 in 2008...	Away	L 65-64
7	April 13	Los Angeles Avengers Los Angeles Avengers The Los Angeles Avengers was an Arena Football League team based in Los Angeles, California from 2000 through 2008. They folded on April 19, 2009.-History:...	Home	W 76-63
8	April 20	Arizona Rattlers Arizona Rattlers The Arizona Rattlers are a professional arena football team based in Phoenix, Arizona. They are currently members of the Western Division of the National Conference in the Arena Football League . The Rattlers were founded in 1992 as an expansion team. They play their home games at US Airways Center...	Home	L 83-69
9	April 28	San Jose SaberCats San Jose SaberCats The San Jose SaberCats are a professional arena football team in the Arena Football League. They began play as a 1995 expansion team. They played in the Western Division of the American Conference. Their final coach in the original Arena Football League was Darren Arbet, who will be a part of the...	Away	L 69-48
10	May 4	Dallas Desperados Dallas Desperados The Dallas Desperados were a professional Arena Football team. The Desperados played in the Southern Division of the now-defunct Arena Football League from 2002 to 2008....	Home	L 66-59
11	May 12	Kansas City Brigade Kansas City Brigade The Kansas City Command is a professional arena football team in the Arena Football League. The team was founded before the 2006 season. Former Kansas City Chiefs Strong safety Kevin Porter served as head coach...	Away	L 60-41
12	May 18	Las Vegas Gladiators Las Vegas Gladiators The Cleveland Gladiators are an arena football franchise based in Cleveland, Ohio which plays in the Arena Football League. The team is part of the East division of the AFL's American Conference. The Gladiators play all of their home games at Quicken Loans Arena, which they share with the NBA's...	Home	L 54-53
13	May 25	Orlando Predators Orlando Predators The Orlando Predators are an Arena Football League team based in Orlando, Florida that was founded in 1991. Their playoff streak is currently 19 seasons in a row, as of the season, becoming the ArenaBowl champions in 1998 and 2000...	Away	W 65-62
14	June 4	Colorado Crush Colorado Crush Colorado Crush were an Arena Football League team that began play as a 2003 expansion team. The Crush played in the Central Division of the American Conference until the Arena Football League suspended operations in 2009...	Home	W 51-14
15	June 9	San Jose SaberCats San Jose SaberCats The San Jose SaberCats are a professional arena football team in the Arena Football League. They began play as a 1995 expansion team. They played in the Western Division of the American Conference. Their final coach in the original Arena Football League was Darren Arbet, who will be a part of the...	Home	L 70-49
16		Bye	Week
17	June 23	Los Angeles Avengers Los Angeles Avengers The Los Angeles Avengers was an Arena Football League team based in Los Angeles, California from 2000 through 2008. They folded on April 19, 2009.-History:...	Away	W 47-37

Playoff schedule

Round	Date	Opponent	Home/Away Game	Result
1	July 2	(4) Los Angeles Avengers Los Angeles Avengers The Los Angeles Avengers was an Arena Football League team based in Los Angeles, California from 2000 through 2008. They folded on April 19, 2009.-History:...	Away	L 64-42

Roster

(Current as of 2007-03-12)

Number	Name	Position	Height	Weight
1	Justin Taplin	WR Wide receiver A wide receiver is an offensive position in American and Canadian football, and is the key player in most of the passing plays. Only players in the backfield or the ends on the line are eligible to catch a forward pass. The two players who begin play at the ends of the offensive line are eligible... /DB Defensive back In American football and Canadian football, defensive backs are the players on the defensive team who take positions somewhat back from the line of scrimmage; they are distinguished from the defensive line players and linebackers, who take positions directly behind or close to the line of...	6 ft 0 in	185 lb
2	Troy Mason	OS	5 ft 9 in	170 lb
4	Orshawante Bryant	WR Wide receiver A wide receiver is an offensive position in American and Canadian football, and is the key player in most of the passing plays. Only players in the backfield or the ends on the line are eligible to catch a forward pass. The two players who begin play at the ends of the offensive line are eligible... /DB Defensive back In American football and Canadian football, defensive backs are the players on the defensive team who take positions somewhat back from the line of scrimmage; they are distinguished from the defensive line players and linebackers, who take positions directly behind or close to the line of...	6 ft 0 in	185 lb
5	Siaha Burley Siaha Burley Siaha Burley is an arena football wide receiver who is currently a free agent in the Arena Football League. He played college football at Central Florida.-High school years:...	OS	6 ft 0 in	185 lb
6	Sale Key	WR Wide receiver A wide receiver is an offensive position in American and Canadian football, and is the key player in most of the passing plays. Only players in the backfield or the ends on the line are eligible to catch a forward pass. The two players who begin play at the ends of the offensive line are eligible... /LB Linebacker A linebacker is a position in American football that was invented by football coach Fielding H. Yost of the University of Michigan. Linebackers are members of the defensive team, and line up approximately three to five yards behind the line of scrimmage, behind the defensive linemen...	6 ft 4 in	225 lb
7	Thal Woods	DS	5 ft 9 in	175 lb
9	Ryan Dennard	WR Wide receiver A wide receiver is an offensive position in American and Canadian football, and is the key player in most of the passing plays. Only players in the backfield or the ends on the line are eligible to catch a forward pass. The two players who begin play at the ends of the offensive line are eligible... /LB Linebacker A linebacker is a position in American football that was invented by football coach Fielding H. Yost of the University of Michigan. Linebackers are members of the defensive team, and line up approximately three to five yards behind the line of scrimmage, behind the defensive linemen...	6 ft 3 in	215 lb
10	Joe Germaine Joe Germaine -St. Louis Rams:Germaine was selected in the fourth round of the 1999 NFL Draft by the St. Louis Rams. He won a Super Bowl ring as a backup to Kurt Warner as a rookie. Germaine appeared in only three games, completing nine passes, and was cut at the end of the 2000 season.-Kansas City...	QB Quarterback Quarterback is a position in American and Canadian football. Quarterbacks are members of the offensive team and line up directly behind the offensive line...	6 ft 2 in	220 lb
12	Garrett Smith Garrett Smith Garrett Smith is a former U.S. soccer defender who played professionally in the Western Soccer League, American Professional Soccer League, Major Indoor Soccer League and Continental Indoor Soccer League. Since 1992, he has served as an assistant coach with the University of Portland’s men’s and...	OL/OL	6 ft 3 in	285 lb
13	Steve Videtich Steve Videtich Steve Videtich is the general manager of the Arena Football League's Utah Blaze. He previously was a place kicker for the Blaze...	K	6 ft 2 in	185 lb
14	Kevin Moffett	DS	6 ft 1 in	185 lb
15	Tali Ena	QB Quarterback Quarterback is a position in American and Canadian football. Quarterbacks are members of the offensive team and line up directly behind the offensive line...	6 ft 4 in	235 lb
17	Jason Gesser Jason Gesser Jason John Gesser , formerly an American football quarterback for the Utah Blaze of the Arena Football League, is the running backs coach for the University of Idaho Vandals. He is the grandson of Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame member Joseph "Red" Dunn.-High school years:Gesser attended Saint Louis...	QB Quarterback Quarterback is a position in American and Canadian football. Quarterbacks are members of the offensive team and line up directly behind the offensive line...	6 ft 1 in	210 lb
20	Kevin Clemens	FB Fullback (American football) A fullback is a position in the offensive backfield in American and Canadian football, and is one of the two running back positions along with the halfback... /LB Linebacker A linebacker is a position in American football that was invented by football coach Fielding H. Yost of the University of Michigan. Linebackers are members of the defensive team, and line up approximately three to five yards behind the line of scrimmage, behind the defensive linemen...	6 ft 1 in	275 lb
21	Kelvin Hunter	DS	5 ft 10 in	185 lb
23	Tom Pace	WR Wide receiver A wide receiver is an offensive position in American and Canadian football, and is the key player in most of the passing plays. Only players in the backfield or the ends on the line are eligible to catch a forward pass. The two players who begin play at the ends of the offensive line are eligible... /LB Linebacker A linebacker is a position in American football that was invented by football coach Fielding H. Yost of the University of Michigan. Linebackers are members of the defensive team, and line up approximately three to five yards behind the line of scrimmage, behind the defensive linemen...	5 ft 11 in	215 lb
31	Chris Robinson	FB Fullback (American football) A fullback is a position in the offensive backfield in American and Canadian football, and is one of the two running back positions along with the halfback... /LB Linebacker A linebacker is a position in American football that was invented by football coach Fielding H. Yost of the University of Michigan. Linebackers are members of the defensive team, and line up approximately three to five yards behind the line of scrimmage, behind the defensive linemen...	6 ft 3 in	272 lb
32	Emmett White	WR Wide receiver A wide receiver is an offensive position in American and Canadian football, and is the key player in most of the passing plays. Only players in the backfield or the ends on the line are eligible to catch a forward pass. The two players who begin play at the ends of the offensive line are eligible... /LB Linebacker A linebacker is a position in American football that was invented by football coach Fielding H. Yost of the University of Michigan. Linebackers are members of the defensive team, and line up approximately three to five yards behind the line of scrimmage, behind the defensive linemen...	6 ft 0 in	217 lb
40	Craig Kobel Craig Kobel Craig Kobel is a free agent American football linebacker. He was signed by the Utah Blaze as a street free agent in 2006...	FB Fullback (American football) A fullback is a position in the offensive backfield in American and Canadian football, and is one of the two running back positions along with the halfback... /LB Linebacker A linebacker is a position in American football that was invented by football coach Fielding H. Yost of the University of Michigan. Linebackers are members of the defensive team, and line up approximately three to five yards behind the line of scrimmage, behind the defensive linemen...	6 ft 2 in	265 lb
44	Ronnie Washburn	OL/OL	6 ft 3 in	275 lb
53	Scott Pospisil	OL/OL	6 ft 2 in	285 lb
59	Doug Kaufusi	OL/OL	6 ft 6 in	305 lb
72	Hans Olsen Hans Olsen Hans Olsen can refer to:* Hans Olsen , Danish Olympic cyclist who competed at the 1912 Summer Olympics* Hans Olsen , Danish Olympic fencer, who also competed at the 1912 Games...	OL/OL	6 ft 4 in	295 lb
97	Ernest Grant Ernest Grant Ernest Jouoa Grant is a former American football defensive tackle of the National Football League and Arena Football League. He was drafted by the Miami Dolphins in the sixth round of the 2000 NFL Draft. He played college football at Arkansas-Pine Bluff.Grant was also a member of the Chicago...	OL/OL	6 ft 6 in	320 lb
98	Lewis Powell	OL/OL	6 ft 3 in	285 lb
99	Bryan Henderson	OL/OL	6 ft 5 in	285 lb

Quarterback

Player	Comp.	Att.	Comp%	Yards	TD's	INT's	Long	Rating
Joe Germaine Joe Germaine -St. Louis Rams:Germaine was selected in the fourth round of the 1999 NFL Draft by the St. Louis Rams. He won a Super Bowl ring as a backup to Kurt Warner as a rookie. Germaine appeared in only three games, completing nine passes, and was cut at the end of the 2000 season.-Kansas City...	422	617	68.4	5005	107	12	41	124.4

Running Backs

Player	Car.	Yards	Avg.	TD's	Long
Chris Robinson	13	58	4.5	3	10
Kautai Olevao	10	32	3.2	1	8
Kevin Clemens	25	31	1.2	4	5
Joe Germaine Joe Germaine -St. Louis Rams:Germaine was selected in the fourth round of the 1999 NFL Draft by the St. Louis Rams. He won a Super Bowl ring as a backup to Kurt Warner as a rookie. Germaine appeared in only three games, completing nine passes, and was cut at the end of the 2000 season.-Kansas City...	17	8	0.5	6	3
Frank Carter Frank Carter Frank Carter was a notorious sniper murderer in Omaha, Nebraska. Tried for two murders, Carter claimed to have murdered forty-three victims. He was known as the Omaha Sniper, Phantom Sniper, and the Sniper Bandit.-Crimes:...	11	6	0.5	4	4
Tom Pace	9	6	0.7	1	4
Ryan Dennard	1	5	5	1	5

Wide Receivers

Player	Rec.	Yards	Avg.	TD's	Long
Siaha Burley Siaha Burley Siaha Burley is an arena football wide receiver who is currently a free agent in the Arena Football League. He played college football at Central Florida.-High school years:...	166	2129	12.8	49	41
Tom Pace	111	1198	10.8	20	33
Ryan Dennard	35	449	12.8	14	38
Aaron Boone Aaron Boone (American football) Aaron Rostenbach Boone is an Arena football Wide Receiver / Defensive Back who is currently a free agent of the Arena Football League. He was originally signed as an undrafted free agent in 2003, by the Dallas Cowboys...	32	420	13.1	8	40
Orshawante Bryant	24	331	13.8	5	37
Justin Skaggs Justin Skaggs Justin Skaggs was an American football player. He died at the age of 28 from Stage III Oligodendroglioma, an inoperable brain cancer. He played college football at Evangel University... *	21	196	9.3	4	30
J'Sharlon Jones	18	146	8.1	3	22
Chris Robinson	4	46	11.5	0	16
John Kulp	4	42	10.5	3	15
Huey Whittaker Huey Whittaker Hubert Alton George "Huey" Whittaker is an American football wide receiver for the Virginia Destroyers of the United Football League. He was signed by the Pittsburgh Steelers as an undrafted free agent in 2004...	2	33	16.5	1	20
Kevin Clemens	4	21	5.3	0	13
Myniya Smith	2	14	7	1	8
Frank Carter Frank Carter Frank Carter was a notorious sniper murderer in Omaha, Nebraska. Tried for two murders, Carter claimed to have murdered forty-three victims. He was known as the Omaha Sniper, Phantom Sniper, and the Sniper Bandit.-Crimes:...	1	6	6	0	6
Rob Gatrell	1	4	4	1	4

Touchdowns

Player	TD's	Rush	Rec	Ret	Pts
Siaha Burley Siaha Burley Siaha Burley is an arena football wide receiver who is currently a free agent in the Arena Football League. He played college football at Central Florida.-High school years:...	49	0	49	0	294
Tom Pace	21	1	20	0	128
Ryan Dennard	15	1	14	0	90
Aaron Boone Aaron Boone (American football) Aaron Rostenbach Boone is an Arena football Wide Receiver / Defensive Back who is currently a free agent of the Arena Football League. He was originally signed as an undrafted free agent in 2003, by the Dallas Cowboys...	9	0	8	1	54
Joe Germaine Joe Germaine -St. Louis Rams:Germaine was selected in the fourth round of the 1999 NFL Draft by the St. Louis Rams. He won a Super Bowl ring as a backup to Kurt Warner as a rookie. Germaine appeared in only three games, completing nine passes, and was cut at the end of the 2000 season.-Kansas City...	6	6	0	0	36
Orshawante Bryant	5	5	0	0	36
Frank Carter Frank Carter Frank Carter was a notorious sniper murderer in Omaha, Nebraska. Tried for two murders, Carter claimed to have murdered forty-three victims. He was known as the Omaha Sniper, Phantom Sniper, and the Sniper Bandit.-Crimes:...	4	4	0	0	26
Kevin Clemens	4	4	0	0	24
Justin Skaggs Justin Skaggs Justin Skaggs was an American football player. He died at the age of 28 from Stage III Oligodendroglioma, an inoperable brain cancer. He played college football at Evangel University... *	4	0	4	0	24
John Culp	3	0	3	0	18
J'Sharlon Jones	3	0	3	0	18
Chris Robinson	3	3	0	0	18
Clarence Lawson	2	0	0	2	12
Kautai Olevao	1	1	0	0	8
Rob Gatrell	1	0	1	0	6
Kevin Moffett	1	0	0	1	6
Myniya Smith	1	0	1	0	6
Huey Whittaker Huey Whittaker Hubert Alton George "Huey" Whittaker is an American football wide receiver for the Virginia Destroyers of the United Football League. He was signed by the Pittsburgh Steelers as an undrafted free agent in 2004...	1	0	1	0	6

Defense

Player	Tackles	Solo	Assisted	Sack	Solo	INT	Yards	Long
Kelvin Hunter	64	58	12	0	0	4	13	10
Orshawante Bryant	58	51	14	0	0	2	13	11
Justin Skaggs Justin Skaggs Justin Skaggs was an American football player. He died at the age of 28 from Stage III Oligodendroglioma, an inoperable brain cancer. He played college football at Evangel University... *	47	34	26	1	1	0	0	0
Thal Woods	45.5	37	17	0	0	2	0	0
Justin Taplin	34	28	12	0	0	1	13	13
Tom Pace	27	17	20	0	0	2	6	6
Kevin Clemens	21.5	14	15	2	2	0	0	0
Ryan Dennard	20	14	12	0	0	1	0	0
Sullivan Beard	18	15	6	0	0	0	0	0
Kautai Olevao	15	10	10	0	0	0	0	0
Aaron Hamilton	13.5	10	7	1	1	0	0	0
Kevin Moffett	13.5	12	3	0	0	0	0	0
Scott Pospisil	13	8	10	1	1	0	0	0
Hans Olsen Hans Olsen Hans Olsen can refer to:* Hans Olsen , Danish Olympic cyclist who competed at the 1912 Summer Olympics* Hans Olsen , Danish Olympic fencer, who also competed at the 1912 Games...	11.5	5	13	2	2	0	0	0
Chris Robinson	9.5	7	5	0	0	1	2	2
Ernest Grant Ernest Grant Ernest Jouoa Grant is a former American football defensive tackle of the National Football League and Arena Football League. He was drafted by the Miami Dolphins in the sixth round of the 2000 NFL Draft. He played college football at Arkansas-Pine Bluff.Grant was also a member of the Chicago...	7.5	5	5	0	0	1	2	2
Craig Kobel Craig Kobel Craig Kobel is a free agent American football linebacker. He was signed by the Utah Blaze as a street free agent in 2006...	6.5	6	1	0	0	0	0	0
Sale Key	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ronnie Washburn	5	3	4	1	1	0	0	0
Garrett Smith Garrett Smith Garrett Smith is a former U.S. soccer defender who played professionally in the Western Soccer League, American Professional Soccer League, Major Indoor Soccer League and Continental Indoor Soccer League. Since 1992, he has served as an assistant coach with the University of Portland’s men’s and...	4.5	3	3	0	0	0	0	0
John Culp	4	2	4	0	0	0	0	0
Jermaine Younger	3.5	2	3	0	0	0	0	0
Joe Germaine Joe Germaine -St. Louis Rams:Germaine was selected in the fourth round of the 1999 NFL Draft by the St. Louis Rams. He won a Super Bowl ring as a backup to Kurt Warner as a rookie. Germaine appeared in only three games, completing nine passes, and was cut at the end of the 2000 season.-Kansas City...	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jason Gesser Jason Gesser Jason John Gesser , formerly an American football quarterback for the Utah Blaze of the Arena Football League, is the running backs coach for the University of Idaho Vandals. He is the grandson of Green Bay Packers Hall of Fame member Joseph "Red" Dunn.-High school years:Gesser attended Saint Louis...	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dennis Gile	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
Lewis Powell	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	0
Siaha Burley Siaha Burley Siaha Burley is an arena football wide receiver who is currently a free agent in the Arena Football League. He played college football at Central Florida.-High school years:...	2.5	2	1	0	0	0	0	0
Steve Videtich Steve Videtich Steve Videtich is the general manager of the Arena Football League's Utah Blaze. He previously was a place kicker for the Blaze...	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Andy Kelly Andy Kelly Andy Kelly is a former American football quarterback in the Arena Football League. He played in the AFL for fifteen seasons. He also played for two seasons for the Rhein Fire of the former World League of American Football....	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0

Kick Return

Player	Ret	Yards	TD's	Long	Avg	Ret	Yards	Long	Avg
Clarence Lawson	48	911	2	58	19	3	23	11	7.7
Tom Pace	29	625	0	46	21.6	0	0	0	0
Siaha Burley Siaha Burley Siaha Burley is an arena football wide receiver who is currently a free agent in the Arena Football League. He played college football at Central Florida.-High school years:...	9	221	0	41	24.6	0	0	0	0
J'Sharlon Jones	10	170	0	28	17	2	10	10	5
Kevin Moffett	3	93	1	57	31	0	0	0	0
Aaron Boone Aaron Boone (American football) Aaron Rostenbach Boone is an Arena football Wide Receiver / Defensive Back who is currently a free agent of the Arena Football League. He was originally signed as an undrafted free agent in 2003, by the Dallas Cowboys...	1	9	1	9	9	0	0	0	0
Ryan Dennard	2	4	0	2	2	0	0	0	0

Kicking

Player	Extra pt.	Extra pt. Att.	FG	FGA	Long	Pct.	Pts
Steve Videtich Steve Videtich Steve Videtich is the general manager of the Arena Football League's Utah Blaze. He previously was a place kicker for the Blaze...	113	127	10	19	32	0.526	143

*Traded, released, or deceased

Quarterback

Player	Comp.	Att.	Comp%	Yards	TD's	INT's

Running Backs

Player	Car.	Yards	Avg.	TD's	Long

Wide Receivers

Player	Rec.	Yards	Avg.	TD's	Long

Kick Return

Player	Ret	Yards	Avg	Long