2008 Utah Blaze season
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The 2008
Utah Blaze
season is the third season for the franchise. Despite losing their first 9 games, the Blaze were able to finish the regular season with 6 wins in their last 7 games, earning them a playoff berth as the 4th seed in the American Conference. In their Wild Card round game however, they were defeated by the Colorado Crush
, 44-49.
Week 1: at Utah Blaze
Week 3: at Orlando Predators
Week 4: vs. Columbus Destroyers
Week 5: vs. Georgia Force
Week 6: at Philadelphia Soul
Week 7: at Los Angeles Avengers
Week 8: vs. San Jose SaberCats
Week 9: at New Orleans VooDoo
Week 10: vs. Kansas City Brigade
Week 11: vs. Colorado Crush
Week 12: at San Jose Sabercats
Week 13: vs. Chicago Rush
Week 14: at Grand Rapids Rampage
Week 15: vs. Los Angeles Avengers
Week 17: at Arizona Rattlers
American Conference Wild Card: vs. (5) Colorado Crush
2008 Arena Football League season
The 2008 Arena Football League season was the 22nd season of the Arena Football League and final season before the 2009 cancellation. The regular season began play on February 29, 2008 and concluded on June 22...
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 is the third season for the franchise. Despite losing their first 9 games, the Blaze were able to finish the regular season with 6 wins in their last 7 games, earning them a playoff berth as the 4th seed in the American Conference. In their Wild Card round game however, they were defeated by the 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...
, 44-49.
Regular season schedule
| Week | Date | Opponent | Home/Away | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | March 1 | 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 62-63 |
| 2 | March 9 | Cleveland Gladiators | Away | L 63-66 |
| 3 | March 14 | 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 | L 61-69 |
| 4 | March 21 | Columbus Destroyers Columbus Destroyers The Columbus Destroyers were an Arena Football League team based in Columbus, Ohio. The team was founded in as the Buffalo Destroyers, based in Buffalo, New York, and relocated to Columbus in . They folded along with the original incarnation of the AFL following the 2008 season, after a total of... |
Home | L 49-52 |
| 5 | March 29 | Georgia Force Georgia Force The Georgia Force are an Arena Football League team based in Gwinnett County, Georgia, United States that plays in the South Division of the American Conference. The team is owned by Doug MacGregor and Donn Jennings... |
Home | L 49-70 |
| 6 | April 5 | Philadelphia Soul Philadelphia Soul The Philadelphia Soul are an Arena Football League team based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They began play in as an expansion team. The team plays in the Eastern Division of the American Conference. They won their first ArenaBowl in 2008, defeating the San Jose SaberCats 59–56 in ArenaBowl XXII... |
Away | L 56-64 |
| 7 | April 12 | 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 62-79 |
| 8 | April 18 | 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 40-61 |
| 9 | April 25 | 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.... |
Away | L 56-70 |
| 10 | May 3 | 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... |
Home | W 67-50 |
| 11 | May 10 | 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 71-36 |
| 12 | May 17 | 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 64-74 |
| 13 | May 24 | Chicago Rush Chicago Rush The Chicago Rush is an arena football team based in Rosemont, Illinois. It is a member of the Central Division of the National Conference of the Arena Football League. The team was founded in 2001 and is co-owned by Mike Ditka, the Hall of Fame player and coach.The Rush have qualified for the... |
Home | W 51-48 |
| 14 | June 1 | 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:... |
Away | W 63-56 |
| 15 | June 9 | 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 65-56 |
| 16 | Bye | Week | ||
| 17 | June 21 | 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 62-45 |
Playoff schedule
| Round | Date | Opponent | Home/Away | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AC Wild Card | June 28 | 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 | L 44-49 |
Roster
| Uniform # | Player | Position | Height | Weight (lb) |
|---|---|---|---|---|