Utah Blaze

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Utah Blaze
Conference	American
Division	Western
Year founded	2006
Home arena	Delta Center
City, State	Salt Lake City, Utah
Wild card titles	1 (2006)
Division titles	none
Conference titles	none
ArenaBowl championships	none

The Utah Blaze is an Arena Football League team based in Salt Lake City, Utah. They began play as a 2006 expansion team.

[edit] History

The Utah Blaze began play on January 28, 2006, playing the San Jose SaberCats on the road. The team is coached by longtime Arizona Rattlers coach Danny White and plays its home games at the Delta Center in Salt Lake City, home of the National Basketball Association's Utah Jazz. The team is owned by automobile businessmen John Garff, Robert Garff, and Brett Hopkins. The team is also referred to as the Salt Lake Blaze, especially by major media outlets ESPN and CNN, but this is not an official name.

On Sunday, February 12, 2006, the Blaze lost to the New York Dragons 84-81 in the second highest scoring game in the history of the Arena Football League with a combined score of 165. The Blaze' performance was also the second highest score for a losing team in the AFL's 20-year history.

Despite a losing record of 7-9, the Blaze got into the playoffs as an AC Wildcard (the conference's #6 seed). Unfortunately, the newly formed Blaze were given the boot as they lost to the Arizona Rattlers with a final score of 57-34.

[edit] Season-by-season

Note: W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties

[edit] Roster by number

(Current as of 2006-03-12)

[edit] Coaches

(Current as of 2006-03-12)

[edit] Entire 2006 Schedule

[edit] Arena Football Hall of Famers associated with the Utah Blaze

• Danny White, Head Coach 2006-

[edit] See also

Arena Football League
American Football

[edit] External links

• Utah Blaze Official Website