2008 Utah Blaze season

The 2008 Utah Blaze season was the third season for this Arena Football League franchise. Despite losing their first nine games, the Blaze were able to finish the regular season with six wins in their last seven games, earning them a playoff berth as the fourth seed in the American Conference. In their wild card round game, however, they were defeated by the Colorado Crush, 44–49.

2008 Utah Blaze season
Head coachDanny White
General managerJeff Russell
Home fieldEnergySolutions Arena
Results
Record6–10
Division place3rd
Playoff finishLost Wild Card Playoffs
(Crush) 44–49

Standings

Western Division
Team W L PCT PF PA DIV CON Home Away
y-San Jose SaberCats 11 5 .688 945 875 6–0 9–1 6–2 5–3
x-Arizona Rattlers 8 8 .250 842 907 1–5 3–7 3–5 5–3
x-Utah Blaze 6 10 .375 941 959 2–4 6–4 4–4 2–6
Los Angeles Avengers 5 11 .313 847 1004 3–3 4–6 4–4 1–7

y - Clinched division
x - Clinched playoff berth

Regular season schedule

Week Date Opponent Home/Away Result
1 March 1 Arizona Rattlers Home L 62–63
2 March 9 Cleveland Gladiators Away L 63–66
3 March 14 Orlando Predators Away L 61–69
4 March 21 Columbus Destroyers Home L 49–52
5 March 29 Georgia Force Home L 49–70
6 April 5 Philadelphia Soul Away L 56–64
7 April 12 Los Angeles Avengers Away L 62–79
8 April 18 San Jose SaberCats Home L 40–61
9 April 25 New Orleans VooDoo Away L 56–70
10 May 3 Kansas City Brigade Home W 67–50
11 May 10 Colorado Crush Home W 71–36
12 May 17 San Jose SaberCats Away L 64–74
13 May 24 Chicago Rush Home W 51–48
14 June 1 Grand Rapids Rampage Away W 63–56
15 June 9 Los Angeles Avengers Home W 65–56
16 Bye Week
17 June 21 Arizona Rattlers Away W 62–45

Playoff schedule

Round Date Opponent Home/Away Result
AC Wild Card June 28 Colorado Crush Home L 44–49

Staff

2008 Utah Blaze staff
Head Coach

Offensive Coaches

Defensive Coaches

  • Defensive coordinator – Jeff Russell
  • Special teams coordinator – Scott Lieber

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Final roster

2008 Utah Blaze roster
Quarterbacks

Fullbacks

  • 43 Kautai Olevao

Wide receivers

  • 23 Tom Pace
Offensive linemen
  • 98 Rob Gatrell

Defensive Linemen

  • 95 John Culp
  • 52 Chris Janek
Linebackers
  • 19 Corey Dodds

Defensive backs

  •  9 Eddie Canonico
  • 42 J'Sharlon Jones

Kickers

Injury reserve
  • 59 Eddie Keele OL (IR)

Refused to report

  • Currently vacant

Other league exempt

  • Currently vacant

Suspension

  • Currently vacant

Practice squad

  • -- Kyle Gunther OL

Rookies in italics
Roster updated October 7, 2008
24 Active, 3 Inactive, 2 PS

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Regular season

Week 1: at Utah Blaze

1 2 34Total
ARZ 14 21 141463
UTA 21 21 71362

at EnergySolutions Arena, Salt Lake City, Utah

  • Date: March 1
  • Game time: 9:00 PM EST
  • Game attendance: 15,106

Week 2: at Cleveland Gladiators

1 2 34Total
UTA 14 15 72763
CLE 9 23 132166

at Quicken Loans Arena, Cleveland, Ohio

  • Date: March 9
  • Game time: 12:30 PM EST
  • Game attendance: 14,765

Week 3: at Orlando Predators

1 2 34Total
UTA 7 28 141261
ORL 14 21 211369

at Amway Arena, Orlando, Florida

  • Date: March 14
  • Game time: 7:30 PM EST
  • Game attendance: 9,722

Week 4: vs. Columbus Destroyers

1 2 34Total
CLB 13 7 141852
UTA 14 21 01449

at EnergySolutions Arena, Salt Lake City, Utah

  • Date: March 21
  • Game time: 9:00 PM EST
  • Game attendance: 13,717

Week 5: vs. Georgia Force

1 2 34Total
GA 14 21 142170
UTA 7 21 02149

at EnergySolutions Arena, Salt Lake City, Utah

  • Date: March 29
  • Game time: 9:00 PM EST
  • Game attendance: 15,240

Week 6: at Philadelphia Soul

1 2 34Total
UTA 14 14 141456
PHI 16 20 141464

at Wachovia Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

  • Date: April 5
  • Game time: 7:00 PM EST
  • Game attendance: 16,390

Week 7: at Los Angeles Avengers

1 2 34Total
UTA 21 13 72162
LA 23 21 28779

at Staples Center, Los Angeles, California

  • Date: April 12
  • Game time: 10:30 PM EST
  • Game attendance: 14,861

Week 8: vs. San Jose SaberCats

1 2 34Total
SJ 7 27 32461
UTA 10 17 6740

at EnergySolutions Arena, Salt Lake City, Utah

  • Date: April 18
  • Game time: 9:00 PM EST
  • Game attendance: 14,701

Week 9: at New Orleans VooDoo

1 2 34Total
UTA 7 7 142856
NO 7 21 281470

at New Orleans Arena, New Orleans, Louisiana

  • Date: April 25
  • Game time: 8:30 PM EST
  • Game attendance: 15,041

Week 10: vs. Kansas City Brigade

1 2 34Total
KC 7 14 92050
UTA 13 20 132167

at EnergySolutions Arena, Salt Lake City, Utah

  • Date: May 3
  • Game time: 9:00 PM EST
  • Game attendance: 12,208

Week 11: vs. Colorado Crush

1 2 34Total
COL 7 7 15736
UTA 10 20 63571

at EnergySolutions Arena, Salt Lake City, Utah

  • Date: May 10
  • Game time: 9:00 PM EST
  • Game attendance: 13,787

Week 12: at San Jose Sabercats

1 2 34Total
UTA 14 28 71564
SJ 14 28 151774

at HP Pavilion at San Jose, San Jose, California

  • Date: May 17
  • Game time: 10:30 PM EST
  • Game attendance: 13,252

Week 13: vs. Chicago Rush

1 2 34Total
CHI 6 18 101448
UTA 21 13 71051

at EnergySolutions Arena, Salt Lake City, Utah

  • Date: May 24
  • Game time: 9:00 PM EST
  • Game attendance: 15,295

Week 14: at Grand Rapids Rampage

1 2 34Total
UTA 21 21 14763
GR 7 7 212156

at Van Andel Arena, Grand Rapids, Michigan

  • Date: June 1
  • Game time: 2:00 PM EST
  • Game attendance: 5,252

Week 15: vs. Los Angeles Avengers

1 2 34Total
LA 14 16 141256
UTA 14 14 172065

at EnergySolutions Arena, Salt Lake City, Utah

  • Date: June 9
  • Game time: 10:00 PM EST
  • Game attendance: 16,054

Week 16

Bye Week

Week 17: at Arizona Rattlers

1 2 34Total
UTA 14 24 0038
ARZ 0 13 19032

at US Airways Center, Phoenix, Arizona

  • Date: June 21
  • Game time: 10:00 PM EST
  • Game attendance: 13,542

Playoffs

American Conference Wild Card: vs. (5) Colorado Crush

1 2 34Total
(5) COL 7 14 72149
(4) UTA 14 10 71344

at EnergySolutions Arena, Salt Lake City, Utah

  • Date: June 28
  • Game time: 4:00 PM EST
  • Game attendance: 10,073

References

  1. "Coaching Staff". www.utahblaze.com. Utah Blaze. Archived from the original on October 7, 2008. Retrieved August 1, 2017.
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