2008 Utah Blaze season explained

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.

Regular season schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Location	Attendance	Recap
1	March 1	Arizona Rattlers	L 62–63	0–1	EnergySolutions Arena	15,106	Recap
2	March 9	at Cleveland Gladiators	L 63–66	0–2	Quicken Loans Arena	14,765	Recap
3	March 14	at Orlando Predators	L 61–69	0–3	Amway Arena	11,861	Recap
4	March 21	Columbus Destroyers	L 49–52	0–4	EnergySolutions Arena	13,717	Recap
5	March 29	Georgia Force	L 49–70	0–5	EnergySolutions Arena	15,240	Recap
6	April 5	at Philadelphia Soul	L 56–64	0–6	Wachovia Spectrum	16,390	Recap
7	April 12	at Los Angeles Avengers	L 62–79	0–7	Staples Center	14,861	Recap
8	April 18	San Jose SaberCats	L 40–61	0–8	EnergySolutions Arena	14,701	Recap
9	April 25	at New Orleans VooDoo	L 56–70	0–9	New Orleans Arena	15,041	Recap
10	May 3	Kansas City Brigade	W 67–50	1–9	EnergySolutions Arena	12,208	Recap
11	May 10	Colorado Crush	W 71–36	2–9	EnergySolutions Arena	13,787	Recap
12	May 17	at San Jose SaberCats	L 64–74	2–10	HP Pavilion	13,252	Recap
13	May 24	Chicago Rush	W 51–48	3–10	EnergySolutions Arena	15,295	Recap
14	June 1	at Grand Rapids Rampage	W 63–56	4–10	Van Andel Arena	5,252	Recap
15	June 9	Los Angeles Avengers	W 65–56	5–10	EnergySolutions Arena	16,054	Recap
16	Bye Week
17	June 21	at Arizona Rattlers	W 62–45	6–10	US Airways Center	13,542	Recap

Staff

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Regular season

Week 16

Bye Week

Week 17: at Arizona Rattlers

Playoffs

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Coaching Staff . https://web.archive.org/web/20081007060005/http://www.utahblaze.com/index.cfm?s=team&v=coaches . dead . October 7, 2008 . Utah Blaze . www.utahblaze.com . August 1, 2017 . mdy-all .