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Boise Burn
| Conference |
National |
| Division |
West |
| Year founded |
2006 |
| Home arena |
Qwest Arena |
| City, State |
Boise, Idaho |
| Indoor football championships |
none |
The Boise Burn is an arena football team based in Boise, Idaho. The Burn began play in the af2 league in March 2007. Burn home games are played at the Qwest Arena in downtown Boise.
[edit] Team history
- June 6, 2006: af2 officials announced a Boise expansion franchise for the 2007 season
- June 28: The unnamed team announced that former Utah Blaze assistant coach Lee Leslie would serve as head coach.
- July 27: The Idaho Statesman newspaper announced a "name-the-team" contest.
- August 25: Balloting for the contest closed.
- August 27: A poll was started. The "final six" choices were:
- Blast
- Bruisers
- Cutthroats
- Rapids
- Sawtooths
- Wildfire
- October 10: Announced team name as the Boise Burn to pay tribute to local firefighters.
- October 25: Logo (a flaming skull clenching a football in its teeth) & colors (red, orange, and silver) released, first 4 players signed are QB Bart Hendricks, RB Lee Marks, WR Tim Gilligan, and K Dan Beardall.
[edit] 2007 Season
Home games are in bold
[edit] Season-By-Season
Note: W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties
| Season |
W |
L |
T |
Finish |
Playoff results |
| 2007 |
8 |
8 |
0 |
4th AC West |
-- |
| *2008 |
5 |
4 |
0 |
2nd NC West |
-- |
* = Current Standing
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