2007 Utah Blaze season

2007 Utah Blaze season
Head coach Danny White
Home field EnergySolutions Arena
Results
Record 8–8
Division place 3rd
Playoff finish L 64–42 vs. Los Angeles Avengers

The 2007 Utah Blaze season was the second season for the arena football franchise. They look to make the playoffs after finishing 2006 with an 7–9 record. They went 8–8 record and qualified for the playoffs.

Schedule

Week Date Opponent Home/Away Game Result
1 March 3 New Orleans VooDoo Home W 63–61
2 March 10 Arizona Rattlers Away W 75–71
3 March 18 Nashville Kats Away L 69–55
4 March 23 Grand Rapids Rampage Home W 83–42
5 April 1 Las Vegas Gladiators Away W 57–47
6 April 6 Austin Wranglers Away L 65–64
7 April 13 Los Angeles Avengers Home W 76–63
8 April 20 Arizona Rattlers Home L 83–69
9 April 28 San Jose SaberCats Away L 69–48
10 May 4 Dallas Desperados Home L 66–59
11 May 12 Kansas City Brigade Away L 60–41
12 May 18 Las Vegas Gladiators Home L 54–53
13 May 25 Orlando Predators Away W 65–62
14 June 4 Colorado Crush Home W 51–14
15 June 9 San Jose SaberCats Home L 70–49
16 Bye Week
17 June 23 Los Angeles Avengers Away W 47–37

Playoff schedule

Round Date Opponent Home/Away Game Result
1 July 2 (4) Los Angeles Avengers Away L 64–42

Roster

(Current as of 2007-03-12)

Number Name Position Height Weight
1 Justin Taplin WR/DB 6 ft 0 in 185 lb
2 Troy Mason OS 5 ft 9 in 170 lb
4 Orshawante Bryant WR/DB 6 ft 0 in 185 lb
5 Siaha Burley OS 6 ft 0 in 185 lb
6 Sale Key WR/LB 6 ft 4 in 225 lb
7 Thal Woods DS 5 ft 9 in 175 lb
9 Ryan Dennard WR/LB 6 ft 3 in 215 lb
10 Joe Germaine QB 6 ft 2 in 220 lb
12 Garrett Smith OL/OL 6 ft 3 in 285 lb
13 Steve Videtich K 6 ft 2 in 185 lb
14 Kevin Moffett DS 6 ft 1 in 185 lb
15 Tali Ena QB 6 ft 4 in 235 lb
17 Jason Gesser QB 6 ft 1 in 210 lb
20 Kevin Clemens FB/LB 6 ft 1 in 275 lb
21 Kelvin Hunter DS 5 ft 10 in 185 lb
23 Tom Pace WR/LB 5 ft 11 in 215 lb
31 Chris Robinson FB/LB 6 ft 3 in 272 lb
32 Emmett White WR/LB 6 ft 0 in 217 lb
40 Craig Kobel FB/LB 6 ft 2 in 265 lb
44 Ronnie Washburn OL/OL 6 ft 3 in 275 lb
53 Scott Pospisil OL/OL 6 ft 2 in 285 lb
59 Doug Kaufusi OL/OL 6 ft 6 in 305 lb
72 Hans Olsen OL/OL 6 ft 4 in 295 lb
97 Ernest Grant OL/OL 6 ft 6 in 320 lb
98 Lewis Powell OL/OL 6 ft 3 in 285 lb
99 Bryan Henderson OL/OL 6 ft 5 in 285 lb

Coaching

Danny White entered his second season as the head coach of the Blaze.

Stats

Offense

Quarterback

Player Comp. Att. Comp% Yards TD's INT's Long Rating
Joe Germaine42261768.450051071241124.4

Running Backs

Player Car. Yards Avg. TD's Long
Chris Robinson13584.5310
Kautai Olevao10323.218
Kevin Clemens25311.245
Joe Germaine1780.563
Frank Carter1160.544
Tom Pace960.714
Ryan Dennard15515

Wide Receivers

Player Rec. Yards Avg. TD's Long
Siaha Burley166212912.84941
Tom Pace111119810.82033
Ryan Dennard3544912.81438
Aaron Boone3242013.1840
Orshawante Bryant2433113.8537
Justin Skaggs*211969.3430
J'Sharlon Jones181468.1322
Chris Robinson44611.5016
John Kulp44210.5315
Huey Whittaker23316.5120
Kevin Clemens4215.3013
Myniya Smith214718
Frank Carter16606
Rob Gatrell14414

Touchdowns

Player TD's Rush Rec Ret Pts
Siaha Burley490490294
Tom Pace211200128
Ryan Dennard15114090
Aaron Boone908154
Joe Germaine660036
Orshawante Bryant550036
Frank Carter440026
Kevin Clemens440024
Justin Skaggs*404024
John Culp303018
J'Sharlon Jones303018
Chris Robinson330018
Clarence Lawson200212
Kautai Olevao11008
Rob Gatrell10106
Kevin Moffett10016
Myniya Smith10106
Huey Whittaker10106

Defense

Player Tackles Solo Assisted Sack Solo Assisted INT Yards TD's Long
Kelvin Hunter 64 58 12 0 0 0 4 13 0 10
Orshawante Bryant 58 51 14 0 0 0 2 13 0 11
Justin Skaggs* 47 34 26 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
Thal Woods 45.5 37 17 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
Justin Taplin 34 28 12 0 0 0 1 13 0 13
Tom Pace 27 17 20 0 0 0 2 6 0 6
Kevin Clemens 21.5 14 15 2 2 0 0 0 0 0
Ryan Dennard 20 14 12 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Sullivan Beard 18 15 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kautai Olevao 15 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Aaron Hamilton 13.5 10 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
Kevin Moffett 13.5 12 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Scott Pospisil 13 8 10 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
Hans Olsen 11.5 5 13 2 2 0 0 0 0 0
Chris Robinson 9.5 7 5 0 0 0 1 2 0 2
Ernest Grant 7.5 5 5 0 0 0 1 2 0 2
Craig Kobel 6.5 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sale Key 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ronnie Washburn 5 3 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
Garrett Smith 4.5 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
John Culp 4 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jermaine Younger 3.5 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Joe Germaine 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Jason Gesser 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dennis Gile 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lewis Powell 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Siaha Burley 2.5 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Steve Videtich 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Andy Kelly 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Special Teams

Kick Return

Player Ret Yards TD's Long Avg Ret Yards TD's Long Avg
Clarence Lawson 48 911 2 58 19 3 23 0 11 7.7
Tom Pace 29 625 0 46 21.6 0 0 0 0 0
Siaha Burley 9 221 0 41 24.6 0 0 0 0 0
J'Sharlon Jones 10 170 0 28 17 2 10 0 10 5
Kevin Moffett 3 93 1 57 31 0 0 0 0 0
Aaron Boone 1 9 1 9 9 0 0 0 0 0
Ryan Dennard 2 4 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0

Kicking

Player Extra pt. Extra pt. Att. FG FGA Long Pct. Pts
Steve Videtich 113 127 10 19 32 0.526 143

*Traded, released, or deceased

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Wide Receivers

Player Rec. Yards Avg. TD's Long

Special Teams

Kick Return

Player Ret Yards Avg Long

Kicking

Player Extra pt. Extra pt. Att. FG FGA Long Pts

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Week 1: vs (4) Los Angeles Avengers

1 2 3 4 Total
(5) UTA 14 0 7 21 42
(4) LA 14 23 14 13 64

at Staples Center, Los Angeles, California

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Attendance: 13,066

Team 1st Down. Rush. Yds Pass. Yds Fumbles/lost Fumble yds Penal./yds TOP 3rd Down. 4th Down.
UTA1733233/2156/3628:213/70/3
LA20183063/305/3231:392/51/1

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