The 2007 Utah Blaze season was the second season for the arena football franchise. They look to make the playoffs after finishing 2006 with a 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 (As of 2007-03-12) NumberNamePositionHeightWeight1Justin TaplinWR/DB6 ft 0 in185 lb2Troy MasonOS5 ft 9 in170 lb4Orshawante BryantWR/DB6 ft 0 in185 lb5Siaha BurleyOS6 ft 0 in185 lb6Sale KeyWR/LB6 ft 4 in225 lb7Thal WoodsDS5 ft 9 in175 lb9Ryan DennardWR/LB6 ft 3 in215 lb10Joe GermaineQB6 ft 2 in220 lb12Garrett SmithOL/OL6 ft 3 in285 lb13Steve VidetichK6 ft 2 in185 lb14Kevin MoffettDS6 ft 1 in185 lb15Tali EnaQB6 ft 4 in235 lb17Jason GesserQB6 ft 1 in210 lb20Kevin ClemensFB/LB6 ft 1 in275 lb21Kelvin HunterDS5 ft 10 in185 lb23Tom PaceWR/LB5 ft 11 in215 lb31Chris RobinsonFB/LB6 ft 3 in272 lb32Emmett WhiteWR/LB6 ft 0 in217 lb40Craig KobelFB/LB6 ft 2 in265 lb44Ronnie WashburnOL/OL6 ft 3 in275 lb53Scott PospisilOL/OL6 ft 2 in285 lb59Doug KaufusiOL/OL6 ft 6 in305 lb72Hans OlsenOL/OL6 ft 4 in295 lb97Ernest GrantOL/OL6 ft 6 in320 lb98Lewis PowellOL/OL6 ft 3 in285 lb99Bryan HendersonOL/OL6 ft 5 in285 lb
Coaching Danny White entered his second season as the head coach of the Blaze.
Stats
Offense
Quarterback Player Comp. Att. Comp% YardsTD'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
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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
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Kicking Player Extra pt. Extra pt. Att. FG FGA Long Pts
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Offensive player of the game: Sonny Cumbie (LA) Defensive player of the game: Silas Demary (LA) Ironman of the game: Josh Jeffries (LA)
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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