Utah Indoor Football League: Welcome
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Welcome to the Utah Indoor/Arena Football League! The UIFL is the oldest and largest class A premiere semi-pro recreational Indoor/Arena football league in Utah and the country! The league has been in existence since 1998. This is our 13th year anniversary! The UIFL is a non-profit organization registered with the State of Utah. We have been cleared through the NCAA and players that wish to continue on to college will not lose their eligiblity.
The UIFL mission statement is simple: to allow quality football players to continue playing professionally organized football after high school, college, and pro careers may be over. Many players continue to develop their talents and move to the next level of football in the quest to reach the goals they have set for themselves. After 13 years, the list is long of the young men that have gone on to successful careers in College, IFL CFL, AFL and the NFL.
If you are a quality football player with integrity and you still want to fullfill your dreams of playing football, this is the place for you!
Some past video action of the UIFL go to this youtube link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vgcjm29PzYY
Park City TV 2008 UIFL coverage:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNWJ-lMBYJU
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THE BOUNTIFUL BRAVES DEFEATED THE 2 TIME UIFL CHAMPIONS THE UTAH STEALTH FOR THE 2012 UIFL CHAMPIONSHIP "THE INDOOR WAR"! THIS WAS A GREAT GAME AND TRULY AN INDOOR WAR FOR THE UIFL RECORD BOOKS! CONGRATULATIONS TO THE BOUNTIFUL BRAVES FOR A HARD FOUGHT VICTOR THAT THE STEALTH DID NOT GIVE UP EASILY!
WE WILL HAVE THE WHOLE 2 PAGE PLAY BY PLAY STORY OF THE 2012 UIFL CHAMPIONSHIP WITH QUARTERLY TEAM STATS BY FEB 11TH, SO CHECK BACK SOON AND READ ABOUT THE "BEST OF THE BEST" IN UTAH INDOOR FOOTBALL ACTION ONLY AT THE UIFL!
Congratulations to our UIFL 2012 Championship MVP,
The Braves QB Ty Talbot!
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Sunday, January 29
Sunday, January 22
The Utah Indoor Football League's 13TH Season / 2012 Playoffs!!
Saturday Jan. 28th 2012
at the U of U Spense Eccles Field House
Idaho Oilers vs Bountiful Braves
7:15 PM
Stealth vs Mudd Ducks
8:30 PM
Playoff game results by the UIFL news reporter:
Bountiful Braves 37 Idaho Oilers 18
Stealth 37 Mudd Ducks 21
Both playoff games were really great to watch at the U of U Spence Eccles field house, the only premiere first class Indoor Football facility in the state was packed with loyal family and friends who appreciated the only real quality Utah State Semi-Pro Indoor Football League and its players!
All our fans this night of playoffs got to watch two super competitive Indoor football games! The Idaho Oilers with the second best record in the regular season were ahead of the Bountiful Braves 18 to 15 at halftime and it looked liked we were going to see much of the same for the second half. The Idaho Oilers were also considered by many a sure bet to be in the UIFL 13th season Championship game. However, the Braves seemed to step it up to another level that the Idaho Oilers were not prepared for that night and the Braves closed the game out with a 37 to 18 win over the Oilers to advance for the first time into the UIFL Indoor War Championship Game!
Our second game was with the two time UIFL Champions the Utah Stealth vs the Mudd Ducks. The Mudd Ducks are a first year UIFL team who made it into the playoffs their first year in the UIFL, which is very rare in the 13 year history of the league. This game was a battle right from the start! Both teams traded touchdowns right down to the fourth quarter. I think the experience of team owner, head coach, and starting QB Jeff Wissler along with so many veteran Stealth UIFL players closed it out on the young Mudd Ducks very talented team. Final Score Utah Stealth 37 Mudd Ducks 21!
Congratulations to all four of our very talented UIFL teams for making it into these great UIFL playoff games and I believe any one of these teams could beat any other Championship team from any other indoor league in the state!
Saturday, January 21
Best Offensive Team Stats After Week 7:
1st place: Stealth 42 points per game
2nd place: Oilers 34.28 points per game
3rd place: Braves 34.14 points per game
4th place: Mudd Ducks 30.71 points per game
Best Defensive Team Stats After Week 7:
1st place: Stealth 14.86 points per game allowed
2nd place: Oilers 21.71 points per game allowed
3rd place: Mudd Ducks 23.43 points per game allowed
4th place: Braves 30.14 points per game allowed
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The UIFL would like to remind the coaches and players that we will have league wide byes for the Christmas and New Year's weekends. We will resume our games on Jan. 7th 2012. Your last games for 2011 will be this Sat. Dec. 17th starting at 7:30 P.M.
The UIFL believes our players should spend time with their families during these special holiday seasons. We would like to also thank all of the wives and familes for supporting our guys throughout the season and we wish all our members of the UIFL family a very Merry Christmas and a Happy Safe New Years!
Sunday, December 18
The Complete UIFL 2012 Schedule is Now Posted.
Our Playoff Date will be Jan. 28th 2012.
Our Championship Date Will Be Feb. 4th 2012!
The Playoff Format Will Be Single Round Elimination.
The Top 4 Teams in The League Will Go Into The Playoffs.
First Will play Fourth and Second Will Play Third.
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THE UNIVERSITY OF UTAH HAS JUST INSTALLED BRAND NEW TURF AT THE SPENCE ECCLES FIELD HOUSE!! THE TURF COST OVER $400,000 DOLLARS!!
PLEASE CHECK OUT THE NEW PICTURES OF THE TURF AND SEE HOW BEAUTIFUL IT IS!! IT IS THE EXACT TURF THAT IS IN THE RICE ECCLES STADIUM!! I WALKED ON THIS TURF THE OTHER DAY AND IT IS SO SOFT THAT AN OLD MANS KNEES FELT 21 AGAIN!
THE UIFL WILL BE VERY FORTUNATE TO PLAY ON THIS TURF THIS SEASON AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU UNDERSTAND THE NO TOLERANCE U OF U POLICY ON FOOD AND DRINK!! THESE POLICES MUST BE FOLLOWED OR WE WILL LOSE OUR PRIVILAGE TO PLAY HERE:
ABSOLUTELY, NO FOOD, BEVERAGE (OTHER THAN WATER) WILL BE PERMITTED IN THE FIELD HOUSE.
ABSOLUTELY, NO GUM, SUNFLOWER SEEDS, TREATS OR FOOD OF ANY KIND WILL BE ALLOWED IN THE FIELD HOUSE. IF YOU ARE FOUND BRINGING THESE ITEMS INTO THE FIELD HOUSE SECURITY WILL ESCORT YOU FROM THE FIELD HOUSE AND YOU WILL LOSE YOUR PRIVILEGE TO PLAY IN THE LEAGUE OR RETURN AS A SPECTATOR AND NO REFUNDS WILL BE ISSUED!!
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The Stealth beat the Utah Bears in a hard fought UIFL Championship game to claim the 2010 11th season UIFL Championship! Stealth 48 Bears 35!
Stats for the Utah Stealth
Passing
Jeff Wissler - 3 TD's
Rushing
Michael laloni - 1 Rushing TD
Levi Vagana - 1 Rushing TD
Receiving
Major Smith - 2 Receiving TD's
Joe Mapson - 1 Receiving TD
Kicking
Scott thompson - 5 xpts - 3 Fg's and 4 - 1pt kick offs
The Utah Stealth offense came out ready to play and jumped up by 2 quick Td's and then the Bears came back making it a hard fought game. The most the Stealth defense have given up in a game this year is 6 points. So the Utah Stealth really were able to see how they would react as the Utah Bears were able to score more points then the Stealth were used to. At times it was very close, but the Stealth defense did what they have done all year and forced turnovers - 1 interception and 2 or 3 fumble recovery's which gave the offense the oportunity to close the door on the Bears Championship dream. It was a great game!
Special cudos go out to one of the greatest UIFL coaches Vince Tauanuu who showed up on the Utah Stealth sideline to cheer on some of his former Utah Sting championship players!
Now Jeff Wissler and his Utah Stealth are challenging any and all teams to dare to take away their expected 2011 Championship this Feb.
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The Wissler's Saints a first year team in the UIFL made up of various senior players from past years teams in the UIFL and a few ex-Utah Saints from the AIFA, a professional indoor minor league, defeated the 5 time UIFL Northern Conference Champions the Scorpions 56 to 36 at the Kaysville Sports Complex.
It was a hard fought battle between both teams through the third quarter and seemed like either team would take the championship until the Saints put it out of reach with some superior passing skills of veteren QB Jeff Wissler (ex-QB of the AIFA Utah Saints 2008 team).
Team owner and QB Terrence Smothers of the Scorpions had a good night, but you could see that an injury earlier in the season came back to haunt him in this game.
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Team owner, head coach and QB Jeff Wissler received his team's UIFL 2009 Championship Rings this past week. Just a little motivation for our new teams this year, we thought we would give you the first look at them!
Saturday, February 26
The Six Time Northern Division Champions the Scorpions defeated the Renegades (formerly the Bears) 37 to 32 to claim the UIFL 12th season, 2011 Utah Indoor Football League Championship!
Congratulations to Owner/Head Coach/QB Terrence Smothers and his team for a hard fought championship game and the strength and courage to come back 7 years out of 8 to the Utah Indoor War Championship and to finnally win the Big One!
This game was a great example of a team working together to win!
Passing
Terry Smothers -1 TD - and a two point conversion
Rushing
Josh Christensen-3 TD
Receiving
Matt Thornton-1 TD
Colby Cook- 2 point conversion
Kicking
Bryce Kennington- 2XPT's - 1FG
Josh Christensen will be awarded the 2011 MVP Championship Trophy at the first game of our UIFL 13th season in Nov. 2011. Check back for date and time.
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Sunday, February 20
The UIFL 2011 Indoor War Bowl will be held Sat. Feb.26th at 9:00 PM at the Spence Eccles Field House at the University of Utah!
The Scorpions will Host the Renegades. The Scorpions will be looking to get revenge from the Renegades last second win of the 2010 Northern Conference Championship last year where the Renegades came from behind in the last seconds of the game to score the go ahead touchdown for the win!
Game time will be 9:00 PM this Sat. Feb. 26th at the Spence Eccles field house at the U of U.
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Congratulations to Josh Christensen 2011 UIFL Championship MVP.
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The UIFL will start it's 11th season this Nov. 2009 at the U OF U Spence Eccles Indoor Football Facility. This facility is a great place to play Indoor Football and it is where the University of Utah Football Champions practice. The Indoor Field is located at: 650 So. Guardsman Way (1580 E).
It was also the place of the very successful 2nd year of the Utah Youth Indoor Football League ( www.uyifl.com ) where 500 boys participated this past spring.
Vince Lombardi Speech
This is considered as one of the greatest football speeches of all time.
(Not a copyrighted speech)
WHAT IT TAKES TO BE NO. 1
by Vince Lombardi
Winning is not a sometime thing; it's an all the time thing.
You don't win once in a while; you don't do things right once in a while; you do them right all the time. Winning is a habit. Unfortunately, so is losing.
There is no room for second place. There is only one place in my game, and that's first place.I have finished second twice in my time at Green Bay, and I don't ever want to finish second again.There is a second place bowl game, but it is a game for losers played by losers.It is and always has been an American zeal to be first in anything we do, and to win, and to win, and to win. Every time a football player goes to play his trade he's got to play from the ground up-from the soles of his feet right up to his head. Every inch of him has to play.Some guys play with their heads. That's O.K. You've got to be smart to be number one in any business. But more importantly, you've got to play with your heart, with every fiber of your body. If you're lucky enough to find a guy with a lot of head and a lot of heart, he's never going to come off the field second.Running a football team is no different than running any other kind of organization, an army, a political party or a business. The principles are the same. The object is to win. To beat the other guy. Maybe that sounds hard or cruel. I don't think it is.It is a reality of life that men are competitive and the most competitive games draw the most competitive men. That's why they are there. To compete. To know the rules and objectives when they get in the game. The object is to win fairly, squarely, by the rules-but to win. And in truth, I've never known a man worth his salt who in the long run, deep down in his heart, didn't appreciate the grind, the discipline.There is something in good men that really yearns for discipline and the harsh reality of head to head combat.I don't say these things because I believe in the "brute" nature of man or that men must be brutalized to be combative. I believe in God, and I believe in human decency. But I firmly believe that any man's finest hour, the greatest fulfillment of all that he holds dear, is that moment when he has worked his heart out in a good cause and lies exhausted on the field of battle - victorious.
Vince Lombardi
Vince Lombardi
Sunday, January 29
UIFL President's Weekly Picks For:
UIFL Championship: 2-4-2012
Utah Stealth 45 Bountiful Braves 28
OH BOY! DID I GET THAT ONE WRONG!!
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE BOUNTIFUL BRAVES FOR THEIR 2012 UIFL CHAMPIONSHIP WIN!!
WE ARE HAPPY TO ADD YOU IN A GREAT LIST OF UIFL CHAMPIONS FOR OUR 13 YEAR HISTORY!
