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Utah 63 at Cleveland 66
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Utah Blaze Utah Blaze 141572763
Cleveland Gladiators Cleveland Gladiators 923132166

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Post Game Articles

Robert Redd earns AFL honors
Cleveland Gladiators Press Release

Cleveland Gladiators WR/DB ROBERT REDD has been named Ironman of the Week for his performance in Week 2 of the 2008 Arena Football League season.

No joke: Defense has Gladiators 2-0
News-Herald.com

Two games into the 2008 Arena Football League season, the undefeated Gladiators have already won as many games as they did in all of 2007, when they were playing home games in Las Vegas.

Blaze: Rough journey ends with first 0-2 Utah start
Salt Lake Tribune

The Utah Blaze lost a lot of time getting to Cleveland for Sunday's Arena Football League showdown with the Gladiators, thanks to a massive winter storm that dumped almost 2 feet of snow in Ohio and caused their connecting flight from Chicago to be canceled Saturday.

Gladiators defeat Blaze 66-63
Cleveland Gladiators Press Release

On a cold Cleveland winter afternoon, the Cleveland Gladiators hosted the Utah Blaze, defeating the visitors 66-63 in front 14,765. The Gladiators improve to 2-0 while the Blaze remains winless on the young 2008 season.

Blaze start season 0-2 with loss to Cleveland 66-63
Utah Blaze Press Release

The Utah Blaze (0-2) suffered their second consecutive loss of the season at the hands of the Cleveland Gladiators (2-0) in front of 14,765 fans on Sunday at the Quicken Loans Arena. This is the first time the Blaze have opened a season with two losses and the fourth time Coach White has experienced an 0-2 start (1992, 1993, 2004, 2008).

Blaze: Blaze hope to avoid 1st 0-2 start
Salt Lake Tribune

For all his years in the Arena Football League, Utah Blaze coach Danny White can't remember being dealt a more bizarre early-season schedule than this one.

QB returns in a blaze of glory
Akron Beacon Journal

Joe Germaine is the type of guy who wants to look back on his football career and not have any regrets. The resident of Chandler, Ariz., and former quarterback for the Ohio State Buckeyes returns to the state today as his team, the Utah Blaze, takes on the Cleveland Gladiators at 12:30 p.m. at Quicken Loans Arena.

Gladiators Remain Hot Even In the Bitter Cold
Will Burge, ArenaFan.com

Even the foot and a half of snow fall in the previous twenty four hours couldn’t keep the Gladiators from remaining red hot. Raymond Philyaw led his team with 297 yards and six touchdowns, as Cleveland improved to 2-0 beating the Utah Blaze 66-63.

Germaine finds his pro niche
The Plain Dealer - cleveland.com

Utah Blaze quarterback Joe Germaine plays ice-cold. He does not faze easily even when his coach puts him on the griddle in happy times. In the off-season, Germaine signed a four- year extension that will keep him with the Blaze at least through 2012.

 
Between the Pads
Most Passing Yards
374 yards, Germaine, Utah
Most Receiving Yards
131 yards, McKelvey, Utah
Most Rushing Yards
13 yards, Philyaw, Cleveland
Most Passing TDs
8 TDs, Germaine, Utah
Most Receiving TDs
3 TDs, Whittaker, Utah
Most Rushing TDs
1 TDs, Germaine, Utah
Longest TD Pass
34 yards, Philyaw to Redd, Cleveland
Longest TD Run
2 yards, Germaine, Utah
Most INTs Thrown
2 INTs, Germaine, Utah