Boise Burn

Boise Burn
Established 2006 Folded 2009 Played in Qwest Arena in Boise, Idaho
League/conference affiliations
AF2 (2007–2009) American Conference (2007) West Division (2007) National Conference (2008–2009) West Division (2008–2009)
Current uniform
Team colors	Orange, silver, white
Personnel
Owner(s)	Idaho Sports Properties
President	Eric Trapp
Head coach	Lee Leslie (2007–2008) Brent Winter (2009)
Team history
Boise Burn (2007–2009)
Championships
League championships (0)
Conference championships (0)
Division championships (0)
Playoff appearances (1)
2009
Home arena(s)
Qwest Arena (2007–2009)

The Boise Burn was an arena football team based in Boise, Idaho. The Burn began play in the af2 league in March 2007. Burn home games were played at the Qwest Arena in downtown Boise.

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.

2007 season

Home games are in bold

• Friday March 30: Louisville (Won 57-52)
• Friday April 13: Quad City (Lost 26-42)
• Saturday April 21: Everett (Won 70-34)
• Saturday April 28: Oklahoma City (Won 48-42)
• Saturday May 5: Bakersfield (Won 69-55)
• Saturday May 12: Central Valley (Lost 70-78)
• Saturday May 19: Spokane (Lost 44-62)
• Saturday May 26: Stockton (Lost 33-51)
• Saturday June 9: Everett (Lost 32-52)
• Saturday June 16: Rio Grande Valley (Lost 32-62)
• Saturday June 23: Spokane (Lost 28-60)
• Saturday June 30: Tri-Cities (Lost 42-55)
• Saturday July 7: Bakersfield (Won 47-16)
• Saturday July 14: Stockton (Won 58-46)
• Saturday July 21: Central Valley (Won 77-41)
• Saturday July 28: Tri-Cities (Won 52-42)

2008 season

Home games are in bold.

• April 5, 2008: Tulsa Talons-Lost (28-65)
• April 12, 2008: Stockton Lightning-Won (51-43)
• April 19, 2008: Tri-Cities Fever-Won (74-28)
• April 26, 2008: Texas Copperheads-Won (41-14)
• May 3, 2008: Stockton Lightning-Won (77-14)
• May 10, 2008: Spokane Shock-Lost (42-62)
• May 18, 2008: Daytona Beach Thunderbirds-Won (61-34)
• May 24, 2008: Central Valley Coyotes-Lost (40-46)
• May 31, 2008: Tri-Cities Fever-Lost (46-57)
• June 7, 2008: Spokane Shock-Lost (51-68)
• June 14, 2008: Oklahoma City Yard Dawgz-Lost (33-51)
• June 21, 2008: Stockton Lightning-Won (55-51)
• June 28, 2008: Tri-Cities Fever-Won (52-34)
• July 12, 2008: Florida Firecats-Won (59-47)
• July 19, 2008: Central Valley Coyotes-Lost (50-55)
• July 26, 2008: Spokane Shock-Lost (48-63)

2009 season

Home games are in bold.

• April 11, 2009: Bossier-Shreveport BattleWings-Won (54-45)
• April 18, 2009: Spokane Shock-Lost (45-63)
• April 25, 2009: Central Valley Coyotes-Won (52-45)
• May 2, 2009: Stockton Lightning-Won (68-18)
• May 9, 2009: Spokane Shock-Lost (62-64)
• May 16, 2009: Tri-Cities Fever-Won (77-28)
• May 23, 2009: Stockton Lightning-Won (59-44)
• May 30, 2009: Amarillo Dusters-Won (51-40)

Final roster

Boise Burn roster
Quarterbacks  7 Rudy Carlton 10 Taylor Tharp Fullbacks  9 Damian Walker Wide receivers  8 Casey Allen  6Tanyon Bissell  4 Nichiren Flowers 11 Jerard Rabb  5 Jomo Wilson		Offensive linemen 56Marcis Fennell 55 Mark Fenton 77 Palauni Ma Sun 55 Eric Price 87 Rich Seals 62Jarred Simmons Defensive linemen 99 Alex Guerrero 43Gerard Lee 47Joe Lemma 15 David Stanton 44 Mark Weivoda		Linebackers 33Marcus Lawrence  1 Levi Madarieta Defensive backs 21Maurice Banks 20 Ernest James  3 Nygel Rogers 25 Terrance Sanders  2 Tremaine Tyler Special teams 13 Ben Scott K Larry Stovall-Moody K 9		Reserve lists --Tim HendersonOL -- Mark Thorson QB rookies in italics Roster updated August 22, 2009 27 Active, 2 Inactive

Season-By-Season

Season records

Season	W	L	T	Finish	Playoff results
2007	8	8	0	4th AC West	--
2008	8	8	0	3rd NC West	--
2009	12	4	0	2nd NC West	Won NC Round 1 (Arkansas 77-36) Lost NC Semifinal (Spokane 59-35)
Totals	29	21	0

Suspending operations

On September 28, Idaho Sports Properties suspended operations in part due to a major withdrawal from the Burn's majority owner. The other owners Texas AF2 Holdings also agreed to withdraw funds from the Burn. Boise was invited to join the newly formed Arena Football 1, but even if the funding had gone forward, there would be no guarantee that Boise would join the league. ^[1]

As of 2023, the Burn's intellectual properties are owned by a holding company tied to Idaho Central Arena and the Idaho Steelheads ice hockey team. In June of that year, shortly before Boise was announced as one of the 16 inaugural markets for an Arena Football League revival, the holding company renewed the Boise Burn's Web domain name. Ultimately, the Burn were not included in the 2024 Arena Football League season schedule. ^[2]

References

1. IdahoStatesman.com: Boise Burn suspend operations
2. Day, Don (July 18, 2023). "An upstart football league says it will field a pro team in Boise, but there are few specifics". BoiseDev. Retrieved March 3, 2024.

External links

• Official Website from September 6th, 2007
• Boise Burn on ArenaFan.com