The Utah Warriors were an indoor football team based in West Valley City, Utah. The Warriors played in the National Indoor Football League. The Warriors joined the NIFL in 2003 as an expansion team. The Warriors were the fourth indoor football team to be based in the Salt Lake City area, the first being the Indoor Professional Football League members, the Utah Catzz in 1998, the Utah Rattlers, who had an ownership change, and the name changed to the Utah Express, also of the NIFL in 2001. The Warriors played their home games at the E-Center in the suburb of West Valley City, Utah.

The Warriors joined the NIFL at the beginning of the 2003 season, but disbanded after of the 2004 season, so the franchise owners could prepare to launch an Arena Football League team, the Utah Blaze, for the 2006 season. The Warriors reached the league championship game during their first season, falling to the Ohio Valley Greyhounds 45–37.

Utah Warriors (indoor football)

Franchise history

In 2003, team President Doug Tate made reference to the Warriors' ability to secure the E-Center as their home field, that the team would have a greater chance of staying around unlike the Utah Catzz and Utah Rattlers/Express before them.

Utah Warriors (indoor football)

Season-by-season

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|2003 || 13 || 4 || 0 || 1st PC Western || Won Round 1 (Sioux Falls)Won Semifinals (Omaha)Lost Indoor Bowl III (Ohio Valley) |- |2004 || 7 || 8 || 0 || 2nd PC Western || Won PC Round 1 (Tri-City)Lost PC Quarterfinals (Sioux Falls) |- !Totals || 23 || 14 || 0 |colspan="2"| (including playoffs)

Utah Warriors (indoor football)

References

National Indoor Football League teams

Sports in Salt Lake City

American football teams in Utah

West Valley City, Utah

2003 establishments in Utah

2005 disestablishments in Utah

American football teams established in 2003

American football teams disestablished in 2005