The team was announced in April 2016 by a group called Project FANchise with the intent on creating an entirely fan operated indoor football team.[1] The project announced that fans would vote on every aspect of the team including the name of the team, signing players, and calling plays. On June 6, the name of the team was announced as the Screaming Eagles after the 101st Airborne Division.[2] The name was picked over the more controversial choices of "Teamy McTeamface," "Sandtroopers,"[3] and "Stormin' Mormons."[4] William McCarthy was voted in as the first head coach in franchise history.
The team made their debut at home against the Nebraska Danger on February 16, 2017. They lost 78–47 in a game which featured the fans storming the field after the Eagles scored the first fan-called touchdown in franchise history. Also, the team introduced their part-owner, Norm Macdonald, who helped call part of the game streamed live on SI.com (Sports Illustrated) and YouTube.[5] The team won their first game the next week defeating the Colorado Crush 42–41 on February 26. On March 1, the team then fired head coach William McCarthy due to philosophical differences[6] and then hired Matthew Sauk as its new head coach without using the fan vote system. However, the FANchise vote system made national news once again when their fans voted against signing former NFL player Greg Hardy on March 30, 2017.[7]
On April 20, 2017, The Wall Street Journal reported that Project FANchise was planning on launching a new league called the "Interactive Football League". Project FANchise CEO Sohrob Farudi confirmed that the Screaming Eagles would finish the 2017 Indoor Football League season[8] and would be leaving the league afterwards.[9] The league was later re-branded as the Electronic Football League (eFL) in October 2017 and then as the Fan Controlled Football League (FCFL) in November 2017.[10] The new league planned to play all of its games in only one city with eight new teams and the Screaming Eagles did not appear to be one the team names considered. The new league eventually began play in February 2021 as Fan Controlled Football with four teams.
^"Project FANchise Launches First-Ever Fan-Run Pro Sports Team". OurSports Central. April 21, 2016.
^"Fans Have Spoken: Team Name is "Screaming Eagles"". OurSports Central. June 7, 2016.
^"Teamy McTeamfaces losing ground in naming contest for Utah's Indoor Football team". KSTU. June 1, 2016.
^"Stormin' Mormons and Teamy McTeamFace lead fan vote to name Utah pro football franchise". Salt Lake Tribune. May 24, 2016.
^Joe Coles (February 16, 2017). "Fans rush the field, but Screaming Eagles fall to Nebraska Danger in inaugural game, 78-47". Deseret News.
^"Screaming Eagles Make Coaching Change". IFL. March 1, 2017.
^Shalise Manza Young (March 30, 2017). "Fans of Indoor Football League team vote no to adding Greg Hardy to roster". Yahoo Sports.
^"How Can Football Video Games Get More Realistic? Real Humans". The Wall Street Journal. April 20, 2017.
^"WEEKLY SPORTS LEAGUE & FRANCHISE REPORT". OurSports Central. April 24, 2017.
^"Hello World – Introducing the eFL and the FAN Token". Electronic Football League. October 11, 2017.
^Brennan Smith (February 17, 2017). "Arena football: Salt Lake Screaming Eagles drop opener to Nebraska Danger 78-47 (with video)". www.sltrib.com. The Salt Lake Tribune. Retrieved February 17, 2017.
^"Empire ground Screaming Eagles in IFL action". www.spokesman.com. The Spokesman-Review. March 13, 2017. Retrieved March 14, 2017.
^"Spokane Empire thwarts Salt Lake – and its play-calling fans". www.spokesman.com. The Spokesman-Review. March 24, 2017. Retrieved March 25, 2017.
^"Screaming Eagles lose to Crush on last-second field goal". www.si.com. Time Inc. April 1, 2017. Retrieved April 3, 2017.
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The Salt Lake Screaming Eagles were a professional indoor football team based in West Valley City Utah near Salt Lake City The Screaming Eagles started as an expansion team in the Indoor Football League IFL and began play in 2017 with home games at the Maverik Center The team folded when ownership left the IFL to start their own league Salt Lake Screaming EaglesEstablished 2016Folded 2017Played in Maverik Centerin West Valley City UtahSaltLakeScreamingEagles comLeague conference affiliationsIndoor Football League 2017 Intense Conference 2017 Current uniformTeam colorsNavy blue red white PersonnelOwner s Project FanchiseChairmangygohgokPresidentThom CarterHead coachMatthew SaukTeam historySalt Lake Screaming Eagles 2017 ChampionshipsLeague championships 0 Conference championships 0 Division championships 0 Home arena s Maverik Center 2017 Contents 1 History 2 Statistics and records 2 1 Season by season results 2 2 Head coach records 3 Personnel 3 1 Final roster 3 2 All League selections 3 3 Individual awards 3 4 Staff 4 2017 season 4 1 Schedule 4 2 Standings 5 References 6 External linksHistory editThe team was announced in April 2016 by a group called Project FANchise with the intent on creating an entirely fan operated indoor football team 1 The project announced that fans would vote on every aspect of the team including the name of the team signing players and calling plays On June 6 the name of the team was announced as the Screaming Eagles after the 101st Airborne Division 2 The name was picked over the more controversial choices of Teamy McTeamface Sandtroopers 3 and Stormin Mormons 4 William McCarthy was voted in as the first head coach in franchise history The team made their debut at home against the Nebraska Danger on February 16 2017 They lost 78 47 in a game which featured the fans storming the field after the Eagles scored the first fan called touchdown in franchise history Also the team introduced their part owner Norm Macdonald who helped call part of the game streamed live on SI com Sports Illustrated and YouTube 5 The team won their first game the next week defeating the Colorado Crush 42 41 on February 26 On March 1 the team then fired head coach William McCarthy due to philosophical differences 6 and then hired Matthew Sauk as its new head coach without using the fan vote system However the FANchise vote system made national news once again when their fans voted against signing former NFL player Greg Hardy on March 30 2017 7 On April 20 2017 The Wall Street Journal reported that Project FANchise was planning on launching a new league called the Interactive Football League Project FANchise CEO Sohrob Farudi confirmed that the Screaming Eagles would finish the 2017 Indoor Football League season 8 and would be leaving the league afterwards 9 The league was later re branded as the Electronic Football League eFL in October 2017 and then as the Fan Controlled Football League FCFL in November 2017 10 The new league planned to play all of its games in only one city with eight new teams and the Screaming Eagles did not appear to be one the team names considered The new league eventually began play in February 2021 as Fan Controlled Football with four teams Statistics and records editSeason by season results edit League Champions Conference Champions Division Champions Playoff Berth League Leader Season Team League Conference Division Regular season Postseason results Finish Wins Losses 2017 2017 IFL Intense 4th 5 11 Head coach records edit Name Term Regular season Playoffs Awards W L Win W L William McCarthy 2017 1 1 500 0 0 Matthew Sauk 2017 4 10 286 0 0Personnel editFinal roster edit 2017 Salt Lake Screaming Eagles roster Quarterbacks 1 Verlon Reed Running backs 17 Bubba Poole 16 Lucien Walker Wide receivers 14 Dorian Buford 21 Juwan Dotson 8 Delric Ellington 84 Devin Mahina 7 Chris Robinson 10 Dontrelle Sanford 11 Tanqueray Towns Offensive linemen 92 Siaosi Aiono 99 Zach Fondal 52 Royce Roxas Defensive linemen 75 Quinton Bradley 97 Viliseni Fauonuku 53 Sisale Hautau 52 Michael Ward 93 Seante Williams Linebackers 25 Jerome McElroy 9 Gionni Paul Defensive backs 6 Ed Burns 11 James Calhoun 12 Rashard Greene 14 Kelvin Lee 3 Don Unamba Special teams 13 Scott Thomsen Reserve lists 2 Breon Allen RB IRTooltip Injured reserve nbsp 10 Trent Andrus K IRTooltip Injured reserve nbsp 99 David Gilbert DL IRTooltip Injured reserve nbsp 52 Ofa Hautau DL IRTooltip Injured reserve nbsp 51 Alex Land OL Exempt 10 Derwyn Lauderdale WR IRTooltip Injured reserve nbsp Lene Maiava OL Exempt 15 Gianni Olivas DB IRTooltip Injured reserve nbsp 9 Devon Price WR IRTooltip Injured reserve nbsp 5 Jesse Scroggins QB IRTooltip Injured reserve nbsp 13 Cy Strahm WR IRTooltip Injured reserve nbsp rookies in italics Roster updated June 13 2017 25 Active 12 Inactive More rosters All League selections edit WR Devin Mahina DB James Calhoun Individual awards edit Offensive Rookie of the Year Season Player Position 2017 Verlon Reed QB Staff edit Salt Lake Screaming Eagles staff Front office Majority owner Project FANchise President Thom Carter Head coach Head coach Matthew Sauk Assistant to the head coach Ron McBride Offensive coaches Offensive coordinator The Fans Offensive line coach Jaren Skinner Defensive coaches co Defensive Coordinator Sergio Gilliam co Defensive Coordinator Kevin Bello2017 season edit2017 Salt Lake Screaming Eagles seasonOwnerProject FANchiseHead coachWilliam McCarthy 2 games Matthew SaukHome fieldMaverik CenterResultsRecord5 11Conference place5thPlayoff finishDid not qualifySalt Lake Screaming Eagles 2018 Schedule edit Key Win Tie Loss Bye Week Day Date Kickoff Opponent Results Location Attendance Score Record 1 Thursday February 16 7 00pm Nebraska Danger L 47 78 11 0 1 Maverik Center 8 191 2 Sunday February 26 3 00pm at Colorado Crush W 42 41 OT 1 1 Budweiser Events Center 3 BYE 4 Monday March 13 7 00pm Spokane Empire L 35 41 12 1 2 Maverik Center 4 196 5 BYE 6 Friday March 24 7 00pm at Spokane Empire L 36 53 13 1 3 Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena 7 Friday March 31 7 00pm Colorado Crush L 49 52 14 1 4 Maverik Center 4 121 8 Saturday April 8 7 05pm at Wichita Falls Nighthawks L 33 39 1 5 Kay Yeager Coliseum 9 Friday April 14 7 00pm Arizona Rattlers L 60 73 1 6 Maverik Center 3 785 10 Saturday April 22 7 05pm at Nebraska Danger L 30 49 1 7 Eihusen Arena 11 Sunday April 30 3 00pm at Spokane Empire L 29 31 1 8 Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena 12 Sunday May 7 4 30pm at Colorado Crush W 64 41 2 8 Budweiser Events Center 13 Friday May 12 7 00pm Colorado Crush W 38 37 3 8 Maverik Center 4 855 14 Saturday May 20 7 00pm at Arizona Rattlers L 33 63 3 9 Talking Stick Resort Arena 15 Monday May 29 7 00pm Cedar Rapids Titans W 64 27 4 9 Maverik Center 2 981 16 Friday June 2 7 00pm Iowa Barnstormers L 36 58 4 10 Maverik Center 3 873 17 Saturday June 10 7 05pm at Green Bay Blizzard L 34 37 4 11 Resch Center 4 657 18 Friday June 16 7 00pm Spokane Empire W 45 42 5 11 Maverik Center 4 581 Standings edit 2017 Intense Conference viewtalkedit W L T PCT PF PA CON GB STK y Arizona Rattlers 12 4 0 750 782 610 8 1 W8 x Nebraska Danger 9 7 0 563 717 660 5 2 3 0 W1 Spokane Empire 8 8 0 500 654 677 7 5 4 0 L3 Salt Lake Screaming Eagles 5 11 0 313 675 762 4 8 7 0 W1 Colorado Crush 3 13 0 188 629 821 2 10 8 0 L4References edit Project FANchise Launches First Ever Fan Run Pro Sports Team OurSports Central April 21 2016 Fans Have Spoken Team Name is Screaming Eagles OurSports Central June 7 2016 Teamy McTeamfaces losing ground in naming contest for Utah s Indoor Football team KSTU June 1 2016 Stormin Mormons and Teamy McTeamFace lead fan vote to name Utah pro football franchise Salt Lake Tribune May 24 2016 Joe Coles February 16 2017 Fans rush the field but Screaming Eagles fall to Nebraska Danger in inaugural game 78 47 Deseret News Screaming Eagles Make Coaching Change IFL March 1 2017 Shalise Manza Young March 30 2017 Fans of Indoor Football League team vote no to adding Greg Hardy to roster Yahoo Sports How Can Football Video Games Get More Realistic Real Humans The Wall Street Journal April 20 2017 WEEKLY SPORTS LEAGUE amp FRANCHISE REPORT OurSports Central April 24 2017 Hello World Introducing the eFL and the FAN Token Electronic Football League October 11 2017 Brennan Smith February 17 2017 Arena football Salt Lake Screaming Eagles drop opener to Nebraska Danger 78 47 with video www sltrib com The Salt Lake Tribune Retrieved February 17 2017 Empire ground Screaming Eagles in IFL action www spokesman com The Spokesman Review March 13 2017 Retrieved March 14 2017 Spokane Empire thwarts Salt Lake and its play calling fans www spokesman com The Spokesman Review March 24 2017 Retrieved March 25 2017 Screaming Eagles lose to Crush on last second field goal www si com Time Inc April 1 2017 Retrieved April 3 2017 External links editOfficial website Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Salt Lake Screaming Eagles amp oldid 1204774178 2017 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