The Utah Catzz was a team in the

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( PIFL) in 1998. The Catzz franchise was owned by Michael & Carla Curran, who also started a farm club for the Catzz, the Salt Lake Lions (semi-pro football team). The Catzz played their home games at the David O.

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., with the team office located in

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. The team's color's were: Blue, Red, and Purple. Utah's head coach for the 1998 season was Gordon Hudson. The Catzz played four preseason PIFL games in 1997-98. Winning three out of the four: *December 6, 1997 - Utah Catzz 41 at West Virginia Wizards 51† *December 20, 1997 - Texas Bullets 22 at Utah Catzz 47 *March 21, 1998 - Tucson Mirage† 23 at Utah Catzz 59 *April 4, 1998 - Utah Catzz 42 at

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40 † was scheduled to be an expansion team for the 1999 season.

Season-By-Season

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Utah Catzz 1998 schedule

*April 11 - Minnesota Monsters 30, at Utah Catzz 32 *April 18 - Texas Bullets 24, at Utah Catzz 57 *April 26 - Utah Catzz 27, at Colorado Wildcats 29 *May 9 -

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49, at Utah Catzz 27 *May 16 -

44, at Utah Catzz 14 *May 23 - Colorado Wildcats 43, at Utah Catzz 26 *May 30 - Utah Catzz at Minnesota Monsters - Minnesota forfeits *June 6 - Utah Catzz 37, at

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47 *June 20 - Utah Catzz 16, at

43 *June 27 - Honolulu Hurricanes 50, at Utah Catzz 52 *July 4 -

61, at Utah Catzz 43 *July 18 - Utah Catzz at Texas Bullets - Texas forfeits *July 25 - Utah Catzz 12, at Honolulu Hurricanes 42 *August 1 - Utah Catzz at

- Utah forfeits

References

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