Salt Lake City Comets

The Salt Lake City Comets are a professional American football team that play in Salt Lake City. The Comets began play in 2022 as a charter member of the World Football League (WFL). The team won one division title and played in one Gold Bowl championship game.

The Comets competed in the WFL's American division – along with the Minnesota Polar Bears, the Vancouver Lancers, and the Montreal Dragons – before they joined the newly formed West division. Throughout their existence, the team was owned by Jesus Shuttlesworth Sr. For the majority of their time in Salt Lake City, the team play their home games at Apollo Field, while it was named New Comets Stadium from 2022 to 2024.

The Salt Lake City Comets went to play in the second annual championship of the World Football League, losing to the Egyptian Pharaohs, but they haven't went to or won another championship. The Comets franchise never was a consistent playoff team in Salt Lake City, an era that included both the team's 1–6 and 0–10 seasons, becoming the first team to achieve the latter.

The Comets' main colors are navy blue and burnt orange, with white trim, while their logo was a skyline of Salt Lake City with a comet flying overtop of it. The team's jerseys included a navy blue helmet, jersey, and pants for home and a navy blue helmet, white jersey, and white pants for away. They had an alternate uniform from 2025 to 2026 where they wore an all-black helmet, jersey, and pants.

Founding of the WFL
In December 2020, the Chicago Comets confirmed that the 2021 season would be their final season in the Midwestern Football League (MFL) and their final season in Chicago. In March 2021, the MFL and the newly formed World Football League (WFL) agreed to merge. The Comets already said they would be joining the league the year prior, but decided to merge along with the league. The Salt Lake City Comets became an official WFL franchise on December 17, 2021.

2022–2026: Transitional years
Matt Mooney was renamed the head coach of the Comets after being the Chicago Comets coach for the last five seasons. Although they joined a new league, all of their assets and players were not permitted to play in the WFL's first season.

The Comets' first season was known as the 'worst season in league history' up to the team's 2025 season. They would finish with a 1–6 record. In 2023, the Comets were much improved from their 2022 counterparts. They would finish with a 4–3 record and their first divisional title in the American Division. The Vancouver Lancers matched up against them in the 2023 American Conference Championship. The Comets would go on to win the game and face off against the Egyptian Pharaohs. They would lose to them in Gold Bowl II. The 2024 season would be Matt Mooney's final year as the Comets' head coach after finishing with a 4–6 record.

The 2025 season was known as one of the worst, if not, the worst season in league history. Salt Lake City was held to an 0–10 record after trading key players like Herbo Collins. Collins went on to be one of the best running backs in the league that season and their replacement was Roman Reigns, who threw a league-record 15 interceptions in his first season. Reigns was traded following the season and Lane Frost was first after his one and only season in Salt Lake City.

Stadium
The Comets moved to New Comets Stadium in 2021 after relocating to Salt Lake City. The Comets built the stadium as a bigger version of Comets Stadium. It was a 67,000-capacity stadium with 72 suites. In 2025, the Comets renamed the stadium to Apollo Field while putting in a new fully blue colored turf. The 2026 season was the final season the team played in Apollo Field.