2003 Rhein Fire season
2003 Rhein Fire season | |
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General manager | Arena AufSchalke |
Results | |
Record | 6–4 |
Division place | 2nd |
Playoff finish | Lost World Bowl XI |
The 2003 Arena AufSchalke in Gelsenkirchen, Germany. They finished the regular season in second place with a record of six wins and four losses. In World Bowl XI, Rhein lost to the Frankfurt Galaxy 35–16.
Offseason
Free agent draft
Draft order | Player name | Position | College | |
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Round | Choice | |||
1 | 5 | Derrick Ham | DE | Miami |
2 | 11 | Dwayne Ledford | G | East Carolina |
3 | 14 | Gillis Wilson | DE | Southern |
4 | 23 | Shad Criss | CB | Missouri |
5 | 26 | Lew Thomas | RB | Vanderbilt |
6 | 35 | Andre Arnold | LB | Grambling State |
7 | 38 | Todd DeLamielleure | LB | Hofstra |
8 | 47 | Jonathan Burrough | TE | New Mexico |
9 | 50 | Kwazi Leverette | WR | Syracuse |
10 | 59 | Greg Brown | S | Texas |
11 | 62 | Corey Callens | DE | Oklahoma |
12 | 71 | Jamel Smith | LB | Virginia Tech |
13 | 74 | Jeff McCurley | C | Pittsburgh |
14 | 83 | Ataveus Cash | WR | Hampton |
15 | 86 | Lawrence Story | WR | Jackson State |
16 | 95 | Frank Moreau | RB | Louisville |
17 | 98 | Kendall Newson | WR | Middle Tennessee |
18 | 107 | Shane O’Neill | S | Southern Methodist |
19 | 110 | Mike Watkins | QB | Louisville |
20 | 118 | Bob Dzvonick | DT | Buffalo |
Personnel
Staff
Front office
Head coaches
Offensive coaches
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Defensive coaches
Strength and conditioning
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Roster
Quarterbacks
Running backs
Wide receivers
Tight ends
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Offensive linemen
Defensive linemen
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Linebackers
Defensive backs
Special teams
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National players
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Schedule
Week | Date | Kickoff [n 1] | Opponent | Results | Game site | Attendance | |
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Final score | Team record | ||||||
1 | Saturday, April 5 | 7:00 p.m. | Amsterdam Admirals | L 15–17 | 0–1 | Arena AufSchalke
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28,206 |
2 | Sunday, April 13 | 4:00 p.m. | at Berlin Thunder | W 21–10 | 1–1 | Olympic Stadium
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16,312 |
3 | Saturday, April 19 | 7:00 p.m. | Scottish Claymores | W 34–17 | 2–1 | Arena AufSchalke | 43,985 |
4 | Saturday, April 26 | 5:00 p.m. | at Barcelona Dragons
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L 3–11 | 2–2 | Mini Estadi | 6,182 |
5 | Saturday, May 3 | 7:00 p.m. | Frankfurt Galaxy | W 14–7 | 3–2 | Arena AufSchalke | 42,324 |
6 | Saturday, May 10 | 7:00 p.m. | at Amsterdam Admirals | W 34–27 | 4–2 | Amsterdam ArenA
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11,672 |
7 | Sunday, May 18 | 3:00 p.m. | at Scottish Claymores | L 0–33 | 4–3 | Hampden Park | 8,279 |
8 | Sunday, May 25 | 4:00 p.m. | Berlin Thunder | W 28–21 | 5–3 | Arena AufSchalke | 27,895 |
9 | Sunday, June 1 | 4:00 p.m. | at Frankfurt Galaxy | L 7–38 | 5–4 | Waldstadion
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25,539 |
10 | Saturday, June 7 | 7:00 p.m. | Barcelona Dragons | W 33–7 | 6–4 | Arena AufSchalke | 28,678 |
Standings
NFL Europe League | |||||||||
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Team | W | L | T | PCT | PF | PA | Home | Road | STK |
Frankfurt Galaxy | 6 | 4 | 0 | .600 | 252 | 182 | 4–1 | 2–3 | L1 |
Rhein Fire | 6 | 4 | 0 | .600 | 189 | 188 | 4–1 | 2–3 | W1 |
Scottish Claymores | 6 | 4 | 0 | .600 | 303 | 190 | 3–2 | 3–2 | W4 |
FC Barcelona Dragons | 5 | 5 | 0 | .500 | 150 | 221 | 2–3 | 3–2 | L3 |
Amsterdam Admirals | 4 | 6 | 0 | .400 | 230 | 273 | 2–3 | 2–3 | L1 |
Berlin Thunder | 3 | 7 | 0 | .300 | 248 | 318 | 2–3 | 1–4 | W1 |
Game summaries
World Bowl XI
World Bowl XI: Rhein Fire vs Frankfurt Galaxy – Game summary
Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Rhein | 3 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 16 |
Frankfurt | 11 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 35 |
at Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland
- Date: Saturday, June 14
- Game time: 5:06 p.m. BST
- Game weather: 76 °F (24 °C), sunny with clear skies
- Game attendance: 28,138
- Referee: Pete Morelli
- TV announcers (FOX): Curt Menefee and Brian Baldinger
Notes
- ^ All times local to where the game was played.
References
- ^ "Issa boogies to Barcelona in NFLEL free agent draft". NFL Europe League. February 5, 2003. Archived from the original on February 19, 2003. Retrieved October 6, 2012.
- ^ "2003 Rhein Fire roster". SI.com. June 13, 2003. Archived from the original on August 4, 2003. Retrieved October 6, 2012.
- ^ "NFL Europe standings". SI.com. June 8, 2003. Archived from the original on August 4, 2003. Retrieved October 6, 2012.