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World Bowl XV
DateSaturday, June 23, 2007
Stadium
Referee
John Parry
Attendance48,125
Ceremonies
Halftime showMeat Loaf
TV in the United States
NetworkNFL Network
AnnouncersBob Papa and Brian Baldinger

Commerzbank-Arena in Frankfurt, Germany on Saturday, June 23, 2007. The defending World Bowl champion Frankfurt Galaxy (7–3) hosted the Hamburg Sea Devils
(7–3) in their own home stadium.

The game marked the third time that Frankfurt hosted the World Bowl. They were the host of World Bowl '98 and of World Bowl 2000.

World Bowl XV was the only World Bowl under the new

NFL Europa
branding. It was also the first World Bowl appearance for the Sea Devils, while the Galaxy made their 8th appearance, extending the record they already held.

pregame show performance. The United States Army Europe Band and Chorus
from Heidelberg, Germany served as the game's half time show performance.

The Sea Devils won their first World Bowl championship with a 37–28 win, becoming the highest scoring World Bowl in league history (65 total points). QB Casey Bramlet took MVP honors by completing 20 out of 27 passes for 347 yards and he threw a World Bowl record 4 touchdown passes. 48,125 people were in attendance.

Background

The Galaxy won the first meeting 20–17 in Frankfurt, while the Sea Devils took the second meeting 36–31 in Hamburg.

Game summary

The Sea Devils drew first blood with QB

Robert Ortiz. However, Hamburg would eventually respond with Bramlet completing a 51-yard TD pass to WR Josh Davis. Frankfurt would eventually get one last score with RB Sha-ron Edwards
getting a 2-yard TD run at the end of the third quarter. However, in the fourth quarter, the Sea Devils took control for the rest of the game. They would get the only score of the quarter with Bramlet hooking up again with Maxwell on a 10-yard TD pass. With the win, Hamburg stripped the Galaxy of their championship title and won their first World Bowl title in their three-year history. The win also marked the fourth-straight year that a team lost in the World Bowl after having won the title in the previous year.

Scoring summary

  • Hamburg - TD Jenkins 3 yd pass from Bramlet (PAT failed) 8:04 1st
  • Hamburg - TD Maxwell 35 yd pass from Bramlet 3:28 1st
  • Frankfurt - TD Middleton 24 yd pass from O'Sullivan 12:28 2nd
  • Hamburg - TD Allen 33 yd run 7:56 2nd
  • Frankfurt - TD Birmingham 5 yd run 4:28 2nd
  • Hamburg - FG Andrus 24 yd 0:03 2nd
  • Frankfurt - TD Ortiz 24 yd pass from O'Sullivan 11:35 3rd
  • Hamburg - TD Davis 51 yd pass from Bramlet 4:27 3rd
  • Frankfurt - TD Edwards 2 yd run 0:00 3rd
  • Hamburg - TD Maxwell 10 yd pass from Bramlet 10:55 4th

See also

References

  1. ^ "City of Frankfurt to Host Yello Strom World Bowl XV; Yello Strom to Sponsor NFL Europa Final for Third Year in Row" (PDF) (press release). NFL. November 14, 2006. Retrieved 2022-10-24.
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