2000 Rhein Fire season
2000 Rhein Fire season | |
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General manager | Alexander Leibkind |
Head coach | Galen Hall |
Home field | Rheinstadion |
Results | |
Record | 7–3 |
Division place | 1st |
Playoff finish | World Bowl 2000 champion |
The 2000 Rhein Fire season was the sixth season for the franchise in the NFL Europe League (NFLEL). The team was led by head coach Galen Hall in his sixth year, and played its home games at Rheinstadion in Düsseldorf, Germany. They finished the regular season in first place with a record of seven wins and three losses, qualifying for the league final for the third time in four years. Rhein won the second championship in team history by defeating the Scottish Claymores 13–10 in World Bowl 2000.
Offseason
[edit]Free agent draft
[edit]Draft order | Player name | Position | College | |
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Round | Choice | |||
1 | 4 | Rome Douglas | T | Southern California |
2 | 10 | Michael Early | C | Norfolk State |
3 | 15 | Terrance Joseph | S | Tulsa |
4 | 22 | Everett Burnett | WR | Kansas State |
5 | 27 | Pepe Pearson | RB | Ohio State |
6 | 34 | Daniel Jones | WR | Utah |
7 | 39 | Stephen Fisher | CB | North Carolina |
8 | 46 | Dan Collins | G | Boston College |
9 | 51 | Derrick Steagall | WR | Georgia Tech |
10 | 58 | Thomas Guynes | T | Michigan |
11 | 63 | Dusty Renfro | LB | Texas |
12 | 70 | Kevin Cooper | WR | Mississippi State |
13 | 75 | William Carr | DT | Michigan |
14 | 82 | Tim Martin | DE | Tulsa |
15 | 87 | Matthew Hickl | S | Texas A&M-Kingville |
16 | 94 | Mark Smith | LB | Arkansas |
17 | 99 | Scott Whittaker | T | Kansas |
18 | 106 | Nakia Reddick | S | Central Florida |
19 | 111 | Kevin Drake | WR | Alabama-Birmingham |
20 | 118 | James Clyburn | DT | North Carolina A&T |
Personnel
[edit]Staff
[edit]Front office
Head coaches
Offensive coaches
| Defensive coaches
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Roster
[edit]Quarterbacks Running backs
Wide receivers
Tight ends
| Offensive linemen
Defensive linemen
| Linebackers
Defensive backs
Special teams
| National players
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Schedule
[edit]Week | Date | Kickoff [n 1] | Opponent | Results | Game site | Attendance | |
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Final score | Team record | ||||||
1 | Saturday, April 15 | 7:00 p.m. | Barcelona Dragons | W 28–17 | 1–0 | Rheinstadion | 28,924 |
2 | Saturday, April 22 | 7:00 p.m. | at Amsterdam Admirals | L 20–23 OT | 1–1 | Amsterdam ArenA | 13,285 |
3 | Saturday, April 29 | 7:00 p.m. | Frankfurt Galaxy | W 34–27 | 2–1 | Rheinstadion | 43,129 |
4 | Saturday, May 6 | 7:00 p.m. | at Barcelona Dragons | W 18–7 | 3–1 | Estadi Olímpic de Montjuïc | 21,200 |
5 | Saturday, May 13 | 7:00 p.m. | Scottish Claymores | W 22–10 | 4–1 | Rheinstadion | 30,537 |
6 | Sunday, May 21 | 3:00 p.m. | at Berlin Thunder | L 21–25 OT | 4–2 | Jahn-Sportpark | 10,273 |
7 | Saturday, May 27 | 7:00 p.m. | Berlin Thunder | W 28–27 | 5–2 | Rheinstadion | 33,437 |
8 | Sunday, June 4 | 7:00 p.m. | at Frankfurt Galaxy | W 53–14 | 6–2 | Waldstadion | 41,351 |
9 | Saturday, June 10 | 3:00 p.m. | at Scottish Claymores | L 24–31 | 6–3 | Hampden Park | 10,196 |
10 | Sunday, June 18 | 7:00 p.m. | Amsterdam Admirals | W 31–28 | 7–3 | Rheinstadion | 37,113 |
World Bowl 2000 | |||||||
11 | Sunday, June 25 | 7:00 p.m. | Scottish Claymores | W 13–10 | 8–3 | Waldstadion | 35,860 |
Standings
[edit]NFL Europe League | |||||||||
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Team | W | L | T | PCT | PF | PA | Home | Road | STK |
Rhein Fire | 7 | 3 | 0 | .700 | 279 | 209 | 5–0 | 2–3 | W1 |
Scottish Claymores | 6 | 4 | 0 | .600 | 273 | 165 | 4–1 | 2–3 | L1 |
Barcelona Dragons | 5 | 5 | 0 | .500 | 194 | 212 | 2–3 | 3–2 | W1 |
Amsterdam Admirals | 4 | 6 | 0 | .400 | 206 | 243 | 3–2 | 1–4 | L3 |
Frankfurt Galaxy | 4 | 6 | 0 | .400 | 206 | 269 | 1–4 | 3–2 | W2 |
Berlin Thunder | 4 | 6 | 0 | .400 | 189 | 249 | 3–2 | 1–4 | L1 |
Game summaries
[edit]World Bowl 2000
[edit]World Bowl 2000: Rhein Fire vs Scottish Claymores – Game summary
Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Rhein | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 13 |
Scotland | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
at Waldstadion, Frankfurt, Germany
- Date: Sunday, June 25
- Game time: 7:07 p.m. CEST
- Game weather: 17 °C (63 °F), cloudy
- Game attendance: 35,860
- Referee: Bill Leavy
- TV announcers (FOX): Sam Rosen and Bill Maas
Game information | ||
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Notes
[edit]- ^ All times local to where the game was played.
References
[edit]- ^ "NFL Europe Draft List". SI.com. February 24, 2000. Archived from the original on August 18, 2000. Retrieved November 2, 2013.
- ^ "2000 NFL Europe League Standings". NFL Europe League. Archived from the original on August 15, 2000. Retrieved November 2, 2013.