2005 Berlin Thunder season
2005 Berlin Thunder season | |
---|---|
General manager | Michael Lang |
Head coach | Rick Lantz |
Home field | Olympic Stadium |
Results | |
Record | 7–3 |
Division place | 1st |
Playoff finish | Lost World Bowl XIII |
The 2005 Berlin Thunder season was the seventh season for the franchise in the NFL Europe League (NFLEL). The team was led by head coach Rick Lantz in his second year, and played its home games at Olympic Stadium in Berlin, Germany. They finished the regular season in first place with a record of seven wins and three losses. In World Bowl XIII, Berlin lost to the Amsterdam Admirals 27–21.
Offseason
[edit]Free agent draft
[edit]Draft order | Player name | Position | College | |
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Round | Choice | |||
1 | 6 | DeAngelo Lloyd | DE | Tennessee |
2 | 12 | Darrell Lee | DE | Florida |
3 | 13 | Dante Ellington | T | Alabama |
4 | 24 | James Thornton | CB | Morris Brown |
5 | 25 | David Porter | T | Iowa |
6 | 36 | Greg Taplin | DE | Michigan State |
7 | 37 | Regis Crawford | C | Arizona State |
8 | 45 | Reggie Rhodes | DT | Valdosta State |
Personnel
[edit]Staff
[edit]Front office
Head coaches
Offensive coaches
| Defensive coaches
Strength and conditioning
|
Roster
[edit]Quarterbacks
Running backs
Wide receivers
Tight ends
| Offensive linemen
Defensive linemen
| Linebackers
Defensive backs
Special teams
| National players
|
Schedule
[edit]Week | Date | Kickoff [n 1] | Opponent | Results | Game site | Attendance | |
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Final score | Team record | ||||||
1 | Saturday, April 2 | 6:00 p.m. | Frankfurt Galaxy | W 30–7 | 1–0 | Olympic Stadium | 16,199 |
2 | Sunday, April 10 | 4:00 p.m. | Hamburg Sea Devils | W 15–13 | 2–0 | Olympic Stadium | 14,312 |
3 | Saturday, April 16 | 7:00 p.m. | at Amsterdam Admirals | L 27–31 | 2–1 | Amsterdam ArenA | 10,131 |
4 | Saturday, April 23 | 7:00 p.m. | at Rhein Fire | W 30–28 | 3–1 | LTU arena | 20,399 |
5 | Saturday, April 30 | 6:00 p.m. | Amsterdam Admirals | W 27–16 | 4–1 | Olympic Stadium | 16,109 |
6 | Sunday, May 8 | 4:00 p.m. | at Cologne Centurions | L 17–23 | 4–2 | RheinEnergieStadion | 9,485 |
7 | Saturday, May 14 | 6:00 p.m. | Rhein Fire | W 24–15 | 5–2 | Olympic Stadium | 16,695 |
8 | Sunday, May 22 | 4:00 p.m. | at Hamburg Sea Devils | W 27–17 | 6–2 | AOL Arena | 16,889 |
9 | Saturday, May 28 | 7:00 p.m. | at Frankfurt Galaxy | W 31–24 | 7–2 | Waldstadion | 40,109 |
10 | Sunday, June 5 | 4:00 p.m. | Cologne Centurions | L 13–17 | 7–3 | Olympic Stadium | 20,927 |
World Bowl XIII | |||||||
11 | Saturday, June 11 | 5:00 p.m. | Amsterdam Admirals | L 21–27 | 7–4 | LTU arena | 35,134 |
Standings
[edit]NFL Europe League | |||||||||
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Team | W | L | T | PCT | PF | PA | Home | Road | STK |
Berlin Thunder | 7 | 3 | 0 | .700 | 241 | 191 | 4–1 | 3–2 | L1 |
Amsterdam Admirals | 6 | 4 | 0 | .600 | 265 | 204 | 5–0 | 1–4 | L1 |
Cologne Centurions | 6 | 4 | 0 | .600 | 188 | 212 | 3–2 | 3–2 | W1 |
Hamburg Sea Devils | 5 | 5 | 0 | .500 | 213 | 196 | 4–1 | 1–4 | W1 |
Frankfurt Galaxy | 3 | 7 | 0 | .300 | 163 | 246 | 2–3 | 1–4 | L2 |
Rhein Fire | 3 | 7 | 0 | .300 | 203 | 224 | 2–3 | 1–4 | W2 |
Game summaries
[edit]Week 1: vs Frankfurt Galaxy
[edit]Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Frankfurt | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
Berlin | 3 | 14 | 3 | 10 | 30 |
at Olympic Stadium, Berlin, Germany
- Date: Saturday, April 2
- Game time: 6:00 p.m. CEST
- Game weather: 60 °F (15.6 °C)
- Game attendance: 16,199
- Referee: Jerome Boger
Week 2: vs Hamburg Sea Devils
[edit]Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Hamburg | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 13 |
Berlin | 5 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 15 |
at Olympic Stadium, Berlin, Germany
- Date: Sunday, April 10
- Game time: 4:04 p.m. CEST
- Game weather: 46 °F (7.8 °C), cloudy
- Game attendance: 14,312
- Referee: Walt Anderson
Week 3: at Amsterdam Admirals
[edit]Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Berlin | 3 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 27 |
Amsterdam | 0 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 31 |
at Amsterdam ArenA, Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Date: Saturday, April 16
- Game time: 7:07 p.m. CEST
- Game weather: 62 °F (16.7 °C), roof closed
- Game attendance: 10,131
- Referee: John Parry
Week 4: at Rhein Fire
[edit]Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Berlin | 7 | 7 | 0 | 16 | 30 |
Rhein | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 28 |
at LTU arena, Düsseldorf, Germany
- Date: Saturday, April 23
- Game time: 7:04 p.m. CEST
- Game weather: 58 °F (14.4 °C), roof open, sunny with clouds
- Game attendance: 20,399
- Referee: Carl Cheffers
Week 5: vs Amsterdam Admirals
[edit]Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Amsterdam | 3 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 16 |
Berlin | 7 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 27 |
at Olympic Stadium, Berlin, Germany
- Date: Saturday, April 30
- Game time: 6:05 p.m. CEST
- Game weather: 72 °F (22.2 °C), cloudy
- Game attendance: 16,109
- Referee: Craig Wrolstad
Week 6: at Cologne Centurions
[edit]Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Berlin | 0 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 17 |
Cologne | 10 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 23 |
at RheinEnergieStadion, Cologne, Germany
- Date: Sunday, May 8
- Game time: 4:06 p.m. CEST
- Game weather: 50 °F (10.0 °C), showers
- Game attendance: 9,485
- Referee: Gerald Austin
Week 7: vs Rhein Fire
[edit]Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Rhein | 0 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 15 |
Berlin | 0 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 24 |
at Olympic Stadium, Berlin, Germany
- Date: Saturday, May 14
- Game time: 6:05 p.m. CEST
- Game weather: 57 °F (14 °C), cloudy with rain
- Game attendance: 16,695
- Referee: Gene Steratore
Week 8: at Hamburg Sea Devils
[edit]Week 9: at Frankfurt Galaxy
[edit]Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Berlin | 7 | 7 | 3 | 14 | 31 |
Frankfurt | 7 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 24 |
at Waldstadion, Frankfurt, Germany
- Date: Saturday, May 28
- Game time: 7:07 p.m. CEST
- Game weather: 87 °F (30.6 °C), sunny
- Game attendance: 40,109
- Referee: Jerome Boger
Week 10: vs Cologne Centurions
[edit]Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cologne | 3 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 17 |
Berlin | 3 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 13 |
at Olympic Stadium, Berlin, Germany
- Date: Sunday, June 5
- Game time: 4:05 p.m. CEST
- Game weather: 65 °F (18.3 °C), cloudy
- Game attendance: 20,927
- Referee: Carl Cheffers
World Bowl XIII
[edit]Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Amsterdam | 7 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 27 |
Berlin | 0 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 21 |
at LTU arena, Düsseldorf, Germany
- Date: Saturday, June 11
- Game time: 5:05 p.m. CEST
- Game weather: 57 °F (13.9 °C), roof closed
- Game attendance: 35,134
- Referee: Scott Green
- TV announcers (FOX): Curt Menefee and Brian Baldinger
Notes
[edit]- ^ All times are in Central European Summer Time (CEST).
References
[edit]- ^ NFL Europe League (February 14, 2005). "NFL allocates record 265 to NFLEL" (Press release). Archived from the original on June 16, 2006. Retrieved October 30, 2013.
- ^ "2005 NFLE Standings". The Football Database. Retrieved October 30, 2013.