2007 Hamburg Sea Devils season
2007 Hamburg Sea Devils season | |
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General manager | Kathrin Platz |
Head coach | Vince Martino |
Home field | AOL Arena |
Results | |
Record | 7–3 |
Division place | 1st |
Playoff finish | World Bowl XV champions |
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The 2007 Hamburg Sea Devils season was the third and final season for the franchise in the NFL Europa League (NFLEL). The team was led by head coach Vince Martino in his first year, and played its home games at AOL Arena in Hamburg, Germany. They finished the regular season in first place with a record of seven wins and three losses. Hamburg won the first championship in team history by defeating the Frankfurt Galaxy 37–28. The National Football League (NFL) announced the closure of its European branch on June 29.[1]
Offseason
[edit]Free agent draft
[edit]Draft order | Player name | Position | College | |
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Round | Choice | |||
1 | 2 | Quentin Griffin | RB | Oklahoma |
2 | 8 | Michael Harden | CB | Missouri |
3 | 17 | Cliff Washburn | T | Citadel |
4 | 20 | Gary Gibson | DT | Rutgers |
5 | 29 | Rashaun Woods | WR | Oklahoma State |
6 | 32 | Marcus Lawrence | LB | South Carolina |
7 | 41 | Bryan Watje | TE | San Jose State |
8 | 44 | Vernell Brown | CB | Florida |
9 | 53 | Mike Pinkard | TE | Arizona State |
10 | 56 | Javon Nanton | DE | Miami |
11 | 65 | Byron Hardmon | LB | Florida |
12 | 68 | Shawn Mayer | S | Penn State |
13 | 77 | Nick Hagemann | T | South Dakota |
14 | 80 | Michael Ford | CB | Duquesne |
15 | 89 | Tony Hollings | RB | Georgia Tech |
16 | 92 | Thomas Smith | DT | Pittsburgh |
17 | 101 | Justin Jenkins | WR | Mississippi State |
18 | 104 | Adam O’Connor | G | William & Mary |
19 | 113 | Robert Durham | CB | Tuskegee |
20 | 116 | Jason Peterson | DE | North Dakota |
21 | 125 | Ryan Hamby | TE | Ohio State |
22 | 128 | Charles Hall | CB | Southeastern Louisiana |
23 | 132 | Ezra Landry | WR | Southern |
24 | 134 | Kenny Kern | LB | Delaware State |
Personnel
[edit]Staff
[edit] Front office
Head coaches
Offensive coaches
| Defensive coaches
Special teams coaches
Strength and conditioning
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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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- The Sea Devils try a kick in the 2007 season
- Brent Grimes makes an interception catch against Amsterdam, 2007
- Sea Devils offensive lineman Brandon Newton
- Sea Devil logo on the side of a coach
Schedule
[edit]Week | Date | Kickoff [n 1] | Opponent | Results | Game site | Attendance | |
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Final score | Team record | ||||||
1 | Saturday, April 14 | 6:00 p.m. | Cologne Centurions | L 18–24 | 0–1 | AOL Arena | 20,887 |
2 | Sunday, April 22 | 4:00 p.m. | at Berlin Thunder | W 16–7 | 1–1 | Olympic Stadium | 30,657 |
3 | Saturday, April 28 | 7:00 p.m. | at Frankfurt Galaxy | L 17–20 | 1–2 | Commerzbank-Arena | 29,091 |
4 | Sunday, May 6 | 4:00 p.m. | Rhein Fire | W 34–9 | 2–2 | AOL Arena | 19,347 |
5 | Saturday, May 12 | 6:00 p.m. | Amsterdam Admirals | W 24–17 | 3–2 | AOL Arena | 15,271 |
6 | Friday, May 18 | 8:00 p.m. | at Amsterdam Admirals | L 31–41 | 3–3 | Amsterdam ArenA | 9,384 |
7 | Saturday, May 26 | 6:00 p.m. | Berlin Thunder | W 17–7 | 4–3 | AOL Arena | 18,337 |
8 | Saturday, June 2 | 6:00 p.m. | at Cologne Centurions | W 21–7 | 5–3 | RheinEnergieStadion | 10,221 |
9 | Saturday, June 9 | 6:00 p.m. | Frankfurt Galaxy | W 36–31 | 6–3 | AOL Arena | 30,528 |
10 | Saturday, June 16 | 7:00 p.m. | at Rhein Fire | W 17–13 | 7–3 | LTU arena | 22,980 |
World Bowl XV | |||||||
11 | Saturday, June 23 | 7:00 p.m. | Frankfurt Galaxy | W 37–28 | 8–3 | Commerzbank-Arena | 48,125 |
[3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15]
Standings
[edit]NFL Europa League | |||||||||
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Team | W | L | T | PCT | PF | PA | Home | Road | STK |
Hamburg Sea Devils | 7 | 3 | 0 | .700 | 231 | 176 | 4–1 | 3–2 | W4 |
Frankfurt Galaxy | 7 | 3 | 0 | .700 | 254 | 179 | 5–0 | 2–3 | W1 |
Cologne Centurions | 6 | 4 | 0 | .600 | 205 | 172 | 2–3 | 4–1 | L1 |
Rhein Fire | 4 | 6 | 0 | .400 | 166 | 212 | 2–3 | 2–3 | L1 |
Amsterdam Admirals | 4 | 6 | 0 | .400 | 194 | 250 | 3–2 | 1–4 | W1 |
Berlin Thunder | 2 | 8 | 0 | .200 | 146 | 207 | 0–5 | 2–3 | L6 |
Game summaries
[edit]Week 1: vs Cologne Centurions
[edit]Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Cologne | 0 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 24 |
Hamburg | 6 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 18 |
at AOL Arena, Hamburg, Germany
- Date: Saturday, April 14
- Game time: 6:00 p.m. CEST
- Game attendance: 20,887
- [17]
Week 2: at Berlin Thunder
[edit]Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Hamburg | 0 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 16 |
Berlin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
at Olympic Stadium, Berlin, Germany
- Date: Sunday, April 22
- Game time: 4:02 p.m. CEST
- Game weather: 64 °F (17.8 °C), sunny
- Game attendance: 30,657
- Referee: Don Carey
- TV announcers (NFL Network): Scott Graham and Doug Graber
Week 3: at Frankfurt Galaxy
[edit]Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Hamburg | 0 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 17 |
Frankfurt | 7 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
at Commerzbank-Arena, Frankfurt, Germany
- Date: Saturday, April 28
- Game time: 7:00 p.m. CEST
- Game attendance: 29,091
- [18]
Week 4: vs Rhein Fire
[edit]Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Rhein | 0 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 9 |
Hamburg | 7 | 10 | 14 | 3 | 34 |
at AOL Arena, Hamburg, Germany
- Date: Sunday, May 6
- Game time: 4:00 p.m. CEST
- Game attendance: 19,347
- [19]
Week 5: vs Amsterdam Admirals
[edit]Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Amsterdam | 0 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 17 |
Hamburg | 7 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 24 |
at AOL Arena, Hamburg, Germany
- Date: Saturday, May 12
- Game time: 6:05 p.m. CEST
- Game attendance: 15,271
- Referee: Craig Wrolstad
Week 6: at Amsterdam Admirals
[edit]Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Hamburg | 0 | 10 | 7 | 14 | 31 |
Amsterdam | 7 | 20 | 7 | 7 | 41 |
at Amsterdam ArenA, Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Date: Friday, May 18
- Game time: 8:04 p.m. CEST
- Game attendance: 9,384
- Referee: Alberto Riveron
Week 7: vs Berlin Thunder
[edit]Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Berlin | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
Hamburg | 0 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 17 |
at AOL Arena, Hamburg, Germany
- Date: Saturday, May 26
- Game time: 6:00 p.m.
- Game attendance: 18,337
- [20]
Week 8: at Cologne Centurions
[edit]Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Hamburg | 7 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 21 |
Cologne | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
at RheinEnergieStadion, Cologne, Germany
- Date: Saturday, June 2
- Game time: 6:00 p.m. CEST
- Game attendance: 10,221
- [21]
Week 9: vs Frankfurt Galaxy
[edit]Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Frankfurt | 14 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 31 |
Hamburg | 10 | 14 | 3 | 9 | 36 |
at AOL Arena, Hamburg, Germany
- Date: Saturday, June 9
- Game time: 6:00 p.m. CEST
- Game attendance: 30,528
- [22]
Week 10: at Rhein Fire
[edit]Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Hamburg | 3 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 17 |
Rhein | 0 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 13 |
at LTU arena, Düsseldorf, Germany
World Bowl XV
[edit]Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Hamburg | 13 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 37 |
Frankfurt | 0 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 28 |
at Commerzbank-Arena, Frankfurt, Germany
- Date: Saturday, June 23
- Game time: 7:10 p.m. CEST
- Game weather: 70 °F (21.1 °C)
- Game attendance: 48,125
- Referee: John Parry
- TV announcers (NFL Network): Bob Papa and Brian Baldinger
Honors
[edit]Throughout the course of the 10-week regular season, eight players earned player of the week accolades: Adam Anderson (special teams, Week 7), Casey Bramlet (offense, Week 4), Gary Gibson (defense, Week 4), Byron Hardmon (defense, Week 5), Ben Ishola (national, Weeks 2 and 8), Justin Jenkins (offense, Week 3), Scott McCready (national, Weeks 1, 4 and 10), and Rich Parson (special teams, Week 3).
After the completion of the regular season, the All-NFL Europa League team was selected by the NFLEL coaching staffs, members of a media panel and fans voting online at NFLEurope.com.[24] Overall, Hamburg had eight players selected. The selections were:
- Gary Gibson, defensive tackle
- Ben Ishola, national defensive player
- Justin Kurpeikis, defensive end
- Shawn Mayer, safety
- Marcus Maxwell, wide receiver
- Scott McCready, national offensive player
- Pete McMahon, guard
- Jeremy Parquet, tackle
Head coach Vince Martino was named NFLEL Coach of the Year after leading his team to a first title game appearance in team history. Additionally, quarterback Casey Bramlet earned World Bowl MVP honors.
Notes
[edit]- ^ All times are Central European Summer Time (CEST).
References
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- ^ "American Football – NFL Europa: Frankfurt Galaxy nicht zu stoppen" (in German). Focus. SID. April 28, 2007. Retrieved March 12, 2019.
- ^ "Football: Sea Devils besiegen Rhein Fire in der AOL-Arena mit 34:9" (in German). Hamburger Abendblatt. May 7, 2007. Retrieved March 18, 2019.
- ^ "7. Spieltag der NFL Europa: Spitzenkampf zwischen Galaxy und Centurions" (in German). Rheinische Post. May 26, 2007. Retrieved February 26, 2019.
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