2001 Rhein Fire season

2001 Rhein Fire season
General managerAlexander Leibkind
Head coachPete Kuharchek
Home fieldRheinstadion
Results
Record5–5
Division place3rd
Playoff finishdid not qualify

The 2001 Rhein Fire season was the seventh season for the franchise in the NFL Europe League (NFLEL). The team was led by head coach Pete Kuharchek in his first year, and played its home games at Rheinstadion in Düsseldorf, Germany. They finished the regular season in third place with a record of five wins and five losses.

Offseason

Free agent draft

2001 Rhein Fire NFLEL free agent draft selections
Draft order Player name Position College
Round Choice Overall
1 6 6 Terrell Jurineack DE Missouri
2 6 12 Shane Cook T Colorado
3 1 13 Keith Short C Virginia Tech
4 6 24 James Roscoe DE Clark Atlanta
5 1 25 Antoine McNutt G Tennessee State
6 6 36 Otis Grant DE Houston
7 1 37 Ronnie Nicks LB Notre Dame
8 6 48 Corey Bailey G Fordham
9 1 49 Julian Duncan LB Rice
10 5 59 P. J. Franklin WR Tulane
11 1 60 Kevin Monroe CB East Carolina
12 3 65 LeShun Daniels G Ohio State

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Personnel

Staff

2001 Rhein Fire staff
Front office

Head coaches

Offensive coaches

  • Offensive coordinator/quarterbacks – Joe Clark
  • Running backs/wide receivers – Booker Brooks
  • Offensive line – Mike Bender
 Defensive coaches
  • Defensive line/special teams – Ed O'Neil
  • National coach/linebackers – Jörn Maier
  • Defensive backs – Adrian White

Strength and conditioning

  • Strength and conditioning – Brian Ferguson

Roster

2001 Rhein Fire roster
Quarterbacks

Running backs

  • 33 DeMario Brown

Wide receivers

  • 86 Dwight Carter
  • 87 Eddie Hardaway
  • 82 Shannon Myers
  • 83 Joe Perez

Tight ends

Offensive linemen
  • 75 Corey Bailey G
  • 73 Brian Connolly G/T
  • 71 Mark Grivna T
  • 79 Antoine McNutt G
  • 67 Nick O'Brien G

Defensive linemen

  • 91 Julian Duncan DE
  • 98 Daniel Greer DT
  • 94 Gaylon Hyder DT
  • 93 Terrell Jurineack DE
  • 95 James Roscoe DE
 Linebackers
  • 54 Ronnie Nicks MLB
  • 51 Paris Johnson OLB
  • 56 Mike Sands OLB
  • 57 Jamel Smith OLB
  • 53 Scott Zimmerman MLB

Defensive backs

  • 35 Clarence LeBlanc S
  • 36 DeShone Mallard CB

Special teams

National players
  •  5 Japan Akihito Amaya WR
  • 50 Germany Anthony Doghmi LB
  • 84 Germany Olaf Fischer WR
  • 23 Germany Sascha Gehloff S
  • 72 Germany Bastian Lano DE
  • 21 Nigeria Oyeniran Olalere Odunayo Ojo RB
  •  8 Japan Naoki Sasano WR
  • 58 Japan Masaki Tokimoto LB


Rookies in italics

Schedule

Week Date Kickoff [n 1] Opponent Results Game site Attendance
Final score Team record
1 Saturday, April 21 7:00 p.m. Amsterdam Admirals W 24–20 1–0 Rheinstadion 31,437
2 Saturday, April 28 5:00 p.m. at Barcelona Dragons L 12–24 1–1 Estadi Olímpic de Montjuïc 8,423
3 Saturday, May 5 7:00 p.m. Barcelona Dragons L 21–27 1–2 Rheinstadion 30,984
4 Saturday, May 12 6:00 p.m. at Berlin Thunder L 17–23 1–3 Jahn-Sportpark 9,148
5 Sunday, May 20 4:00 p.m. Scottish Claymores W 10–3 2–3 Rheinstadion 30,211
6 Sunday, May 27 7:00 p.m. at Frankfurt Galaxy W 22–5 3–3 Waldstadion 30,512
7 Saturday, June 2 7:00 p.m. at Amsterdam Admirals L 14–17 3–4 Amsterdam ArenA 13,823
8 Sunday, June 10 7:00 p.m. Berlin Thunder W 16–13 4–4 Rheinstadion 30,701
9 Saturday, June 16 7:00 p.m. Frankfurt Galaxy W 17–13 5–4 Rheinstadion 51,719
10 Saturday, June 23 3:00 p.m. at Scottish Claymores L 21–34 5–5 Hampden Park 12,251

Standings

NFL Europe League
Team W L T PCT PF PA Home Road STK
Barcelona Dragons 8 2 0 .800 252 191 5–0 3–2 L1
Berlin Thunder 6 4 0 .600 270 239 4–1 2–3 W2
Rhein Fire 5 5 0 .500 174 179 4–1 1–4 L1
Scottish Claymores 4 6 0 .400 168 188 4–1 0–5 W1
Amsterdam Admirals 4 6 0 .400 194 226 4–1 0–5 L3
Frankfurt Galaxy 3 7 0 .300 199 234 3–2 0–5 W1

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Game summaries

Week 1: vs Amsterdam Admirals

Week One: Amsterdam Admirals at Rhein Fire – Game summary
Quarter 1 2 34Total
Amsterdam 13 0 7020
Rhein 7 7 7324

at Rheinstadion, Düsseldorf, Germany

  • Date: Saturday, April 21
  • Game time: 7:06 p.m. CEST
  • Game attendance: 31,437
  • Referee: Terry McAulay

Notes

  1. ^ All times local to where the game was played.

References

  1. ^ "Linemen dominate free agent draft". NFL Europe League. February 20, 2001. Archived from the original on June 29, 2001. Retrieved May 25, 2011.
  2. ^ "2001 NFL Europe League Standings". NFL Europe League. Archived from the original on August 18, 2002. Retrieved January 18, 2011.