2000 Rhein Fire season
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The 2000 Rhein Fire
season was the sixth season for the team in the NFL Europe
League.
Rhein Fire
The Rhein Fire was a professional American football team in NFL Europe, formerly the World League of American Football. Established in Germany in 1995, the franchise resurrected the name of the former Birmingham Fire team which was active during the 1991-1992 WLAF seasons.-History:The team was...
season was the sixth season for the team in the NFL Europe
NFL Europe
NFL Europe was an American football league which operated in Europe from 1991 until 2007. Backed by the National Football League , the largest professional American football league in the United States, it was founded as the World League of American Football to serve as a type of spring league...
League.
Free Agent Draft
| Draft order | Player name | Position | College | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Staff
Roster
Schedule
| Week | Date | Kickoff (CEST Central European Summer Time Central European Summer Time is one of the names of the Daylight saving time offset using the UTC offset of UTC+02:00, 2 hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. It is used as a summer daylight saving time in most European countries. During the winter, Central European Time is used... ) |
Opponent | Results | Game site | Attendance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Final score | Team record | ||||||
| 1 | Saturday, April 15 | 7:00 p.m. | Barcelona Dragons 2000 Barcelona Dragons season The 2000 Barcelona Dragons season was the eighth season for the team in the NFL Europe League.-Staff:-Roster:... |
W 28–17 | 1–0 | Rheinstadion Rheinstadion The Rheinstadion was a multi-purpose stadium, in Düsseldorf, Germany. The stadium was built, near the Rhine, in 1926 and held 55,900 people, at the end of its life.... |
28,924 |
| 2 | Saturday, April 22 | 7:00 p.m. | at Amsterdam Admirals 2000 Amsterdam Admirals season The 2000 Amsterdam Admirals season was the sixth season for the team in the NFL Europe League.-Roster:-References:... |
L 20–23 (OT) | 1–1 | Amsterdam ArenA Amsterdam ArenA Amsterdam Arena is a stadium in Amsterdam, Netherlands. It is the largest stadium in the nation and it was built from 1993 to 1996 at a cost of €140 million, and was officially opened on 14 August 1996. It has been used for association football, American football, concerts, and other events... |
13,285 |
| 3 | Saturday, April 29 | 7:00 p.m. | Frankfurt Galaxy 2000 Frankfurt Galaxy season The 2000 Frankfurt Galaxy season was the eighth season for the team in the NFL Europe League.-Free Agent Draft:-Staff:-Roster:-Schedule:... |
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 Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys is a stadium in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Originally built in 1927 for the 1929 International Exposition in the city , it was renovated in 1989 to be the main stadium for the 1992 Summer Olympics... |
21,200 |
| 5 | Saturday, May 13 | 7:00 p.m. | Scottish Claymores 2000 Scottish Claymores season The 2000 Scottish Claymores season was the sixth season for the team in the NFL Europe League.-Staff:-Roster:-World Bowl 2000:... |
W 22–10 | 4–1 | Rheinstadion | 30,537 |
| 6 | Sunday, May 21 | 3:00 p.m. | at Berlin Thunder 2000 Berlin Thunder season The 2000 Berlin Thunder season was the second season for the team in the NFL Europe League.-Staff:-Roster:... |
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 Commerzbank-Arena The Commerzbank-Arena is a sports stadium in Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany. Commonly known by its original name, Waldstadion , the stadium opened in 1925. The stadium has been upgraded several times since then; the most recent remodelling was its redevelopment as a football-only stadium in preparation... |
41,351 |
| 9 | Saturday, June 10 | 4:00 p.m. | at Scottish Claymores | L 24–31 | 6–3 | Hampden Park Hampden Park Hampden Park is a football stadium in the Mount Florida area of Glasgow, Scotland. The 52,063 capacity venue serves as the national stadium of football in Scotland... |
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 |