2001 Rhein Fire season
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The 2001 Rhein Fire
season was the seventh 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 seventh 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 | 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 |
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 21 | 7:00 p.m. | Amsterdam Admirals 2001 Amsterdam Admirals season The 2001 Amsterdam Admirals season was the seventh season for the team in the NFL Europe League.-Free Agent Draft:-Staff:-Roster:-Schedule:... |
W 24–20 | 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.... |
31,437 |
| 2 | Saturday, April 28 | 5:00 p.m. | at Barcelona Dragons 2001 Barcelona Dragons season The 2001 Barcelona Dragons season was the ninth season for the team in the NFL Europe League.-Free Agent Draft:-Staff:-Roster:-Schedule:-World Bowl IX:... |
L 12–24 | 1–1 | 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... |
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 2001 Berlin Thunder season The 2001 Berlin Thunder season was the third season for the team in the NFL Europe League.-Free Agent Draft:-Staff:-Roster:-Schedule:-World Bowl IX:... |
L 17–23 | 1–3 | Jahn-Sportpark | 9,148 |
| 5 | Sunday, May 20 | 4:00 p.m. | Scottish Claymores 2001 Scottish Claymores season The 2001 Scottish Claymores season was the seventh season for the team in the NFL Europe League.-Free Agent Draft:-Staff:-Roster:-Schedule:... |
W 10–3 | 2–3 | Rheinstadion | 30,211 |
| 6 | Sunday, May 27 | 7:00 p.m. | at Frankfurt Galaxy 2001 Frankfurt Galaxy season The 2001 Frankfurt Galaxy season was the ninth season for the team in the NFL Europe League.-Free Agent Draft:-Staff:-Roster:-Schedule:... |
W 22–5 | 3–3 | 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... |
30,512 |
| 7 | Saturday, June 2 | 7:00 p.m. | at Amsterdam Admirals | L 14–17 | 3–4 | 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... |
13,823 |
| 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 | 4:00 p.m. | at Scottish Claymores | L 21–34 | 5–5 | 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... |
12,251 |