2006 Berlin Thunder season
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The 2006 Berlin Thunder
season was the eighth season for the team in the NFL Europe
League.
Berlin Thunder
The Berlin Thunder were a professional American football team in NFL Europe, which was a springtime American football league serving primarily as a developmental league for the National Football League. Most of the players were young American professional players assigned by NFL teams to receive...
season was the eighth 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 | 5 | A. J. Lindsay | DT | Temple |
| 2 | 11 | Joe Mimucci | DT | Delaware |
| 3 | 14 | Kevin Harrison Kevin Harrison Kevin Alexander Harrison was an American football linebacker for the Buffalo Bills of the National Football League. He was originally signed by the Cleveland Browns as an undrafted free agent in 2005... |
LB | Eastern Michigan |
| 4 | 23 | Willie Ford | CB | Syracuse |
| 5 | 26 | Little John Flowers | RB | Michigan State |
| 6 | 35 | Ben Moa | RB | Utah |
| 7 | 38 | Reggie Love | LB | Duke |
| 8 | 47 | Quentin Swain | LB | Florida Atlantic |
| 9 | 50 | Marty Johnson | RB | Utah |
Staff
Roster
Schedule
| Week | Date | Kickoff (CET Central European Time Central European Time , used in most parts of the European Union, is a standard time that is 1 hour ahead of Coordinated Universal Time . The time offset from UTC can be written as +01:00... ) |
Opponent | Results | Game site | Attendance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Final score | Team record | ||||||
| 1 | Saturday, March 18 | 7:00 p.m. | at Amsterdam Admirals 2006 Amsterdam Admirals season The 2006 Amsterdam Admirals season was the 12th season for the team in the NFL Europe League.The 2006 season of the Amsterdam Admirals started off full of hope... |
W 33–29 | 1–0–0 | 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... |
16,341 |
| 2 | Saturday, March 25 | 6:00 p.m. | Rhein Fire 2006 Rhein Fire season The 2006 Rhein Fire season was the 12th season for the team in the NFL Europe League.-Free Agent Draft:-Staff:-Roster:-Schedule:-Week 1: vs Frankfurt Galaxy:-Week 2: at Berlin Thunder:-Week 3: at Cologne Centurions:... |
L 0–22 | 1–1–0 | Olympic Stadium Olympic Stadium (Berlin) The Olympiastadion is a sports stadium in Berlin, Germany. There have been two stadiums on the site: the present facility, and one that is called the Deutsches Stadion which was built for the aborted 1916 Summer Olympics. Both were designed by members of the same family, the first by Otto March... |
13,105 |
| 3 | Saturday, April 1 | 6:00 p.m. | at Hamburg Sea Devils 2006 Hamburg Sea Devils season The 2006 Hamburg Sea Devils season was the second season for the team in the NFL Europe League.-Free Agent Draft:-Staff:-Roster:-Schedule:-Week 2: at Frankfurt Galaxy:-Honors:*WR Scott McCready, All-NFL Europe League team selection... |
T 17–17 (OT) | 1–1–1 | AOL Arena | 15,837 |
| 4 | Saturday, April 8 | 6:00 p.m. | Amsterdam Admirals | L 31–38 | 1–2–1 | Olympic Stadium | 11,443 |
| 5 | Monday, April 17 | 6:00 p.m. | Cologne Centurions 2006 Cologne Centurions season The 2006 Cologne Centurions season was the third season for the team in the NFL Europe League.-Free Agent Draft:-Staff:-Roster:-Schedule:-Honors:*LB Philippe Gardent, NFL Europe League Co-Defensive MVP, All-NFL Europe League team selection... |
W 24–13 | 2–2–1 | Olympic Stadium | 13,559 |
| 6 | Saturday, April 22 | 7:00 p.m. | at Frankfurt Galaxy 2006 Frankfurt Galaxy season The 2006 Frankfurt Galaxy season was the 14th season for the team in the NFL Europe League.-Free Agent Draft:-Staff:-Roster:-Schedule:-Week 1: at Rhein Fire:-Week 2: vs Hamburg Sea Devils:-Week 3: at Amsterdam Admirals:... |
L 17–18 | 2–3–1 | Commerzbank-Arena 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... |
26,812 |
| 7 | Saturday, April 29 | 7:00 p.m. | at Rhein Fire | L 24–27 | 2–4–1 | LTU arena | 20,598 |
| 8 | Sunday, May 7 | 4:00 p.m. | Hamburg Sea Devils | L 14–38 | 2–5–1 | Olympic Stadium | 16,762 |
| 9 | Sunday, May 14 | 4:00 p.m. | at Cologne Centurions | L 7–25 | 2–6–1 | RheinEnergieStadion RheinEnergieStadion The RheinEnergieStadion is a football stadium in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It was built on the site of the two previous Müngersdorfer stadiums. It is the home of the local Bundesliga team, 1. FC Köln. The stadium was one of the 12 hosting the 2006 FIFA World Cup... |
12,438 |
| 10 | Saturday, May 20 | 6:00 p.m. | Frankfurt Galaxy | L 13–14 | 2–7–1 | Jahn-Sportpark | 14,225 |
Week 1: at Amsterdam Admirals
Week 2: vs Rhein Fire
Week 3: at Hamburg Sea Devils
Week 4: vs Amsterdam Admirals
Week 5: vs Cologne Centurions
Week 6: at Frankfurt Galaxy
Week 7: at Rhein Fire
Week 8: vs Hamburg Sea Devils
Week 9: at Cologne Centurions
Week 10: vs Frankfurt Galaxy
Honors
- G Chad BeasleyChad BeasleyThomas Chad Beasley is a former American football offensive tackle in the National Football League for the Cleveland Browns. He played college football at Virginia Tech and was drafted in the seventh round of the 2002 NFL Draft by the Minnesota Vikings....
, All-NFL Europe League team selection - S Anthony FloydAnthony FloydAnthony Franklin Floyd was a safety for the Indianapolis Colts. He spent 2006 NFL Europe season with the Berlin Thunder, where he earned All-NFL Europe honors after making four interceptions, tied for second in the league...
, All-NFL Europe League team selection - DE Christian MohrChristian MohrChristian Mohr is an American football defensive end who plays for Mönchengladbach Mavericks of the German Football League....
, All-NFL Europe League team selection