2006 Rhein Fire season
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The 2006 Rhein Fire
season was the 12th 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 12th 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 | 1 | Ja'Waren Blair | DT | East Carolina |
| 2 | 7 | Ronyell Whitaker Ronyell Whitaker Ronyell Whitaker is an American football cornerback free agent. He was signed by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers as an undrafted free agent in 2003... |
CB | Virginia Tech |
| 3 | 18 | Brian Atkinson | LB | Northern Illinois |
| 4 | 19 | Terrence Robinson | LB | Oklahoma State |
| 5 | 30 | Guy Tuell | LB | Wyoming |
| 6 | 31 | Sacha Lancaster Sacha Lancaster Sacha Lancaster who is currently playing for the Jacksonville Sharks of the Arena Football League. He also played as a fullback/linebacker for the Los Angeles Avengers, the New Orleans VooDoo, and the Detroit Fury... |
DE | Arkansas |
| 7 | 42 | Derrick Strong Derrick Strong Derrick Strong Where he attend Avalon Park Elementary School. Derrick is an American football Defensive end who is currently a free agent. He was originally signed by the Rhein Fire in 2005. He played college football at Illinois. In 2008, the Arena football team, the Philadelphia Soul, acquired... |
DE | Illinois |
| 8 | 43 | Jameel Dumas Jameel Dumas Jameel Dumas is a former American football linebacker. He played for Syracuse University from 2000 to 2003, where he made 179 tackles and earned All-American honors. After suffering a knee injury in the first game of his fifth-year senior season, Dumas missed the remainder of the year... |
LB | Syracuse |
| 9 | 54 | Johnathanio Conley | DL | Southeastern Louisiana |
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. | 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:... |
W 10–6 | 1–0 | LTU arena | 22,827 |
| 2 | Saturday, March 25 | 6:00 p.m. | at Berlin Thunder 2006 Berlin Thunder season The 2006 Berlin Thunder season was the eighth season for the team in the NFL Europe League.-Free Agent Draft:-Staff:-Roster:-Schedule:-Week 1: at Amsterdam Admirals:-Week 2: vs Rhein Fire:-Week 3: at Hamburg Sea Devils:... |
W 22–0 | 2–0 | 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 | Sunday, April 2 | 4:00 p.m. | at 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 20–10 | 3–0 | 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... |
16,961 |
| 4 | Saturday, April 8 | 7:00 p.m. | 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... |
W 31–21 | 4–0 | LTU arena | 18,224 |
| 5 | Saturday, April 15 | 3:00 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... |
L 31–35 | 4–1 | 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... |
12,683 |
| 6 | Saturday, April 22 | 7:00 p.m. | Amsterdam Admirals | L 21–30 | 4–2 | LTU arena | 20,118 |
| 7 | Saturday, April 29 | 7:00 p.m. | Berlin Thunder | W 27–24 | 5–2 | LTU arena | 20,598 |
| 8 | Saturday, May 6 | 7:00 p.m. | at Frankfurt Galaxy | L 14–16 | 5–3 | 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... |
32,172 |
| 9 | Sunday, May 14 | 4:00 p.m. | at Hamburg Sea Devils | L 10–13 | 5–4 | AOL Arena | 16,823 |
| 10 | Saturday, May 20 | 7:00 p.m. | Cologne Centurions | W 21–10 | 6–4 | LTU arena | 28,334 |
Week 1: vs Frankfurt Galaxy
Week 2: at Berlin Thunder
Week 3: at Cologne Centurions
Week 4: vs Hamburg Sea Devils
Week 5: at Amsterdam Admirals
Week 6: vs Amsterdam Admirals
Week 7: vs Berlin Thunder
Week 8: at Frankfurt Galaxy
Week 9: at Hamburg Sea Devils
Week 10: vs Cologne Centurions
Honors
- TE Aaron HaltermanAaron HaltermanAaron Halterman is an American football tight end who is currently a free agent. He was signed by the Houston Texans as an undrafted free agent in 2005. He played college football at Indiana....
, All-NFL Europe League team selection - LB Terrence Robinson, All-NFL Europe League team selection
- DE Derrick Strong, All-NFL Europe League team selection
- CB Ronyell WhitakerRonyell WhitakerRonyell Whitaker is an American football cornerback free agent. He was signed by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers as an undrafted free agent in 2003...
, All-NFL Europe League team selection