2001 Barcelona Dragons season

2001 Barcelona Dragons season
Head coach Jack Bicknell
General manager Rafael Cervera
Home field Estadi Olímpic de Montjuïc
Results
Record 8–2
Division Place 1st
Playoff finish Lost World Bowl IX
Timeline
Previous season Next season
2000 2002

The 2001 Barcelona Dragons season was the ninth season for the team in the NFL Europe League.

Contents

Offseason

Free Agent Draft

2001 Barcelona Dragons NFLEL Free Agent Draft selections
Draft order Player name Position College
Round Choice Overall
1 4 4 Carl Bradley DT Virginia Tech
2 4 10 Teto Simpson DE North Carolina
3 3 15 Danny Scott DE Louisiana Lafayette
4 4 22 Antonio Brown T Illinois
5 3 27 Jim Emanuel LB Hofstra
6 4 34 Kevin Homer LB Chadron State
7 3 39 Marvin Love CB Kentucky
8 4 46 Chris Avery DE Kentucky State
9 3 51 Griff Yates RB Southern Oregon State
10 3 57 Ryan Sutter S Colorado
11 2 61 Jason Baker T Montana
12 2 64 James Perry QB Brown

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Personnel

Staff

2001 Barcelona Dragons staff
Front Office
  • General Manager – Rafael Cervera

Head Coaches

Offensive Coaches

  • Offensive Coordinator/Offensive Line – Vince Martino
  • Quarterbacks/Wide Receivers – Sam Rutigliano
  • National Coach/Running Backs – Marcos Guirles
   Defensive Coaches
  • Defensive Coordinator/Linebackers – Red Kelin
  • Defensive Line – Ken Clarke
  • Defensive Backs – Dan Daniel

Roster

2001 Barcelona Dragons roster
Quarterbacks

Running Backs

  • 22 Lloyd Clemons
  •  2 Mike Green
  • 23 Rashon Spikes

Wide Receivers

Tight Ends

  • 88 Brandon Christenson
  • 89 John Waerig
 Offensive Linemen
  • 71 Jim Beverly C
  • 78 Rome Douglas T
  • 74 John Feugill T
  • 73 Steve Herndon G
  • 64 John Merandi C/G
  • 67 Tom Moreira G
  • 65 O'Lester Pope T
  • 57 Jason Watts C
  • 75 Donnie Young G/T

Defensive Linemen

  • 90 Clay Arnold DT
  • 98 Donald Broomfield DT
  • 77 Rameel Connor DE
  • 72 Tim Engelhardt DT
  • 52 Ike Reid DE
  • 93 Teto Simpson DE
  • 91 Keith Washington DE
 Linebackers
  • 50 Corey Atkins MLB
  • 51 Jim Emanuel OLB
  • 53 Montee Foote OLB
  • 58 Muadianvita Kazadi MLB
  • 59 Troy Pelshak OLB
  • 54 Antonio Wilson OLB

Defensive Backs

Special Teams

 National Players

Rookies in italics

Schedule

Week Date Kickoff (CEST) Opponent Results Game site Attendance
Final score Team record
1 Saturday, April 21 6:00 p.m. at Berlin Thunder W 21–14 1–0 Jahn-Sportpark 8,213
2 Saturday, April 28 5:00 p.m. Rhein Fire W 24–12 2–0 Estadi Olímpic de Montjuïc 8,423
3 Saturday, May 5 7:00 p.m. at Rhein Fire W 27–21 3–0 Rheinstadion 30,984
4 Saturday, May 12 5:00 p.m. Amsterdam Admirals W 31–14 4–0 Estadi Olímpic de Montjuïc 9,222
5 Saturday, May 19 7:00 p.m. at Amsterdam Admirals L 13–33 4–1 Amsterdam ArenA 11,873
6 Saturday, May 26 5:00 p.m. Berlin Thunder W 55–35 5–1 Estadi Olímpic de Montjuïc 9,661
7 Saturday, June 2 5:00 p.m. Frankfurt Galaxy W 31–20 6–1 Estadi Olímpic de Montjuïc 9,851
8 Sunday, June 10 4:00 p.m. at Scottish Claymores W 14–9 7–1 Hampden Park 14,483
9 Saturday, June 16 5:00 p.m. Scottish Claymores W 26–7 8–1 Estadi Olímpic de Montjuïc 10,180
10 Saturday, June 23 7:00 p.m. at Frankfurt Galaxy L 10–26 8–2 Waldstadion 31,215
World Bowl IX
11 Saturday, June 30 6:00 p.m. Berlin Thunder L 17–24 8–3 Amsterdam ArenA 32,116

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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World Bowl IX

Main article: World Bowl IX
World Bowl IX: Barcelona Dragons vs Berlin Thunder – Game summary
1 2 3 4 Total
Berlin 4 6 0 14 24
Barcelona 3 6 8 0 17

at Amsterdam ArenA, Amsterdam, Netherlands

References

  1. ^ "Linemen dominate free agent draft". NFL Europe League. February 20, 2001. Archived from the original on June 26, 2001. http://web.archive.org/web/20010629102453/http://www.nfleurope.com/news/2001/week07/20022001_linemen.html. Retrieved May 25, 2011. 
  2. ^ "2001 NFL Europe League Standings". NFL Europe League. Archived from the original on August 18, 2002. http://web.archive.org/web/20020818112455/http://www.nfleurope.com/schedule/2001standings.html. Retrieved January 18, 2011. 
  3. ^ "The Mighty Quinn". NFL.com. National Football League. June 30, 2001. http://www.nfl.com/europa/history/2001. Retrieved January 1, 2012.