2007 Rhein Fire season

2007 Rhein Fire season
Head coach Rick Lantz
General manager Sammy Schmale
Home field LTU arena
Results
Record 4–6
Division Place 4th
Playoff finish did not qualify
Timeline
Previous season Next season
2006

The 2007 Rhein Fire season was the 13th and final season for the team in the NFL Europa League.

Contents

Offseason

Free Agent Draft

2007 Rhein Fire NFL Europa Free Agent Draft selections
Draft order Player name Position College
Round Choice
1 4 Troy Reddick T Auburn
2 10 Wally Dada CB Washington State
3 15 Jesse Boone C Utah
4 22 Aaron Harris LB Texas
5 27 Erik Jensen TE Iowa
6 34 DeJuan Skinner T West Texas A&M
7 39 Calvin Carlyle S Oregon State
8 46 Ryan Hoffman DE Shippensburg State
9 51 Scott Farley S Williams
10 58 Earvin Johnson TE UNLV
11 63 Derrick Strong DE Illinois
12 70 Zach Ville DE Missouri
13 75 Brennan Schmidt DT Virginia
14 82 Jimmy Dixon FB Georgia Tech
15 87 Chris Hawkins CB Marshall
16 94 Taylor Schmidt C San Diego State
17 99 Steve Franklin G Syracuse
18 106 Michael Franklin RB San Diego State
19 111 Jeff Green DE Florida A&M
20 118 Quentin Swain LB Florida Atlantic
21 123 John Glass T Rutgers
22 130 Cal Murray RB Miami (Ohio)
23 131 Mike Andrews LB Youngstown State

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Personnel

Staff

2007 Rhein Fire staff
Front Office
  • General Manager – Sammy Schmale

Head Coaches

Offensive Coaches

  Defensive Coaches

Strength and Conditioning

  • Strength and Conditioning – Nick Kolb

Roster

2007 Rhein Fire roster
Quarterbacks

Running Backs

Wide Receivers

Tight Ends

Offensive Linemen

Defensive Linemen

Linebackers
  • 44 Craig Bailey
  • 45 Blake Costanzo OLB
  • 57 Jamar Enzor OLB
  • 52 Aaron Harris MLB
  • 56 Travis Harris
  • 55 Richard Koonce OLB
  • 58 Derek Rehage

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 14 7:00 p.m. Berlin Thunder L 3–15 0–1 LTU arena 30,355
2 Friday, April 20 8:00 p.m. at Amsterdam Admirals W 16–10 1–1 Amsterdam ArenA 14,611
3 Saturday, April 28 7:00 p.m. Cologne Centurions L 6–14 1–2 LTU arena 21,347
4 Sunday, May 6 4:00 p.m. at Hamburg Sea Devils L 9–34 1–3 AOL Arena 19,347
5 Saturday, May 12 7:00 p.m. Frankfurt Galaxy W 27–24 2–3 LTU arena 27,349
6 Saturday, May 19 6:00 p.m. at Cologne Centurions L 17–20 2–4 RheinEnergieStadion 22,154
7 Saturday, May 26 7:00 p.m. at Frankfurt Galaxy L 10–23 2–5 Commerzbank-Arena 32,789
8 Sunday, June 3 4:00 p.m. Amsterdam Admirals W 41–38 3–5 LTU arena 20,355
9 Friday, June 8 7:00 p.m. at Berlin Thunder W 24–17 4–5 Olympic Stadium 12,114
10 Saturday, June 16 7:00 p.m. Hamburg Sea Devils L 13–17 4–6 LTU arena 22,980

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Standings

NFL Europa League
Team W L T PCT PF PA Home Road STK
Hamburg Sea Devils 7 3 0 .700 231 176 4–1 3–2 W4
Frankfurt Galaxy 7 3 0 .700 254 179 5–0 2–3 W1
Cologne Centurions 6 4 0 .600 205 172 2–3 4–1 L1
Rhein Fire 4 6 0 .400 166 212 2–3 2–3 L1
Amsterdam Admirals 4 6 0 .400 194 250 3–2 1–4 W1
Berlin Thunder 2 8 0 .200 146 207 0–5 2–3 L6

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Honors

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References

  1. ^ "Famous names called during NFL Europa Free Agent Draft". OurSports Central. NFL Europa League. February 26, 2007. http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=3430834. Retrieved June 28, 2011. 
  2. ^ a b World Bowl XV Media Guide. 
  3. ^ "NFL Europa At A Glance". USA Today. June 25, 2007. http://www.usatoday.com/sports/football/nfl/nflestand.htm. Retrieved June 28, 2011. 
  4. ^ "Honors handed out". NFLEurope.com. June 21, 2007. Archived from the original on June 26, 2007. http://web.archive.org/web/20070626020117/www.nfleurope.com/news/story/10232806. Retrieved January 19, 2011.