1996 Scottish Claymores season

1996 Scottish Claymores season
Head coach Jim Criner
General manager Mike Keller
Home field Murrayfield Stadium
Results
Record 7–3
Division place 1st
Playoff finish World Bowl '96 champions
Timeline
Previous season Next season
1995 1997

The 1996 Scottish Claymores season was the second season for the franchise in the World League of American Football (WLAF). The team was led by head coach Jim Criner in his second year, and played its home games at Murrayfield Stadium in Edinburgh, Scotland. They finished the regular season in first place with a record of seven wins and three losses. In World Bowl '96, Scotland defeated the Frankfurt Galaxy 32–27. The victory marked the franchise's first World Bowl championship, in its second active season.

The Claymores had gained the right to play as home team in the World Bowl in week 5. They beat the Galaxy 20–0 at the Waldstadion, taking the World Bowl berth as the midseason leaders.[1] This ended an eight-game winning streak from 1995–96 for the Galaxy.[1]

Offseason

World League draft

1996 Scottish Claymores World League draft selections
Draft order Player name Position College
Round Choice
1 1 Ty Parten DT Arizona
2 7 Shannon Jones LB USC
3 18 Yo Murphy WR Idaho
4 19 John DeWitt DE Vanderbilt
5 30 Mazio Royster RB USC
6 31 Frank Robinson DB Boise State
7 42 Arnold Ale LB UCLA
8 43 Steve Shine LB Northwestern
9 54 Tyrone Johnson WR Western State
10 55 Chris Williams DT Hampton
11 66 Basil Proctor LB West Virginia
12 67 Ron Dickerson, Jr. WR Arkansas
12 73 Ken Grace WR USC
13 80 Kris Pollack G USC
14 81 Jessie Cox LB Texas Southern
15 92 Lee Gissendaner WR Northwestern
16 93 Brian White DB Dartmouth
17 104 Scott Tyner P/K Oklahoma State
18 105 Herman Carroll DE Mississippi State
19 116 Joe O'Brien DT Boise State
20 117 Mike Lee WR Utah State
21 126 Aaron Bennetts TE UC Davis
22 127 Jared Kaaiohelo RB Missouri Southern

[2]

Personnel

Staff

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Front office

Head coaches

Offensive coaches

  • Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks – Jim Sochor
  • National Coach/Running Backs – Mike Kenny
  • Receivers – Vince Alcalde
 Defensive coaches
  • Defensive Coordinator/Defensive Backs – Ray Willsey
  • Defensive Line – Bill Dutton
  • Linebackers – Larry Owens

[3]

Roster

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Quarterbacks

Running backs

Wide receivers

Tight ends

  • 85 Willy Tate
 Offensive linemen
  • 72 Randy Bierman T
  • 71 Tom Barndt G
  • 65 Chris Dausin C/G
  • 79 Purvis Hunt G
  • 68 Matt Storm G
  • 78 Keith Wagner T
  • 61 Lance Zeno C

Defensive linemen

  • 74 Herman Carroll DE
  • 97 John DeWitt DE
  • 99 Jerold Jeffcoat DT
  • 90 Joe O'Brien DT
  • 95 Ty Parten DT
  • 67 Bryan Proby DE
  • 96 Troy Ridgley DT
  • 59 David Webb DE
 Linebackers
  • 56 Arnold Ale OLB
  • 58 Shannon Jones OLB
  • 52 Karmeeleyah McGill OLB
  • 54 Mark Sander MLB

Defensive backs

  • 34 George Coghill S
  • 42 Forey Duckett CB
  • 30 James Fuller S
  • 46 Marvin Goodwin S
  • 43 Frank Robinson CB
  • 22 James Williams CB
  • 25 David Wilson S

Special teams

 National players


Rookies in italics

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Schedule

Week Date Kickoff [n 1] Opponent Results Game site Attendance
Final score Team record
1 Sunday, April 14 3:00 p.m. at London Monarchs W 24–21 (OT) 1–0 White Hart Lane 16,258
2 Sunday, April 21 3:00 p.m. Barcelona Dragons W 23–13 2–0 Murrayfield Stadium 12,928
3 Sunday, April 28 3:00 p.m. Amsterdam Admirals W 21–14 3–0 Murrayfield Stadium 13,070
4 Saturday, May 4 7:00 p.m. at Rhein Fire L 14–15 3–1 Rheinstadion 11,395
5 Saturday, May 11 7:00 p.m. at Frankfurt Galaxy W 20–0 4–1 Waldstadion 32,126
6 Sunday, May 19 3:00 p.m. Rhein Fire W 24–19 5–1 Murrayfield Stadium 12,419
7 Sunday, May 26 3:00 p.m. Frankfurt Galaxy W 20–17 6–1 Murrayfield Stadium 13,116
8 Saturday, June 1 6:30 p.m. at Amsterdam Admirals L 27–31 6–2 Olympisch Stadion 10,501
9 Sunday, June 9 3:00 p.m. London Monarchs W 33–28 7–2 Murrayfield Stadium 15,461
10 Sunday, June 16 6:00 p.m. at Barcelona Dragons L 27–32 7–3 Estadi Olímpic de Montjuïc 16,124
World Bowl '96
11 Sunday, June 23 6:00 p.m. Frankfurt Galaxy W 32–27 8–3 Murrayfield Stadium 38,982

[3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]

Standings

World League of American Football
Team W L T PCT PF PA Home Road STK
Scottish Claymores 7 3 0 .700 233 190 5–0 2–3 L1
Frankfurt Galaxy 6 4 0 .600 221 220 3–2 3–2 W2
Amsterdam Admirals 5 5 0 .500 250 210 4–1 1–4 L1
Barcelona Dragons 5 5 0 .500 192 230 4–1 1–4 W1
London Monarchs 4 6 0 .400 161 192 3–2 1–4 W1
Rhein Fire 3 7 0 .300 176 191 2–3 1–4 L2

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Game summaries

Week 1: at London Monarchs

Week One: Scottish Claymores at London Monarchs – Game summary
1 2 34OTTotal
Scotland 7 0 77324
London 7 14 00021

at White Hart Lane, London, England

  • Date: Sunday, April 14
  • Game time: 3:00 p.m. BST
  • Game attendance: 16,258
  • [5]

Week 2: vs Barcelona Dragons

Week Two: Barcelona Dragons at Scottish Claymores – Game summary
1 2 Total
Barcelona 0
Scotland 0

at Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh, Scotland

  • Date: Sunday, April 21
  • Game time: 3:00 p.m. BST
  • Game attendance: 12,928

Week 3: vs Amsterdam Admirals

Week Three: Amsterdam Admirals at Scottish Claymores – Game summary
1 2 34Total
Amsterdam 7 0 7014
Scotland 7 7 0721

at Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh, Scotland

  • Date: Sunday, April 28
  • Game time: 3:00 p.m. BST
  • Game attendance: 13,070
  • [6]

Week 4: at Rhein Fire

Week Four: Scottish Claymores at Rhein Fire – Game summary
1 2 34Total
Scotland 7 0 0714
Rhein 6 3 3315

at Rheinstadion, Düsseldorf, Germany

  • Date: Saturday, May 4
  • Game time: 7:00 p.m. CEST
  • Game attendance: 11,395
  • [7]

Week 5: at Frankfurt Galaxy

Week Five: Scottish Claymores at Frankfurt Galaxy – Game summary
1 2 34Total
Scotland 3 0 31420
Frankfurt 0 0 000

at Waldstadion, Frankfurt, Germany

  • Date: Saturday, May 11
  • Game time: 7:00 p.m. CEST
  • Game attendance: 32,126
  • [8]

Week 6: vs Rhein Fire

Week Six: Rhein Fire at Scottish Claymores – Game summary
1 2 34Total
Rhein 3 3 7619
Scotland 13 11 0024

at Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh, Scotland

  • Date: Sunday, May 19
  • Game time: 3:00 p.m. BST
  • Game attendance: 12,419
  • [9]

Week 7: vs Frankfurt Galaxy

Week Seven: Frankfurt Galaxy at Scottish Claymores – Game summary
1 2 34Total
Frankfurt 7 0 3717
Scotland 0 3 14320

at Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh, Scotland

  • Date: Sunday, May 26
  • Game time: 3:00 p.m. BST
  • Game attendance: 13,116
  • [10]

Week 8: at Amsterdam Admirals

Week Eight: Scottish Claymores at Amsterdam Admirals – Game summary
1 2 34Total
Scotland 0 0 21627
Amsterdam 0 10 71431

at Olympisch Stadion, Amsterdam, Netherlands

  • Date: Saturday, June 1
  • Game time: 6:30 p.m. CEST
  • Game attendance: 10,501
  • [11]

Week 9: vs London Monarchs

Week Nine: London Monarchs at Scottish Claymores – Game summary
1 2 34Total
London 7 0 71428
Scotland 4 13 01633

at Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh, Scotland

  • Date: Sunday, June 9
  • Game time: 3:00 p.m. BST
  • Game attendance: 15,461
  • [12]

Week 10: at Barcelona Dragons

Week Ten: Scottish Claymores at Barcelona Dragons – Game summary
1 2 Total
Scotland 0
Barcelona 0

at Estadi Olímpic de Montjuïc, Barcelona, Spain

  • Date: Sunday, June 16
  • Game time: 6:00 p.m. CEST
  • Game attendance: 16,124

Notes

  1. ↑ All times local to where the game was played.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Claymores to host World Bowl". The Independent. 12 May 1996. Retrieved 30 May 2014.
  2. ↑ "1996 Round by Round Draft". The Official 1996 World League of American Football Fact Book. pp. 146–147.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Scottish Claymores". The Official 1996 World League of American Football Fact Book. pp. 52–59.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "1996 Season In Review". The Official 1997 World League of American Football Fact Book. pp. 71–75.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Associated Press (April 14, 1996). "Claymores 24, Monarchs 21, OT". APNewsArchive.com. Associated Press. Retrieved June 22, 2013.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Associated Press (April 28, 1996). "Claymores 21, Admirals 14". APNewsArchive.com. Associated Press. Retrieved June 22, 2013.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Associated Press (May 4, 1996). "Rhein Fire 15, Claymores 14". APNewsArchive.com. Associated Press. Retrieved June 22, 2013.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 Associated Press (May 11, 1996). "Claymores 20, Galaxy 0". APNewsArchive.com. Associated Press. Retrieved June 22, 2013.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Associated Press (May 19, 1996). "Claymores 24, Rhein Fire 19". APNewsArchive.com. Associated Press. Retrieved June 22, 2013.
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 Associated Press (May 26, 1996). "Claymores 20, Galaxy 17". APNewsArchive.com. Associated Press. Retrieved June 22, 2013.
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 Associated Press (June 1, 1996). "Admirals 31, Claymores 27". APNewsArchive.com. Associated Press. Retrieved June 22, 2013.
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 Livingstone, Steve (June 10, 1996). "Monarchs are cut down to size". The Herald (Glasgow, Scotland). Retrieved June 22, 2013.
  13. ↑ "1996 WLAF Standings". The Football Database. Retrieved June 22, 2013.