2001 Scottish Claymores season

2001 Scottish Claymores season
Head coach Gene Dahlquist
General manager Steve Livingstone
Home field Hampden Park
Results
Record 4–6
Division place 4th
Playoff finish did not qualify
Timeline
Previous season Next season
2000 2002

The 2001 Scottish Claymores season was the seventh season for the franchise in the NFL Europe League (NFLEL). The team was led by head coach Gene Dahlquist in his first year, and played its home games at Hampden Park in Glasgow, Scotland. They finished the regular season in fourth place with a record of four wins and six losses.

Offseason

Free agent draft

2001 Scottish Claymores NFLEL free agent draft selections
Draft order Player name Position College
Round Choice Overall
1 5 5 Damon Nivens OL Southern
2 5 11 Chris Watton G Baylor
3 2 14 Jamal Brooks LB Hampton
4 5 23 Brian Connolly G US Military Academy
5 2 26 Renard Cox CB Maryland
6 5 35 Jim Stull T Delaware
7 2 38 Tony Ortiz LB Nebraska
8 5 47 Stevan Fontana TE Northern Arizona
9 2 50 Montee Foote LB Hampton
10 4 58 Lionel Hayes QB Grambling State

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Personnel

Staff

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Front office
  • General Manager – Steve Livingstone

Head coaches

Offensive coaches

  • Offensive Coordinator/Offensive Line – Mike Deal
  • Wide Receivers – Kevin O’Neal
  • National Coach/Tight Ends – Stephen McCusker
 Defensive coaches

Strength and conditioning

  • Strength and Conditioning – Tom Bender

Roster

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Quarterbacks

Running backs

  • 35 Omar Bacon
  • 27 Anthony Gray
  • 33 Vaughn Sanders

Wide receivers

  • 83 Corey Allen
  •  1 Dante Hall
  • 19 Lonny Mitchell
  • 84 Joe Perez
  • 15 Gerald Williams

Tight ends

 Offensive linemen
  • 73 Mark Grivna T
  • 67 Jay Humphrey C/T
  • 68 John Jacobs G
  • 65 Eric King G/C
  • 66 Kendell Mack G
  • 75 Damon Nivens T
  • 72 Craig Robeen T
  • 77 Jim Stull T
  • 61 Chris Watton G

Defensive linemen

  • 74 Antonio Dingle NT
  • 96 Doug Miller DT
  • 98 Bryant Shaw DE
  • 92 Jabbar Threats DE
  • 99 Chris Ward DE
 Linebackers
  • 55 Jamal Brooks ILB
  • 54 London Dunlap OLB
  • 57 Montee Foote ILB
  • 53 Keith Miller ILB
  • 52 Tony Ortiz OLB
  • 44 Dusty Renfro ILB
  • 50 Casey Tisdale OLB

Defensive backs

  • 38 Renard Cox CB
  • 43 Brian Gray CB
  • 45 Reggie Hunt S
  • 29 Central McClellion CB
  • 46 Earl Riley S
  • 25 Jermaine Smith CB
  • 28 Nate Terry CB
  • 36 Eric Whitfield S

Special teams

  • 12 Brad Costello P
  • 13 Chad Holleman K
  • 11 Don Icsman P
 National players
  • 21 Rowelle Blenman DB England
  • 89 Jason Byworth WR England
  • 81 Scott Couper WR Scotland
  • 91 Robert Flickinger DE Scotland
  •  8 Rob Hart K England
  • 51 Shingo Hiruma LB Japan
  • 26 Stephen Hutchinson RB England
  • 30 Kohei Satomi DB Japan


Rookies in italics

Schedule

Week Date Kickoff [n 1] Opponent Results Game site Attendance
Final score Team record
1 Saturday, April 21 3:00 p.m. Frankfurt Galaxy W 24–21 1–0 Hampden Park 16,387
2 Saturday, April 28 7:00 p.m. at Amsterdam Admirals L 10–14 1–1 Amsterdam ArenA 12,516
3 Sunday, May 6 4:00 p.m. Berlin Thunder W 28–21 2–1 Hampden Park 10,419
4 Saturday, May 12 7:00 p.m. at Frankfurt Galaxy L 17–27 2–2 Waldstadion 33,437
5 Sunday, May 20 4:00 p.m. at Rhein Fire L 3–10 2–3 Rheinstadion 30,211
6 Sunday, May 27 4:00 p.m. Amsterdam Admirals W 17–7 3–3 Hampden Park 15,983
7 Saturday, June 2 6:00 p.m. at Berlin Thunder L 19–27 3–4 Jahn-Sportpark 8,917
8 Saturday, June 10 4:00 p.m. Barcelona Dragons L 9–14 3–5 Hampden Park 14,483
9 Saturday, June 16 5:00 p.m. at Barcelona Dragons L 7–26 3–6 Estadi Olímpic de Montjuïc 10,180
10 Saturday, June 23 4:00 p.m. Rhein Fire W 34–21 4–6 Hampden Park 12,251

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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Game summaries

Week 1: vs Frankfurt Galaxy

Week One: Frankfurt Galaxy at Scottish Claymores – Game summary
1 2 34Total
Frankfurt 7 0 7721
Scotland 7 3 14024

at Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland

  • Date: Saturday, April 21
  • Game time: 3:07 p.m. BST
  • Game attendance: 16,387
  • Referee: Mark Baltz

Notes

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

References

  1. ↑ "Linemen dominate free agent draft". NFL Europe League. February 20, 2001. Archived from the original on June 26, 2001. Retrieved May 25, 2011.
  2. ↑ "2001 NFL Europe League Standings". NFL Europe League. Archived from the original on August 18, 2002. Retrieved January 18, 2011.