2005 Berlin Thunder season

Head coach

Rick Lantz

General manager

Michael Lang

Home field

Olympic Stadium

Results

Record

7–3

Division place

1st

Playoff finish

Lost World Bowl XIII

Timeline

Previous season		Next season
2004		2006

The 2005 Berlin Thunder season was the seventh season for the franchise in the NFL Europe League (NFLEL). The team was led by head coach Rick Lantz in his second year, and played its home games at Olympic Stadium in Berlin, Germany. They finished the regular season in first place with a record of seven wins and three losses. In World Bowl XIII, Berlin lost to the Amsterdam Admirals 27–21.

Offseason

Free agent draft

2005 Berlin Thunder NFLEL free agent draft selections
Draft order		Player name	Position	College
Round	Choice	Player name	Position	College
1	6	DeAngelo Lloyd	DE	Tennessee
2	12	Darrell Lee	DE	Florida
3	13	Dante Ellington	T	Alabama
4	24	James Thornton	CB	Morris Brown
5	25	David Porter	T	Iowa
6	36	Greg Taplin	DE	Michigan State
7	37	Regis Crawford	C	Arizona State
8	45	Reggie Rhodes	DT	Valdosta State

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Personnel

Staff

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Front office

General Manager – Michael Lang

Head coaches

Head Coach – Rick Lantz

Offensive coaches

Offensive Coordinator/Offensive Line – Don Eck
Quarterbacks/Wide Receivers – Steve Logan
National Coach/Running Backs – Wanja Müller
Offensive Line/Tight Ends – Reggie McElroy

Defensive coaches

Defensive Coordinator – Jim Tomsula
Defensive Line – D'Marco Farr
Linebackers – Kurt Gouveia
Defensive Backs – Cris Dishman

Strength and conditioning

Strength and Conditioning – Martin Streight

Roster

colspan="10" style="background-color: #B3995D; color: white; border:2px solid black;" text-align: center;" |2005 Berlin Thunder roster

Quarterbacks

8 Bret Engemann
9 Chris Finlen
15 Dave Ragone

Running backs

24 Little John Flowers
45 Brian Johnson FB
46 Ben Moa FB
23 Cal Murray

Wide receivers

13 Aaron Boone
86 Michael Jennings
80 Robert Redd
81 Terrence Stubbs

Tight ends

85 John Frieser
88 Joel Jacobs

Offensive linemen

69 Ben Claxton C
70 Regis Crawford G/C
79 Dante Ellington G
72 Tony Pape T
73 David Porter T
71 Shaun Rose T
75 Shannon Snell G

Defensive linemen

94 Charles Hill DT
93 Isaac Hilton DE
98 Darrell Lee DT
90 DeAngelo Lloyd DE
96 Reggie Rhodes DT
91 Greg Taplin DE

Linebackers

55 Jamal Brooks OLB
30 Michael Brown OLB
57 Rich Scanlon MLB
53 Andre Sommersell MLB
54 Winston Taylor OLB

Defensive backs

33 Daryl Dixon S
22 Willie Ford CB
36 Michael Harden CB
43 Jack Hunt S
20 Adrian Mayes S
21 Jermaine Mays CB
26 James Thornton S

Special teams

10 Kevin Miller K
1 Brian Simnjanovski P

National players

89 Klaus Alinen TE
28 Neil Baxter RB
29 Oliver Flemming S
66 Masakazu Goda C
38 Sergey Ivanov S
84 Hugo Lira WR
99 Lorn Mayers DT
92 Christian Mohr DE
52 Nick Prevost LB
97 Daniel Watts DE

Rookies in italics

Schedule

Week	Date	Kickoff ^{[n 1]}	Opponent	Results		Game site	Attendance
Week	Date	Kickoff ^{[n 1]}	Opponent	Final score	Team record	Game site	Attendance
1	Saturday, April 2	6:00 p.m.	Frankfurt Galaxy	W 30–7	1–0	Olympic Stadium	16,199
2	Sunday, April 10	4:00 p.m.	Hamburg Sea Devils	W 15–13	2–0	Olympic Stadium	14,312
3	Saturday, April 16	7:00 p.m.	at Amsterdam Admirals	L 27–31	2–1	Amsterdam ArenA	10,131
4	Saturday, April 23	7:00 p.m.	at Rhein Fire	W 30–28	3–1	LTU arena	20,399
5	Saturday, April 30	6:00 p.m.	Amsterdam Admirals	W 27–16	4–1	Olympic Stadium	16,109
6	Sunday, May 8	4:00 p.m.	at Cologne Centurions	L 17–23	4–2	RheinEnergieStadion	9,485
7	Saturday, May 14	6:00 p.m.	Rhein Fire	W 24–15	5–2	Olympic Stadium	16,695
8	Sunday, May 22	4:00 p.m.	at Hamburg Sea Devils	W 27–17	6–2	AOL Arena	16,889
9	Saturday, May 28	7:00 p.m.	at Frankfurt Galaxy	W 31–24	7–2	Waldstadion	40,109
10	Sunday, June 5	4:00 p.m.	Cologne Centurions	L 13–17	7–3	Olympic Stadium	20,927
World Bowl XIII
11	Saturday, June 11	5:00 p.m.	Amsterdam Admirals	L 21–27	7–4	LTU arena	35,134

Standings

NFL Europe League
Team	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA	Home	Road	STK
Berlin Thunder	7	3	0	.700	241	191	4–1	3–2	L1
Amsterdam Admirals	6	4	0	.600	265	204	5–0	1–4	L1
Cologne Centurions	6	4	0	.600	188	212	3–2	3–2	W1
Hamburg Sea Devils	5	5	0	.500	213	196	4–1	1–4	W1
Frankfurt Galaxy	3	7	0	.300	163	246	2–3	1–4	L2
Rhein Fire	3	7	0	.300	203	224	2–3	1–4	W2

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Game summaries

Week 1: vs Frankfurt Galaxy

Week One: Frankfurt Galaxy at Berlin Thunder – Game summary

	1	2	3	4	Total
Frankfurt	0	0	0	7	7
Berlin	3	14	3	10	30

at Olympic Stadium, Berlin, Germany

Date: Saturday, April 2
Game time: 6:00 p.m. CEST
Game weather: 60 °F (15.6 °C)
Game attendance: 16,199
Referee: Jerome Boger

Week 2: vs Hamburg Sea Devils

Week Two: Hamburg Sea Devils at Berlin Thunder – Game summary

	1	2	3	4	Total
Hamburg	3	3	0	7	13
Berlin	5	0	7	3	15

at Olympic Stadium, Berlin, Germany

Date: Sunday, April 10
Game time: 4:04 p.m. CEST
Game weather: 46 °F (7.8 °C), cloudy
Game attendance: 14,312
Referee: Walt Anderson

Week 3: at Amsterdam Admirals

Week Three: Berlin Thunder at Amsterdam Admirals – Game summary

	1	2	3	4	Total
Berlin	3	3	7	14	27
Amsterdam	0	3	14	14	31

at Amsterdam ArenA, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Date: Saturday, April 16
Game time: 7:07 p.m. CEST
Game weather: 62 °F (16.7 °C), roof closed
Game attendance: 10,131
Referee: John Parry

Week 4: at Rhein Fire

Week Four: Berlin Thunder at Rhein Fire – Game summary

	1	2	3	4	Total
Berlin	7	7	0	16	30
Rhein	7	7	7	7	28

at LTU arena, Düsseldorf, Germany

Date: Saturday, April 23
Game time: 7:04 p.m. CEST
Game weather: 58 °F (14.4 °C), roof open, sunny with clouds
Game attendance: 20,399
Referee: Carl Cheffers

Week 5: vs Amsterdam Admirals

Week Five: Amsterdam Admirals at Berlin Thunder – Game summary

	1	2	3	4	Total
Amsterdam	3	7	3	3	16
Berlin	7	3	7	10	27

at Olympic Stadium, Berlin, Germany

Date: Saturday, April 30
Game time: 6:05 p.m. CEST
Game weather: 72 °F (22.2 °C), cloudy
Game attendance: 16,109
Referee: Craig Wrolstad

Week 6: at Cologne Centurions

Week Six: Berlin Thunder at Cologne Centurions – Game summary

	1	2	3	4	Total
Berlin	0	7	10	0	17
Cologne	10	0	0	13	23

at RheinEnergieStadion, Cologne, Germany

Date: Sunday, May 8
Game time: 4:06 p.m. CEST
Game weather: 50 °F (10.0 °C), showers
Game attendance: 9,485
Referee: Gerald Austin

Week 7: vs Rhein Fire

Week Seven: Rhein Fire at Berlin Thunder – Game summary

	1	2	3	4	Total
Rhein	0	12	3	0	15
Berlin	0	10	7	7	24

at Olympic Stadium, Berlin, Germany

Date: Saturday, May 14
Game time: 6:05 p.m. CEST
Game weather: 57 °F (14 °C), cloudy with rain
Game attendance: 16,695
Referee: Gene Steratore

Week 8: at Hamburg Sea Devils

Week Eight: Berlin Thunder at Hamburg Sea Devils – Game summary

	1	2	3	4	Total
Berlin	7	7	7	6	27
Hamburg	7	7	3	0	17

at AOL Arena, Hamburg, Germany

Date: Sunday, May 22
Game time: 4:05 p.m. CEST
Game weather: 70 °F (21.1 °C), sunny
Game attendance: 16,889
Referee: Walt Anderson

Week 9: at Frankfurt Galaxy

Week Nine: Berlin Thunder at Frankfurt Galaxy – Game summary

	1	2	3	4	Total
Berlin	7	7	3	14	31
Frankfurt	7	14	0	3	24

at Waldstadion, Frankfurt, Germany

Date: Saturday, May 28
Game time: 7:07 p.m. CEST
Game weather: 87 °F (30.6 °C), sunny
Game attendance: 40,109
Referee: Jerome Boger

Week 10: vs Cologne Centurions

Week Ten: Cologne Centurions Berlin Thunder – Game summary

	1	2	3	4	Total
Cologne	3	0	7	7	17
Berlin	3	7	3	0	13

at Olympic Stadium, Berlin, Germany

Date: Sunday, June 5
Game time: 4:05 p.m. CEST
Game weather: 65 °F (18.3 °C), cloudy
Game attendance: 20,927
Referee: Carl Cheffers

World Bowl XIII

Main article: World Bowl XIII

World Bowl XIII: Amsterdam Admirals vs Berlin Thunder – Game summary

	1	2	3	4	Total
Amsterdam	7	10	7	3	27
Berlin	0	7	0	14	21

at LTU arena, Düsseldorf, Germany

Date: Saturday, June 11
Game time: 5:05 p.m. CEST
Game weather: 57 ºF (13.9 °C), roof closed
Game attendance: 35,134
Referee: Scott Green
TV announcers (FOX): Curt Menefee and Brian Baldinger

Notes

↑ All times are in Central European Summer Time (CEST).

References

↑ NFL Europe League (February 14, 2005). "NFL allocates record 265 to NFLEL" (Press release). Archived from the original on June 16, 2006. Retrieved October 30, 2013.
↑ "2005 NFLE Standings". The Football Database. Retrieved October 30, 2013.

Berlin Thunder

Founded in 1999 Folded in 2007 Based in Berlin, Germany

The Franchise	Franchise Coaches

Stadiums	Jahn-Sportpark Olympic Stadium

Head coaches	Wes Chandler Peter Vaas Rick Lantz John Allen

World Bowl appearances (4)	IX X XII XIII

League championships (3)	2001 2002 2004

Seasons	1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007