1999 Rhein Fire season

1999 Rhein Fire season
Head coach	Galen Hall
General manager	Alexander Leibkind
Home field	Rheinstadion
Results
Record	6–4
Division place	3rd
Playoff finish	did not qualify

The 1999 Rhein Fire season was the fifth season for the franchise in the NFL Europe League (NFLEL). The team was led by head coach Galen Hall in his fifth year, and played its home games at Rheinstadion in Düsseldorf, Germany. They finished the regular season in third place with a record of six wins and four losses.

Offseason

Free agent draft

1999 Rhein Fire NFLEL free agent draft selections
Draft order		Player name	Position	College
Round	Pick	Player name	Position	College
1	6	Kez McCorvey	WR	Florida State
2	12	Jonathan Himebauch	C	Southern California
3	13	Anthony McKinney	WR	Connecticut
4	24	Mike Lowery	LB	Mississippi
5	25	Carl Powell	DE	Louisville
6	36	Dell McGee	CB	Auburn
7	37	Jeremy Akers	T	Notre Dame
8	48	Ben Hanks	LB	Florida
9	49	Walter Scott	DT	East Carolina
10	60	Marvin Bagley	WR	North Carolina A&T
11	61	Chris Sanders	WR	Texas A&M
12	72	Hardy Mitchell	DT	Buffalo
13	73	Marcus Williams	P	Arizona State
14	84	Andy Russ	P	Mississippi State
16	96	Jeff Miller	T	Mississippi
17	97	David Terrell	CB	Texas-El Paso
18	108	Lamar Lyons	S	Washington
19	109	Kevin Huntley	WR	Wisconsin
20	117	Jeff Sauve	K	Clemson
21	118	Leonard Green	RB	Southern California
22	121	Dialleo Burks	WR	Eastern Kentucky
23	122	Chad Bates	G	Florida State
24	123	Rodrick Johnson	RB	UNLV
25	124	Louis Adams	LB	Oklahoma State

Personnel

Staff

1999 Rhein Fire staff

Front office

General Manager – Alexander Leibkind

Head coaches

Head Coach/Running Backs – Galen Hall

Offensive coaches

Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks – Ken Karcher
Wide Receivers – Mike Jones
Offensive Line – Whitey Jordan

Defensive coaches

Defensive Coordinator/Linebackers – Pete Kuharchek
National Coach/Defensive Line – Walter Rohlfing
Defensive Backs/Special Teams – Jeff Reinebold

Strength and conditioning

Strength and Conditioning – Sammy Cribb

Roster

1999 Rhein Fire roster

Quarterbacks

14 Jim Arellanes
18 Mike Cherry

Running backs

30 Kenny Bynum
43 Derrick Clark

Wide receivers

86 Dialleo Burks
84 Kez McCorvey
80 Larry Ryans
87 Jason Tucker

Tight ends

89 Andy Haase
89 Lamont Hall
88 Anthony McKinney

Offensive linemen

65 Jeremy Akers T
66 Chad Bates G/C
67 Chris Brymer G
73 Mike Halapin G
61 Jonathan Himebauch C
78 Scott Whittaker T
79 Clay Williams T

Defensive linemen

90 Reggie Lowe DE
97 Hardy Mitchell DT/DE
91 Carl Powell DE
75 Walter Scott DT
93 Mike Sutton DE
99 Tyrone Williams DT

Linebackers

53 Jaime Baisley MLB/OLB
55 Ben Hanks OLB
56 Richard Hogans OLB
51 Michael Lowery OLB
59 Robert Thomas MLB

Defensive backs

29 Terry Billups CB
28 Cedric Donaldson CB
44 Charles Emanuel S
33 Nick Ferguson S
20 Kenny Harris S
45 Vance Joseph S
24 Dell McGee CB
25 David Terrell CB

Special teams

2 Jeff Sauve K
9 Marcus Williams P

National players

10 Manfred Burgsmüller K
50 Anthony Doghmi OLB
1 Marc Ellgering WR
95 Ole Meine DE
8 Babek Movassaghi WR
21 Tamon Nakamura RB
40 Oyeniran Olalere Odunayo Ojo RB
12 Jan Seiff QB
52 Mathias Ude OLB
96 Jens Überschär DT

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	Sunday, April 18	3:00 p.m.	at Scottish Claymores	L 20–21	0–1	Murrayfield Stadium	9,086
2	Sunday, April 25	4:00 p.m.	Barcelona Dragons	L 10–19	0–2	Rheinstadion	25,281
3	Saturday, May 1	7:00 p.m.	Amsterdam Admirals	W 30–20	1–2	Rheinstadion	23,883
4	Saturday, May 8	7:00 p.m.	at Frankfurt Galaxy	L 7–13	1–3	Waldstadion	39,485
5	Saturday, May 15	7:00 p.m.	Scottish Claymores	W 37–6	2–3	Rheinstadion	22,171
6	Saturday, May 22	7:00 p.m.	at Amsterdam Admirals	W 36–25	3–3	Amsterdam ArenA	14,056
7	Saturday, May 29	7:00 p.m.	Frankfurt Galaxy	L 20–21	3–4	Rheinstadion	40,143
8	Saturday, June 5	7:00 p.m.	at Berlin Thunder	W 29–0	4–4	Jahn-Sportpark	10,683
9	Saturday, June 12	8:00 p.m.	at Barcelona Dragons	W 59–14	5–4	Estadi Olímpic de Montjuïc	10,155
10	Saturday, June 19	7:00 p.m.	Berlin Thunder	W 38–10	6–4	Rheinstadion	31,350

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Standings

NFL Europe League
Team	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA	Home	Road	STK
Barcelona Dragons	7	3	0	.700	263	246	4–1	3–2	W1
Frankfurt Galaxy	6	4	0	.600	239	223	3–2	3–2	L1
Rhein Fire	6	4	0	.600	286	149	3–2	3–2	W3
Amsterdam Admirals	4	6	0	.400	236	243	3–2	1–4	W2
Scottish Claymores	4	6	0	.400	270	298	2–3	2–3	L4
Berlin Thunder	3	7	0	.300	173	308	2–3	1–4	L3

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Game summaries

Week 3: vs Amsterdam Admirals

Week Three: Amsterdam Admirals at Rhein Fire – Game summary

	1	2	3	4	Total
Amsterdam	0	0	7	13	20
Rhein	14	3	10	3	30

at Rheinstadion, Düsseldorf, Germany

Date: Saturday, May 1
Game time: 7:00 p.m. CEST
Game attendance: 23,883
^[1]

Week 6: at Amsterdam Admirals

Week Six: Rhein Fire at Amsterdam Admirals – Game summary

	1	2	3	4	Total
Rhein	16	10	10	0	36
Amsterdam	3	13	0	9	25

at Amsterdam ArenA, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Date: Saturday, May 22
Game time: 7:00 p.m. CEST
Game attendance: 14,056
^[2]

Notes

↑ All times local to where the game was played.

References

1 2 "Rhein 30, Amsterdam 20". CNNSI.com. Time Warner. May 1, 1999. Retrieved May 1, 2013.
1 2 "Rhein 36, Amsterdam 25". CNNSI.com. Time Warner. May 22, 1999. Retrieved May 22, 2013.
↑ "Final NFL Europe Standings". CNNSI.com. Time Warner. June 20, 1999. Retrieved June 20, 2013.

Rhein Fire

Founded in 1995 Folded in 2007 Based in Düsseldorf, Germany

The Franchise	Franchise Coaches

Stadiums	Rheinstadion Arena AufSchalke LTU arena

Head coaches	Galen Hall Pete Kuharchek Jim Tomsula Rick Lantz

World Bowl appearances (5)	'97 '98 2000 X XI

League championships (2)	1998 2000

Seasons	1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007

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