2006 Hamburg Sea Devils season

2006 Hamburg Sea Devils season
Head coach	Jack Bicknell
General manager	Kathrin Platz
Home field	AOL Arena
Results
Record	3–6–1
Division place	5th
Playoff finish	did not qualify

The 2006 Hamburg Sea Devils season was the second season for the franchise in the NFL Europe League (NFLEL). The team was led by head coach head coach Jack Bicknell in his second year, and played its home games at AOL Arena in Hamburg, Germany. They finished the regular season in fifth place with a record of three wins, six losses and one tie.

Offseason

Free agent draft

2006 Hamburg Sea Devils NFLEL free agent draft selections
Draft order		Player name	Position	College
Round	Choice	Player name	Position	College
1	3	Uyi Osunde	DE	Connecticut
2	9	Rayshun Reed	CB	Troy
3	16	Jordan Kramer	LB	Idaho
4	21	Ricky Bryant	WR	Hofstra
5	28	Scott Genord	LB	Cal-Fullerton
6	33	Ivory McCoy	DE	Michigan State
7	40	Davern Williams	DT	Troy
8	45	Marcel Willis	WR	Auburn
9	52	Byron Hardmon	LB	Florida
10	56	Kevin Lewis	DT	Virginia Tech

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Personnel

Staff

2006 Hamburg Sea Devils staff

Front office

General Manager – Kathrin Platz

Head coaches

Head Coach – Jack Bicknell

Offensive coaches

Offensive Coordinator/Offensive Line – Vince Martino
Quarterbacks – Cory Sauter
National Coach/Running Backs/Tight Ends – Patrick Esume
Wide Receivers – Sam Rutigliano

Defensive coaches

Defensive Coordinator/Defensive Backs – Dan Daniel
Defensive Line – Denauld Brown
Linebackers – Mike Maslowski
Assistant Defensive Backs – Perry Carter

Special teams coaches

National Coach/Special Teams Coordinator – Patrick Esume

Strength and conditioning

Strength and Conditioning – Joe Mickles

Roster

2006 Hamburg Sea Devils roster

Quarterbacks

7 Brock Berlin
5 James Kilian
16 Todd Mortensen

Running backs

47 Jimmy Dixon
37 DeJuan Green
32 Mike Jemison

Wide receivers

81 Ricky Bryant
85 Nate Curry
18 Richard Smith
86 Willie Walden
88 Jovan Witherspoon

Tight ends

89 Kori Dickerson
82 Wesley Duke

Offensive linemen

64 Phil Bogle G
73 Sean Bubin T
74 Augie Hoffman C
69 Ben Johnson T
62 Dylan McFarland T
75 Kyle Takavitz G
79 Steven Vieira G

Defensive linemen

97 Jordan Hicks DE
92 Kevin Lewis DT
98 Keyonta Marshall DT
90 Ivory McCoy DE
95 Scott Scharff DE
94 Tai Tupai DT
93 Keith Wright DT

Linebackers

42 Byron Hardmon MLB
55 Scott Genord OLB
57 Kris Griffin OLB
51 Russell Rabe OLB
40 Justin Smith OLB

Defensive backs

39 Willie Amos CB
34 Vontez Duff CB
26 Eric Hill CB
23 Shawn Mayer S
31 Rayshun Reed CB
30 Jason Shivers S

Special teams

6 Adam Anderson P
3 Tyler Jones K

National players

91 Anders Akerstrom DE
21 Jermaine Allen RB
77 Carl-Johan Blomvall C
54 Aden Durde MLB
72 Bastian Lano DT
80 Cristian Malm WR
87 Scott McCready WR
27 Claudius Osei S

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, March 18	6:00 p.m.	Cologne Centurions	L 10–14	0–1–0	AOL Arena	15,243
2	Saturday, March 25	7:00 p.m.	at Frankfurt Galaxy	L 14–31	0–2–0	Commerzbank-Arena	26,713
3	Saturday, April 1	6:00 p.m.	Berlin Thunder	T 17–17 ^OT	0–2–1	AOL Arena	15,837
4	Saturday, April 8	7:00 p.m.	at Rhein Fire	L 21–31	0–3–1	LTU arena	18,224
5	Saturday, April 15	6:00 p.m.	Frankfurt Galaxy	L 13–17	0–4–1	AOL Arena	12,281
6	Sunday, April 23	4:00 p.m.	at Cologne Centurions	L 17–20	0–5–1	RheinEnergieStadion	9,238
7	Saturday, April 29	6:00 p.m.	Amsterdam Admirals	L 17–18	0–6–1	AOL Arena	15,224
8	Sunday, May 7	4:00 p.m.	at Berlin Thunder	W 38–14	1–6–1	Olympic Stadium	16,762
9	Sunday, May 14	4:00 p.m.	Rhein Fire	W 13–10	2–6–1	AOL Arena	16,823
10	Saturday, May 20	7:00 p.m.	at Amsterdam Admirals	W 34–21	3–6–1	Amsterdam ArenA	15,937

^[2] ^[3] ^[4] ^[5] ^[6] ^[7] ^[8] ^[9] ^[10] ^[11]

Standings

NFL Europe League
Team	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA	Home	Road	STK
Amsterdam Admirals	7	3	0	.700	259	234	2–3–0	5–0–0	L1
Frankfurt Galaxy	7	3	0	.700	172	160	4–1–0	3–2–0	W1
Rhein Fire	6	4	0	.600	207	165	4–1–0	2–3–0	W1
Cologne Centurions	4	6	0	.400	151	170	2–3–0	2–3–0	L1
Hamburg Sea Devils	3	6	1	.350	194	193	1–3–1	2–3–0	W3
Berlin Thunder	2	7	1	.250	180	241	1–4–0	1–3–1	L5

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Game summaries

Week 1: vs Cologne Centurions

Week One: Cologne Centurions at Hamburg Sea Devils – Game summary

	1	2	3	4	Total
Cologne	7	0	7	0	14
Hamburg	10	0	0	0	10

at AOL Arena, Hamburg, Germany

Date: Saturday, March 18
Game time: 6:08 p.m. CET
Game weather: 32 °F (0 °C), cloudy
Game attendance: 15,243
Referee: Gene Steratore

Week 2: at Frankfurt Galaxy

Week Two: Hamburg Sea Devils at Frankfurt Galaxy – Game summary

	1	2	3	4	Total
Hamburg	0	7	7	0	14
Frankfurt	7	14	3	7	31

at Commerzbank-Arena, Frankfurt, Germany

Date: Saturday, March 25
Game time: 7:09 p.m. CET
Game weather: 40 °F (4.4 °C), partly cloudy
Game attendance: 26,713
Referee: Carl Cheffers

Week 3: vs Berlin Thunder

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

	1	2	3	4	OT	Total
Berlin	0	0	7	10	0	17
Hamburg	0	17	0	0	0	17

at AOL Arena, Hamburg, Germany

Date: Saturday, April 1
Game time: 6:06 p.m. CEST
Game weather: 52 °F (11.1 °C), cloudy
Game attendance: 15,837
Referee: Jerome Boger

Week 4: at Rhein Fire

Week Four: Hamburg Sea Devils at Rhein Fire – Game summary

	1	2	3	4	Total
Hamburg	7	7	0	7	21
Rhein	0	7	7	17	31

at LTU arena, Düsseldorf, Germany

Date: Saturday, April 8
Game time: 7:05 p.m. CEST
Game weather: 51 °F (10.6 °C), roof closed
Game attendance: 18,224
Referee: Alberto Riveron

Week 9: vs Rhein Fire

Week Nine: Rhein Fire at Hamburg Sea Devils – Game summary

	1	2	3	4	Total
Rhein	0	7	3	0	10
Hamburg	0	3	3	7	13

at AOL Arena, Hamburg, Germany

Date: Sunday, May 14
Game time: 4:05 p.m. CEST
Game weather: 59 °F (15.0 °C), partly cloudy
Game attendance: 16,823
Referee: Alberto Riveron

Honors

After the completion of the regular season, the All-NFL Europe League team was selected by the NFLEL coaching staffs, members of a media panel and fans voting online at NFLEurope.com.^[13] Overall, Hamburg had three players selected. The selections were:

Scott McCready, national player
Rayshun Reed, cornerback
Scott Scharff, defensive end

Notes

↑ All times are in Central European Time (CET), or Central European Summer Time (CEST) after March 25.

References

↑ NFL Europe League (January 27, 2006). "Familiar faces return in NFLEL free agent draft" (Press release). Archived from the original on June 4, 2011. Retrieved August 23, 2013.
↑ NFL Europe League (March 13, 2006). "World Bowl rematch kicks off 14th season" (Press release). Retrieved January 28, 2012.
↑ NFL Europe League (March 21, 2006). "Week one winners clash in Berlin" (Press release). Retrieved January 28, 2012.
↑ NFL Europe League (March 28, 2006). "Race looks to be crowded" (Press release). Retrieved January 28, 2012.
↑ NFL Europe League (April 4, 2006). "Pace-setting Fire host Sea Devils" (Press release). Retrieved January 28, 2012.
↑ NFL Europe League (April 11, 2006). "Top two in fight for first as season reaches halfway mark" (Press release). Retrieved January 28, 2012.
↑ NFL Europe League (April 18, 2006). "League leaders meet for second week in a row" (Press release). Retrieved January 28, 2012.
↑ NFL Europe League (April 25, 2006). "League-leading Admirals aim to maintain World Bowl charge" (Press release). Retrieved January 28, 2012.
↑ NFL Europe League (May 2, 2006). "Admirals within touching distance of World Bowl" (Press release). Retrieved January 28, 2012.
↑ NFL Europe League (May 9, 2006). "Winner takes all in Admirals-Galaxy clash" (Press release). Retrieved January 28, 2012.
↑ NFL Europe League (May 16, 2006). "Admirals clinch World Bowl berth" (Press release). Retrieved January 28, 2012.
↑ "2006 NFLE Standings". The Football Database. Retrieved June 28, 2011.
↑ NFL Europe League (May 25, 2006). "NFLEL names All-League team, MVPs" (Press release). Archived from the original on June 26, 2006. Retrieved June 26, 2013.

Hamburg Sea Devils
Founded in 2005 Folded in 2007 Based in Hamburg, Germany
Franchise	Franchise
Stadiums	AOL Arena
Head coaches	Jack Bicknell Vince Martino
World Bowl appearances (1)	XV
League championships (1)	2007
Seasons	2005 2006 2007

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