2006 Cologne Centurions season

NFL Europe team season Cologne Centurions (NFL Europe) Cologne Centurions 2006 4–6 4th David Duggan Hauke Wilkens RheinEnergieStadion Did not qualify 2005 2007 Cologne Centurions The 2006 Cologne Centurions season was the third season for the franchise in the NFL Europe League (NFLEL). The team was led by head coach David Duggan in his first year, and played its home games at RheinEnergieStadion in Cologne, Germany. They finished the regular season in fourth place with a record of four wins and six losses. Offseason Free agent draft + 2006 Cologne Centurions NFLEL free agent draft selections Draft order Player name Position College Round Choice 1 4 Darrell Wright DE Oregon 2 10 Reggie Newhouse WR Baylor 3 15 Todd Bates DE Alabama 4 22 Randee Drew DB Northern Illinois 5 27 Omar Nazel DE Southern California 6 34 Bryan Save DT Colorado State 7 39 Thomas Houchin DE Kansas State 8 46 Chase Johnson C Texas Christian 9 51 Ryan Hoffman DE Shippensburg State 10 57 Matt Clark CB UCLA NFL Europe League Familiar faces return in NFLEL free agent draft http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=3263455 live January 27, 2006 https://web.archive.org/web/20110604150307/http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=3263455 June 4, 2011 August 23, 2013 Personnel Staff 2006 Cologne Centurions #A71930 white black General manager – Hauke Wilkens Head coach – David Duggan Offensive coordinator/quarterbacks – Scott Milanovich National coach/running backs/special teams – Marco Knorr Wide receivers – Ken Oxendine Offensive line/tight ends – Tim Grunhard Defensive coordinator/defensive backs – John Lyons Defensive line – Chris Ward Assistant Defensive Backs – Sam Garnes Strength and conditioning – Joe Shufelt Roster 2006 Cologne Centurions final #A71930 white black  7 Shane Boyd 16 Kliff Kingsbury  5 Tory Woodbury 32 Jamaal Branch 27 Terry Butler American football 25 Alex Haynes 22 Fred Russell American football 19 Brian Bratton 13 Jamall Broussard 80 Michael Gasperson 81 Reggie Newhouse no 88 Mario Jackson no 89 Calen Powell 87 Trent Smith no 79 Jon Doty T no 54 Phil Hawkins G no 77 Daniel Martz G 72 William Obeng T 74 Erik Pears G/T 57 Dave Pearson American football C no 73 Jared Peck T no 52 Kyle Schmitt C no 95 Arrion Dixon DT 78 Eddie Freeman gridiron football DT 99 Otis Grigsby DE 92 Alain Kashama DE no 94 Tyler King DE no 56 Omar Nazel DE 98 Bryan Save DT 91 Darrell Wright DE no 55 Andrew Battle OLB 48 David Bergeron OLB 42 Josh Dean American football OLB no 58 Thomas Houchin MLB no 40 Jonathan Pollard MLB 55 Robert Rodriguez gridiron football MLB no 26 Matt Clark CB 31 Kevin Curtis safety FS 23 Mark Estelle CB 30 Lance Frazier CB no 20 Brandon Pinderhughes FS 41 Ray Ventrone SS 21 Aric Williams CB 15 Tim Duncan American football K no  9 Gabe Lindstrom P  1 Nick Setta K no 44 MEX 12px Omar Erick Cantu OLB 47 FRA 12px Philippe Gardent rugby league OLB 86 GER 12px Werner Hippler TE no 14 GER 12px Christopher Liess WR no 96 MEX 12px Mauricio Lopez DT no 75 MEX 12px Cesar Loredo T no 51 GER 12px David Odenthal C/G no 17 JPN 12px Michihiro Ogawa WR no 34 GER 12px Daniel Schober SS Schedule Week Date Kickoff All times are in Central European Time (CET), or Central European Summer Time (CEST) after March 25. "n" Opponent Results Game site Attendance Final score Team record 1 Saturday, March 18 6:00 p.m. at Hamburg Sea Devils W 14–10 1–0 AOL Arena 15,243 2 Sunday, March 26 4:00 p.m. Amsterdam Admirals L 15–20 1–1 RheinEnergieStadion 17,251 3 Sunday, April 2 4:00 p.m. Rhein Fire L 10–20 1–2 RheinEnergieStadion 16,961 4 Saturday, April 8 7:00 p.m. at Frankfurt Galaxy L 14–21 1–3 Commerzbank-Arena 23,125 5 Monday, April 17 6:00 p.m. at Berlin Thunder L 13–24 1–4 Olympic Stadium 13,559 6 Sunday, April 23 4:00 p.m. Hamburg Sea Devils W 20–17 2–4 RheinEnergieStadion 9,238 7 Sunday, April 30 4:00 p.m. Frankfurt Galaxy L 10–17 2–5 RheinEnergieStadion 11,800 8 Saturday, May 6 7:00 p.m. at Amsterdam Admirals W 20–13 3–5 Amsterdam ArenA 12,228 9 Sunday, May 14 4:00 p.m. Berlin Thunder W 25–7 4–5 RheinEnergieStadion 12,438 10 Saturday, May 20 7:00 p.m. at Rhein Fire L 10–21 4–6 LTU arena 28,334 World Bowl rematch kicks off 14th season https://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=3279260 March 13, 2006 NFL Europe League January 28, 2012 Week one winners clash in Berlin http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=3282206 March 21, 2006 NFL Europe League January 28, 2012 Race looks to be crowded http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=3285150 March 28, 2006 NFL Europe League January 28, 2012 Pace-setting Fire host Sea Devils http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=3288293 April 4, 2006 NFL Europe League January 28, 2012 Top two in fight for first as season reaches halfway mark https://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=3292644 April 11, 2006 NFL Europe League January 28, 2012 League leaders meet for second week in a row https://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=3296849 April 18, 2006 NFL Europe League January 28, 2012 League-leading Admirals aim to maintain World Bowl charge https://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=3300359 April 25, 2006 NFL Europe League January 28, 2012 Admirals within touching distance of World Bowl https://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=3303932 May 2, 2006 NFL Europe League January 28, 2012 Winner takes all in Admirals-Galaxy clash https://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=3307569 May 9, 2006 NFL Europe League January 28, 2012 Admirals clinch World Bowl berth http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=3311152 May 16, 2006 NFL Europe League January 28, 2012 Standings http://www.footballdb.com/standings.html?lg=NFLE&yr=2006 2006 NFLE Standings The Football Database June 28, 2011 Game summaries Week 1: at Hamburg Sea Devils background:#F2F2F2; border:1px solid #AAAAAA; text-align:center; Week One: Cologne Centurions at Hamburg Sea Devils – Game summary Saturday, March 18 6:08 p.m. CET Cologne 7 0 7 0 Hamburg 10 0 0 0 AOL Arena, Hamburg, Germany 15,243 32 °F (0 °C), cloudy Gene Steratore Week 2: vs Amsterdam Admirals background:#F2F2F2; border:1px solid #AAAAAA; text-align:center; Week Two: Amsterdam Admirals at Cologne Centurions – Game summary Sunday, March 26 4:05 p.m. CEST Amsterdam 3 7 10 0 Cologne 0 13 0 2 RheinEnergieStadion, Cologne, Germany 17,251 61 °F (16.24 °C), mostly clouded Terry Brown Week 3: vs Rhein Fire background:#F2F2F2; border:1px solid #AAAAAA; text-align:center; Week Three: Rhein Fire at Cologne Centurions – Game summary Sunday, April 2 4:06 p.m. CEST Rhein 7 3 7 3 Cologne 0 10 0 0 RheinEnergieStadion, Cologne, Germany 16,961 55 °F (12.8 °C), partly cloudly Craig Wrolstad Week 4: at Frankfurt Galaxy background:#F2F2F2; border:1px solid #AAAAAA; text-align:center; Week Four: Cologne Centurions at Frankfurt Galaxy – Game summary Saturday, April 8 7:05 p.m. CEST Cologne 0 7 0 7 Frankfurt 0 14 0 7 Commerzbank-Arena, Frankfurt, Germany 23,125 56 °F °C, sunny Jerome Boger Week 5: at Berlin Thunder background:#F2F2F2; border:1px solid #AAAAAA; text-align:center; Week Five: Cologne Centurions at Berlin Thunder – Game summary Monday, April 17 6:00 p.m. CEST Cologne 0 0 7 6 Berlin 0 10 7 7 Olympic Stadium, Berlin, Germany 13,559 https://rp-online.de/sport/andere/rhein-fire-verliert-spitze-cologne-unterliegt-in-berlin_aid-9302745 NFL Europe: Rhein Fire verliert Spitze – Cologne unterliegt in Berlin Rheinische Post SID April 17, 2006 April 4, 2019 Week 6: vs Hamburg Sea Devils background:#F2F2F2; border:1px solid #AAAAAA; text-align:center; Week Six: Hamburg Sea Devils at Cologne Centurions– Game summary Sunday, April 23 4:00 p.m. Hamburg 0 3 7 7 Cologne 3 0 3 14 RheinEnergieStadion, Cologne, Germany 9,238 https://rp-online.de/nrw/staedte/rhein-kreis/am-ende-zaehlt-der-sieg_aid-8884861 Centurions schlagen die Seadevils mit 20:17 Neuß-Grevenbroicher Zeitung Camillo Kluge April 23, 2006 April 5, 2019 Week 7: vs Frankfurt Galaxy background:#F2F2F2; border:1px solid #AAAAAA; text-align:center; Week Seven: Frankfurt Galaxy at Cologne Centurions – Game summary Sunday, April 30 4:06 p.m. CEST Frankfurt 0 10 0 7 Cologne 7 0 3 0 RheinEnergieStadion, Cologne, Germany 11,800 49 °F °C, mostly cloudly Gene Steratore Week 8: at Amsterdam Admirals background:#F2F2F2; border:1px solid #AAAAAA; text-align:center; Week Eight: Cologne Centurions at Amsterdam Admirals – Game summary Saturday, May 6 7:05 p.m. CEST Cologne 3 10 7 0 Amsterdam 3 0 0 10 Amsterdam Arena, Amsterdam, Netherlands 12,228 71 °F °C, roof open, clear skies, fair Carl Cheffers Week 9: vs Berlin Thunder background:#F2F2F2; border:1px solid #AAAAAA; text-align:center; Week Nine: Berlin Thunder at Cologne Centurions – Game summary Sunday, May 14 4:00 p.m. Berlin 0 0 7 0 Cologne 14 3 2 6 RheinEnergieStadion, Cologne, Germany 12,438 https://www.morgenpost.de/printarchiv/sport/article104579186/Berlin-Thunder-verliert-bei-den-Centurions.html Berlin Thunder verliert bei den Centurions Berliner Morgenpost May 15, 2006 April 16, 2019 Week 10: at Rhein Fire background:#F2F2F2; border:1px solid #AAAAAA; text-align:center; Week Ten: Cologne Centurions at Rhein Fire – Game summary Saturday, May 20 7:06 p.m. CEST Cologne 7 3 0 0 Rhein 7 0 14 0 LTU arena, Düsseldorf, Germany 28,334 52 °F (11.1 °C) Greg Meyer 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.NFL Europe League NFLEL names All-League team, MVPs http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=3315993 live May 25, 2006 https://web.archive.org/web/20060626231716/http://oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=3315993 June 26, 2006 June 26, 2013 Overall, Cologne had four players selected. The selections were: Philippe Gardent, linebacker Gabe Lindstrom, punter Erik Pears, guard Bryan Save, defensive tackle Additionally, Gardent was named co-defensive MVP, sharing the award with Amsterdam Admirals' defensive tackle Tony Brown. The French, who was in his fourth season in the NFLEL and second with Cologne, became the first national player to win MVP honors after leading the league with 70 tackles. Notes "n" References 30em Cologne Category:Cologne Centurions (NFL Europe) seasons