2007 Berlin Thunder season

NFL Europa team season Berlin Thunder 2007 2–8 6th John Allen Joe Cealera Olympic Stadium did not qualify 2006 none true The 2007 Berlin Thunder season was the ninth and final season for the franchise in the NFL Europa League (NFLEL). The team was led by head coach John Allen in his first year, and played its home games at Olympic Stadium in Berlin, Germany. They finished the regular season in sixth place with a record of two wins and eight losses. The National Football League (NFL) announced the closure of its European branch on June 29.https://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=a0VbGpkkdGbI&refer=home NFL Folds European League One Week After World Bowl Title Game Kuriloff Aaron June 29, 2007 Bloomberg L.P. January 22, 2012 Offseason Free agent draft + 2007 Berlin Thunder NFLEL free agent draft selections Draft order Player name Position College Round Choice 1 1 Chris Thompson CB Nicholls State 2 7 Lauvale Sape DT Utah 3 18 Seante Williams DE Jacksonville State 4 19 Jabari Levey T South Carolina 5 30 Chris Harrell CB Penn State 6 31 Matt Henshaw TE Florida State 7 42 Steve Paris S Iowa State 8 43 Damien Rhodes RB Syracuse 9 54 Keon Raymond CB Middle Tennessee 10 55 Quartez Vickerson DT Grand Valley State 11 66 Steven Vieira G UCLA 12 67 Samario Houston LB Catawba 13 78 Jameel Dumas LB Syracuse 14 79 Jay McCareins CB Princeton 15 90 Robin Meadow T Washington 16 91 Sha-Ron Edwards RB Illinois State 17 102 Bernard Opoku S Jacksonville 18 103 Bobby Payne DE Middle Tennessee 19 114 Daniel Martz C Alabama 20 115 Jason Flowers CB Toledo 21 126 Tim Clarke LB Lenoir–Rhyne 22 127 Mike Mendenhall DE Temple 23 133 Scott Mitchell WR Kentuckyhttp://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=3430834 Famous names called during NFL Europa Free Agent Draft February 26, 2007 NFL Europa League June 28, 2011 Personnel Staff 2007 Berlin Thunder General manager – Joe Cealera Head coach/wide receivers – John Allen Offensive coordinator/offensive line – Don Lawrence Quarterbacks – Cory Sauter National coach/running backs – Wanja Müller Tight ends – Willard Scissum Defensive coordinator/defensive backs – Adrian White Defensive line – Darryl Sims Assistant defensive line – Mike Jones Linebackers – Kurt Gouveia National coach/special teams coordinator – Wanja Müller Strength and conditioning – Mike Berezowski Roster 2007 Berlin Thunder final #B3995D white black 10 Bruce Eugene  7 Travis Lulay  4 Omar Jacobs (IR) 7px 23 Chris Barclay no 25 Cal Murray no 32 Damien Rhodes (IR) 7px 81 Carlton Brewster 82 Ryan Hoag no 81 Rich Musinski (IR) 7px 12 Steve Sanders American football 80 Kyle Smith American football 83 Rob Abiamiri 87 Charles Davis tight end no 40 Matt Guardia LS no 49 Alex Shor 63 Jasper Harvey C (IR) 7px 53 Rob Hunt American football G/C 71 Jabari Levey T no 65 Tyler McMeans G 69 Matt Ulrich G no 75 Steven Vieira T 91 Walter Curry gridiron football DE no 98 Jason Peterson DE 95 Lauvale Sape DT no 99 Bryant Shaw DT 90 Dave Tollefson DE no 96 Quartez Vickerson DT no 45 Tim Clarke OLB 50 Jameel Dumas OLB no 41 Tim Goodwell OLB no 56 Samario Houston OLB (IR) 7px no 58 Mike Mendenhall MLB no 24 Dennis Davis CB no 22 Jason Flowers CB 27 Chris Harrell SS 20 Josh Lay CB no 28 Steve Paris FS 35 Etric Pruitt SS (IR) 7px 21 Chris Thompson cornerback CB 26 Vickiel Vaughn SS no 31 Gerard Washington CB  2 D. J. Fitzpatrick K no  6 Andrew Jacas K  1 Tom Malone American football P 56 GER 12px Richard Adjei OLB no 92 GER 12px Patrick Finke DE no 29 GER 12px Oliver Flemming FS no 88 MEX 12px Alejandro Gamez WR no 66 MEX 12px Juan Garcia G 64 GER 12px Samuel Gutekunst T no 11 CHN 12px Ding Long K 97 GER 12px Constantin Ritzmann DE 51 ENG 12px Shaun Smith linebacker MLB no 18 MEX 12px Gustavo Tella WR no  9 CHN 12px Gao Wei K Schedule Week Date Kickoff All times are in Central European Summer Time (CEST). "n" Opponent Results Game site Attendance Final score Team record 1 Saturday, April 14 7:00 p.m. at Rhein Fire W 15–3 1–0 LTU arena 30,355 2 Sunday, April 22 4:00 p.m. Hamburg Sea Devils L 7–16 1–1 Olympic Stadium 30,657 3 Saturday, April 28 6:00 p.m. Amsterdam Admirals L 10–14 1–2 Olympic Stadium 11,942 4 Saturday, May 5 6:00 p.m. at Cologne Centurions W 31–28 2–2 RheinEnergieStadion 10,084 5 Sunday, May 13 4:00 p.m. Cologne Centurions L 10–24 2–3 Olympic Stadium 11,995 6 Sunday, May 20 5:00 p.m. at Frankfurt Galaxy L 7–35 2–4 Commerzbank-Arena 30,125 7 Saturday, May 26 6:00 p.m. at Hamburg Sea Devils L 7–17 2–5 AOL Arena 18,337 8 Saturday, June 2 6:00 p.m. Frankfurt Galaxy L 22–25 2–6 Olympic Stadium 11,882 9 Friday, June 8 7:00 p.m. Rhein Fire L 17–24 2–7 Olympic Stadium 12,114 10 Friday, June 15 8:00 p.m. at Amsterdam Admirals L 20–21 2–8 Olympic Stadium 11,893 World Bowl Rematch Kicks Off 15th Season http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=3449916 April 10, 2007 NFL Europa League January 22, 2012 Early Start To Week Two http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=3454896 April 17, 2007 NFL Europa League January 22, 2012 Race for NFL Europa glory looks to be crowded http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=3458918 April 24, 2007 NFL Europa League January 22, 2012 Pace-setting Galaxy Visit Admirals; Centurions Lead Chasing Pack http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=3462558 May 1, 2007 NFL Europa League January 22, 2012 Everything To Play For As Season Approaches Halfway Mark http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=3466385 May 8, 2007 NFL Europa League January 22, 2012 Race To Reach World Bowl Closest In League History As All Six Teams Separated By One Game http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=3470196 May 15, 2007 NFL Europa League January 22, 2012 Two Break Clear Of Chasing Pack As Race To Reach World Bowl Intensifies http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=3474007 May 22, 2007 NFL Europa League January 22, 2012 Cologne Within Touching Distance Of World Bowl http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=3477915 May 29, 2007 NFL Europa League January 22, 2012 Galaxy One Win Away From Hosting World Bowl http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=3482103 June 5, 2007 NFL Europa League January 22, 2012 Three Teams Eye Two Title Game Spots As Race To Reach World Bowl Goes Down To Final Weekend http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=3486314 June 12, 2007 NFL Europa League January 22, 2012 http://www.rp-online.de/sport/mehr/andere/berlin-thunder-verpasst-fuenften-platz-1.1655693 Berlin Thunder verpasst fünften Platz June 16, 2007 Rheinische Post German January 22, 2012 Standings https://www.usatoday.com/sports/football/nfl/nflestand.htm NFL Europa At A Glance June 25, 2007 USA Today June 28, 2011 Game summaries Week 1: at Rhein Fire background:#F2F2F2; border:1px solid #AAAAAA; text-align:center; Week One: Berlin Thunder at Rhein Fire – Game summary Saturday, April 14 7:06 p.m. CEST Berlin 0 4 4 7 Rhein 0 3 0 0 LTU arena, Düsseldorf, Germany 30,355 71 °F (21.7 °C), sunny Carl Cheffers NFL Network Scott Graham and Doug Graber Week 2: vs Hamburg Sea Devils background:#F2F2F2; border:1px solid #AAAAAA; text-align:center; Week Two: Hamburg Sea Devils at Berlin Thunder – Game summary Sunday, April 22 4:02 p.m. CEST Hamburg 0 10 3 3 Berlin 0 0 0 7 Olympic Stadium, Berlin, Germany 30,657 64 °F (17.8 °C), sunny Don Carey NFL Network Scott Graham and Doug Graber Week 3: vs Amsterdam Admirals background:#F2F2F2; border:1px solid #AAAAAA; text-align:center; Week Three: Amsterdam Admirals at Berlin Thunder – Game summary Saturday, April 28 6:06 p.m. CEST Amsterdam 7 0 0 7 Berlin 0 0 10 0 Olympic Stadium, Berlin, Germany 11,942 76 °F (24.4 °C), sunny John Hussey DirecTV Scott Graham and DeAngelo Hall Week 4: at Cologne Centurions background:#F2F2F2; border:1px solid #AAAAAA; text-align:center; Week Four: Berlin Thunder at Cologne Centurions – Game summary Saturday, May 5 6:07 p.m. CEST Berlin 0 14 3 14 Cologne 14 14 0 0 RheinEnergieStadion, Cologne, Germany 10,084 72 °F (22.2 °C), mostly cloudy John Parry Week 5: vs Cologne Centurions background:#F2F2F2; border:1px solid #AAAAAA; text-align:center; Week Five: Cologne Centurions at Berlin Thunder – Game summary Sunday, May 13 4:00 p.m. Cologne 7 3 14 0 Berlin 3 0 0 7 Olympic Stadium, Berlin, Germany 11.995 https://rp-online.de/sport/andere/fire-schlaegt-galaxy_aid-11265703 NFL Europa: Fire schlägt Galaxy May 12, 2007 Rheinische Post German March 1, 2019 Week 6: at Frankfurt Galaxy background:#F2F2F2; border:1px solid #AAAAAA; text-align:center; Week Six: Berlin Thunder at Frankfurt Galaxy – Game summary Sunday, May 20 5:00 p.m. CEST Berlin 0 7 0 0 Frankfurt 14 14 7 0 Commerzbank-Arena, Frankfurt, Germany 30,125 https://rp-online.de/sport/andere/frankfurt-und-koeln-auf-world-bowl-kurs_aid-11260887 NFL Europa: Frankfurt und Köln auf World-Bowl-Kurs May 19, 2007 Rheinische Post German March 25, 2019 Week 7: at Hamburg Sea Devils background:#F2F2F2; border:1px solid #AAAAAA; text-align:center; Week Seven: Berlin Thunder at Hamburg Sea Devils – Game summary Saturday, May 26 6:00 p.m. Berlin 3 4 0 0 Hamburg 0 3 0 14 AOL Arena, Hamburg, Germany 18,337 https://rp-online.de/sport/andere/spitzenkampf-zwischen-galaxy-und-centurions_aid-11269011 7. Spieltag der NFL Europa: Spitzenkampf zwischen Galaxy und Centurions May 26, 2007 Rheinische Post German February 26, 2019 Week 8: vs Frankfurt Galaxy background:#F2F2F2; border:1px solid #AAAAAA; text-align:center; Week Eight: Frankfurt Galaxy at Berlin Thunder – Game summary Saturday, June 2 6:00 p.m. Frankfurt 3 0 0 22 Berlin 7 0 8 7 Olympic Stadium, Berlin, Germany 11,882 http://www.football-aktuell.de/cgi-bin/gallery.pl?rubrik=50&so=da&serie=0542&bild=0 Berlin Thunder vs. Frankfurt Galaxy May 26, 2007 football-aktuell.de German March 4, 2019 Week 9: vs Rhein Fire background:#F2F2F2; border:1px solid #AAAAAA; text-align:center; Week Nine: Rhein Fire at Berlin Thunder – Game summary Friday, June 8 7:00 p.m. Rhein 14 10 0 0 Berlin 7 10 0 0 Olympic Stadium, Berlin, Germany 12,114 https://www.tagesspiegel.de/sport/football-berlin-thunder-enttaeuscht/867314.html Football: Berlin Thunder enttäuscht June 9, 2007 Der Tagesspiegel German March 28, 2019 Week 10: at Amsterdam Admirals background:#F2F2F2; border:1px solid #AAAAAA; text-align:center; Week Ten: Berlin Thunder at Amsterdam Admirals – Game summary Friday, June 15 8:07 p.m. CEST Berlin 3 10 7 0 Amsterdam 0 7 0 14 Olympic Stadium, Amsterdam, Netherlands 11,893 70 °F (21.1 °C), partly cloudy, light rain Tom Symonette NFL Network Michael Reghi and Doug Graber Honors Chris Barclay, Special Teams Player of the Week (Week 4) Carlton Brewster, All-NFL Europa League team selection Andrew Jacas, Special Teams Player of the Week (Week 1) Chris Thompson, Defensive Player of the Week (Week 10) World Bowl XV Media Guide Honors handed out http://www.nfleurope.com/news/story/10232806 NFLEurope.com June 21, 2007 January 19, 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20070626020117/http://www.nfleurope.com/news/story/10232806 June 26, 2007 dead Notes "n" References 30em Berlin Category:Berlin Thunder seasons