1996 Scottish Claymores season

World League of American Football team season July 2015 July 2015 Scottish Claymores 1996 7–3 1st Jim Criner Mike Keller Murrayfield Stadium World Bowl '96 champions 1995 1997 The 1996 Scottish Claymores season was the second season for the franchise in the World League of American Football (WLAF). The team was led by head coach Jim Criner in his second year, and played its home games at Murrayfield Stadium in Edinburgh, Scotland. They finished the regular season in first place with a record of seven wins and three losses. In World Bowl '96, Scotland defeated the Frankfurt Galaxy 32–27. The victory marked the franchise's first World Bowl championship, in its second active season. The Claymores had gained the right to play as home team in the World Bowl in week 5. They beat the Galaxy 20–0 at the Waldstadion, taking the World Bowl berth as the midseason leaders.Claymores to host World Bowl https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/claymores-to-host-world-bowl-1346967.html https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/claymores-to-host-world-bowl-1346967.html 1 May 2022 subscription live 30 May 2014 The Independent 12 May 1996 This ended an eight-game winning streak from 1995–96 for the Galaxy. Offseason World League draft + 1996 Scottish Claymores World League draft selections Draft order Player name Position College Round Choice 1 1 Ty Parten DT Arizona 2 7 Shannon Jones LB USC 3 18 Yo Murphy WR Idaho 4 19 John DeWitt DE Vanderbilt 5 30 Mazio Royster RB USC 6 31 Frank Robinson DB Boise State 7 42 Arnold Ale LB UCLA 8 43 Steve Shine LB Northwestern 9 54 Tyrone Johnson WR Western State 10 55 Chris Williams DT Hampton 11 66 Basil Proctor LB West Virginia 12 67 Ron Dickerson, Jr. WR Arkansas 12 73 Ken Grace WR USC 13 80 Kris Pollack G USC 14 81 Jessie Cox LB Texas Southern 15 92 Lee Gissendaner WR Northwestern 16 93 Brian White DB Dartmouth 17 104 Scott Tyner P/K Oklahoma State 18 105 Herman Carroll DE Mississippi State 19 116 Joe O'Brien DT Boise State 20 117 Mike Lee WR Utah State 21 126 Aaron Bennetts TE UC Davis 22 127 Jared Kaaiohelo RB Missouri Southern The Official 1996 World League of American Football Fact Book 146–147 1996 Round by Round Draft Personnel Staff 1996 Scottish Claymores General Manager – Mike Keller Head Coach/Offensive Line – Jim Criner Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks – Jim Sochor National Coach/Running Backs – Mike Kenny Receivers – Vince Alcalde Defensive Coordinator/Defensive Backs – Ray Willsey Defensive Line – Bill Dutton Linebackers – Larry Owens The Official 1996 World League of American Football Fact Book 52–59 Scottish Claymores Roster 1996 Scottish Claymores final #0039A6 white #A5ACAF 13 Jim Ballard  7 Khari Jones 12 Steve Matthews American football 23 Ron Dickerson Jr. no 31 Jared Kaaiohelo 27 Siran Stacy no 40 Markus Thomas no 89 Aaron Bennetts  1 Lee Gissendaner 84 Derek Hill gridiron football 88 Sean LaChapelle 83 Yo Murphy 85 Willy Tate 71 Tom Barndt G no 72 Randy Bierman T no 65 Chris Dausin C/G no 79 Purvis Hunt G no 75 James Spencer T no 68 Matt Storm G no 78 Keith Wagner T 61 Lance Zeno C 70 Jason Buck DE no 74 Herman Carroll DE 97 John DeWitt gridiron football DE no 99 Jerold Jeffcoat DT 90 Joe O'Brien American football DT 95 Ty Parten DT 67 Bryan Proby DT 56 Arnold Ale OLB no 58 Shannon Jones OLB 52 Karmeeleyah McGill OLB 54 Mark Sander MLB no 59 David Webb OLB 45 Israel Byrd CB (IR) 7px 34 George Coghill American football S 42 Forey Duckett CB 30 James Fuller American football S no 46 Marvin Goodwin S 43 Frank Robinson American football CB no 22 James Williams CB 25 David Wilson defensive back S  5 Paul McCallum gridiron football K/P 81 SCO 12px Scott Couper WR no 91 ENG 12px Robert Flickinger DE 15 SCO 12px Gavin Hastings y K no 26 FIN 12px Jukka-Pekka Nummi CB no 44 SCO 12px Ben Torriero RB no 51 IRE 12px Emmett Waldron MLB Schedule Week Date Kickoff All times local to where the game was played. "n" Opponent Results Game site Attendance Final score Team record 1 Sunday, 14 April 3:00 p.m. at London Monarchs W 24–21 (OT) 1–0 White Hart Lane 16,258 2 Sunday, 21 April 3:00 p.m. Barcelona Dragons W 23–13 2–0 Murrayfield Stadium 12,928 3 Sunday, 28 April 3:00 p.m. Amsterdam Admirals W 21–14 3–0 Murrayfield Stadium 13,070 4 Saturday, 4 May 7:00 p.m. at Rhein Fire L 14–15 3–1 Rheinstadion 11,395 5 Saturday, 11 May 7:00 p.m. at Frankfurt Galaxy W 20–0 4–1 Waldstadion 32,126 6 Sunday, 19 May 3:00 p.m. Rhein Fire W 24–19 5–1 Murrayfield Stadium 12,419 7 Sunday, 26 May 3:00 p.m. Frankfurt Galaxy W 20–17 6–1 Murrayfield Stadium 13,116 8 Saturday, 1 June 6:30 p.m. at Amsterdam Admirals L 27–31 6–2 Olympisch Stadion 10,501 9 Sunday, 9 June 3:00 p.m. London Monarchs W 33–28 7–2 Murrayfield Stadium 15,461 10 Sunday, 16 June 6:00 p.m. at Barcelona Dragons L 27–32 7–3 Estadi Olímpic de Montjuïc 16,124 World Bowl '96 11 Sunday, 23 June 6:00 p.m. Frankfurt Galaxy W 32–27 8–3 Murrayfield Stadium 38,982 The Official 1997 World League of American Football Fact Book 71–75 1996 Season In Review https://apnews.com/522fb17b69c3da057681657443355f00 Claymores 24, Monarchs 21, OT Associated Press 14 April 1996 APNewsArchive.com Associated Press 22 June 2013 https://apnews.com/3f65eb2712ec7b8eeaed258052f16d03 Claymores 21, Admirals 14 Associated Press 28 April 1996 APNewsArchive.com Associated Press 22 June 2013 https://apnews.com/04b85f7909848ce5727fbf8fa83e1183 Rhein Fire 15, Claymores 14 Associated Press 4 May 1996 APNewsArchive.com Associated Press 22 June 2013 https://apnews.com/7d574ab5a0b91836c4f2334c34927a16 Claymores 20, Galaxy 0 Associated Press 11 May 1996 APNewsArchive.com Associated Press 22 June 2013 https://apnews.com/f547fa6609804359aaddaca4fdec7a04 Claymores 24, Rhein Fire 19 Associated Press 19 May 1996 APNewsArchive.com Associated Press 22 June 2013 https://apnews.com/03cbc840352e3e7b380283e404ffc09b Claymores 20, Galaxy 17 Associated Press 26 May 1996 APNewsArchive.com Associated Press 22 June 2013 https://apnews.com/6b5ec3b9bc3cbfcb72b8a168445fdd03 Admirals 31, Claymores 27 Associated Press 1 June 1996 APNewsArchive.com Associated Press 22 June 2013 http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/spl/aberdeen/monarchs-are-cut-down-to-size-1.451264 Monarchs are cut down to size Livingstone Steve 10 June 1996 The Herald 22 June 2013 Glasgow, Scotland Standings 1996 WLAF Standings http://www.footballdb.com/standings.html?lg=WLAF&yr=1996 The Football Database 22 June 2013 Game summaries Week 1: at London Monarchs background:#F2F2F2; border:1px solid #AAAAAA; text-align:center; Week One: Scottish Claymores at London Monarchs – Game summary Sunday, 14 April 3:00 p.m. BST Scotland 7 0 7 7 3 London 7 14 0 0 0 White Hart Lane, London, England 16,258 Week 2: vs Barcelona Dragons background:#F2F2F2; border:1px solid #AAAAAA; text-align:center; Week Two: Barcelona Dragons at Scottish Claymores – Game summary Sunday, 21 April 3:00 p.m. BST Barcelona Scotland Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh, Scotland 12,928 Week 3: vs Amsterdam Admirals background:#F2F2F2; border:1px solid #AAAAAA; text-align:center; Week Three: Amsterdam Admirals at Scottish Claymores – Game summary Sunday, 28 April 3:00 p.m. BST Amsterdam 7 0 7 0 Scotland 7 7 0 7 Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh, Scotland 13,070 Week 4: at Rhein Fire background:#F2F2F2; border:1px solid #AAAAAA; text-align:center; Week Four: Scottish Claymores at Rhein Fire – Game summary Saturday, 4 May 7:00 p.m. CEST Scotland 7 0 0 7 Rhein 6 3 3 3 Rheinstadion, Düsseldorf, Germany 11,395 Week 5: at Frankfurt Galaxy background:#F2F2F2; border:1px solid #AAAAAA; text-align:center; Week Five: Scottish Claymores at Frankfurt Galaxy – Game summary Saturday, 11 May 7:00 p.m. CEST Scotland 3 0 3 14 Frankfurt 0 0 0 0 Waldstadion, Frankfurt, Germany 32,126 Week 6: vs Rhein Fire background:#F2F2F2; border:1px solid #AAAAAA; text-align:center; Week Six: Rhein Fire at Scottish Claymores – Game summary Sunday, 19 May 3:00 p.m. BST Rhein 3 3 7 6 Scotland 13 11 0 0 Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh, Scotland 12,419 Week 7: vs Frankfurt Galaxy background:#F2F2F2; border:1px solid #AAAAAA; text-align:center; Week Seven: Frankfurt Galaxy at Scottish Claymores – Game summary Sunday, 26 May 3:00 p.m. BST Frankfurt 7 0 3 7 Scotland 0 3 14 3 Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh, Scotland 13,116 Week 8: at Amsterdam Admirals background:#F2F2F2; border:1px solid #AAAAAA; text-align:center; Week Eight: Scottish Claymores at Amsterdam Admirals – Game summary Saturday, 1 June 6:30 p.m. CEST Scotland 0 0 21 6 Amsterdam 0 10 7 14 Olympisch Stadion, Amsterdam, Netherlands 10,501 Week 9: vs London Monarchs background:#F2F2F2; border:1px solid #AAAAAA; text-align:center; Week Nine: London Monarchs at Scottish Claymores – Game summary Sunday, 9 June 3:00 p.m. BST London 7 0 7 14 Scotland 4 13 0 16 Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh, Scotland 15,461 Week 10: at Barcelona Dragons background:#F2F2F2; border:1px solid #AAAAAA; text-align:center; Week Ten: Scottish Claymores at Barcelona Dragons – Game summary Sunday, 16 June 6:00 p.m. CEST Scotland Barcelona Estadi Olímpic de Montjuïc, Barcelona, Spain 16,124 Notes "n" References 30em Category:Scottish Claymores seasons