2000 Rhein Fire season

NFL Europe team season Rhein Fire (NFL Europe) Rhein Fire 2000 7–3 1st Galen Hall Alexander Leibkind Rheinstadion World Bowl 2000 champion 1999 2001 Rhein Fire The 2000 Rhein Fire season was the sixth season for the franchise in the NFL Europe League (NFLEL). The team was led by head coach Galen Hall in his sixth year, and played its home games at Rheinstadion in Düsseldorf, Germany. They finished the regular season in first place with a record of seven wins and three losses, qualifying for the league final for the third time in four years. Rhein won the second championship in team history by defeating the Scottish Claymores 13–10 in World Bowl 2000. Offseason Free agent draft + 2000 Rhein Fire NFLEL free agent draft selections Draft order Player name Position College Round Choice 1 4 Rome Douglas T Southern California 2 10 Michael Early C Norfolk State 3 15 Terrance Joseph S Tulsa 4 22 Everett Burnett WR Kansas State 5 27 Pepe Pearson RB Ohio State 6 34 Daniel Jones WR Utah 7 39 Stephen Fisher CB North Carolina 8 46 Dan Collins G Boston College 9 51 Derrick Steagall WR Georgia Tech 10 58 Thomas Guynes T Michigan 11 63 Dusty Renfro LB Texas 12 70 Kevin Cooper WR Mississippi State 13 75 William Carr DT Michigan 14 82 Tim Martin DE Tulsa 15 87 Matthew Hickl S Texas A&M-Kingville 16 94 Mark Smith LB Arkansas 17 99 Scott Whittaker T Kansas 18 106 Nakia Reddick S Central Florida 19 111 Kevin Drake WR Alabama-Birmingham 20 118 James Clyburn DT North Carolina A&T http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/football/nfl/news/2000/02/24/nfleurope_draft/ NFL Europe Draft List SI.com February 24, 2000 https://web.archive.org/web/20000818024958/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/football/nfl/news/2000/02/24/nfleurope_draft/ August 18, 2000 November 2, 2013 Personnel Staff 2000 Rhein Fire General Manager – Alexander Leibkind Head Coach/Running Backs – Galen Hall Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks – Bart Andrus Wide Receivers – Mike Jones Offensive Line – Whitey Jordan Defensive Coordinator/Linebackers – Pete Kuharchek National Coach/Defensive Line – Walter Rohlfing Defensive Backs/Special Teams – Jeff Reinebold Roster 2000 Rhein Fire final #6E273D white black  8 Matt Lytle  7 Danny Wuerffel no 25 Ontiwaun Carter 28 Carl McCullough 20 Pepe Pearson no 80 Tim Alexander no 86 Kevin Drake no  1 Alonzo Johnson no 18 Kendrick Nord 84 Jeff Ogden 85 Lawrence Hart American football 87 Ryan Neufeld no 77 Ben Adams G 67 Chris Brymer C/G 66 Dan Collins American football T/G no 63 Michael Early C 75 Craig Heimburger G no 79 Ben Nichols G/T 73 Pete Swanson American football T no 78 Scott Whittaker T 69 Ken Anderson defensive lineman DT 98 Ernie Brown American football DT 95 Marques Douglas DT 99 Larry Fitzpatrick DE 71 Derrick Ham DE 91 Carl Powell DE no 53 Jamie Baisley MLB no 58 Vince Bradford OLB 59 Kendall Ogle OLB no 57 Dusty Renfro MLB 29 Chris Akins S 33 Nick Ferguson S no 35 Steve Fisher CB 30 Derrick Gardner American football CB no 40 Matthew Hickl S no 36 Deshone Mallard CB 44 Anthony Mitchell American football S 13 Pete Elezovic K 12 Danny Kight K  2 Rodney Williams punter P 10 GER 12px Manfred Burgsmüller K no 50 GER 12px Anthony Doghmi OLB no 23 GER 12px Sascha Gehloff S no 45 GER 12px Wolfgang Hatzky RB no 72 GER 12px Bastian Lano DE no 81 GER 12px Kai-Erik Lyck WR no 21 NGA 12px Oyeniran Olalere Odunayo Ojo RB no 55 GER 12px Dusty Pearce OLB Schedule Week Date Kickoff All times local to where the game was played. "n" Opponent Results Game site Attendance Final score Team record 1 Saturday, April 15 7:00 p.m. Barcelona Dragons W 28–17 1–0 Rheinstadion 28,924 2 Saturday, April 22 7:00 p.m. at Amsterdam Admirals L 20–23 OT 1–1 Amsterdam ArenA 13,285 3 Saturday, April 29 7:00 p.m. Frankfurt Galaxy W 34–27 2–1 Rheinstadion 43,129 4 Saturday, May 6 7:00 p.m. at Barcelona Dragons W 18–7 3–1 Estadi Olímpic de Montjuïc 21,200 5 Saturday, May 13 7:00 p.m. Scottish Claymores W 22–10 4–1 Rheinstadion 30,537 6 Sunday, May 21 3:00 p.m. at Berlin Thunder L 21–25 OT 4–2 Jahn-Sportpark 10,273 7 Saturday, May 27 7:00 p.m. Berlin Thunder W 28–27 5–2 Rheinstadion 33,437 8 Sunday, June 4 7:00 p.m. at Frankfurt Galaxy W 53–14 6–2 Waldstadion 41,351 9 Saturday, June 10 3:00 p.m. at Scottish Claymores L 24–31 6–3 Hampden Park 10,196 10 Sunday, June 18 7:00 p.m. Amsterdam Admirals W 31–28 7–3 Rheinstadion 37,113World Bowl 2000 11 Sunday, June 25 7:00 p.m. Scottish Claymores W 13–10 8–3 Waldstadion 35,860 Standings http://www.nfleurope.com/schedule/standings.html 2000 NFL Europe League Standings NFL Europe League https://web.archive.org/web/20000815053736/http://www.nfleurope.com/schedule/standings.html August 15, 2000 November 2, 2013 Game summaries World Bowl 2000 World Bowl 2000 background:#F2F2F2; border:1px solid #AAAAAA; text-align:center; World Bowl 2000: Rhein Fire vs Scottish Claymores – Game summary Sunday, June 25 7:07 p.m. CEST Rhein 3 3 0 7 Scotland 7 3 0 0 Waldstadion, Frankfurt, Germany 35,860 17 °C °F, cloudy Bill Leavy FOX Sam Rosen and Bill Maas First quarter Rhein – 21-yard field goal by Manfred Burgsmüller, 9:48. Scotland – Aaron Stecker 36-yard touchdown run, Rob Hart kick good, 8:38. Second quarter Scotland – 32-yard field goal by Rob Hart, 9:03. Rhein – 23-yard field goal by Manfred Burgsmüller, 4:59. Third quarter No scoring. Fourth quarter Rhein – Pepe Pearson 1-yard touchdown run, Manfred Burgsmüller kick good, 1:12. Leading passers Rhein – Danny Wuerffel – 12/30, 90 yards, 2 interceptions. Scotland – Kevin Daft – 16/29, 177 yards, 1 interception. Leading rushers Rhein – Pepe Pearson – 14 rushes, 61 yards, 1 touchdown. Scotland – Aaron Stecker – 13 rushes, 92 yards, 1 touchdown. Leading receivers Rhein – Jeff Ogden – 3 receptions, 26 yards. Scotland – Donald Sellers – 4 receptions, 56 yards. Notes "n" References 30em Rhein Category:Rhein Fire seasons Rhein Rhein