2001 Rhein Fire season

2001 Rhein Fire season
Head coach	Pete Kuharchek
General manager	Alexander Leibkind
Home field	Rheinstadion
Results
Record	5–5
Division place	3rd
Playoff finish	did not qualify

The 2001 Rhein Fire season was the seventh season for the franchise in the NFL Europe League (NFLEL). The team was led by head coach Pete Kuharchek in his first year, and played its home games at Rheinstadion in Düsseldorf, Germany. They finished the regular season in third place with a record of five wins and five losses.

Offseason

Free agent draft

2001 Rhein Fire NFLEL free agent draft selections
Draft order			Player name	Position	College
Round	Choice	Overall	Player name	Position	College
1	6	6	Terrell Jurineack	DE	Missouri
2	6	12	Shane Cook	T	Colorado
3	1	13	Keith Short	C	Virginia Tech
4	6	24	James Roscoe	DE	Clark Atlanta
5	1	25	Antoine McNutt	G	Tennessee State
6	6	36	Otis Grant	DE	Houston
7	1	37	Ronnie Nicks	LB	Notre Dame
8	6	48	Corey Bailey	G	Fordham
9	1	49	Julian Duncan	LB	Rice
10	5	59	P. J. Franklin	WR	Tulane
11	1	60	Kevin Monroe	CB	East Carolina
12	3	65	LeShun Daniels	G	Ohio State

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Personnel

Staff

2001 Rhein Fire staff

Front office

General Manager – Alexander Leibkind

Head coaches

Head Coach/Defensive Coordinator – Pete Kuharchek

Offensive coaches

Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks – Joe Clark
Running Backs/Wide Receivers – Booker Brooks
Offensive Line – Mike Bender

Defensive coaches

Defensive Line/Special Teams – Ed O'Neil
National Coach/Linebackers – Jörn Maier
Defensive Backs – Adrian White

Strength and conditioning

Strength and Conditioning – Brian Ferguson

Roster

2001 Rhein Fire roster

Quarterbacks

16 Jim Arellanes
19 Giovanni Carmazzi
18 Phil Stambaugh

Running backs

44 Jason Brookins
33 DeMario Brown
20 Pepe Pearson

Wide receivers

86 Dwight Carter
80 Andre Cooper
87 Eddie Hardaway
88 Michael Lewis
82 Shannon Myers
83 Joe Perez

Tight ends

89 Johnny Huggins
45 Adam Newman

Offensive linemen

75 Corey Bailey G
65 John Blick T
73 Brian Connolly G/T
78 LeShun Daniels T
63 Michael Early C
71 Mark Grivna T
79 Antoine McNutt G
67 Nick O'Brien G

Defensive linemen

91 Julian Duncan DE
98 Daniel Greer DT
99 Kelly Gregg DT
94 Gaylon Hyder DT
93 Terrell Jurineack DE
95 James Roscoe DE
96 Mark Word DE

Linebackers

54 Ronnie Nicks MLB
51 Paris Johnson OLB
56 Mike Sands OLB
57 Jamel Smith OLB
53 Scott Zimmerman MLB

Defensive backs

40 Deke Cooper S
30 Derrick Gardner CB
38 Steve Gleason S
24 Corey Harris CB
35 Clarence LeBlanc S
36 DeShone Mallard CB
26 Jordan Younger CB

Special teams

14 James Tuthill K
2 Rodney Williams P

National players

5 Akihito Amaya WR
10 Manfred Burgsmüller K
50 Anthony Doghmi LB
84 Olaf Fischer WR
23 Sascha Gehloff S
72 Bastian Lano DE
21 Oyeniran Olalere Odunayo Ojo RB
8 Naoki Sasano WR
58 Masaki Tokimoto LB

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, April 21	7:00 p.m.	Amsterdam Admirals	W 24–20	1–0	Rheinstadion	31,437
2	Saturday, April 28	5:00 p.m.	at Barcelona Dragons	L 12–24	1–1	Estadi Olímpic de Montjuïc	8,423
3	Saturday, May 5	7:00 p.m.	Barcelona Dragons	L 21–27	1–2	Rheinstadion	30,984
4	Saturday, May 12	6:00 p.m.	at Berlin Thunder	L 17–23	1–3	Jahn-Sportpark	9,148
5	Sunday, May 20	4:00 p.m.	Scottish Claymores	W 10–3	2–3	Rheinstadion	30,211
6	Sunday, May 27	7:00 p.m.	at Frankfurt Galaxy	W 22–5	3–3	Waldstadion	30,512
7	Saturday, June 2	7:00 p.m.	at Amsterdam Admirals	L 14–17	3–4	Amsterdam ArenA	13,823
8	Sunday, June 10	7:00 p.m.	Berlin Thunder	W 16–13	4–4	Rheinstadion	30,701
9	Saturday, June 16	7:00 p.m.	Frankfurt Galaxy	W 17–13	5–4	Rheinstadion	51,719
10	Saturday, June 23	3:00 p.m.	at Scottish Claymores	L 21–34	5–5	Hampden Park	12,251

Standings

NFL Europe League
Team	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA	Home	Road	STK
Barcelona Dragons	8	2	0	.800	252	191	5–0	3–2	L1
Berlin Thunder	6	4	0	.600	270	239	4–1	2–3	W2
Rhein Fire	5	5	0	.500	174	179	4–1	1–4	L1
Scottish Claymores	4	6	0	.400	168	188	4–1	0–5	W1
Amsterdam Admirals	4	6	0	.400	194	226	4–1	0–5	L3
Frankfurt Galaxy	3	7	0	.300	199	234	3–2	0–5	W1

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Game summaries

Week 1: vs Amsterdam Admirals

Week One: Amsterdam Admirals at Rhein Fire – Game summary

	1	2	3	4	Total
Amsterdam	13	0	7	0	20
Rhein	7	7	7	3	24

at Rheinstadion, Düsseldorf, Germany

Date: Saturday, April 21
Game time: 7:06 p.m. CEST
Game attendance: 31,437
Referee: Terry McAulay

Notes

↑ All times local to where the game was played.

References

↑ "Linemen dominate free agent draft". NFL Europe League. February 20, 2001. Archived from the original on June 29, 2001. Retrieved May 25, 2011.
↑ "2001 NFL Europe League Standings". NFL Europe League. Archived from the original on August 18, 2002. Retrieved January 18, 2011.

Rhein Fire

Founded in 1995 Folded in 2007 Based in Düsseldorf, Germany

The Franchise	Franchise Coaches

Stadiums	Rheinstadion Arena AufSchalke LTU arena

Head coaches	Galen Hall Pete Kuharchek Jim Tomsula Rick Lantz

World Bowl appearances (5)	'97 '98 2000 X XI

League championships (2)	1998 2000

Seasons	1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007

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