The 1996 Rhein Fire season was the second season for the Rhein Fire in the World League of American Football (WLAF). The team was led by head coach Galen Hall in his second year, and played its home games at Rheinstadion in Düsseldorf, Germany. They finished the regular season in sixth place with a record of three wins and seven losses.
^"1996 Round by Round Draft". The Official 1996 World League of American Football Fact Book. pp. 146–147.
^ abc"Rhein Fire". The Official 1996 World League of American Football Fact Book. pp. 44–51.
^ ab"1996 Season In Review". The Official 1997 World League of American Football Fact Book. pp. 71–75.
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The 1996 Rhein Fire season was the second season for the Rhein Fire in the World League of American Football WLAF The team was led by head coach Galen Hall in his second year and played its home games at Rheinstadion in Dusseldorf Germany They finished the regular season in sixth place with a record of three wins and seven losses 1996 Rhein Fire seasonGeneral managerAlexander LeibkindHead coachGalen HallHome fieldRheinstadionResultsRecord3 7Division place6thPlayoff finishdid not qualify 1995 Rhein Fire 1997 Contents 1 Offseason 1 1 World League draft 2 Personnel 2 1 Staff 2 2 Roster 3 Schedule 4 Standings 5 Game summaries 5 1 Week 1 vs Frankfurt Galaxy 5 2 Week 2 at Amsterdam Admirals 5 3 Week 3 vs London Monarchs 5 4 Week 4 vs Scottish Claymores 5 5 Week 5 at Barcelona Dragons 5 6 Week 6 at Scottish Claymores 5 7 Week 7 vs Barcelona Dragons 5 8 Week 8 at Frankfurt Galaxy 5 9 Week 9 vs Amsterdam Admirals 5 10 Week 10 at London Monarchs 6 Statistics 6 1 Team statistics 7 Notes 8 ReferencesOffseason editWorld League draft edit 1996 Rhein Fire World League draft selections Draft order Player name Position College Round Choice 1 2 Sylvester Stanley DT Michigan 2 8 Sebastian Savage DB North Carolina State 3 17 Terry Richardson RB Syracuse 4 20 Tommie Stowers TE Missouri 5 29 Steve Hoyem T Stanford 6 32 Percy Snow LB Michigan State 7 41 Stacy Evans DE South Carolina 8 44 Kevin Knox WR Florida State 9 53 Willie Gaston DB Alabama 10 56 Jerone Davison RB Arizona State 11 65 James Roberson DE Florida State 12 68 Ricky Andrews LB Washington 12 74 James Wilson DE Tennessee 13 79 Jason Carthen LB Ohio 14 82 Larry Kennedy DB Florida 15 91 Myron Glass DB Northern Iowa 16 94 Ontiwaun Carter RB Arizona 17 103 Leo Araguz P Stephen F Austin 18 106 Jamal Cox LB Georgia Tech 19 115 Riddick Parker DT North Carolina 20 118 Eric Green WR Benedictine College 21 125 Brad Parpan QB Villanova 22 128 Tuli Mateialona LB New Mexico 23 135 Larry Davis DT UTEP 1 Personnel editStaff edit 1996 Rhein Fire staff Front office General Manager Alexander Leibkind Head coaches Head Coach Running Backs Galen Hall Offensive coaches Offensive Coordinator Quarterbacks Pete Levine Wide Receivers Wes Chandler Offensive Line Dean Unruh Defensive coaches Defensive Coordinator Linebackers Pete Kuharchek National Coach Defensive Line Walter Rohlfing Defensive Backs Special Teams Steve Carson 2 Roster edit 1996 Rhein Fire roster Quarterbacks 12 Terry Dean 7 Andy Kelly 5 Brad Parpan Running backs 24 Ontiwaun Carter 43 Derrick Clark FB 33 Jerone Davison 32 Terry Richardson Wide receivers 1 Tommie Boyd 81 Kevin Knox 84 Manley Woods Tight ends 82 Byron Chamberlain 89 Tommie Stowers Offensive linemen 60 Mike Alexander C 69 Derek Allen G 77 Steve Hardin G 76 Steve Hoyem T 55 Bob Kronenberg C 73 Jose Munoz T Defensive linemen 98 Dunstan Anderson DE 78 Stacy Evans DE 96 Riddick Parker DT 72 James Roberson DE 90 Lance Teichelman DT 74 James Wilson DT Linebackers 91 Ricky Andrews OLB 99 Jason Carthen 50 Anthony Fieldings OLB 95 Percy Snow MLB Defensive backs 48 Jamal Cox S 29 Donald Douglas 27 Jamal Ellis CB 40 Matt Gay S 28 Myron Glass 22 Larry Kennedy CB 42 Mike Salmon S 20 Sebastian Savage CB Special teams 2 Leo Araguz K P National players 58 Claus Biedermann OLB DE nbsp 10 Manfred Burgsmuller K nbsp 23 Markus Finke RB nbsp 75 Peter Gross Pass DL nbsp 71 Olaf Hampel OT nbsp 56 Shigemasa Ito LB nbsp 94 Takahiro Ikenoue LB nbsp Rookies in italics 2 Schedule editWeek Date Kickoff n 1 Opponent Results Game site Attendance Final score Team record 1 Saturday April 13 7 00 p m Frankfurt Galaxy L 21 27 0 1 Rheinstadion 32 092 2 Saturday April 20 6 30 p m at Amsterdam Admirals L 7 17 0 2 Olympisch Stadion 8 492 3 Saturday April 27 7 00 p m London Monarchs L 20 27 0 3 Rheinstadion 16 104 4 Saturday May 4 7 00 p m Scottish Claymores W 15 14 1 3 Rheinstadion 11 395 5 Sunday May 12 6 00 p m at Barcelona Dragons L 19 21 1 4 Estadi Olimpic de Montjuic 15 742 6 Sunday May 19 3 00 p m at Scottish Claymores L 19 24 1 5 Murrayfield Stadium 12 419 7 Saturday May 25 7 00 p m Barcelona Dragons W 16 12 2 5 Rheinstadion 13 173 8 Saturday June 1 7 00 p m at Frankfurt Galaxy W 31 8 3 5 Waldstadion 38 798 9 Sunday June 9 3 00 p m Amsterdam Admirals L 14 24 3 6 Rheinstadion 20 103 10 Sunday June 16 3 00 p m at London Monarchs L 14 17 3 7 Stamford Bridge 11 125 2 3 4 5 6 7 Standings editWorld League of American Football Team W L T PCT PF PA Home Road STK Scottish Claymores 7 3 0 700 233 190 5 0 2 3 L1 Frankfurt Galaxy 6 4 0 600 221 220 3 2 3 2 W2 Amsterdam Admirals 5 5 0 500 250 210 4 1 1 4 L1 Barcelona Dragons 5 5 0 500 192 230 4 1 1 4 W1 London Monarchs 4 6 0 400 161 192 3 2 1 4 W1 Rhein Fire 3 7 0 300 176 191 2 3 1 4 L2 3 8 Game summaries editWeek 1 vs Frankfurt Galaxy edit Week One Frankfurt Galaxy at Rhein Fire Game summary Period 1 2 34TotalFrankfurt 10 0 71027Rhein 0 0 71421 at Rheinstadion Dusseldorf Germany Date Saturday April 13Game time 7 00 p m CESTGame attendance 32 092 4 Week 2 at Amsterdam Admirals edit Week Two Rhein Fire at Amsterdam Admirals Game summary Period 1 2 34TotalRhein 0 0 077Amsterdam 3 0 7717 at Olympisch Stadion Amsterdam Netherlands Date Saturday April 20Game time 6 30 p m CESTGame attendance 8 492 5 Week 3 vs London Monarchs edit Week Three London Monarchs at Rhein Fire Game summary Period 1 2 34TotalLondon 10 3 01427Rhein 0 3 01720 at Rheinstadion Dusseldorf Germany Date Saturday April 27Game time 7 00 p m CESTGame attendance 16 104 Week 4 vs Scottish Claymores edit Week Four Scottish Claymores at Rhein Fire Game summary Period 1 2 34TotalScotland 7 0 0714Rhein 6 3 3315 at Rheinstadion Dusseldorf Germany Date Saturday May 4Game time 7 00 p m CESTGame attendance 11 395 Week 5 at Barcelona Dragons edit Week Five Rhein Fire at Barcelona Dragons Game summary Period 1 2 34TotalRhein 0 7 01219Barcelona 6 12 0321 at Estadi Olimpic de Montjuic Barcelona Spain Date Sunday May 12Game time 6 00 p m CESTGame attendance 15 742 Week 6 at Scottish Claymores edit Week Six Rhein Fire at Scottish Claymores Game summary Period 1 2 34TotalRhein 3 3 7619Scotland 13 11 0024 at Murrayfield Stadium Edinburgh Scotland Date Sunday May 19Game time 3 00 p m BSTGame attendance 12 419 Week 7 vs Barcelona Dragons edit Week Seven Barcelona Dragons at Rhein Fire Game summary Period 1 2 34TotalBarcelona 0 3 9012Rhein 6 7 0316 at Rheinstadion Dusseldorf Germany Date Saturday May 25Game time 7 00 p m CESTGame attendance 13 173 Week 8 at Frankfurt Galaxy edit Week Eight Rhein Fire at Frankfurt Galaxy Game summary Period 1 2 34TotalRhein 21 7 0331Frankfurt 0 0 088 at Waldstadion Frankfurt Germany Date Saturday June 1Game time 7 00 p m CESTGame attendance 38 798 6 Week 9 vs Amsterdam Admirals edit Week Nine Amsterdam Admirals at Rhein Fire Game summary Period 1 2 34TotalAmsterdam 0 10 01424Rhein 7 0 7014 at Rheinstadion Dusseldorf Germany Date Sunday June 9Game time 3 00 p m CESTGame attendance 20 103 7 Week 10 at London Monarchs edit Week Ten Rhein Fire at London Monarchs Game summary Period 1 2 34TotalRhein 0 0 01414London 7 7 0317 at Stamford Bridge London England Date Sunday June 16Game time 3 00 p m BSTGame attendance 11 125Statistics editTeam statistics edit Rhein Opponents Total first downs 180 170 Rushing 57 48 Passing 101 103 Penalty 22 19 Third down made attempts 49 127 42 124 Third down percentage 38 6 33 9 Fourth down made attempts 7 12 5 8 Fourth down percentage 58 3 62 5 Possession average 29 57 30 03 Total net yards 2 708 2 958 Average per game 270 8 295 8 Total plays 600 573 Average per play 4 5 5 2 Net yards rushing 954 720 Average per game 95 4 72 0 Total rushes 225 218 Net yards passing 1 754 2 238 Average per game 175 4 223 8 Sacked yards lost 19 134 19 132 Gross yards 1 888 2 370 Attempts completions 356 205 336 201 Completion percentage 57 6 59 8 Had intercepted 12 11 Punts average 41 42 3 47 40 1 Net punting average 37 9 34 1 Penalties yards 61 448 83 648 Fumbles ball lost 17 9 15 8 Touchdowns 22 22 Rushing 6 6 Passing 13 14 Returns 3 2 Score by periods Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 OT Points Team 43 30 24 79 0 176 Opponents 56 46 23 66 0 191Notes edit All times local to where the game was played References edit 1996 Round by Round Draft The Official 1996 World League of American Football Fact Book pp 146 147 a b c Rhein Fire The Official 1996 World League of American Football Fact Book pp 44 51 a b 1996 Season In Review The Official 1997 World League of American Football Fact Book pp 71 75 a b Associated Press April 13 1996 Galaxy 27 Rhein Fire 21 APNewsArchive com Associated Press Archived from the original on August 30 2014 Retrieved August 30 2014 a b Associated Press April 20 1996 Admirals 17 Fire 7 APNewsArchive com Associated Press Archived from the original on August 30 2014 Retrieved August 30 2014 a b Associated Press June 1 1996 Rhein Fire 31 Galaxy 8 APNewsArchive com Associated Press Archived from the original on August 30 2014 Retrieved August 30 2014 a b Associated Press June 9 1996 Admirals 24 Rhein Fire 14 APNewsArchive com Associated Press Archived from the original on August 30 2014 Retrieved August 30 2014 1996 WLAF Standings The Football Database Retrieved June 22 2013 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1996 Rhein Fire season amp oldid 1179274153, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
