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1996 Scottish Claymores season

January 01, 1970

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.

1996 Scottish Claymores season
General managerMike Keller
Head coachJim Criner
Home fieldMurrayfield Stadium
Results
Record7–3
Division place1st
Playoff finishWorld Bowl '96 champions

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.[1] This ended an eight-game winning streak from 1995–96 for the Galaxy.[1]

Offseason edit

World League draft edit

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

[2]

Personnel edit

Staff edit

1996 Scottish Claymores staff
Front office

Head coaches

Offensive coaches

  • Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks – Jim Sochor
  • National Coach/Running Backs – Mike Kenny
  • Receivers – Vince Alcalde
 Defensive coaches
  • Defensive Coordinator/Defensive Backs – Ray Willsey
  • Defensive Line – Bill Dutton
  • Linebackers – Larry Owens


[3]

Roster edit

1996 Scottish Claymores roster
Quarterbacks

Running backs

Wide receivers

Tight ends

  • 85 Willy Tate
 Offensive linemen
  • 72 Randy Bierman T
  • 71 Tom Barndt G
  • 65 Chris Dausin C/G
  • 79 Purvis Hunt G
  • 68 Matt Storm G
  • 78 Keith Wagner T
  • 61 Lance Zeno C

Defensive linemen

Linebackers
  • 56 Arnold Ale OLB
  • 58 Shannon Jones OLB
  • 52 Karmeeleyah McGill OLB
  • 54 Mark Sander MLB

Defensive backs

  • 34 George Coghill S
  • 42 Forey Duckett CB
  • 30 James Fuller S
  • 46 Marvin Goodwin S
  • 43 Frank Robinson CB
  • 22 James Williams CB
  • 25 David Wilson S

Special teams

National players


Rookies in italics

[3]

Schedule edit

Week Date Kickoff [n 1] 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

[3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]

Standings edit

World 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

[4] [13]

Game summaries edit

Week 1: at London Monarchs edit

Week One: Scottish Claymores at London Monarchs – Game summary
Period 1 2 34OTTotal
Scotland 7 0 77324
London 7 14 00021

at White Hart Lane, London, England

  • Date: Sunday, 14 April
  • Game time: 3:00 p.m. BST
  • Game attendance: 16,258
  • [5]

Week 2: vs Barcelona Dragons edit

Week Two: Barcelona Dragons at Scottish Claymores – Game summary
Period 1 2 Total
Barcelona 0
Scotland 0

at Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh, Scotland

  • Date: Sunday, 21 April
  • Game time: 3:00 p.m. BST
  • Game attendance: 12,928

Week 3: vs Amsterdam Admirals edit

Week Three: Amsterdam Admirals at Scottish Claymores – Game summary
Period 1 2 34Total
Amsterdam 7 0 7014
Scotland 7 7 0721

at Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh, Scotland

  • Date: Sunday, 28 April
  • Game time: 3:00 p.m. BST
  • Game attendance: 13,070
  • [6]

Week 4: at Rhein Fire edit

Week Four: Scottish Claymores at Rhein Fire – Game summary
Period 1 2 34Total
Scotland 7 0 0714
Rhein 6 3 3315

at Rheinstadion, Düsseldorf, Germany

  • Date: Saturday, 4 May
  • Game time: 7:00 p.m. CEST
  • Game attendance: 11,395
  • [7]

Week 5: at Frankfurt Galaxy edit

Week Five: Scottish Claymores at Frankfurt Galaxy – Game summary
Period 1 2 34Total
Scotland 3 0 31420
Frankfurt 0 0 000

at Waldstadion, Frankfurt, Germany

  • Date: Saturday, 11 May
  • Game time: 7:00 p.m. CEST
  • Game attendance: 32,126
  • [8]

Week 6: vs Rhein Fire edit

Week Six: Rhein Fire at Scottish Claymores – Game summary
Period 1 2 34Total
Rhein 3 3 7619
Scotland 13 11 0024

at Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh, Scotland

  • Date: Sunday, 19 May
  • Game time: 3:00 p.m. BST
  • Game attendance: 12,419
  • [9]

Week 7: vs Frankfurt Galaxy edit

Week Seven: Frankfurt Galaxy at Scottish Claymores – Game summary
Period 1 2 34Total
Frankfurt 7 0 3717
Scotland 0 3 14320

at Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh, Scotland

  • Date: Sunday, 26 May
  • Game time: 3:00 p.m. BST
  • Game attendance: 13,116
  • [10]

Week 8: at Amsterdam Admirals edit

Week Eight: Scottish Claymores at Amsterdam Admirals – Game summary
Period 1 2 34Total
Scotland 0 0 21627
Amsterdam 0 10 71431

at Olympisch Stadion, Amsterdam, Netherlands

  • Date: Saturday, 1 June
  • Game time: 6:30 p.m. CEST
  • Game attendance: 10,501
  • [11]

Week 9: vs London Monarchs edit

Week Nine: London Monarchs at Scottish Claymores – Game summary
Period 1 2 34Total
London 7 0 71428
Scotland 4 13 01633

at Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh, Scotland

  • Date: Sunday, 9 June
  • Game time: 3:00 p.m. BST
  • Game attendance: 15,461
  • [12]

Week 10: at Barcelona Dragons edit

Week Ten: Scottish Claymores at Barcelona Dragons – Game summary
Period 1 2 Total
Scotland 0
Barcelona 0

at Estadi Olímpic de Montjuïc, Barcelona, Spain

  • Date: Sunday, 16 June
  • Game time: 6:00 p.m. CEST
  • Game attendance: 16,124

Notes edit

  1. ^ All times local to where the game was played.

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Claymores to host World Bowl". The Independent. 12 May 1996. Archived from the original on 1 May 2022. Retrieved 30 May 2014.
  2. ^ "1996 Round by Round Draft". The Official 1996 World League of American Football Fact Book. pp. 146–147.
  3. ^ a b c "Scottish Claymores". The Official 1996 World League of American Football Fact Book. pp. 52–59.
  4. ^ a b "1996 Season In Review". The Official 1997 World League of American Football Fact Book. pp. 71–75.
  5. ^ a b Associated Press (14 April 1996). "Claymores 24, Monarchs 21, OT". APNewsArchive.com. Associated Press. Retrieved 22 June 2013.
  6. ^ a b Associated Press (28 April 1996). "Claymores 21, Admirals 14". APNewsArchive.com. Associated Press. Retrieved 22 June 2013.
  7. ^ a b Associated Press (4 May 1996). "Rhein Fire 15, Claymores 14". APNewsArchive.com. Associated Press. Retrieved 22 June 2013.
  8. ^ a b Associated Press (11 May 1996). "Claymores 20, Galaxy 0". APNewsArchive.com. Associated Press. Retrieved 22 June 2013.
  9. ^ a b Associated Press (19 May 1996). "Claymores 24, Rhein Fire 19". APNewsArchive.com. Associated Press. Retrieved 22 June 2013.
  10. ^ a b Associated Press (26 May 1996). "Claymores 20, Galaxy 17". APNewsArchive.com. Associated Press. Retrieved 22 June 2013.
  11. ^ a b Associated Press (1 June 1996). "Admirals 31, Claymores 27". APNewsArchive.com. Associated Press. Retrieved 22 June 2013.
  12. ^ a b Livingstone, Steve (10 June 1996). "Monarchs are cut down to size". The Herald. Glasgow, Scotland. Retrieved 22 June 2013.
  13. ^ "1996 WLAF Standings". The Football Database. Retrieved 22 June 2013.

January 01, 1970
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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 1996 Scottish Claymores seasonGeneral managerMike KellerHead coachJim CrinerHome fieldMurrayfield StadiumResultsRecord7 3Division place1stPlayoff finishWorld Bowl 96 champions 1995 Scottish Claymores 1997 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 1 This ended an eight game winning streak from 1995 96 for the Galaxy 1 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 at London Monarchs 5 2 Week 2 vs Barcelona Dragons 5 3 Week 3 vs Amsterdam Admirals 5 4 Week 4 at Rhein Fire 5 5 Week 5 at Frankfurt Galaxy 5 6 Week 6 vs Rhein Fire 5 7 Week 7 vs Frankfurt Galaxy 5 8 Week 8 at Amsterdam Admirals 5 9 Week 9 vs London Monarchs 5 10 Week 10 at Barcelona Dragons 6 Notes 7 ReferencesOffseason editWorld League draft edit 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 2 Personnel editStaff edit 1996 Scottish Claymores staff Front office General Manager Mike Keller Head coaches Head Coach Offensive Line Jim Criner Offensive coaches Offensive Coordinator Quarterbacks Jim Sochor National Coach Running Backs Mike Kenny Receivers Vince Alcalde Defensive coaches Defensive Coordinator Defensive Backs Ray Willsey Defensive Line Bill Dutton Linebackers Larry Owens 3 Roster edit 1996 Scottish Claymores roster Quarterbacks 13 Jim Ballard 7 Khari Jones 4 Terry Karg 12 Steve Matthews Running backs 23 Ron Dickerson Jr FB 31 Jared Kaaiohelo FB 27 Siran Stacy 40 Markus Thomas Wide receivers 89 Aaron Bennetts 1 Lee Gissandaner 84 Derek Hill 88 Sean LaChapelle 83 Yo Murphy Tight ends 85 Willy Tate Offensive linemen 72 Randy Bierman T 71 Tom Barndt G 65 Chris Dausin C G 79 Purvis Hunt G 68 Matt Storm G 78 Keith Wagner T 61 Lance Zeno C Defensive linemen 74 Herman Carroll DE 97 John DeWitt DE 99 Jerold Jeffcoat DT 90 Joe O Brien DT 95 Ty Parten DT 67 Bryan Proby DE 96 Troy Ridgley DT 59 David Webb DE Linebackers 56 Arnold Ale OLB 58 Shannon Jones OLB 52 Karmeeleyah McGill OLB 54 Mark Sander MLB Defensive backs 34 George Coghill S 42 Forey Duckett CB 30 James Fuller S 46 Marvin Goodwin S 43 Frank Robinson CB 22 James Williams CB 25 David Wilson S Special teams 5 Paul McCallum K P National players 81 Scott Couper WR nbsp 91 Robert Flickinger DE nbsp 15 Gavin Hastings K nbsp 26 Jukka Pekka Nummi CB nbsp 44 Ben Torriero RB nbsp 51 Emmett Waldron MLB nbsp Rookies in italics 3 Schedule editWeek Date Kickoff n 1 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 Olimpic de Montjuic 16 124 World Bowl 96 11 Sunday 23 June 6 00 p m Frankfurt Galaxy W 32 27 8 3 Murrayfield Stadium 38 982 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 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 4 13 Game summaries editWeek 1 at London Monarchs edit Week One Scottish Claymores at London Monarchs Game summary Period 1 2 34OTTotalScotland 7 0 77324London 7 14 00021 at White Hart Lane London England Date Sunday 14 AprilGame time 3 00 p m BSTGame attendance 16 258 5 Week 2 vs Barcelona Dragons edit Week Two Barcelona Dragons at Scottish Claymores Game summary Period 1 2 TotalBarcelona 0Scotland 0 at Murrayfield Stadium Edinburgh Scotland Date Sunday 21 AprilGame time 3 00 p m BSTGame attendance 12 928 Week 3 vs Amsterdam Admirals edit Week Three Amsterdam Admirals at Scottish Claymores Game summary Period 1 2 34TotalAmsterdam 7 0 7014Scotland 7 7 0721 at Murrayfield Stadium Edinburgh Scotland Date Sunday 28 AprilGame time 3 00 p m BSTGame attendance 13 070 6 Week 4 at Rhein Fire 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 4 MayGame time 7 00 p m CESTGame attendance 11 395 7 Week 5 at Frankfurt Galaxy edit Week Five Scottish Claymores at Frankfurt Galaxy Game summary Period 1 2 34TotalScotland 3 0 31420Frankfurt 0 0 000 at Waldstadion Frankfurt Germany Date Saturday 11 MayGame time 7 00 p m CESTGame attendance 32 126 8 Week 6 vs Rhein Fire 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 19 MayGame time 3 00 p m BSTGame attendance 12 419 9 Week 7 vs Frankfurt Galaxy edit Week Seven Frankfurt Galaxy at Scottish Claymores Game summary Period 1 2 34TotalFrankfurt 7 0 3717Scotland 0 3 14320 at Murrayfield Stadium Edinburgh Scotland Date Sunday 26 MayGame time 3 00 p m BSTGame attendance 13 116 10 Week 8 at Amsterdam Admirals edit Week Eight Scottish Claymores at Amsterdam Admirals Game summary Period 1 2 34TotalScotland 0 0 21627Amsterdam 0 10 71431 at Olympisch Stadion Amsterdam Netherlands Date Saturday 1 JuneGame time 6 30 p m CESTGame attendance 10 501 11 Week 9 vs London Monarchs edit Week Nine London Monarchs at Scottish Claymores Game summary Period 1 2 34TotalLondon 7 0 71428Scotland 4 13 01633 at Murrayfield Stadium Edinburgh Scotland Date Sunday 9 JuneGame time 3 00 p m BSTGame attendance 15 461 12 Week 10 at Barcelona Dragons edit Week Ten Scottish Claymores at Barcelona Dragons Game summary Period 1 2 TotalScotland 0Barcelona 0 at Estadi Olimpic de Montjuic Barcelona Spain Date Sunday 16 JuneGame time 6 00 p m CESTGame attendance 16 124Notes edit All times local to where the game was played References edit a b Claymores to host World Bowl The Independent 12 May 1996 Archived from the original on 1 May 2022 Retrieved 30 May 2014 1996 Round by Round Draft The Official 1996 World League of American Football Fact Book pp 146 147 a b c Scottish Claymores The Official 1996 World League of American Football Fact Book pp 52 59 a b 1996 Season In Review The Official 1997 World League of American Football Fact Book pp 71 75 a b Associated Press 14 April 1996 Claymores 24 Monarchs 21 OT APNewsArchive com Associated Press Retrieved 22 June 2013 a b Associated Press 28 April 1996 Claymores 21 Admirals 14 APNewsArchive com Associated Press Retrieved 22 June 2013 a b Associated Press 4 May 1996 Rhein Fire 15 Claymores 14 APNewsArchive com Associated Press Retrieved 22 June 2013 a b Associated Press 11 May 1996 Claymores 20 Galaxy 0 APNewsArchive com Associated Press Retrieved 22 June 2013 a b Associated Press 19 May 1996 Claymores 24 Rhein Fire 19 APNewsArchive com Associated Press Retrieved 22 June 2013 a b Associated Press 26 May 1996 Claymores 20 Galaxy 17 APNewsArchive com Associated Press Retrieved 22 June 2013 a b Associated Press 1 June 1996 Admirals 31 Claymores 27 APNewsArchive com Associated Press Retrieved 22 June 2013 a b Livingstone Steve 10 June 1996 Monarchs are cut down to size The Herald Glasgow Scotland Retrieved 22 June 2013 1996 WLAF Standings The Football Database Retrieved 22 June 2013 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1996 Scottish Claymores season amp oldid 1171250610, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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