The 2003 Rhein Fire season was the ninth season for the franchise in the NFL Europe League (NFLEL). The team was led by head coach Pete Kuharchek in his third year, and played its home games at Arena AufSchalke in Gelsenkirchen, Germany. They finished the regular season in second place with a record of six wins and four losses. In World Bowl XI, Rhein lost to the Frankfurt Galaxy 35–16.
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The 2003 Rhein Fire season was the ninth season for the franchise in the NFL Europe League NFLEL The team was led by head coach Pete Kuharchek in his third year and played its home games at Arena AufSchalke in Gelsenkirchen Germany They finished the regular season in second place with a record of six wins and four losses In World Bowl XI Rhein lost to the Frankfurt Galaxy 35 16 2003 Rhein Fire seasonGeneral managerAlexander LeibkindHead coachPete KuharchekHome fieldArena AufSchalkeResultsRecord6 4Division place2ndPlayoff finishLost World Bowl XI 2002 Rhein Fire 2004 Contents 1 Offseason 1 1 Free agent draft 2 Personnel 2 1 Staff 2 2 Roster 3 Schedule 4 Standings 5 Game summaries 5 1 World Bowl XI 6 Notes 7 ReferencesOffseason editFree agent draft edit 2003 Rhein Fire NFLEL free agent draft selections Draft order Player name Position CollegeRound Choice1 5 Derrick Ham DE Miami2 11 Dwayne Ledford G East Carolina3 14 Gillis Wilson DE Southern4 23 Shad Criss CB Missouri5 26 Lew Thomas RB Vanderbilt6 35 Andre Arnold LB Grambling State7 38 Todd DeLamielleure LB Hofstra8 47 Jonathan Burrough TE New Mexico9 50 Kwazi Leverette WR Syracuse10 59 Greg Brown S Texas11 62 Corey Callens DE Oklahoma12 71 Jamel Smith LB Virginia Tech13 74 Jeff McCurley C Pittsburgh14 83 Ataveus Cash WR Hampton15 86 Lawrence Story WR Jackson State16 95 Frank Moreau RB Louisville17 98 Kendall Newson WR Middle Tennessee18 107 Shane O Neill S Southern Methodist19 110 Mike Watkins QB Louisville20 118 Bob Dzvonick DT Buffalo 1 Personnel editStaff edit 2003 Rhein Fire staff Front office General manager Alexander LeibkindHead coaches Head coach defensive coordinator Pete KuharchekOffensive coaches Offensive coordinator wide receivers Mike Jones Quarterbacks Scott Milanovich Running backs Barry Foster Offensive line Whitey Jordan Defensive coaches Defensive line special teams Ed O Neil National coach linebackers Jorn Maier Defensive backs Adrian WhiteStrength and conditioning Strength and conditioning Brian FergusonRoster edit 2003 Rhein Fire roster Quarterbacks 14 Chris Greisen 12 Nick Rolovich 11 Mike WatkinsRunning backs 23 Autry Denson 32 Frank Moreau 44 Matt Stanley FBWide receivers 81 Charlie Adams 89 LaVell Boyd 80 Todd Elstrom 88 Emmett Johnson 87 Kendall NewsonTight ends 47 Dwayne Blakley 45 Chad Mustard 84 Ryan Prince Offensive linemen 65 Luke Butkus C 73 Pat Crummey G 61 Jim Jones G 75 Dustin Keith C 76 Dwayne Ledford T 62 Scot Osborne TDefensive linemen 91 Andre Arnold DE 92 Corey Callens DE 71 Derrick Ham DE 98 Brad Harris DT 95 Josh McKibben DT 96 Jesse Warren DE Linebackers 51 Charles Burton OLB 56 Terrance Dukes MLB 52 Jason Johnson MLB 58 Dane Krager OLB 53 Courtney Ledyard MLB 57 Jamel Smith OLBDefensive backs 25 Adesola Badon CB 24 Greg Brown S 30 Teddy Gaines CB 41 Abdual Howard S 20 Lemual Ligon S 37 Tony Lukins CB 39 Tierre Sams CBSpecial teams 13 Todd France K 6 Jay Taylor P National players 8 Ingo Anderbrugge K nbsp 74 Peter Heyer G nbsp 72 Bastian Lano DT nbsp 9 Christopher Liess WR nbsp 21 Oyeniran Olalere Odunayo Ojo RB nbsp 99 Dan Petersson DT nbsp 60 Patrick Venzke T nbsp 35 Richard Yancy S nbsp Rookies in italics 2 Schedule editWeek Date Kickoff n 1 Opponent Results Game site AttendanceFinal score Team record1 Saturday April 5 7 00 p m Amsterdam Admirals L 15 17 0 1 Arena AufSchalke 28 2062 Sunday April 13 4 00 p m at Berlin Thunder W 21 10 1 1 Olympic Stadium 16 3123 Saturday April 19 7 00 p m Scottish Claymores W 34 17 2 1 Arena AufSchalke 43 9854 Saturday April 26 5 00 p m at Barcelona Dragons L 3 11 2 2 Mini Estadi 6 1825 Saturday May 3 7 00 p m Frankfurt Galaxy W 14 7 3 2 Arena AufSchalke 42 3246 Saturday May 10 7 00 p m at Amsterdam Admirals W 34 27 4 2 Amsterdam ArenA 11 6727 Sunday May 18 3 00 p m at Scottish Claymores L 0 33 4 3 Hampden Park 8 2798 Sunday May 25 4 00 p m Berlin Thunder W 28 21 5 3 Arena AufSchalke 27 8959 Sunday June 1 4 00 p m at Frankfurt Galaxy L 7 38 5 4 Waldstadion 25 53910 Saturday June 7 7 00 p m Barcelona Dragons W 33 7 6 4 Arena AufSchalke 28 678Standings editNFL Europe LeagueTeam W L T PCT PF PA Home Road STKFrankfurt Galaxy 6 4 0 600 252 182 4 1 2 3 L1Rhein Fire 6 4 0 600 189 188 4 1 2 3 W1Scottish Claymores 6 4 0 600 303 190 3 2 3 2 W4FC Barcelona Dragons 5 5 0 500 150 221 2 3 3 2 L3Amsterdam Admirals 4 6 0 400 230 273 2 3 2 3 L1Berlin Thunder 3 7 0 300 248 318 2 3 1 4 W1 3 Game summaries editWorld Bowl XI edit Main article World Bowl XI World Bowl XI Rhein Fire vs Frankfurt Galaxy Game summary Period 1 2 34TotalRhein 3 6 0716Frankfurt 11 14 7335at Hampden Park Glasgow Scotland Date Saturday June 14Game time 5 06 p m BSTGame weather 76 F 24 C sunny with clear skiesGame attendance 28 138Referee Pete MorelliTV announcers FOX Curt Menefee and Brian BaldingerNotes edit All times local to where the game was played References edit Issa boogies to Barcelona in NFLEL free agent draft NFL Europe League February 5 2003 Archived from the original on February 19 2003 Retrieved October 6 2012 2003 Rhein Fire roster SI com June 13 2003 Archived from the original on August 4 2003 Retrieved October 6 2012 NFL Europe standings SI com June 8 2003 Archived from the original on August 4 2003 Retrieved October 6 2012 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 2003 Rhein Fire season amp oldid 1171185085, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
