1995 Frankfurt Galaxy season

1995 Frankfurt Galaxy season
General manager	Chris Heyne
Head coach	Ernie Stautner
Home field	Waldstadion
Results
Record	6–4
Division place	2nd
Playoff finish	World Bowl '95 champion
←  1992 Frankfurt Galaxy 1996  →

The 1995 Frankfurt Galaxy season was the third season for the franchise in the World League of American Football (WLAF). The team was led by head coach Ernie Stautner in his first year, and played its home games at Waldstadion in Frankfurt, Germany. They finished the regular season in second place with a record of six wins and four losses. In World Bowl '95, Frankfurt defeated the Amsterdam Admirals 26–22. The victory marked the franchise's first World Bowl championship.

Offseason

World League draft

1995 Frankfurt Galaxy World League draft selections

Draft order		Player name	Position	College
Round	Choice
1	2	Bryan Addison	DB	Hawaii
2	11	Dondre Owens	CB	Howard
3	14	Clarence Williams	TE	Washington State
4	23	Frank Adams	CB	South Carolina
5	26	David Wilkins	DE	Eastern Kentucky
6	35	Toby Mills	C	Arizona State
7	38	Mike Kerr	DE	Florida
8	47	Mark Montgomery	RB	Wisconsin
9	50	Mike Stonebreaker	LB	Notre Dame
10	59	Donald Reynolds	DT	Virginia
11	62	Nate Dingle	LB	Cincinnati
12	71	Shawn Smith	LB	San Diego State
13	74	Shawn Collins	WR	Northern Arizona
14	83	Johnny Dixon	S	Mississippi
15	86	Bobby Olive	WR	Ohio State
16	95	Todd Peat	G	Northern Illinois
17	98	Ronnie Dixon	DT	Cincinnati
18	107	John Oglesby	RB	Texas Christian
19	110	Lamark Shackerford	DT	Wisconsin
20	119	Chris Hall	S	East Carolina
21	122	Mario Bailey	WR	Washington
22	131	Matt Elliott	G	Northern Arizona
23	134	Franco Grilla	K	Central Florida
24	143	Cecil Doggette	CB	West Virginia
25	146	Keith Williams	WR	San Diego State
26	155	Bob Brasher	TE	Arizona State
27	158	Keo Coleman	LB	Mississippi State
28	167	Nathaniel Bolton	WR	Mississippi College
29	170	Kevin Little	LB	North Carolina A&T
30	179	Jerrod Washington	RB	Virginia
31	182	Mike Bellamy	WR	Illinois
32	191	James Spears	DE	Temple
33	194	Marcus Lee	FB	Syracuse
34	203	Andrew Beckett	DE	Rutgers
35	206	Dean Lytle	LB	Notre Dame
36	215	Greg Briggs	S	Texas Southern
37	218	Mike Iaquaniello	S	Michigan State
38	227	Justin Starck	T	Oregon
39	230	Curtis Luper	RB	Stephen F. Austin
40	239	Raymond Batiste	G	Northeast Louisiana
41	242	Gary Reid	NT	Cincinnati
42	251	Jerome Smith	WR	Indiana (PA)
43	254	Dwayne Davis	S	Colorado
44	263	Derick Pickett	T	Penn State
45	266	Walter Campbell	DE	Eastern Michigan

^[1]

NFL allocations

Player name	Position	College	NFL team
Lemanski Hall	LB	Alabama	Houston Oilers
Sean Jackson	RB	Florida State	Houston Oilers
Paul Justin	QB	Arizona State	Indianapolis Colts
Russ McCullough	OT	Missouri	Los Angeles Raiders
Willie Stubbins	OT	Texas Southern	Los Angeles Raiders
Kipp Vickers	G	Miami (FL)	Indianapolis Colts

^[2]

Personnel

Staff

1995 Frankfurt Galaxy (NFL Europe) staff

	Front office General Manager – Chris Heyne Head coaches Head Coach – Ernie Stautner Offensive coaches Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks/Wide Receivers – Joe Clark Running Backs/Special Teams – John Cooper Offensive Line – Mark McHale			Defensive coaches Defensive Coordinator/Linebackers – Ray Willsey Defensive Line – C. L. Whittington National Coach/Defensive Backs – Florian Berrenberg

Roster

1995 Frankfurt Galaxy (NFL Europe) roster

	Quarterbacks 14 Brad Bretz  8 Bryan Fortay 11 Paul Justin 14 Jim Miller Running backs  7 Nathaniel Bolton 35 Keith Jones 33 Craig Thomas 43 Kevin Williams Wide receivers 81 Mario Bailey 84 Mike Bellamy 82 Shawn Collins  2 Tony Harrison  1 Bobby Olive Tight ends 87 Bob Brasher 88 Clarence Williams		Offensive linemen 68 Mark Dixon G 79 Russ McCullough T 62 Toby Mills C 69 Todd Peat G/T 60 Justin Starck T 73 Willie Stubbins T 71 Kipp Vickers G/T Defensive linemen 63 Jon Baker DT 66 Mike Kerr DE 95 Gary Reid DT 90 Don Reynolds DT 74 David Wilkins DE		Linebackers 53 Tom Cavallo ILB 58 Nate Dingle OLB 56 Dean Lytle OLB 55 Shawn Smith OLB 54 Mike Stonebreaker ILB Defensive backs 29 Greg Briggs S 42 Johnny Dixon S 22 Cecil Doggette DB 32 Chris Hall CB 21 Jackie Kellogg CB Special teams  5 Daron Alcorn K/P		National players 83Martin Driever TE 23Markus Finke RB 77 Olaf Hampel G 86 Werner Hippler TE  9 Ralf Kleinmann K 99Frank Messmer DL 24Ingo Seibert RB Rookies in italics

Schedule

Week	Date	Kickoff [n 1]	Opponent	Results		Game site	Attendance
				Final score	Team record
1	Saturday, April 8	7:00 p.m.	London Monarchs	W 45–22	1–0	Waldstadion	28,021
2	Saturday, April 15	7:00 p.m.	at Amsterdam Admirals	L 12–14	1–1	De Meer Stadion	5,321
3	Saturday, April 22	7:00 p.m.	Scottish Claymores	L 14–20	1–2	Waldstadion	25,182
4	Sunday, April 30	7:00 p.m.	at Rhein Fire	L 20–21	1–3	Rheinstadion	19,181
5	Saturday, May 6	7:00 p.m.	Barcelona Dragons	W 24–20	2–3	Waldstadion	30,598
6	Monday, May 15	7:30 p.m.	at London Monarchs	W 27–7	3–3	White Hart Lane	8,912
7	Saturday, May 20	7:00 p.m.	Rhein Fire	L 28–41	3–4	Waldstadion	33,112
8	Sunday, May 28	7:00 p.m.	Amsterdam Admirals	W 28–13	4–4	Waldstadion	28,368
9	Sunday, June 4	3:00 p.m.	at Scottish Claymores	W 37–24	5–4	Murrayfield Stadium	6,840
10	Saturday, June 10	5:30 p.m.	at Barcelona Dragons	W 44–20	6–4	Estadi Olímpic de Montjuïc	21,380
World Bowl '95
11	Saturday, June 17		Amsterdam Admirals	W 26–22	7–4	Olympisch Stadion	23,847

^{[3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13]}

Standings

World League of American Football
Team	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA	Home	Road	STK
Amsterdam Admirals	9	1	0	.900	246	152	5–0	4–1	W2
Frankfurt Galaxy	6	4	0	.600	279	202	3–2	3–2	W3
Barcelona Dragons	5	5	0	.500	237	247	2–3	3–2	L1
London Monarchs	4	6	0	.400	174	220	1–4	3–2	L2
Rhein Fire	4	6	0	.400	221	279	2–3	2–3	L3
Scottish Claymores	2	8	0	.200	153	210	0–5	2–3	W1

^[14]

Game summaries

Week 1: vs London Monarchs

Week One: London Monarchs at Frankfurt Galaxy – Game summary

Period	1	2	3	4	Total
London	0	6	0	16	22
Frankfurt	7	14	24	0	45

at Waldstadion, Frankfurt, Germany

• Date: Saturday, April 8
• Game time: 7:00 p.m. CEST
• Game attendance: 28,021
• Referee: Mike Carey
• ^[3]

Week 2: at Amsterdam Admirals

Week Two: Frankfurt Galaxy at Amsterdam Admirals – Game summary

Period	1	2	3	4	Total
Frankfurt	7	0	0	5	12
Amsterdam	0	14	0	0	14

at De Meer Stadion, Amsterdam, Netherlands

• Date: Saturday, April 15
• Game time: 7:00 p.m. CEST
• Game attendance: 5,321
• Referee: Mike Carey
• ^[4]

Week 3: vs Scottish Claymores

Week Three: Scottish Claymores at Frankfurt Galaxy – Game summary

Period	1	2	3	4	Total
Scotland	7	0	0	13	20
Frankfurt	0	0	7	7	14

at Waldstadion, Frankfurt, Germany

• Date: Saturday, April 22
• Game time: 7:00 p.m. CEST
• Game attendance: 25,182
• Referee: Phil Luckett
• ^[5]

Week 4: at Rhein Fire

Week Four: Frankfurt Galaxy at Rhein Fire – Game summary

Period	1	2	Total
Frankfurt			0
Rhein			0

at Rheinstadion, Düsseldorf, Germany

• Date: Sunday, April 30
• Game time: 7:00 p.m. CEST
• Game attendance: 19,181
• ^[6]

Week 5: vs Barcelona Dragons

Week Five: Barcelona Dragons at Frankfurt Galaxy – Game summary

Period	1	2	3	4	Total
Barcelona	3	3	0	14	20
Frankfurt	3	14	0	7	24

at Waldstadion, Frankfurt, Germany

• Date: Saturday, May 6
• Game time: 7:00 p.m. CEST
• Game attendance: 30,598
• Referee: Larry Nemmers
• ^{[7] [8]}

Week 6: at London Monarchs

Week Six: Frankfurt Galaxy at London Monarchs – Game summary

Period	1	2	3	4	Total
Frankfurt	7	10	10	0	27
London	7	0	0	0	7

at White Hart Lane, London, England

• Date: Monday, May 15
• Game time: 7:30 p.m. BST
• Game attendance: 8,912
• ^[9]

Week 7: vs Rhein Fire

Week Seven: Rhein Fire at Frankfurt Galaxy – Game summary

Period	1	2	Total
Rhein			0
Frankfurt			0

at Waldstadion, Frankfurt, Germany

• Date: Saturday, May 20
• Game time: 7:00 p.m. CEST
• Game attendance: 33,112
• ^[10]

Week 8: vs Amsterdam Admirals

Week Eight: Amsterdam Admirals at Frankfurt Galaxy – Game summary

Period	1	2	3	4	Total
Amsterdam	0	3	7	3	13
Frankfurt	7	7	7	7	28

at Waldstadion, Frankfurt, Germany

• Date: Sunday, May 28
• Game time: 7:00 p.m. CEST
• Game attendance: 28,368

Week 9: at Scottish Claymores

Week Nine: Frankfurt Galaxy at Scottish Claymores – Game summary

Period	1	2	Total
Frankfurt			0
Scotland			0

at Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh, Scotland

• Date: Sunday, June 4
• Game time: 3:00 p.m. BST
• Game attendance: 6,840
• ^[11]

Week 10: at Barcelona Dragons

Week Ten: Frankfurt Galaxy at Barcelona Dragons – Game summary

Period	1	2	3	4	Total
Frankfurt	3	13	7	21	44
Barcelona	0	13	0	7	20

at Estadi Olímpic de Montjuïc, Barcelona, Spain

• Date: Saturday, June 10
• Game time: 5:30 p.m. CEST
• Game attendance: 21,380
• Referee: Larry Nemmers
• ^{[12] [13]}

Notes

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

References

1. The Official 1996 World League of American Football Fact Book. pp. 148–149.
2. Associated Press (February 23, 1995). "NFL allocations to WLAF". European Stars and Stripes . Darmstadt, Germany. p. 27. Retrieved July 5, 2012.
3. Thomsen, Ian (April 10, 1995). "After the Circus, It's Game Time in the WLAF". The New York Times . Manhattan, New York. Retrieved October 12, 2012.
4. Associated Press (April 15, 1995). "Admirals 14, Galaxy 12". APNewsArchive.com. Associated Press . Retrieved February 9, 2013.
5. Associated Press (April 22, 1995). "Claymores 20, Galaxy 14". APNewsArchive.com. Associated Press. Retrieved February 9, 2013.
6. Associated Press (April 30, 1995). "Rhein Fire 21, Galaxy 20". APNewsArchive.com. Associated Press. Retrieved February 9, 2013.
7. Cubero, Cristina (May 6, 1995). "Dragons contra el equipo del ex militar". El Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Barcelona, Spain. p. 44. Retrieved October 12, 2012.
8. Cubero, Cristina (May 7, 1995). "Conmoción en los Dragons". El Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Barcelona, Spain. p. 39. Retrieved October 12, 2012.
9. Associated Press (May 15, 1995). "Galaxy 27, Monarchs 7". APNewsArchive.com. Associated Press. Retrieved February 9, 2013.
10. Associated Press (May 20, 1995). "Rhein Fire 41, Galaxy 28". APNewsArchive.com. Associated Press. Retrieved February 9, 2013.
11. Associated Press (June 4, 1995). "Galaxy 37, Claymores 24". APNewsArchive.com. Associated Press. Retrieved February 9, 2013.
12. Cubero, Cristina (June 10, 1995). "Los Dragons se juegan la temporada a una carta". El Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Barcelona, Spain. p. 53. Retrieved October 12, 2012.
13. Cubero, Cristina (June 11, 1995). "Los Dragons no jugarán la final". El Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Barcelona, Spain. p. 53. Retrieved October 12, 2012.
14. "1995 WLAF Standings". The Football Database. Retrieved July 5, 2012.