| 1998 Scottish Claymores season | |
|---|---|
| General manager | Dick Regan |
| Head coach | Jim Criner |
| Home field | Murrayfield Stadium Hampden Park |
| Results | |
| Record | 2–8 |
| Division place | 6th |
| Playoff finish | Did not qualify |
The 1998 Scottish Claymores season was the fourth year of competition for the franchise in the NFL Europe League (NFLEL). The team was led by head coach Jim Criner in his fourth year, and played its home games at Murrayfield Stadium in Edinburgh (four) and Hampden Park in Glasgow, Scotland (one). They finished the regular season in sixth place with a record of two wins and eight losses.
| Draft order | Player name | Position | College | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Choice | Overall | |||
| 1 | 4 | 4 | J. J. Smith | RB | Kansas State |
| 2 | 4 | 10 | Kerry Hicks | DT | Colorado |
| 3 | 3 | 15 | Sam Manuel | LB | New Mexico State |
| 3 | 6 | 18 | Kerry Mock | LB | North Carolina |
| 4 | 4 | 22 | Eddie Cade | S | Arizona State |
| 5 | 3 | 27 | Miles Macik | WR | Pennsylvania |
| 6 | 4 | 34 | Tim Scharf | LB | Northwestern |
| 7 | 3 | 39 | Eric Lynch | RB | Grand Valley State |
| 8 | 4 | 46 | Cedric Samuel | CB | Alabama |
| 9 | 3 | 51 | Phillip Riley | WR | Florida State |
| 10 | 4 | 58 | Shea Little | WR | Eastern Oregon |
| 11 | 3 | 63 | Andy Jacobs | LB | California |
| 12 | 4 | 70 | Chris Brantley | WR | Rutgers |
| 13 | 3 | 75 | Matt Calhoun | RB | Ohio State |
| 14 | 4 | 82 | Ken Brown | LB | Virginia Tech |
| 15 | 3 | 87 | Sean Boyd | CB | North Carolina |
| 16 | 4 | 94 | Devin Kendall | TE | Arizona State |
| 17 | 3 | 99 | Paul McCallum | K | None |
| 18 | 4 | 106 | Carey Bender | RB | Coe College |
| 19 | 3 | 111 | Larry Echols | LB | Stephen F. Austin |
| 20 | 4 | 118 | Mike Ivey | DT | Wisconsin–LaCrosse |
| 21 | 3 | 123 | James Williams | CB | Texas Southern |
| 22 | 4 | 130 | Tom Beck | QB | Northern Colorado |
| 23 | 3 | 135 | Adrian Ioja | LB | San Diego State |
| 24 | 4 | 142 | James Johnson | S | Nevada |
| 25 | 3 | 149 | Barry Sims | OT | Utah |
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| Team | W | L | T | PCT | PF | PA | Home | Road | STK |
| Frankfurt Galaxy | 7 | 3 | 0 | .700 | 177 | 163 | 3–2 | 4–1 | W4 |
| Rhein Fire | 7 | 3 | 0 | .700 | 198 | 142 | 4–1 | 3–2 | L2 |
| Amsterdam Admirals | 7 | 3 | 0 | .700 | 205 | 174 | 4–1 | 3–2 | W3 |
| Barcelona Dragons | 4 | 6 | 0 | .400 | 185 | 200 | 3–2 | 1–4 | L3 |
| England Monarchs | 3 | 7 | 0 | .300 | 158 | 205 | 2–3 | 1–4 | W2 |
| Scottish Claymores | 2 | 8 | 0 | .200 | 153 | 192 | 2–3 | 0–5 | L3 |
| Period | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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| Scotland | 0 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 10 |
| Frankfurt | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 21 |
at Waldstadion, Frankfurt, Germany
NFL Europe League was a professional American football league that functioned as the developmental minor league of the National Football League (NFL). Originally founded in 1989 as the World League of American Football, the league was envisioned as a transatlantic league encompassing teams from both North America and Europe. Initially, the WLAF consisted of seven teams in North America and three in Europe. It began play in 1991 and lasted for two seasons before suspending operations; while the league had been "wildly popular" in Europe, it failed to achieve success in North America. After a two-year hiatus, it returned as a six-team European league, with teams based in England, Germany, the Netherlands, Scotland, and Spain. NFL Europa was dissolved in 2007 due to its continued unprofitability and the NFL's decision to shift its focus towards hosting regular-season games in Europe; at the time of its closure, the league consisted of five German teams and one team based in the Netherlands.
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