| 2003 Rhein Fire season | |
|---|---|
| General manager | Alexander Leibkind |
| Head coach | Pete Kuharchek |
| Home field | Arena AufSchalke |
| Results | |
| Record | 6–4 |
| Division place | 2nd |
| Playoff finish | Lost World Bowl XI |
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.
| Draft order | Player name | Position | College | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Choice | |||
| 1 | 5 | Derrick Ham | DE | Miami |
| 2 | 11 | Dwayne Ledford | G | East Carolina |
| 3 | 14 | Gillis Wilson | DE | Southern |
| 4 | 23 | Shad Criss | CB | Missouri |
| 5 | 26 | Lew Thomas | RB | Vanderbilt |
| 6 | 35 | Andre Arnold | LB | Grambling State |
| 7 | 38 | Todd DeLamielleure | LB | Hofstra |
| 8 | 47 | Jonathan Burrough | TE | New Mexico |
| 9 | 50 | Kwazi Leverette | WR | Syracuse |
| 10 | 59 | Greg Brown | S | Texas |
| 11 | 62 | Corey Callens | DE | Oklahoma |
| 12 | 71 | Jamel Smith | LB | Virginia Tech |
| 13 | 74 | Jeff McCurley | C | Pittsburgh |
| 14 | 83 | Ataveus Cash | WR | Hampton |
| 15 | 86 | Lawrence Story | WR | Jackson State |
| 16 | 95 | Frank Moreau | RB | Louisville |
| 17 | 98 | Kendall Newson | WR | Middle Tennessee |
| 18 | 107 | Shane O’Neill | S | Southern Methodist |
| 19 | 110 | Mike Watkins | QB | Louisville |
| 20 | 118 | Bob Dzvonick | DT | Buffalo |
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| Week | Date | Kickoff [n 1] | Opponent | Results | Game site | Attendance | |
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| Final score | Team record | ||||||
| 1 | Saturday, April 5 | 7:00 p.m. | Amsterdam Admirals | L 15–17 | 0–1 | Arena AufSchalke | 28,206 |
| 2 | Sunday, April 13 | 4:00 p.m. | at Berlin Thunder | W 21–10 | 1–1 | Olympic Stadium | 16,312 |
| 3 | Saturday, April 19 | 7:00 p.m. | Scottish Claymores | W 34–17 | 2–1 | Arena AufSchalke | 43,985 |
| 4 | Saturday, April 26 | 5:00 p.m. | at Barcelona Dragons | L 3–11 | 2–2 | Mini Estadi | 6,182 |
| 5 | Saturday, May 3 | 7:00 p.m. | Frankfurt Galaxy | W 14–7 | 3–2 | Arena AufSchalke | 42,324 |
| 6 | Saturday, May 10 | 7:00 p.m. | at Amsterdam Admirals | W 34–27 | 4–2 | Amsterdam ArenA | 11,672 |
| 7 | Sunday, May 18 | 3:00 p.m. | at Scottish Claymores | L 0–33 | 4–3 | Hampden Park | 8,279 |
| 8 | Sunday, May 25 | 4:00 p.m. | Berlin Thunder | W 28–21 | 5–3 | Arena AufSchalke | 27,895 |
| 9 | Sunday, June 1 | 4:00 p.m. | at Frankfurt Galaxy | L 7–38 | 5–4 | Waldstadion | 25,539 |
| 10 | Saturday, June 7 | 7:00 p.m. | Barcelona Dragons | W 33–7 | 6–4 | Arena AufSchalke | 28,678 |
| NFL Europe League | |||||||||
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| Team | W | L | T | PCT | PF | PA | Home | Road | STK |
| Frankfurt Galaxy | 6 | 4 | 0 | .600 | 252 | 182 | 4–1 | 2–3 | L1 |
| Rhein Fire | 6 | 4 | 0 | .600 | 189 | 188 | 4–1 | 2–3 | W1 |
| Scottish Claymores | 6 | 4 | 0 | .600 | 303 | 190 | 3–2 | 3–2 | W4 |
| FC Barcelona Dragons | 5 | 5 | 0 | .500 | 150 | 221 | 2–3 | 3–2 | L3 |
| Amsterdam Admirals | 4 | 6 | 0 | .400 | 230 | 273 | 2–3 | 2–3 | L1 |
| Berlin Thunder | 3 | 7 | 0 | .300 | 248 | 318 | 2–3 | 1–4 | W1 |
| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rhein | 3 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 16 |
| Frankfurt | 11 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 35 |
at Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland
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The 2006 Hamburg Sea Devils season was the second season for the franchise in the NFL Europe League (NFLEL). The team was led by head coach Jack Bicknell in his second year, and played its home games at AOL Arena in Hamburg, Germany. They finished the regular season in fifth place with a record of three wins, six losses and one tie.
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James Arellanes is a former professional American football player who was a quarterback in the NFL Europe League (NFLEL), the Arena Football League (AFL), and the XFL. He played for the Rhein Fire of the NFLEL, the Carolina Cobras and Florida Bobcats of the AFL, and the Orlando Rage of the XFL. Arellanes played collegiately at Los Angeles Valley College before transferring to Fresno State.
