2004 Amsterdam Admirals season

2004 Amsterdam Admirals season
General manager	Ronald Buys
Head coach	Bart Andrus
Home stadium	Amsterdam ArenA
Results
Record	5–5
Division place	3rd
Playoffs	did not qualify
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The 2004 Amsterdam Admirals season was the tenth season for the franchise in the NFL Europe League (NFLEL). The team was led by head coach Bart Andrus in his fourth year, and played its home games at Amsterdam ArenA in Amsterdam, Netherlands. They finished the regular season in third place with a record of five wins and five losses.

Offseason

Free agent draft

2004 Amsterdam Admirals NFLEL free agent draft selections

Draft order		Player name	Position	College
Round	Choice
1	2	Darrell Wright	DE	Oregon
2	8	Tyler Lender	G	Penn State
3	17	Drew Wahlroos	LB	Colorado
4	20	Ligarius Jennings	CB	Tennessee State
5	29	Rodney Thomas	LB	Clemson
6	32	Todd Howard	CB	Michigan
7	41	Ja'Waren Blair	DT	East Carolina
8	44	Reese Hicks	T	Georgetown
9	53	Tim Argiriadi	DT	Penn State
10	56	Terrance Leftwich	CB	Temple
11	65	Gregg Kellett	TE	Marshall
12	68	Chris Brown	T	Georgia Tech

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Personnel

Staff

2004 Amsterdam Admirals staff

	Front office General Manager – Ronald Buys Head coaches Head Coach/Quarterbacks – Bart Andrus Offensive coaches Offensive Coordinator/Running Backs – John Allen Wide Receivers – Willie Davis Offensive Line – Jeff Lewis Assistant Offensive Line/Tight Ends – Ron Heller			Defensive coaches Defensive Coordinator/Linebackers – Darryl Sims Defensive Line – Rex Norris Defensive Backs/Special Teams – Jeff Reinebold National Coach/Assistant Linebackers – John Leijten Strength and conditioning Strength and Conditioning – Joseph Benes

Roster

2004 Amsterdam Admirals roster

	Quarterbacks  2 Gibran Hamdan  9 David Priestley 11 Clint Stoerner Running backs 21 Jason Anderson 20 Chris Downs 28 Mike Malan Wide receivers  5 Antoine Burns  7 Andre Forde 81 Chris Horn 80 DeAndrew Rubin  1 Chris Taylor 84 Wilson Thomas Tight ends 89 Kane Anderson 87 Tony Donald		Offensive linemen 65 Thomas Barnett T 77 Mario Branch T 70 Chris Brown G 76 Josh Burr T 66 Joey Hollenbeck C 72 Tyler Lenda C/G 75 Justin Sands T 73 Dave Volk G 62 Brady Washburn G Defensive linemen 97 Charles Alston DE 90 Ja'Waren Blair DT 98 Clint Mitchell DE 60 John Nix DT 93 Thomas Pittman DT 91 Buck Rasmussen DT/DE 96 Alonzo Shuler DT 99 Darrell Wright DE		Linebackers 55 Kenny Jackson MLB 58 Steve Josue OLB 56 Ben Mahdavi OLB 44 Jerry Schumacher MLB 53 Drew Wahlroos OLB Defensive backs 43 Derek Combs CB 38 Nashville Dyer CB 26 Todd Howard CB 25 Ligarious Jennings CB/S 23 Brian Mance CB 24 Don McGee CB 33 Jason Perry S 30 Willie Pile S 29 Jeff Sanchez CB Special teams 15 Nate Fikse P 16 Todd Sievers K		National players 85 Sumitaka Ando WR 14 Silvio Diliberto K 88 Alejandro Gamez WR 51 Rikiya Ishida LB 22 Sandino Octobre RB 54 Antonio Rodriguez LB 83 Carlos Rosado WR 27 Kohei Satomi S Rookies in italics

Schedule

Week	Date	Kickoff [n 1]	Opponent	Results		Game site	Attendance
				Final score	Team record
1	Saturday, April 3	7:00 p.m.	at Frankfurt Galaxy	L 11–34	0–1	Waldstadion	21,269
2	Saturday, April 10	7:00 p.m.	Berlin Thunder	L 17–28	0–2	Amsterdam ArenA	10,763
3	Sunday, April 18	2:00 p.m.	at Scottish Claymores	W 3–0	1–2	Hampden Park	10,971
4	Sunday, April 25	3:00 p.m.	Frankfurt Galaxy	W 21–17 OT	2–2	Amsterdam ArenA	10,684
5	Sunday, May 2	4:00 p.m.	at Berlin Thunder	L 29–33	2–3	Olympic Stadium	12,909
6	Sunday, May 9	4:00 p.m.	at Rhein Fire	L 13–20	2–4	Arena AufSchalke	18,790
7	Saturday, May 15	7:00 p.m.	Cologne Centurions	W 17–10	3–4	Amsterdam ArenA	14,437
8	Friday, May 21	8:00 p.m.	Scottish Claymores	L 17–19	3–5	Amsterdam ArenA	10,738
9	Sunday, May 30	4:00 p.m.	at Cologne Centurions	W 23–18	4–5	RheinEnergieStadion	9,056
10	Sunday, June 6	3:00 p.m.	Rhein Fire	W 22–12	5–5	Amsterdam ArenA	15,874

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Standings

NFL Europe League
Team	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA	Home	Road	STK
Berlin Thunder	9	1	0	.900	289	195	5–0	4–1	W4
Frankfurt Galaxy	7	3	0	.700	212	192	4–1	3–2	L1
Amsterdam Admirals	5	5	0	.500	173	191	3–2	2–3	W2
Cologne Centurions	4	6	0	.400	191	201	3–2	1–4	W1
Rhein Fire	3	7	0	.300	161	178	3–2	0–5	L4
Scottish Claymores	2	8	0	.200	128	197	1–4	1–4	L2

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Game summaries

Week 1: at Frankfurt Galaxy

Week One: Amsterdam Admirals at Frankfurt Galaxy – Game summary

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Amsterdam	3	0	0	8	11
Frankfurt	0	17	7	10	34

at Waldstadion, Frankfurt, Germany

• Date: Saturday, April 3
• Game time: 7:10 p.m. CEST
• Game attendance: 21,269
• Referee: Gerald Austin

Week 2: vs Berlin Thunder

Week Two: Berlin Thunder at Amsterdam Admirals – Game summary

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Berlin	0	7	14	7	28
Amsterdam	0	10	0	7	17

at Amsterdam ArenA, Amsterdam, Netherlands

• Date: Saturday, April 10
• Game time: 7:07 p.m. CEST
• Game attendance: 10,763
• Referee: Carl Cheffers

Week 3: at Scottish Claymores

Week Three: Amsterdam Admirals at Scottish Claymores – Game summary

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Amsterdam	3	0	0	0	3
Scotland	0	0	0	0	0

at Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland

• Date: Sunday, April 18
• Game time: 2:00 p.m. BST
• Game attendance: 10,971
• Referee: Gene Steratore

Week 4: vs Frankfurt Galaxy

Week Four: Frankfurt Galaxy at Amsterdam Admirals – Game summary

Quarter	1	2	3	4	OT	Total
Frankfurt	7	3	7	0	0	17
Amsterdam	0	7	3	7	4	21

at Amsterdam ArenA, Amsterdam, Netherlands

• Date: Sunday, April 25
• Game time: 3:00 p.m. CEST
• Game attendance: 10,684
• Referee: Bill Vinovich

Week 5: at Berlin Thunder

Week Five: Amsterdam Admirals at Berlin Thunder – Game summary

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Amsterdam	0	7	7	15	29
Berlin	0	12	7	14	33

at Olympic Stadium, Berlin, Germany

• Date: Sunday, May 2
• Game time: 4:06 p.m. CEST
• Game attendance: 12,909
• Referee: Ed Hochuli

Week 6: at Rhein Fire

Week Six: Amsterdam Admirals at Rhein Fire – Game summary

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Amsterdam	0	3	7	3	13
Rhein	14	0	3	3	20

at Arena AufSchalke, Gelsenkirchen, Germany

• Date: Sunday, May 9
• Game time: 4:06 p.m. CEST
• Game attendance: 18,790
• Referee: John Parry

Week 7: vs Cologne Centurions

Week Seven: Cologne Centurions at Amsterdam Admirals – Game summary

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Cologne	0	3	7	0	10
Amsterdam	7	7	3	0	17

at Amsterdam ArenA, Amsterdam, Netherlands

• Date: Saturday, May 15
• Game time: 7:08 p.m. CEST
• Game attendance: 14,437
• Referee: Gerald Austin

Week 8: vs Scottish Claymores

Week Eight: Scottish Claymores at Amsterdam Admirals – Game summary

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Scotland	3	13	0	3	19
Amsterdam	3	0	7	7	17

at Amsterdam ArenA, Amsterdam, Netherlands

• Date: Friday, May 21
• Game time: 8:07 p.m. CEST
• Game attendance: 10,738
• Referee: Carl Cheffers

Week 9: at Cologne Centurions

Week Nine: Amsterdam Admirals at Cologne Centurions – Game summary

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Amsterdam	7	7	3	6	23
Cologne	4	0	7	7	18

at RheinEnergieStadion, Cologne, Germany

• Date: Sunday, May 30
• Game time: 4:06 p.m. CEST
• Game attendance: 9,056
• Referee: Bill Vinovich

Week 10: vs Rhein Fire

Week Ten: Rhein Fire at Amsterdam Admirals – Game summary

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Rhein	0	6	6	0	12
Amsterdam	7	0	8	7	22

at Amsterdam ArenA, Amsterdam, Netherlands

• Date: Sunday, June 6
• Game time: 3:05 p.m. CEST
• Game attendance: 15,874
• Referee: Walt Anderson

Notes

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

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