2004 Rhein Fire season

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2004 Rhein Fire season
General manager Alexander Leibkind
Head coach Pete Kuharchek
Home field Arena AufSchalke
Results
Record3–7
Division place5th
Playoff finishdid not qualify

The 2004 Rhein Fire season was the tenth season for the franchise in the NFL Europe League (NFLEL). The team was led by head coach Pete Kuharchek in his fourth year, and played its home games at Arena AufSchalke in Gelsenkirchen, Germany. They finished the regular season in fifth place with a record of three wins and seven losses.

Contents

Offseason

Free agent draft

2004 Rhein Fire NFLEL free agent draft selections
Draft orderPlayer namePositionCollege
RoundChoice
15Randy GarnerDEArkansas
211 Maugaula Tuitele LBColorado State
314 Daniel Wilcox TEAppalachian State
423 Earthwind Moreland CBGeorgia Southern
526Trey FreemanDTStanford
635Charles BurtonLBSyracuse
738Abdual HowardSFlorida State
847Reggie PooleGJacksonville State
950T. J. WatkinsTClemson
1059 Corey Chamblin CBTennessee Tech
1162Ryan BrewerRBSouth Carolina
1271Jon ClantonDTNebraska
1374Melvin PaigeTSouth Carolina

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Personnel

Staff

2004 Rhein Fire staff
Front office

Head coaches

Offensive coaches

  • Offensive Coordinator/Offensive Line – Whitey Jordan
  • Quarterbacks – Scott Milanovich
  • Running Backs – Kevin O’Neal
  • Wide Receivers – Jeff Ogden
Defensive coaches
  • Defensive Coordinator/Defensive Backs/Special Teams – Adrian White
  • Defensive Line – Ken Clarke
  • National Coach/Linebackers – Jörn Maier
  • Defensive Assistant – James Harrell

Strength and conditioning

  • Strength and Conditioning – Juney Barnett

Roster

2004 Rhein Fire roster
Quarterbacks

Running backs

Wide receivers

Tight ends

Offensive linemen
  • 70 Kevin Breedlove G
  • 79 Pita Elisara G/T
  • 66 Steven Grace C
  • 75 Chuck Klabo T
  • 64 Sean O’Connor G
  • 73 Melvin Paige T
  • 71 Chris Smith T
  • 77 Chris Ziemann T

Defensive linemen

Linebackers

Defensive backs

Special teams

National players
  • 56 Richard Adjei LB Flag of Germany.svg
  •  8 Ingo Anderbrügge K Flag of Germany.svg
  • 74 Peter Heyer G Flag of Germany.svg
  • 60 Michael Jonsson G Flag of Sweden.svg
  • 98Olaf Lang DL Flag of Germany.svg
  •  9 Chris Liess WR Flag of Germany.svg
  • 22 Laurent Marceline RB Flag of France.svg
  • 94Thomas Reiser DL Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg
  • 44 Yoan Schnee TE Flag of France.svg
  • 40 Richard Yancy S Flag of Germany.svg


Rookies in italics

Schedule

WeekDateKickoff [n 1] OpponentResultsGame siteAttendance
Final scoreTeam record
1Sunday, April 44:00 p.m. Cologne Centurions W 26–251–0 Arena AufSchalke 22,736
2Saturday, April 107:00 p.m. Scottish Claymores W 31–32–0Arena AufSchalke17,176
3Saturday, April 177:00 p.m.at Frankfurt Galaxy L 10–282–1 Waldstadion 27,213
4Saturday, April 247:00 p.m. Berlin Thunder L 10–142–2Arena AufSchalke20,242
5Sunday, May 22:00 p.m.at Scottish ClaymoresL 12–132–3 Hampden Park 9,165
6Sunday, May 94:00 p.m. Amsterdam Admirals W 20–133–3Arena AufSchalke18,790
7Sunday, May 164:00 p.m.at Berlin ThunderL 20–333–4 Olympic Stadium 15,429
8Sunday, May 234:00 p.m.at Cologne CenturionsL 6–73–5 RheinEnergieStadion 20,354
9Saturday, May 297:00 p.m.Frankfurt GalaxyL 14–20 OT 3–6Arena AufSchalke26,417
10Sunday, June 63:00 p.m.at Amsterdam AdmiralsL 12–223–7 Amsterdam ArenA 15,874

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Standings

NFL Europe League
TeamWLTPCTPFPAHomeRoadSTK
Berlin Thunder 910.9002891955–04–1W4
Frankfurt Galaxy 730.7002121924–13–2L1
Amsterdam Admirals 550.5001731913–22–3W2
Cologne Centurions 460.4001912013–21–4W1
Rhein Fire 370.3001611783–20–5L4
Scottish Claymores 280.2001281971–41–4L2

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Game summaries

Week 1: vs Cologne Centurions

Week One: Cologne Centurions at Rhein Fire – Game summary
Period1234Total
Cologne1063625
Rhein1437226

at Arena AufSchalke, Gelsenkirchen, Germany

  • Date: Sunday, April 4
  • Game time: 4:08 p.m. CEST
  • Game attendance: 22,736
  • Referee: Carl Cheffers

Week 2: vs Scottish Claymores

Week Two: Scottish Claymores at Rhein Fire – Game summary
Period1234Total
Scotland30003
Rhein01014731

at Arena AufSchalke, Gelsenkirchen, Germany

  • Date: Saturday, April 10
  • Game time: 7:07 p.m. CEST
  • Game attendance: 17,176
  • Referee: Walt Coleman

Week 3: at Frankfurt Galaxy

Week Three: Rhein Fire at Frankfurt Galaxy – Game summary
Period1234Total
Rhein730010
Frankfurt7147028

at Waldstadion, Frankfurt, Germany

  • Date: Saturday, April 17
  • Game time: 7:08 p.m. CEST
  • Game attendance: 27,213
  • Referee: Walt Anderson

Week 4: vs Berlin Thunder

Week Four: Berlin Thunder at Rhein Fire – Game summary
Period1234Total
Berlin0001414
Rhein730010

at Arena AufSchalke, Gelsenkirchen, Germany

  • Date: Saturday, April 24
  • Game time: 7:04 p.m. CEST
  • Game attendance: 20,242
  • Referee: Gene Steratore

Week 5: at Scottish Claymores

Week Five: Rhein Fire at Scottish Claymores – Game summary
Period1234Total
Rhein306312
Scotland700613

at Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland

  • Date: Sunday, May 2
  • Game time: 2:05 p.m. BST
  • Game attendance: 9,165
  • Referee: John Parry

Week 6: vs Amsterdam Admirals

Week Six: Amsterdam Admirals at Rhein Fire – Game summary
Period1234Total
Amsterdam037313
Rhein1403320

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: at Berlin Thunder

Week Seven: Rhein Fire at Berlin Thunder – Game summary
Period1234Total
Rhein0071320
Berlin3147933

at Olympic Stadium, Berlin, Germany

  • Date: Sunday, May 16
  • Game time: 4:06 p.m. CEST
  • Game attendance: 15,429
  • Referee: Carl Cheffers

Week 8: at Cologne Centurions

Week Eight: Rhein Fire at Cologne Centurions – Game summary
Period1234Total
Rhein06006
Cologne00707

at RheinEnergieStadion, Cologne, Germany

  • Date: Sunday, May 23
  • Game time: 4:07 p.m. CEST
  • Game attendance: 20,354
  • Referee: Gene Steratore

Week 9: vs Frankfurt Galaxy

Week Nine: Frankfurt Galaxy at Rhein Fire – Game summary
Period1234OTTotal
Frankfurt0707620
Rhein7070014

at Arena AufSchalke, Gelsenkirchen, Germany

  • Date: Saturday, May 29
  • Game time: 7:06 p.m. CEST
  • Game attendance: 26,417
  • Referee: Walt Coleman

Week 10: at Amsterdam Admirals

Week Ten: Rhein Fire at Amsterdam Admirals – Game summary
Period1234Total
Rhein066012
Amsterdam708722

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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