2001 Rhein Fire season

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The 2001 Rhein Fire season was the seventh season for the franchise in the NFL Europe League (NFLEL). The team was led by head coach Pete Kuharchek in his first year, and played its home games at Rheinstadion in Düsseldorf, Germany. They finished the regular season in third place with a record of five wins and five losses.

Offseason

Free agent draft

2001 Rhein Fire NFLEL free agent draft selections
Draft order			Player name	Position	College
Round	Choice	Overall	Player name	Position	College
1	6	6	Terrell Jurineack	DE	Missouri
2	6	12	Shane Cook	T	Colorado
3	1	13	Keith Short	C	Virginia Tech
4	6	24	James Roscoe	DE	Clark Atlanta
5	1	25	Antoine McNutt	G	Tennessee State
6	6	36	Otis Grant	DE	Houston
7	1	37	Ronnie Nicks	LB	Notre Dame
8	6	48	Corey Bailey	G	Fordham
9	1	49	Julian Duncan	LB	Rice
10	5	59	P. J. Franklin	WR	Tulane
11	1	60	Kevin Monroe	CB	East Carolina
12	3	65	LeShun Daniels	G	Ohio State

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Personnel

Staff

**2001 Rhein Fire staff**

	Front office General manager – Alexander Leibkind Head coaches Head coach/defensive coordinator – Pete Kuharchek Offensive coaches Offensive coordinator/quarterbacks – Joe Clark Running backs/wide receivers – Booker Brooks Offensive line – Mike Bender			Defensive coaches Defensive line/special teams – Ed O'Neil National coach/linebackers – Jörn Maier Defensive backs – Adrian White Strength and conditioning Strength and conditioning – Brian Ferguson

Roster

**2001 Rhein Fire roster**

	Quarterbacks 16 Jim Arellanes 19 Giovanni Carmazzi 18 Phil Stambaugh Running backs 44 Jason Brookins 33 DeMario Brown 20 Pepe Pearson Wide receivers 86 Dwight Carter 80 Andre Cooper 87 Eddie Hardaway 88 Michael Lewis 82 Shannon Myers 83 Joe Perez Tight ends 89 Johnny Huggins 45 Adam Newman		Offensive linemen 75 Corey Bailey G 65 John Blick T 73 Brian Connolly G/T 78 LeShun Daniels Sr. T 63 Michael Early C 71 Mark Grivna T 79 Antoine McNutt G 67 Nick O'Brien G Defensive linemen 91 Julian Duncan DE 98 Daniel Greer DT 99 Kelly Gregg DT 94 Gaylon Hyder DT 93 Terrell Jurineack DE 95 James Roscoe DE 96 Mark Word DE		Linebackers 54 Ronnie Nicks MLB 51 Paris Johnson OLB 56 Mike Sands OLB 57 Jamel Smith OLB 53 Scott Zimmerman MLB Defensive backs 40 Deke Cooper S 30 Derrick Gardner CB 38 Steve Gleason S 24 Corey Harris CB 35 Clarence LeBlanc S 36 DeShone Mallard CB 26 Jordan Younger CB Special teams 14 James Tuthill K 2 Rodney Williams P		National players 5 Akihito Amaya WR 10 Manfred Burgsmüller K 50 Anthony Doghmi LB 84 Olaf Fischer WR 23 Sascha Gehloff S 72 Bastian Lano DE 21 Oyeniran Olalere Odunayo Ojo RB 8 Naoki Sasano WR 58 Masaki Tokimoto LB Rookies in italics

Schedule

Week	Date	Kickoff ^{[n 1]}	Opponent	Results		Game site	Attendance
Week	Date	Kickoff ^{[n 1]}	Opponent	Final score	Team record	Game site	Attendance
1	Saturday, April 21	7:00 p.m.	Amsterdam Admirals	W 24–20	1–0	Rheinstadion	31,437
2	Saturday, April 28	5:00 p.m.	at Barcelona Dragons	L 12–24	1–1	Estadi Olímpic de Montjuïc	8,423
3	Saturday, May 5	7:00 p.m.	Barcelona Dragons	L 21–27	1–2	Rheinstadion	30,984
4	Saturday, May 12	6:00 p.m.	at Berlin Thunder	L 17–23	1–3	Jahn-Sportpark	9,148
5	Sunday, May 20	4:00 p.m.	Scottish Claymores	W 10–3	2–3	Rheinstadion	30,211
6	Sunday, May 27	7:00 p.m.	at Frankfurt Galaxy	W 22–5	3–3	Waldstadion	30,512
7	Saturday, June 2	7:00 p.m.	at Amsterdam Admirals	L 14–17	3–4	Amsterdam ArenA	13,823
8	Sunday, June 10	7:00 p.m.	Berlin Thunder	W 16–13	4–4	Rheinstadion	30,701
9	Saturday, June 16	7:00 p.m.	Frankfurt Galaxy	W 17–13	5–4	Rheinstadion	51,719
10	Saturday, June 23	3:00 p.m.	at Scottish Claymores	L 21–34	5–5	Hampden Park	12,251

Standings

NFL Europe League
Team	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA	Home	Road	STK
Barcelona Dragons	8	2	0	.800	252	191	5–0	3–2	L1
Berlin Thunder	6	4	0	.600	270	239	4–1	2–3	W2
Rhein Fire	5	5	0	.500	174	179	4–1	1–4	L1
Scottish Claymores	4	6	0	.400	168	188	4–1	0–5	W1
Amsterdam Admirals	4	6	0	.400	194	226	4–1	0–5	L3
Frankfurt Galaxy	3	7	0	.300	199	234	3–2	0–5	W1

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Game summaries

Week 1: vs Amsterdam Admirals

Week One: Amsterdam Admirals at Rhein Fire – Game summary

Period	1	2	3	4	Total
Amsterdam	13	0	7	0	20
Rhein	7	7	7	3	24

at Rheinstadion, Düsseldorf, Germany

Date: Saturday, April 21
Game time: 7:06 p.m. CEST
Game attendance: 31,437
Referee: Terry McAulay

Notes

^ All times local to where the game was played.

References

^ "Linemen dominate free agent draft". NFL Europe League. February 20, 2001. Archived from the original on June 29, 2001. Retrieved May 25, 2011.
^ "2001 NFL Europe League Standings". NFL Europe League. Archived from the original on August 18, 2002. Retrieved January 18, 2011.