1995 Rhein Fire season

1995 Rhein Fire season
Head coach	Galen Hall
General manager	Oliver Luck
Home field	Rheinstadion
Results
Record	4–6
Division place	5th
Playoff finish	did not qualify

The 1995 Rhein Fire season was the inaugural season for the franchise in the World League of American Football (WLAF). The team was led by head coach Galen Hall, and played its home games at Rheinstadion in Düsseldorf, Germany. They finished the regular season in fifth place with a record of four wins and six losses.

Offseason

World League draft

1995 Rhein Fire World League draft selections

Draft order			Player name	Position	College
Round	Choice	Overall
1	1	1	Shaumbe Wright-Fair	RB	Washington State
2	6	12	Darrick Owens	WR	Mississippi
3	1	13	Mark Mason	RB	Maryland
4	6	24	Arthur Bussie	DE	Northeast Louisiana
5	1	25	Mike Withycombe	T	Fresno State
6	6	36	Greg Lane	CB	Notre Dame
7	1	37	Vaughn Bryant	CB	Stanford
8	6	48	Jason Atkinson	LB	Texas A&M
9	1	49	Akili Calhoun	DT	Hawaii
10	6	60	Terry Crews	LB	Western Michigan
11	1	61	Mike Alexander	C	San Diego State
12	6	72	Marquise Thomas	LB	Mississippi
13	1	73	Rod Moore	WR	Utah State
14	6	84	Matt Gay	S	Kansas
15	1	85	Don Stowers	CB	New Mexico State
16	6	96	Andy Kelly	QB	Tennessee
17	1	97	Mack Travis	DT	California
18	6	108	Leroy Smith	LB	Iowa
19	1	109	Jose Munoz	T	Ball State
20	6	120	Victor Brown	CB	Tennessee
21	1	121	Mike Salmon	S	Southern California
22	6	132	Deron Pointer	WR	Washington State
23	1	133	Jay Hillman	RB	Boston University
24	6	144	Willie Felton	TE	Bethune-Cookman
25	1	145	Nick Ma'afala	DT	Hawaii
26	6	156	Ronald Williams	RB	Clemson
27	1	157	Tony Lenseigne	TE	Eastern Washington
28	6	168	Brandon Houston	T	Oklahoma
29	1	169	Anthony Fieldings	LB	Morningside
30	6	180	Tony Rowell	C	Florida
31	1	181	Charles Beauchamp	LB	Indiana
32	6	192	Turhon O'Bannon	WR	New Mexico
33	1	193	Don Chaney	TE	South Carolina
34	6	204	Karl Nieberlein	T	Towson State
35	1	205	Cisco Richard	RB	Northeast Louisiana
36	6	216	Jerry Sharp	G	Syracuse
37	1	217	Junior Tagoai	NT	Hawaii
38	6	228	Kavin Crawford	DE	Louisiana Tech
39	1	229	Mark Sturdivant	DE	Maryland
40	6	240	Bill Durkin	G	Massachusetts
41	1	241	Carey Broudy	S	Louisiana Tech
42	6	252	Tre Everett	WR	Florida
43	1	253	Donald Douglas	S	Houston
44	6	264	Bob Tavernaro	CB	Pittsburg State
45	1	265	Mike Collins	S	West Virginia
46	5	275	Joey Veargis	LB	Central State (OH)

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NFL allocations

Player name	Position	College	NFL team
Karl Dunbar	DE	Louisiana State	Arizona Cardinals
Tyrone Johnson	WR	Western State (CO)	New Orleans Saints
Alan Kline	T	Ohio State	New Orleans Saints
Doug Nussmeier	QB	Idaho	New Orleans Saints
Tom Roth	G	Southern Illinois	New Orleans Saints
Gino Torretta	QB	Miami (FL)	Detroit Lions

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Personnel

Staff

1995 Rhein Fire staff
	Front office General Manager – Alexander Leibkind Head coaches Head Coach/Running Backs – Galen Hall Offensive coaches Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks – Don Strock Wide Receivers – Wes Chandler Offensive Line – Dean Unruh			Defensive coaches Defensive Coordinator/Linebackers – A. J. Duhe National Coach/Defensive Line – Walter Rohlfing Defensive Backs/Special Teams – Jeff Reinebold

Roster

1995 Rhein Fire roster
	Quarterbacks 12 John Gieselman  7 Andy Kelly 12 Doug Nussmeier 14 Doug Pederson 13 Gino Torretta Running backs 44 Jay Hillman FB 26 Ronald Williams 32 Shaumbe Wright-Fair 33 Charlie Young Wide receivers 83 Tyrone Johnson 82 Rod Moore 81 Darrick Owens  1 Deron Pointer Tight ends 85 Greg Keller 84 Tony Lenseigne 45 Sean Russell		Offensive linemen 60 Mike Alexander C 71 Bill Durkin G 76 Alan Kline T 55 Bob Kronenberg C 73 Jose Munoz T 68 Tom Roth G/T 56 Tony Rowell G/C Defensive linemen 61 Arthur Bussie DE 78 Karl Dunbar DT 95 Nick Ma'afala DT 79 Joe Seumalo DE 99 Junior Tagoai DT/DE		Linebackers 34 Jason Atkinson 59 Terry Crews 50 Anthony Fieldings 52 Leroy Smith Defensive backs 29 Vaughn Bryant CB 40 Matt Gay S 28 Greg Lane 42 Mike Salmon 27 Don Stowers Special teams 11 Giulio Caravatta K/P  6 Arden Czyzewski K 20 Jeff Parker RS		National players 58 Claus Biedermann LB 75 Peter Gross-Pass DL 64 Frank Habermann OL 21 Andreas Motzkus DB 67 Gerald Olszewski G  5 Andreas Schröder K 80 Max von Garnier WR Rookies in italics

Schedule

Week	Date	Kickoff [n 1]	Opponent	Results		Game site	Attendance
				Final score	Team record
1	Sunday, April 9	3:00 p.m.	at Scottish Claymores	W 19–17	1–0	Murrayfield Stadium	10,346
2	Saturday, April 15	7:00 p.m.	London Monarchs	L 7–23	1–1	Rheinstadion	15,892
3	Saturday, April 22	5:30 p.m.	at Barcelona Dragons	L 30–32	1–2	Estadi Olímpic de Montjuïc	17,900
4	Sunday, April 30	7:00 p.m.	Frankfurt Galaxy	W 21–20	2–2	Rheinstadion	19,181
5	Saturday, May 6	7:00 p.m.	at Amsterdam Admirals	L 10–30	2–3	Olympisch Stadion	8,153
6	Saturday, May 13	7:00 p.m.	Scottish Claymores	W 33–27 ^OT	3–3	Rheinstadion	6,981
7	Saturday, May 20	7:00 p.m.	at Frankfurt Galaxy	W 41–28	4–3	Waldstadion	33,112
8	Monday, May 29	3:00 p.m.	at London Monarchs	L 14–34	4–4	White Hart Lane	12,342
9	Saturday, June 3	7:00 p.m.	Barcelona Dragons	L 21–31	4–5	Rheinstadion	12,323
10	Saturday, June 10	7:00 p.m.	Amsterdam Admirals	L 25–37	4–6	Rheinstadion	7,961

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Standings

World League of American Football
Team	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA	Home	Road	STK
Amsterdam Admirals	9	1	0	.900	246	152	5–0	4–1	W2
Frankfurt Galaxy	6	4	0	.600	279	202	3–2	3–2	W3
Barcelona Dragons	5	5	0	.500	237	247	2–3	3–2	L1
London Monarchs	4	6	0	.400	174	220	1–4	3–2	L2
Rhein Fire	4	6	0	.400	221	279	2–3	2–3	L3
Scottish Claymores	2	8	0	.200	153	210	0–5	2–3	W1

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Game summaries

Week 1: at Scottish Claymores

Week One: Rhein Fire at Scottish Claymores – Game summary

	1	2	3	4	Total
Rhein	7	0	6	6	19
Scotland	0	10	0	7	17

at Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh, Scotland

• Date: Sunday, April 9
• Game time: 3:00 p.m. BST
• Game attendance: 10,346

Week 2: vs London Monarchs

Week Two: London Monarchs at Rhein Fire – Game summary

	1	2	3	4	Total
London	3	10	7	3	23
Rhein	7	0	0	0	7

at Rheinstadion, Düsseldorf, Germany

• Date: Saturday, April 15
• Game time: 7:00 p.m. CEST
• Game attendance: 15,892
• Referee: Larry Nemmers

Week 3: at Barcelona Dragons

Week Three: Rhein Fire at Barcelona Dragons – Game summary

	1	2	Total
Rhein			0
Barcelona			0

at Estadi Olímpic de Montjuïc, Barcelona, Spain

• Date: Saturday, April 22
• Game time: 5:30 p.m. CEST
• Game attendance: 17,900

Week 4: vs Frankfurt Galaxy

Week Four: Frankfurt Galaxy at Rhein Fire – Game summary

	1	2	Total
Frankfurt			0
Rhein			0

at Rheinstadion, Düsseldorf, Germany

• Date: Sunday, April 30
• Game time: 7:00 p.m. CEST
• Game attendance: 19,181

Week 5: at Amsterdam Admirals

Week Five: Rhein Fire at Amsterdam Admirals – Game summary

	1	2	3	4	Total
Rhein	3	0	7	0	10
Amsterdam	6	21	3	0	30

at Olympisch Stadion, Amsterdam, Netherlands

• Date: Saturday, May 6
• Game time: 7:00 p.m. CEST
• Game attendance: 8,153
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Week 6: vs Scottish Claymores

Week Six: Scottish Claymores at Rhein Fire – Game summary

	1	2	Total
Scotland			0
Rhein			0

at Rheinstadion, Düsseldorf, Germany

• Date: Saturday, May 13
• Game time: 7:00 p.m. CEST
• Game attendance: 6,981

Week 7: at Frankfurt Galaxy

Week Seven: Rhein Fire at Frankfurt Galaxy – Game summary

	1	2	Total
Rhein			0
Frankfurt			0

at Waldstadion, Frankfurt, Germany

• Date: Saturday, May 20
• Game time: 7:00 p.m. CEST
• Game attendance: 33,112

Week 8: at London Monarchs

Week Eight: Rhein Fire at London Monarchs – Game summary

	1	2	Total
Rhein			0
London			0

at White Hart Lane, London, England

• Date: Monday, May 29
• Game time: 3:00 p.m. BST
• Game attendance: 12,342

Week 9: vs Barcelona Dragons

Week Nine: Barcelona Dragons at Rhein Fire – Game summary

	1	2	Total
Barcelona			0
Rhein			0

at Rheinstadion, Düsseldorf, Germany

• Date: Saturday, June 3
• Game time: 7:00 p.m. CEST
• Game attendance: 12,323

Week 10: vs Amsterdam Admirals

Week Ten: Amsterdam Admirals at Rhein Fire – Game summary

	1	2	3	4	Total
Amsterdam	7	0	7	23	37
Rhein	0	6	0	19	25

at Rheinstadion, Düsseldorf, Germany

• Date: Saturday, June 10
• Game time: 7:00 p.m. CEST
• Game attendance: 7,961
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Notes

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

References

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4. Cubero, Cristina (April 22, 1995). "Los Dragons se enfrentan hoy al equipo cenicienta". El Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Barcelona, Spain. p. 44. Retrieved October 11, 2012.
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