1998 Scottish Claymores season

1998 Scottish Claymores season
Head coach	Jim Criner
General manager	Dick Regan
Home field	Murrayfield Stadium Hampden Park
Results
Record	2–8
Division place	6th
Playoff finish	did not qualify

The 1998 Scottish Claymores season was the fourth year of competition for the franchise in the NFL Europe League (NFLEL). The team was led by head coach Jim Criner in his fourth year, and played its home games at Murrayfield Stadium in Edinburgh (four) and Hampden Park in Glasgow, Scotland (one). They finished the regular season in sixth place with a record of two wins and eight losses.

Offseason

NFL Europe League draft

1998 Scottish Claymores NFLEL draft selections

Draft order			Player name	Position	College
Round	Choice	Overall
1	4	4	J. J. Smith	RB	Kansas State
2	4	10	Kerry Hicks	DT	Colorado
3	3	15	Sam Manuel	LB	New Mexico State
3	6	18	Kerry Mock	LB	North Carolina
4	4	22	Eddie Cade	S	Arizona State
5	3	27	Miles Macik	WR	Pennsylvania
6	4	34	Tim Scharf	LB	Northwestern
7	3	39	Eric Lynch	RB	Grand Valley State
8	4	46	Cedric Samuel	CB	Alabama
9	3	51	Phillip Riley	WR	Florida State
10	4	58	Shea Little	WR	Eastern Oregon
11	3	63	Andy Jacobs	LB	California
12	4	70	Chris Brantley	WR	Rutgers
13	3	75	Matt Calhoun	RB	Ohio State
14	4	82	Ken Brown	LB	Virginia Tech
15	3	87	Sean Boyd	CB	North Carolina
16	4	94	Devin Kendall	TE	Arizona State
17	3	99	Paul McCallum	K	None
18	4	106	Carey Bender	RB	Coe College
19	3	111	Larry Echols	LB	Stephen F. Austin
20	4	118	Mike Ivey	DT	Wisconsin–LaCrosse
21	3	123	James Williams	CB	Texas Southern
22	4	130	Tom Beck	QB	Northern Colorado
23	3	135	Adrian Ioja	LB	San Diego State
24	4	142	James Johnson	S	Nevada
25	3	149	Barry Sims	OT	Utah

Personnel

Staff

1998 Scottish Claymores staff
	Front office General Manager – Dick Regan Assistant General Manager – Will Wilson Head coaches Head Coach/Offensive Line – Jim Criner Offensive coaches Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks – Jim Sochor Receivers – Vince Alcalde			Defensive coaches Defensive Coordinator/Linebackers – Myrel Moore[1] Defensive Line – Stan Jones Defensive Backs – Richard Rodgers[1] Special teams coaches National Coach/Special Teams Coordinator – Mike Kenny

Roster

1998 Scottish Claymores roster
	Quarterbacks 13 Jim Ballard 14 Mark Grieb Running backs 29 Carey Bender 25 Eric Lynch 24 Dino Philyaw 33 J. J. Smith 20 Vernon Turner Wide receivers 00 Chris Brantley 15 Terence Davis 84 Miles Macik 80 Chris Miller 82 Jerry Reese Tight ends 85 Willy Tate		Offensive linemen 70 Joe Andruzzi G 79 Purvis Hunt G 73 Mike Rockwood T 66 Barry Stokes T 72 Emmett Zitelli C Defensive linemen 94 Steve Brannon DT 57 John DeWitt DE 96 Kerry Hicks DE 92 Brad Keeney DT 99 Mark Lee		Linebackers 59 Alan Campos 52 Sam Manuel 55 Kerry Mock Defensive backs 39 Kory Blackwell CB 27 Eddie Cade S 22 Lee Cole 36 Kwame Ellis CB 28 Cedric Samuel S Special teams  9 Jon Baker K		National players 88 Nachi Abe TE 81 Scott Couper WR 86 Masato Itai WR 11 Gary Parker K  2 David Wing P Rookies in italics

Standings

NFL Europe League
Team	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA	Home	Road	STK
Frankfurt Galaxy	7	3	0	.700	177	163	3–2	4–1	W4
Rhein Fire	7	3	0	.700	198	142	4–1	3–2	L2
Amsterdam Admirals	7	3	0	.700	205	174	4–1	3–2	W3
Barcelona Dragons	4	6	0	.400	185	200	3–2	1–4	L3
England Monarchs	3	7	0	.300	158	205	2–3	1–4	W2
Scottish Claymores	2	8	0	.200	153	192	2–3	0–5	L3

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Game summaries

Week 9: at Frankfurt Galaxy

Week Nine: Scottish Claymores at Frankfurt Galaxy – Game summary

	1	2	3	4	Total
Scotland	0	7	3	0	10
Frankfurt	7	0	0	14	21

at Waldstadion, Frankfurt, Germany

• Date: Sunday, 31 May
• Game time: 7:00 p.m. CEST
• Game attendance: 35,264
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References

1. "Sporting Digest: American football". The Independent. 18 December 1997. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
2. The Official 2001 NFL Europe League Fact Book.
3. Associated Press (31 May 1998). "Galaxy 21, Claymores 10". APNewsArchive.com. Associated Press. Archived from the original on 30 August 2014. Retrieved 30 August 2014.