2005 Hamburg Sea Devils season

2005 Hamburg Sea Devils season
Head coach	Jack Bicknell
General manager	Kathrin Platz
Home field	AOL Arena
Results
Record	5–5
Division place	4th
Playoff finish	did not qualify

The 2005 Hamburg Sea Devils season was the inaugural season for the franchise in the NFL Europe League (NFLEL). The team was led by head coach Jack Bicknell, and played its home games at AOL Arena in Hamburg, Germany. They finished the regular season in fourth place with a record of five wins and five losses.

Offseason

Free agent draft

2005 Hamburg Sea Devils NFLEL free agent draft selections

Draft order		Player name	Position	College
Round	Choice
1	1	Ron Johnson	DE	Shippensburg
2	7	Shawn Lynch	C	Duke
3	18	Ivory McCoy	DE	Michigan State
4	19	Lawrence Richardson	CB	Arkansas
5	30	Sean Mulcahy	TE	Connecticut
6	31	Sacha Lancaster	DE	Arkansas
7	42	Jason Waters	CB	Tennessee

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Personnel

Staff

2005 Hamburg Sea Devils staff
	Front office General Manager – Kathrin Platz Head coaches Head Coach – Jack Bicknell Offensive coaches Offensive Coordinator/Offensive Line – Vince Martino Quarterbacks/Wide Receivers – Sam Rutigliano National Coach/Running Backs/Special Teams – Patrick Esume Assistant Wide Receivers – Marvin Marshall			Defensive coaches Defensive Coordinator/Defensive Backs – Dan Daniel Defensive Line – Denauld Brown Linebackers – Charles Jones Assistant Linebackers – Joe Bowden Strength and conditioning Strength and Conditioning – Joe Makovec

Roster

2005 Hamburg Sea Devils roster
	Quarterbacks  9 Tom Arth  5 Casey Bramlet  7 Ryan Dinwiddie Running backs 22 Zack Abron 24 Larry Croom 36 Chris Douglas Wide receivers 11 Cedric Bonner 81 Ricky Bryant 83 Chris Collins 84 Derek McCoy 86 Terrance Metcalf Tight ends 85 Bobby Blizzard 40 Ben Miller		Offensive linemen 75 Tyson Clabo T 70 Joseph Hayes G 68 Thomas Herrion T 73 Shawn Lynch C 74 Brandon Newton G 79 Rodney Reed G/T 76 Lenny Vandermade C 69 Eric Wilson G Defensive linemen 98 Kevin Emanuel DE 92 Aaron Hunt DT 96 Sacha Lancaster DE 90 Ivory McCoy DE 93 Tim McGill DT 95 Antonio Smith DE		Linebackers 55 Scott Genord OLB 57 Nick McNeil MLB 53 Shawn Morgan OLB 56 Marquis Smith OLB Defensive backs 25 Marcell Almond S 20 Allan Amundson CB 26 Rufus Brown CB 23 Eric Crouch S 35 Shawn Mayer S 29 Zach Norton CB 21 Lawrence Richardson CB 28 Art Smith CB Special teams  8 Todd France K  2 B. J. Sander P		National players 51 Shurendy Concetion LB 54 Aden Durde MLB 99 Bastian Lano DT 33 Patrik Lundqvist S 80 Cristian Malm WR 87 Scott McCready WR 30 Claudius Osei S 72 Julian Pjanic T 71 Philipp Stursberg DE 38 Patrick Wischnewski RB Rookies in italics

Schedule

Week	Date	Kickoff [n 1]	Opponent	Results		Game site	Attendance
				Final score	Team record
1	Saturday, April 2	6:00 p.m.	at Cologne Centurions	L 23–24	0–1	RheinEnergieStadion	9,468
2	Sunday, April 10	4:00 p.m.	at Berlin Thunder	L 13–15	0–2	Olympic Stadium	14,312
3	Saturday, April 16	7:00 p.m.	Rhein Fire	W 31–24	1–2	AOL Arena	19,865
4	Saturday, April 23	7:00 p.m.	at Frankfurt Galaxy	W 30–10	2–2	Waldstadion	22,347
5	Saturday, April 30	7:00 p.m.	Cologne Centurions	W 23–6	3–2	AOL Arena	15,228
6	Saturday, May 7	7:00 p.m.	at Rhein Fire	L 19–24	3–3	LTU arena	18,632
7	Saturday, May 14	7:00 p.m.	Amsterdam Admirals	W 30–24 ^OT	4–3	AOL Arena	16,415
8	Sunday, May 22	4:00 p.m.	Berlin Thunder	L 17–27	4–4	AOL Arena	16,889
9	Sunday, May 29	3:00 p.m.	at Amsterdam Admirals	L 10–27	4–5	Amsterdam ArenA	16,371
10	Saturday, June 4	7:00 p.m.	Frankfurt Galaxy	W 17–15	5–5	AOL Arena	21,204

Standings

NFL Europe League
Team	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA	Home	Road	STK
Berlin Thunder	7	3	0	.700	241	191	4–1	3–2	L1
Amsterdam Admirals	6	4	0	.600	265	204	5–0	1–4	L1
Cologne Centurions	6	4	0	.600	188	212	3–2	3–2	W1
Hamburg Sea Devils	5	5	0	.500	213	196	4–1	1–4	W1
Frankfurt Galaxy	3	7	0	.300	163	246	2–3	1–4	L2
Rhein Fire	3	7	0	.300	203	224	2–3	1–4	W2

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Game summaries

Week 1: at Cologne Centurions

Week One: Hamburg Sea Devils at Cologne Centurions – Game summary

	1	2	3	4	Total
Hamburg	7	3	3	10	23
Cologne	7	7	3	7	24

at RheinEnergieStadion, Cologne, Germany

• Date: Saturday, April 2
• Game time: 6:06 p.m. CEST
• Game weather: 57 °F (13.9 °C), clear
• Game attendance: 9,468
• Referee: Gene Steratore

Week 2: at Berlin Thunder

Week Two: Hamburg Sea Devils at Berlin Thunder – Game summary

	1	2	3	4	Total
Hamburg	3	3	0	7	13
Berlin	5	0	7	3	15

at Olympic Stadium, Berlin, Germany

• Date: Sunday, April 10
• Game time: 4:04 p.m. CEST
• Game weather: 46 °F (7.8 °C)
• Game attendance: 14,312
• Referee: Walt Anderson

Week 3: vs Rhein Fire

Week Three: Rhein Fire at Hamburg Sea Devils – Game summary

	1	2	3	4	Total
Rhein	0	0	7	17	24
Hamburg	10	21	0	0	31

at AOL Arena, Hamburg, Germany

• Date: Saturday, April 16
• Game time: 7:06 p.m. CEST
• Game weather: 59 °F (15.0 °C), clear skies
• Game attendance: 19,865
• Referee: Alberto Riveron

Week 4: at Frankfurt Galaxy

Week Four: Hamburg Sea Devils at Frankfurt Galaxy – Game summary

	1	2	3	4	Total
Hamburg	9	7	7	7	30
Frankfurt	0	3	0	7	10

at Waldstadion, Frankfurt, Germany

• Date: Saturday, April 23
• Game time: 7:07 p.m. CEST
• Game weather: 63 °F (17.2 °C), cloudy
• Game attendance: 22,347
• Referee: John Parry

Week 5: vs Cologne Centurions

Week Five: Cologne Centurions at Hamburg Sea Devils – Game summary

	1	2	3	4	Total
Cologne	0	3	0	3	6
Hamburg	0	6	0	17	23

at AOL Arena, Hamburg, Germany

• Date: Saturday, April 30
• Game time: 7:05 p.m. CEST
• Game weather: 64 °F (17.8 °C), mostly cloudy
• Game attendance: 15,228
• Referee: Scott Green

Week 6: at Rhein Fire

Week Six: Hamburg Sea Devils at Rhein Fire – Game summary

	1	2	3	4	Total
Hamburg	0	6	7	6	19
Rhein	7	7	10	0	24

at LTU arena, Düsseldorf, Germany

• Date: Saturday, May 7
• Game time: 7:06 p.m. CEST
• Game weather: 45 °F (7.28 °C), roof closed
• Game attendance: 18,632
• Referee: Craig Wrolstad

Week 7: vs Amsterdam Admirals

Week Seven: Amsterdam Admirals at Hamburg Sea Devils – Game summary

	1	2	3	4	OT	Total
Amsterdam	14	3	0	7	0	24
Hamburg	0	13	3	8	6	30

at AOL Arena, Hamburg, Germany

• Date: Saturday, May 14
• Game time: 7:05 p.m. CEST
• Game weather: 61 °F (16.1 °C), cloudy
• Game attendance: 16,415
• Referee: Jerome Boger

Week 8: vs Berlin Thunder

Week Eight: Berlin Thunder at Hamburg Sea Devils – Game summary

	1	2	3	4	Total
Berlin	7	7	7	6	27
Hamburg	7	7	3	0	17

at AOL Arena, Hamburg, Germany

• Date: Sunday, May 22
• Game time: 4:05 p.m. CEST
• Game weather: 70 °F (21.1 °C), sunny
• Game attendance: 16,889
• Referee: Walt Anderson

Week 9: at Amsterdam Admirals

Week Nine: Hamburg Sea Devils at Amsterdam Admirals – Game summary

	1	2	3	4	Total
Hamburg	0	3	0	7	10
Amsterdam	3	3	14	7	27

at Amsterdam ArenA, Amsterdam, Netherlands

• Date: Sunday, May 29
• Game time: 3:05 p.m. CEST
• Game weather: 72 °F (22.2 °C), roof closed
• Game attendance: 16,371
• Referee: Carl Cheffers

Week 10: vs Frankfurt Galaxy

Week Ten: Frankfurt Galaxy at Hamburg Sea Devils – Game summary

	1	2	3	4	Total
Frankfurt	0	6	0	9	15
Hamburg	0	14	0	3	17

at AOL Arena, Hamburg, Germany

• Date: Saturday, June 4
• Game time: 7:04 p.m. CEST
• Game weather: 59 °F (15.0 °C), partly cloudy
• Game attendance: 21,204
• Referee: Walt Coleman

Notes

1. All times are in Central European Summer Time (CEST).

References

1. NFL Europe League (February 14, 2005). "NFL allocates record 265 to NFLEL" (Press release). Archived from the original on June 16, 2006. Retrieved October 30, 2013.
2. "2005 NFLE Standings". The Football Database. Retrieved October 30, 2013.