2006 Hamburg Sea Devils season

2006 Hamburg Sea Devils season
Head coach	Jack Bicknell
General manager	Kathrin Platz
Home field	AOL Arena
Results
Record	3–6–1
Division place	5th
Playoff finish	did not qualify

The 2006 Hamburg Sea Devils season was the second season for the franchise in the NFL Europe League (NFLEL). The team was led by head coach head coach Jack Bicknell in his second year, and played its home games at AOL Arena in Hamburg, Germany. They finished the regular season in fifth place with a record of three wins, six losses and one tie.

Offseason

Free agent draft

2006 Hamburg Sea Devils NFLEL free agent draft selections

Draft order		Player name	Position	College
Round	Choice
1	3	Uyi Osunde	DE	Connecticut
2	9	Rayshun Reed	CB	Troy
3	16	Jordan Kramer	LB	Idaho
4	21	Ricky Bryant	WR	Hofstra
5	28	Scott Genord	LB	Cal-Fullerton
6	33	Ivory McCoy	DE	Michigan State
7	40	Davern Williams	DT	Troy
8	45	Marcel Willis	WR	Auburn
9	52	Byron Hardmon	LB	Florida
10	56	Kevin Lewis	DT	Virginia Tech

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Personnel

Staff

2006 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 – Cory Sauter National Coach/Running Backs/Tight Ends – Patrick Esume Wide Receivers – Sam Rutigliano			Defensive coaches Defensive Coordinator/Defensive Backs – Dan Daniel Defensive Line – Denauld Brown Linebackers – Mike Maslowski Assistant Defensive Backs – Perry Carter Special teams coaches National Coach/Special Teams Coordinator – Patrick Esume Strength and conditioning Strength and Conditioning – Joe Mickles

Roster

2006 Hamburg Sea Devils roster
	Quarterbacks  7 Brock Berlin  5 James Kilian 16 Todd Mortensen Running backs 47 Jimmy Dixon 37 DeJuan Green 32 Mike Jemison Wide receivers 81 Ricky Bryant 85 Nate Curry 18 Richard Smith 86 Willie Walden 88 Jovan Witherspoon Tight ends 89 Kori Dickerson 82 Wesley Duke		Offensive linemen 64 Phil Bogle G 73 Sean Bubin T 74 Augie Hoffman C 69 Ben Johnson T 62 Dylan McFarland T 75 Kyle Takavitz G 79 Steven Vieira G Defensive linemen 97 Jordan Hicks DE 92 Kevin Lewis DT 98 Keyonta Marshall DT 90 Ivory McCoy DE 95 Scott Scharff DE 94 Tai Tupai DT 93 Keith Wright DT		Linebackers 42 Byron Hardmon MLB 55 Scott Genord OLB 57 Kris Griffin OLB 51 Russell Rabe OLB 40 Justin Smith OLB Defensive backs 39 Willie Amos CB 34 Vontez Duff CB 26 Eric Hill CB 23 Shawn Mayer S 31 Rayshun Reed CB 30 Jason Shivers S Special teams  6 Adam Anderson P  3 Tyler Jones K		National players 91 Anders Akerstrom DE 21 Jermaine Allen RB 77 Carl-Johan Blomvall C 54 Aden Durde MLB 72 Bastian Lano DT 80 Cristian Malm WR 87 Scott McCready WR 27 Claudius Osei S Rookies in italics

Schedule

Week	Date	Kickoff [n 1]	Opponent	Results		Game site	Attendance
				Final score	Team record
1	Saturday, March 18	6:00 p.m.	Cologne Centurions	L 10–14	0–1–0	AOL Arena	15,243
2	Saturday, March 25	7:00 p.m.	at Frankfurt Galaxy	L 14–31	0–2–0	Commerzbank-Arena	26,713
3	Saturday, April 1	6:00 p.m.	Berlin Thunder	T 17–17 ^OT	0–2–1	AOL Arena	15,837
4	Saturday, April 8	7:00 p.m.	at Rhein Fire	L 21–31	0–3–1	LTU arena	18,224
5	Saturday, April 15	6:00 p.m.	Frankfurt Galaxy	L 13–17	0–4–1	AOL Arena	12,281
6	Sunday, April 23	4:00 p.m.	at Cologne Centurions	L 17–20	0–5–1	RheinEnergieStadion	9,238
7	Saturday, April 29	6:00 p.m.	Amsterdam Admirals	L 17–18	0–6–1	AOL Arena	15,224
8	Sunday, May 7	4:00 p.m.	at Berlin Thunder	W 38–14	1–6–1	Olympic Stadium	16,762
9	Sunday, May 14	4:00 p.m.	Rhein Fire	W 13–10	2–6–1	AOL Arena	16,823
10	Saturday, May 20	7:00 p.m.	at Amsterdam Admirals	W 34–21	3–6–1	Amsterdam ArenA	15,937

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Standings

NFL Europe League
Team	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA	Home	Road	STK
Amsterdam Admirals	7	3	0	.700	259	234	2–3–0	5–0–0	L1
Frankfurt Galaxy	7	3	0	.700	172	160	4–1–0	3–2–0	W1
Rhein Fire	6	4	0	.600	207	165	4–1–0	2–3–0	W1
Cologne Centurions	4	6	0	.400	151	170	2–3–0	2–3–0	L1
Hamburg Sea Devils	3	6	1	.350	194	193	1–3–1	2–3–0	W3
Berlin Thunder	2	7	1	.250	180	241	1–4–0	1–3–1	L5

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Game summaries

Week 1: vs Cologne Centurions

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

	1	2	3	4	Total
Cologne	7	0	7	0	14
Hamburg	10	0	0	0	10

at AOL Arena, Hamburg, Germany

• Date: Saturday, March 18
• Game time: 6:08 p.m. CET
• Game weather: 32 °F (0 °C), cloudy
• Game attendance: 15,243
• Referee: Gene Steratore

Week 2: at Frankfurt Galaxy

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

	1	2	3	4	Total
Hamburg	0	7	7	0	14
Frankfurt	7	14	3	7	31

at Commerzbank-Arena, Frankfurt, Germany

• Date: Saturday, March 25
• Game time: 7:09 p.m. CET
• Game weather: 40 °F (4.4 °C), partly cloudy
• Game attendance: 26,713
• Referee: Carl Cheffers

Week 3: vs Berlin Thunder

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

	1	2	3	4	OT	Total
Berlin	0	0	7	10	0	17
Hamburg	0	17	0	0	0	17

at AOL Arena, Hamburg, Germany

• Date: Saturday, April 1
• Game time: 6:06 p.m. CEST
• Game weather: 52 °F (11.1 °C), cloudy
• Game attendance: 15,837
• Referee: Jerome Boger

Week 4: at Rhein Fire

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

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

at LTU arena, Düsseldorf, Germany

• Date: Saturday, April 8
• Game time: 7:05 p.m. CEST
• Game weather: 51 °F (10.6 °C), roof closed
• Game attendance: 18,224
• Referee: Alberto Riveron

Week 9: vs Rhein Fire

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

	1	2	3	4	Total
Rhein	0	7	3	0	10
Hamburg	0	3	3	7	13

at AOL Arena, Hamburg, Germany

• Date: Sunday, May 14
• Game time: 4:05 p.m. CEST
• Game weather: 59 °F (15.0 °C), partly cloudy
• Game attendance: 16,823
• Referee: Alberto Riveron

Honors

After the completion of the regular season, the All-NFL Europe League team was selected by the NFLEL coaching staffs, members of a media panel and fans voting online at NFLEurope.com.^[13] Overall, Hamburg had three players selected. The selections were:

• Scott McCready, national player
• Rayshun Reed, cornerback
• Scott Scharff, defensive end

Notes

1. All times are in Central European Time (CET), or Central European Summer Time (CEST) after March 25.

References

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3. NFL Europe League (March 21, 2006). "Week one winners clash in Berlin" (Press release). Retrieved January 28, 2012.
4. NFL Europe League (March 28, 2006). "Race looks to be crowded" (Press release). Retrieved January 28, 2012.
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13. NFL Europe League (May 25, 2006). "NFLEL names All-League team, MVPs" (Press release). Archived from the original on June 26, 2006. Retrieved June 26, 2013.