1998 England Monarchs season
General managerAlton Byrd
Head coachLionel Taylor
Home fieldCrystal Palace
Ashton Gate
Alexander Stadium
Results
Record3–7
Division place5th
Playoff finishDid not qualify

The 1998 England Monarchs season was the sixth and final year of competition for the franchise in the NFL Europe League (NFLEL). The team was led by head coach Lionel Taylor in his third year, and played its home games at three different stadia across England — Crystal Palace in south London, Ashton Gate in Bristol, and Alexander Stadium in Birmingham. They finished the regular season in fifth place with a record of three wins and seven losses.

Schedule

Week Date Opponent Result Record Venue Attendance Recap
1 April 5 Frankfurt Galaxy L 13–36 0–1 Crystal Palace National Sports Centre 5,225 Recap
2 April 11 Rhein Fire L 7–31 0–2 Ashton Gate Stadium 5,523 Recap
3 April 19 at Frankfurt Galaxy L 17–23 (OT) 0–3 Waldstadion 11,942 Recap
4 April 26 Scottish Claymores W 14–10 1–3 Alexander Stadium 5,768 Recap
5 May 2 at Amsterdam Admirals L 17–24 1–4 Amsterdam ArenA 20,651 Recap
6 May 10 Amsterdam Admirals L 7–16 1–5 Crystal Palace National Sports Centre 9,384 Recap
7 May 17 at Scottish Claymores L 24–27 1–6 Murrayfield Stadium 11,714 Recap
8 May 23 at Rhein Fire L 7–12 1–7 Rheinstadion 21,288 Recap
9 May 31 Barcelona Dragons W 17–5 2–7 Crystal Palace National Sports Centre 5,215 Recap
10 June 7 at Barcelona Dragons W 28–20 3–7 Estadi Olímpic de Montjuïc 10,834 Recap

Personnel

Staff

1998 England Monarchs staff

Front office

Head coaches

Offensive coaches

  • Offensive Coordinator/Offensive Line – Rod Humenuik
  • National Coach/Running Backs – Tony Allen
 Defensive coaches
  • Defensive Coordinator/Linebackers – Dennis Danielson
  • Defensive Line – Jim Tomsula
  • Defensive Backs – Sam Jenkins

Special teams coaches

  • Special Teams – Jim Daigle


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Roster

1998 England Monarchs roster
Quarterbacks

Running backs

  • 44 Obafemi Ayanbadejo TE
  • 24 Tyrone Edwards
  • 33 Shon Mitchell
  •  1 Bobby Phillips
  • 23 Charles Talley

Wide receivers

  • 10 Alan Allen
  • 81 Reggie Jones
  • 84 Toderick Malone
  • 11 Shawn Turner

Tight ends

  • 80 Jerod Fiebiger
  • 82 Sean Manuel
 Offensive linemen
  • 70 Jason Augustino G
  • 60 Greg Bloedorn C
  • 77 Cayetano Castro T
  • 72 Robert Couch G/T
  • 74 Seth Dittman T
  • 67 Fritz Fequiere G
  • 78 Chris Oltmanns G
  • 63 Craig Warren T

Defensive linemen

Linebackers
  • 58 Dana Cottrell OLB
  • 56 Scott Fields OLB
  • 54 Randy Neal OLB
  • 94 Richard Newbill MLB

Defensive backs

  • 20 Duane Butler CB
  • 25 Keita Crespina CB
  • 22 George Harris S
  • 30 Hudfaifa Ismaeli CB
  • 26 Anthony Rice CB
  • 27 Darren Studstill S
  • 39 Tony Watkins S

Special teams

National players


Rookies in italics

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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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References

  1. ^ The Official 1998 NFL Europe League Fact Book.
  2. ^ "Updated 1998 Player Profiles". Monarchs.co.uk. June 2, 1998. Archived from the original on November 6, 1999. Retrieved May 30, 2010.
  3. ^ "Monarchs 1998 Roster – Week 10". Monarchs.co.uk. June 7, 1998. Archived from the original on December 3, 1998. Retrieved May 30, 2010.
  4. ^ The Official 2001 NFL Europe League Fact Book.
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