2000 Amsterdam Admirals season
General managerRonald Buys
Head coachAl Luginbill
Home fieldAmsterdam ArenA
Olympisch Stadion
Results
Record4–6
Division place4th
Playoff finishDid not qualify

The 2000 Amsterdam Admirals season was the sixth season for the franchise in the NFL Europe League (NFLEL). The team was led by head coach Al Luginbill in his sixth year, and played its home games at Amsterdam ArenA and Olympisch Stadion in Amsterdam, Netherlands. They finished the regular season in fourth place with a record of four wins and six losses.

Offseason

Free agent draft

2000 Amsterdam Admirals NFLEL free agent draft selections
Round Player name Position College
1 Wasswa Serwanga CB UCLA
2 Gregory Studdard T Sam Houston State
3 Rob Lurtsema DT Wisconsin
4 Deon Humphrey LB Florida State
5 Derrick LeVake T Wisconsin–Whitewater
6 Damon Washington RB Colorado State
7 Tony Gaiter WR Miami (FL)
8 Mike Grieb TE UCLA
9 Dan Falcon DT Western Michigan
10 Marcel Willis LB Ohio State
11 Pat Downey C New Hampshire
12 Scott Von Der Ahe LB Arizona State
13 Taj Johnson WR San Diego State
14 Jim Murphy QB Northeastern
15 Michael Lies G Kansas
16 Bobby Singh G Portland State
17 Junior Lord WR Guilford
18 Mark Kacmarynski RB Central Iowa
19 John Lumpkin TE Ohio State
20 Joe Douglass WR Montana
21 Brian Lytle DE Humboldt State
22 Jerry Ross TE Pittsburg State
23 Octavious Bishop T Texas

[1]

Personnel

Staff

2000 Amsterdam Admirals staff

Front office

  • General manager – Ronald Buys

Head coaches

Offensive coaches

  • Offensive coordinator/quarterbacks – Chris L. Allen
  • Running backs/tight ends – Dave Levy
  • Offensive line – Al Tanara
  • National coach/offensive Assistant – Robert von Gerhardt
 Defensive coaches
  • Defensive coordinator/linebackers – Jim Hilles
  • Defensive line – Darryl Sims
  • Defensive backs – Al Luginbill

Special teams coaches

  • Special teams – Al Tanara

Strength and conditioning

Roster

2000 Amsterdam Admirals roster
Quarterbacks

Running backs

  • 22 Ralph Dawkins
  • 26 Juan Johnson
  • 28 Mark Kacmarynski

Wide receivers

Tight ends

Offensive linemen
  • 69 Rick Austin G/T
  • 72 Octavious Bishop T
  • 74 Derrick LeVake T
  • 62 Michael Lies G
  • 77 Oliver Ross T
  • 66 Tom Schau C
  • 65 Earl Scott C/G
  • 66 Gregory Studdard T
  • 60 Ryan Thomassie C
  • 67 Paul Wiggins G/T

Defensive linemen

  • 93 Tim Beauchamp DE
  • 99 Harry Deligianis DT
  • 71 Frank Ferrara DE
  • 90 Cedric Harden DE
  • 95 Jon Kirksey DT
  • 94 Tony Plantin DT
  • 92 David Sanders DT
 Linebackers

Defensive backs

Special teams

National players
  •  9 Francesco Biancamano P Italy
  • 14 Silvio Diliberto K Netherlands
  • 87 Masato Itai WR Japan
  • 57 Masafumi Kawaguchi LB Japan
  • 35 Kohei Satomi DB Japan
  • 33 Frank Temming RB Netherlands


Rookies in italics

Schedule

Week Date Kickoff [n 1] Opponent Results Game site Attendance
Final score Team record
1 Sunday, April 16 3:00 p.m. at Scottish Claymores L 9–28 0–1 Murrayfield Stadium 8,726
2 Saturday, April 22 7:00 p.m. Rhein Fire W 23–20 OT 1–1 Amsterdam ArenA 13,285
3 Sunday, April 30 7:00 p.m. Barcelona Dragons L 20–27 1–2 Amsterdam ArenA 9,042
4 Saturday, May 6 7:00 p.m. at Frankfurt Galaxy W 20–17 2–2 Waldstadion 31,112
5 Saturday, May 13 7:00 p.m. Berlin Thunder W 24–21 OT 3–2 Amsterdam ArenA 10,320
6 Saturday, May 20 7:00 p.m. at Barcelona Dragons L 16–22 3–3 Estadi Olímpic de Montjuïc 8,100
7 Sunday, May 28 7:00 p.m. Frankfurt Galaxy W 41–7 4–3 Amsterdam ArenA 12,048
8 Saturday, June 3 7:00 p.m. Scottish Claymores L 10–42 4–4 Olympisch Stadion 10,867
9 Saturday, June 10 7:00 p.m. at Berlin Thunder L 15–28 4–5 Jahn-Sportpark 8,014
10 Sunday, June 18 7:00 p.m. at Rhein Fire L 28–31 4–6 Rheinstadion 37,113

Standings

NFL Europe League
Team W L T PCT PF PA Home Road STK
Rhein Fire 7 3 0 .700 279 209 5–0 2–3 W1
Scottish Claymores 6 4 0 .600 273 165 4–1 2–3 L1
Barcelona Dragons 5 5 0 .500 194 212 2–3 3–2 W1
Amsterdam Admirals 4 6 0 .400 206 243 3–2 1–4 L3
Frankfurt Galaxy 4 6 0 .400 206 269 1–4 3–2 W2
Berlin Thunder 4 6 0 .400 189 249 3–2 1–4 L1

[2]

Notes

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

References

  1. ^ "NFL Europe Draft List". SI.com. February 24, 2000. Archived from the original on August 18, 2000. Retrieved November 2, 2013.
  2. ^ "2000 NFL Europe League Standings". NFL Europe League. Archived from the original on August 15, 2000. Retrieved January 11, 2011.
Categories