2006 Berlin Thunder season
General managerJoe Cealera
Head coachRick Lantz
Home fieldOlympic Stadium
Jahn-Sportpark
Results
Record2–7–1
Division place6th
Playoff finishdid not qualify

The 2006 Berlin Thunder season was the eighth season for the franchise in the NFL Europe League (NFLEL). The team was led by head coach Rick Lantz in his third year, and played its home games at Olympic Stadium and Jahn-Sportpark in Berlin, Germany. They finished the regular season in sixth place with a record of two wins, seven losses and one tie.

Offseason

Free agent draft

2006 Berlin Thunder NFLEL free agent draft selections
Draft order Player name Position College
Round Choice
1 5 A. J. Lindsay DT Temple
2 11 Joe Mimucci DT Delaware
3 14 Kevin Harrison LB Eastern Michigan
4 23 Willie Ford CB Syracuse
5 26 Little John Flowers RB Michigan State
6 35 Ben Moa RB Utah
7 38 Reggie Love LB Duke
8 47 Quentin Swain LB Florida Atlantic
9 50 Marty Johnson RB Utah

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Personnel

Staff

2006 Berlin Thunder staff
Front office
  • General Manager – Joe Cealera

Head coaches

Offensive coaches

  • Offensive Coordinator/Offensive Line – Don Eck
  • Quarterbacks/Wide Receivers – Mike Miller
  • National Coach/Running Backs – Wanja Müller
  • Tight Ends – Vince Marrow
 Defensive coaches
  • Defensive Coordinator/Linebackers – Charles Jones
  • Defensive Line – Phil Banko
  • Defensive Backs – Bill Hurley
  • Assistant Defensive Backs – Dwayne Stukes

Strength and conditioning

  • Strength and Conditioning – Matt Pippin

Roster

2006 Berlin Thunder roster
Quarterbacks

Running backs

  • 45 Jonathan Evans FB
  • 24 Derek Farmer
  • 31 Little John Flowers
  • 34 Marty Johnson

Wide receivers

Tight ends

  • 46 Ben Moa
  • 81 Jason Randall
 Offensive linemen
  • 74 Chad Beasley G
  • 65 Toby Cecil C
  • 78 Mike Erickson G
  • 72 Patrick Estes T
  • 76 Julius Franklin G
  • 75 Tom Kaleita T
  • 57 Joel Rodriguez C

Defensive linemen

Linebackers

Defensive backs

  • 27 Jamaal Brimmer S
  • 33 Anthony Floyd S
  • 21 Robert Redd CB
  • 20 Antwaun Rogers CB
  • 25 Duvol Thompson CB
  • 26 James Thornton CB

Special teams

National players
  • 89 Klaus Alinen TE Finland
  • 29 Oliver Flemming S Germany
  • 88 Alejandro Gamez WR Mexico
  • 66 Masakazu Goda C/G Japan
  • 48 Jonathan Hurtado OLB Mexico
  • 38 Sergey Ivanov S Russia
  • 16 Christopher Liess WR Germany
  • 99 Lorn Mayers DT England
  • 92 Christian Mohr DE Germany
  • 86 Sebastian Schneider TE Germany
  • 97 Daniel Watts DE England


Rookies in italics

Schedule

Week Date Kickoff [n 1] Opponent Results Game site Attendance
Final score Team record
1 Saturday, March 18 7:00 p.m. at Amsterdam Admirals W 33–29 1–0–0 Amsterdam ArenA 16,341
2 Saturday, March 25 6:00 p.m. Rhein Fire L 0–22 1–1–0 Olympic Stadium 13,105
3 Saturday, April 1 6:00 p.m. at Hamburg Sea Devils T 17–17 OT 1–1–1 AOL Arena 15,837
4 Saturday, April 8 6:00 p.m. Amsterdam Admirals L 31–38 1–2–1 Olympic Stadium 11,443
5 Monday, April 17 6:00 p.m. Cologne Centurions W 24–13 2–2–1 Olympic Stadium 13,559
6 Saturday, April 22 7:00 p.m. at Frankfurt Galaxy L 17–18 2–3–1 Commerzbank-Arena 26,812
7 Saturday, April 29 7:00 p.m. at Rhein Fire L 24–27 2–4–1 LTU arena 20,598
8 Sunday, May 7 4:00 p.m. Hamburg Sea Devils L 14–38 2–5–1 Olympic Stadium 16,762
9 Sunday, May 14 4:00 p.m. at Cologne Centurions L 7–25 2–6–1 RheinEnergieStadion 12,438
10 Saturday, May 20 6:00 p.m. Frankfurt Galaxy L 13–14 2–7–1 Jahn-Sportpark 14,225

[2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11]

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: at Amsterdam Admirals

Week One: Berlin Thunder at Amsterdam Admirals – Game summary
Period 1 2 34Total
Berlin 7 13 6733
Amsterdam 0 7 71529

at Amsterdam ArenA, Amsterdam, Netherlands

  • Date: Saturday, March 18
  • Game time: 7:06 p.m. CET
  • Game weather: 32 °F (0 °C), roof open, partly cloudy
  • Game attendance: 16,341
  • Referee: Carl Cheffers

Week 2: vs Rhein Fire

Week Two: Rhein Fire at Berlin Thunder – Game summary
Period 1 2 34Total
Rhein 6 7 0922
Berlin 0 0 000

at Olympic Stadium, Berlin, Germany

  • Date: Saturday, March 25
  • Game time: 6:07 p.m. CET
  • Game weather: 39 °F (3.9 °C), cloudy with light rain
  • Game attendance: 13,105
  • Referee: Gene Steratore

Week 3: at Hamburg Sea Devils

Week Three: Berlin Thunder at Hamburg Sea Devils – Game summary
Period 1 2 34OTTotal
Berlin 0 0 710017
Hamburg 0 17 00017

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: vs Amsterdam Admirals

Week Four: Amsterdam Admirals at Berlin Thunder – Game summary
Period 1 2 34Total
Amsterdam 7 14 14338
Berlin 7 14 01031

at Olympic Stadium, Berlin, Germany

  • Date: Saturday, April 8
  • Game time: 6:05 p.m. CEST
  • Game weather: 54 °F (12.2 °C), cloudy skies
  • Game attendance: 11,443
  • Referee: Craig Wrolstad

Week 5: vs Cologne Centurions

Week Five: Cologne Centurions at Berlin Thunder – Game summary
Period 1 2 34Total
Cologne 0 0 7613
Berlin 0 10 7724

at Olympic Stadium, Berlin, Germany

  • Date: Monday, April 17
  • Game time: 6:00 p.m. CEST
  • Game attendance: 13,559
  • [13]

Week 6: at Frankfurt Galaxy

Week Six: Berlin Thunder at Frankfurt Galaxy – Game summary
Period 1 2 34Total
Berlin 0 7 3717
Frankfurt 0 3 6918

at Commerzbank-Arena, Frankfurt, Germany

  • Date: Saturday, April 22
  • Game time: 7:10 p.m. CEST
  • Game weather: 61 °F (16 °C), sunny
  • Game attendance: 26,812
  • Referee: John Parry

Week 7: at Rhein Fire

Week Seven: Berlin Thunder at Rhein Fire – Game summary
Period 1 2 34Total
Berlin 0 3 71424
Rhein 0 14 31027

at LTU arena, Düsseldorf, Germany

  • Date: Saturday, April 29
  • Game time: 7:05 p.m. CEST
  • Game weather: 46 °F (7.8 °C), roof closed
  • Game attendance: 20,598
  • Referee: Carl Cheffers

Week 8: vs Hamburg Sea Devils

Week Eight: Hamburg Sea Devils at Berlin Thunder – Game summary
Period 1 2 34Total
Hamburg 7 14 31438
Berlin 0 7 0714

at Olympic Stadium, Berlin, Germany

  • Date: Sunday, May 7
  • Game time: 4:00 p.m.
  • Game attendance: 16,762
  • [14]

Week 9: at Cologne Centurions

Week Nine: Berlin Thunder at Cologne Centurions – Game summary
Period 1 2 34Total
Berlin 0 0 707
Cologne 14 3 2625

at RheinEnergieStadion, Cologne, Germany

  • Date: Sunday, May 14
  • Game time: 4:00 p.m.
  • Game attendance: 12,438
  • [15]

Week 10: vs Frankfurt Galaxy

Week Ten: Frankfurt Galaxy at Berlin Thunder – Game summary
Period 1 2 34Total
Frankfurt 0 7 7014
Berlin 6 7 0013

at Jahn-Sportpark, Berlin, Germany

  • Date: Saturday, May 20
  • Game time: 6:05 p.m. CEST
  • Game weather: 64 °F (18 °C), cloudy with showers, windy
  • Game attendance: 14,225
  • 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.[16] Overall, Berlin had three players selected. The selections were:

Notes

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

References

  1. ^ NFL Europe League (January 27, 2006). "Familiar faces return in NFLEL free agent draft" (Press release). Archived from the original on June 4, 2011. Retrieved August 23, 2013.
  2. ^ NFL Europe League (March 13, 2006). "World Bowl rematch kicks off 14th season" (Press release). Retrieved January 28, 2012.
  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.
  5. ^ NFL Europe League (April 4, 2006). "Pace-setting Fire host Sea Devils" (Press release). Retrieved January 28, 2012.
  6. ^ NFL Europe League (April 11, 2006). "Top two in fight for first as season reaches halfway mark" (Press release). Retrieved January 28, 2012.
  7. ^ NFL Europe League (April 18, 2006). "League leaders meet for second week in a row" (Press release). Retrieved January 28, 2012.
  8. ^ NFL Europe League (April 25, 2006). "League-leading Admirals aim to maintain World Bowl charge" (Press release). Retrieved January 28, 2012.
  9. ^ NFL Europe League (May 2, 2006). "Admirals within touching distance of World Bowl" (Press release). Retrieved January 28, 2012.
  10. ^ NFL Europe League (May 9, 2006). "Winner takes all in Admirals-Galaxy clash" (Press release). Retrieved January 28, 2012.
  11. ^ NFL Europe League (May 16, 2006). "Admirals clinch World Bowl berth" (Press release). Retrieved January 28, 2012.
  12. ^ "2006 NFLE Standings". The Football Database. Retrieved June 28, 2011.
  13. ^ "NFL Europe: Rhein Fire verliert Spitze – Cologne unterliegt in Berlin". Rheinische Post. SID. April 17, 2006. Retrieved April 4, 2019.
  14. ^ "NFL Europe: Rhein Fire unterliegt Erzrivalen Galaxy". Rheinische Post. SID. May 6, 2006. Retrieved April 12, 2019.
  15. ^ "Berlin Thunder verliert bei den Centurions". Berliner Morgenpost. May 15, 2006. Retrieved April 16, 2019.
  16. ^ 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.
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