2000 Rhein Fire (NFLE) |
| 1st place • 7-3-0 .700 |
| Head Coach: Galen Hall |
| Bart Andrus | Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks |
| Mike Jones | Wide Receivers |
| Whitey Jordan | Offensive Line |
| Pete Kuharchek | Defensive Coordinator/Linebackers |
| Jeff Reinebold | Defensive Backs/Special Teams |
| Walter Rohlfing | Defensive Line |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Result | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sat | 4/15/2000 | H | Barcelona Dragons | 28-17 | W | Dusseldorf, Germany | Rheinstadion | 28924 | |
| Sat | 4/22/2000 | A | Amsterdam Admirals | 20-23 | L | Amsterdam, Netherlands | Amsterdam ArenA | 12708 | |
| Sat | 4/29/2000 | H | Frankfurt Galaxy | 34-27 | W | Dusseldorf, Germany | Rheinstadion | 43129 | |
| Sat | 5/6/2000 | A | Barcelona Dragons | 18-7 | W | Barcelona, Spain | Montjuic Stadium | 21200 | |
| Sat | 5/13/2000 | H | Scottish Claymores | 22-20 | W | Dusseldorf, Germany | Rheinstadion | 30537 | |
| Sun | 5/21/2000 | A | Berlin Thunder | 21-25 | L | Berlin, Germany | Jahnstadion | 10273 | |
| Sat | 5/27/2000 | H | Berlin Thunder | 28-27 | W | Dusseldorf, Germany | Rheinstadion | 33437 | |
| Sun | 6/4/2000 | A | Frankfurt Galaxy | 53-14 | W | Frankfurt, Germany | Waldstadion | 41351 | |
| Sat | 6/10/2000 | A | Scottish Claymores | 24-31 | L | Glasgow, Scotland | Hampden Park | 10196 | |
| Sun | 6/18/2000 | H | Amsterdam Admirals | 31-28 | W | Dusseldorf, Germany | Rheinstadion | 37113 | |
| World Bowl 2000 | |||||||||
| Sun | 6/25/2000 | N | Scottish Claymores | 13-10 | W | Frankfurt, Germany | Waldstadion | 35860 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Ben Adams | 77 | LOG | 6-5 | 315 | 25 | Texas | 10 | |
| Chris Akins | 29 | FS | 5-11 | 196 | 24 | Arkansas; Arkansas-Pine Bluff | 10 | |
| Tim Alexander | 80 | WR | 6-0 | 186 | 26 | Oregon State | ||
| Ken Anderson | 69 | LDT | 6-3 | 310 | 25 | Arkansas | 10 | |
| Jamie Baisley | 53 | MLB | 6-2 | 246 | 26 | Indiana | 10 | |
| Vince Bradford | 58 | LB | 6-2 | 231 | 27 | Arkansas | ||
| Ernie Brown | 98 | RDT | 6-3 | 295 | 29 | Syracuse | 10 | |
| Chris Brymer | 67 | C | 6-3 | 300 | 26 | Southern California | ||
| Manfred Burgsmuller | 10 | K | 5-9 | 152 | 51 | none | 10 | 0 |
| Ontiwaun Carter | 25 | RB | 5-9 | 190 | 30 | Arizona | ||
| Dan Collins | 66 | LOT-OG | 6-4 | 300 | 24 | Boston College | ||
| Wendell Davis | 88 | TE | 6-3 | 224 | 25 | Mississippi Gulf Coast CC; Temple | ||
| Anthony Doghmi | 50 | LLB-RLB | 6-5 | 252 | 28 | none | 9 | |
| Marques Douglas | 95 | LDT | 6-2 | 283 | 23 | Howard | 10 | |
| Kevin Drake | 86 | WR | 6-3 | 187 | 25 | Alabama-Birmingham | 10 | |
| Michael Early | 63 | C | 6-1 | 305 | 23 | Benedict; Norfolk State | ||
| Pete Elezovic | 13 | K | 5-11 | 195 | 29 | Michigan | 4 | 0 |
| Nick Ferguson | 33 | SS | 5-11 | 201 | 26 | Morris Brown; Georgia Tech | 10 | |
| Steve Fisher | 35 | LCB | 5-10 | 183 | 24 | North Carolina | 9 | |
| Larry Fitzpatrick | 99 | RDE | 6-4 | 275 | 24 | Illinois State | ||
| Derrick Gardner | 30 | LCB | 6-0 | 185 | 23 | California | ||
| Sascha Gelhoff | 23 | S | 6-0 | 188 | 28 | none | ||
| Derrick Ham | 71 | LDE-RDE | 6-4 | 257 | 25 | Miami (Florida) | 9 | |
| Lawrence Hart | 85 | TE | 6-4 | 271 | 24 | Southern University | 10 | |
| Wolfgang Hatzky | 45 | RB | 6-1 | 272 | 25 | none | ||
| Craig Heimburger | 75 | ROG | 6-2 | 315 | 23 | Missouri | ||
| Matt Hickl | 40 | S | 6-1 | 201 | 25 | Texas A&M-Kingsville | 9 | |
| Alonzo Johnson | 1 | WR | 5-11 | 186 | 27 | Central State (Ohio) | 10 | |
| Daniel Jones | 5 | WR | 5-10 | 185 | 24 | Mesa CC; Utah | 7 | |
| Danny Kight | 12 | K | 6-0 | 209 | 29 | Augusta State | 5 | 0 |
| Bastian Lano | 72 | DE | 6-4 | 266 | 24 | none | ||
| Kai-Erick Lyck | 81 | WR | 6-4 | 220 | 31 | none | ||
| Matt Lytle | 8 | QB | 6-4 | 225 | 25 | Pittsburgh | 9 | 0 |
| DeShone Mallard | 36 | RCB | 5-10 | 188 | 24 | Hinds CC; Southern Mississippi | 10 | |
| Carl McCullough | 28 | RB | 6-2 | 226 | 27 | Wisconsin | 3 | |
| Anthony Mitchell | 44 | S | 6-1 | 210 | 26 | Tuskegee | 10 | |
| Ryan Neufeld | 87 | TE | 6-4 | 247 | 25 | UCLA | 10 | |
| Ben Nichols | 79 | OT-OG | 6-6 | 305 | 26 | Colorado | ||
| Kendrick Nord | 18 | WR | 6-2 | 210 | 28 | Grambling State | ||
| Oyenrian Olalere Odunayo Ojo | 21 | RB | 5-9 | 216 | 27 | none | ||
| Mike Ogas | 82 | WR | 6-3 | 212 | Rancho Santiago JC; Northridge State | |||
| Jeff Ogden | 84 | WR | 6-0 | 189 | 25 | Eastern Washington | 9 | |
| Kendall Ogle | 59 | RLB-LLB | 6-0 | 231 | 25 | Maryland | 10 | |
| Dusty Pearce | 55 | LB | 6-2 | 252 | 25 | Ricks JC; Nevada-Las Vegas | 10 | |
| Pepe Pearson | 20 | RB | 5-10 | 208 | 25 | Ohio State | 10 | |
| Carl Powell | 91 | LDE-RDE | 6-2 | 273 | 26 | Grand Rapids CC; Louisville | 6 | |
| Dusty Renfro | 46 | LLB | 6-0 | 239 | 24 | Texas | ||
| Pete Swanson | 73 | ROT | 6-5 | 306 | 26 | Stanford | ||
| Scott Whittaker | 78 | LOT | 6-7 | 300 | 26 | Kansas | ||
| Rodney Williams | 2 | P | 6-0 | 178 | 23 | Georgia Tech | 10 | 0 |
| Danny Wuerffel | 7 | QB | 6-1 | 212 | 26 | Florida | 10 | |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 30 | 75 | 84 | 87 | 3 | |
| Opponents Totals | 35 | 55 | 7 | 72 | 10 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1ST DOWNS | Rush | Pass | Pen | 3RD DOWN | Att | Pct | 4TH DOWN | Att | Pct | PEN | YDS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 30:03 | 195 | 58 | 119 | 18 | 47/112 42.0% | 4/6 66.7% | 89 | 665 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 29:57 | 209 | 56 | 134 | 19 | 52/136 38.2% | 14/19 73.7% | 68 | 627 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | X2 | X2A | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kevin Drake | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 72 | ||
| Jeff Ogden | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||
| Manfred Burgsmuller | 0 | 32 | 32 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 66.7 | 0 | 38 |
| Pepe Pearson | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Alonzo Johnson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | ||
| Lawrence Hart | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Danny Wuerffel | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Danny Kight | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 60.0 | 0 | 10 | |
| Pete Elezovic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 66.7 | 0 | 7 | |
| Steve Fisher | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Daniel Jones | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Kai-Erick Lyck | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Ryan Neufeld | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Kendrick Nord | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Carl Powell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Rodney Williams | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Team Totals | 36 | 32 | 32 | 100.0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 53.8 | 1 | 279 |
| Opponents Totals | 27 | 23 | 24 | 95.8 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 70.0 | 0 | 209 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pepe Pearson | 102 | 486 | 4.8 | 46 | 3 |
| Ontiwaun Carter | 76 | 323 | 4.3 | 36 | 0 |
| Danny Wuerffel | 24 | 80 | 3.3 | 18 | 2 |
| Matt Lytle | 16 | 48 | 3.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Oyenrian Olalere Odunayo Ojo | 6 | 38 | 6.3 | 15 | 0 |
| Carl McCullough | 7 | 24 | 3.4 | 12 | 0 |
| Dan Collins | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Rodney Williams | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 233 | 1002 | 4.3 | 46 | 5 |
| Opponents Totals | 209 | 831 | 4.0 | 59t | 5 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Danny Wuerffel | 260 | 161 | 61.9 | 92 | 2042 | 7.9 | 12.7 | 59 | 25 | 9.6 | 7 | 2.7 | 19 | 110 | 1932 | 107.2 |
| Matt Lytle | 66 | 41 | 62.1 | 24 | 441 | 6.7 | 10.8 | 40 | 4 | 6.1 | 1 | 1.5 | 4 | 37 | 404 | 95.6 |
| Kevin Drake | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| Jeff Ogden | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| Team Totals | 328 | 202 | 61.6 | 118 | 2483 | 7.6 | 12.3 | 59 | 29 | 8.8 | 8 | 2.4 | 23 | 147 | 2336 | 104.3 |
| Opponents Totals | 425 | 264 | 62.1 | 146 | 2703 | 6.4 | 10.2 | 71t | 21 | 4.9 | 15 | 4.9 | 34 | 237 | 2466 | 82.1 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeff Ogden | 44 | 635 | 14.4 | 59 | 7 |
| Alonzo Johnson | 41 | 538 | 13.1 | 55t | 3 |
| Kevin Drake | 37 | 525 | 14.2 | 55t | 12 |
| Pepe Pearson | 21 | 162 | 7.7 | 34t | 7 |
| Lawrence Hart | 18 | 179 | 9.9 | 30 | 2 |
| Daniel Jones | 12 | 157 | 13.1 | 29t | 1 |
| Ontiwaun Carter | 10 | 73 | 7.3 | 15 | 0 |
| Ryan Neufeld | 8 | 75 | 9.4 | 21 | 1 |
| Kendrick Nord | 4 | 77 | 19.3 | 40 | 1 |
| Kai-Erick Lyck | 3 | 27 | 9.0 | 12 | 1 |
| Oyenrian Olalere Odunayo Ojo | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 13 | 0 |
| Carl McCullough | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 202 | 2483 | 12.3 | 59 | 29 |
| Opponents Totals | 264 | 2703 | 10.2 | 71t | 21 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Fisher | 3 | 37 | 12.3 | 32t | 1 |
| Deshone Mallard | 3 | 20 | 6.7 | 13 | 0 |
| Jamie Baisley | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Derrick Gardner | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Nick Ferguson | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kendall Ogle | 1 | 49 | 49.0 | 49 | 0 |
| Chris Akins | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Anthony Mitchell | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | -3 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 15 | 140 | 9.3 | 49 | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 8 | 120 | 15.0 | 45t | 1 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rodney Williams | 42 | 1865 | 44.4 | 72 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 265 | 1520 | 35.3 |
| Team Totals | 42 | 1865 | 44.4 | 72 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 265 | 1520 | 36.2 |
| Opponents Totals | 50 | 1945 | 38.9 | 57 | 4 | 18 | 263 | 1602 | 32.0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alonzo Johnson | 21 | 5 | 121 | 5.8 | 38 | 0 |
| Steve Fisher | 4 | 1 | 92 | 23.0 | 51 | 0 |
| Jeff Ogden | 4 | 0 | 28 | 7.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 29 | 6 | 241 | 8.3 | 51 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 26 | 7 | 310 | 11.9 | 80 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alonzo Johnson | 21 | 0 | 384 | 18.3 | 43 | 0 |
| Jeff Ogden | 4 | 0 | 141 | 35.3 | 76 | 0 |
| Steve Fisher | 4 | 0 | 96 | 24.0 | 37 | 0 |
| Danny Wuerffel | 2 | 0 | 42 | 21.0 | 25 | 0 |
| Ontiwaun Carter | 2 | 0 | 36 | 18.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Pepe Pearson | 3 | 0 | 38 | 12.7 | 14 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 36 | 0 | 737 | 20.5 | 76 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 52 | 0 | 861 | 16.6 | 57 | 0 |
| SACKS | NO | YDS |
|---|---|---|
| Marques Douglas | 9.0 | |
| Derrick Ham | 9.0 | |
| Ernie Brown | 5.0 | |
| Larry Fitzpatrick | 4.0 | |
| Ken Anderson | 3.0 | |
| Jamie Baisley | 2.0 | |
| Lawrence Hart | 1.0 | |
| Bastian Lano | 1.0 | |
| Team Totals | 34.0 | 237.0 |
| Opponents Totals | 23.0 | 147.0 |
| DEFENSE | TKL | DT | DTA | STT | STA | MT | PD | FF | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jamie Baisley | 61 | 16 | 4 | 12 | 0 | ||||
| Kendall Ogle | 57 | 15 | 4 | 10 | 0 | ||||
| Deshone Mallard | 42 | 9 | 4 | 10 | 0 | ||||
| Nick Ferguson | 40 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||||
| Chris Akins | 27 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 0 | ||||
| Ernie Brown | 18 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Steve Fisher | 18 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 0 | ||||
| Marques Douglas | 16 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Matt Hickl | 16 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 0 | ||||
| Derrick Gardner | 19 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 1 | ||||
| Dusty Renfro | 18 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Anthony Mitchell | 17 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 0 | ||||
| Anthony Doghmi | 12 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Derrick Ham | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Larry Fitzpatrick | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Carl Powell | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Vince Bradford | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Dusty Pearce | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Bastian Lano | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Kai-Erick Lyck | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Ken Anderson | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Lawrence Hart | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Alonzo Johnson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Ben Adams | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Chris Brymer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Manfred Burgsmuller | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Ontiwaun Carter | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Dan Collins | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Kevin Drake | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Michael Early | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Pete Elezovic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Sascha Gelhoff | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Wolfgang Hatzky | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Craig Heimburger | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Daniel Jones | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Danny Kight | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Matt Lytle | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Carl McCullough | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Ryan Neufeld | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Ben Nichols | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Kendrick Nord | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Oyenrian Olalere Odunayo Ojo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Jeff Ogden | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Pepe Pearson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Pete Swanson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Scott Whittaker | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Rodney Williams | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Danny Wuerffel | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
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