2001 Frankfurt Galaxy season

The 2001 Frankfurt Galaxy season was the ninth season for the franchise in the NFL Europe League (NFLEL). The team was led by head coach Doug Graber in his first year, and played its home games at Waldstadion in Frankfurt, Germany. They finished the regular season in sixth place with a record of three wins and seven losses.

2001 Frankfurt Galaxy season
General managerTilman Engel
Head coachDoug Graber
Home fieldWaldstadion
Results
Record3–7
Division place6th
Playoff finishDid not qualify

Offseason

Free agent draft
2001 Frankfurt Galaxy NFLEL free agent draft selections
Draft order Player name Position College
Round Choice Overall
1 2 2 James Grier DT Mississippi State
2 2 8 Donald Broomfield DT Clemson
3 5 17 Eric Thomas C Florida State
4 2 20 Marvin Coley DE North Alabama
5 5 29 Gregory Studdard T Sam Houston State
6 2 32 Corey Gaines CB Tennessee
7 5 41 Jim Beverly C East Tennessee State
8 2 44 Jeremy Beutler LB Ohio
9 5 53 Chris Cummings CB Louisiana State
10 1 55 Julius Jackson LB Nebraska
11 3 62 Dan Robinson QB Hawaii
12 1 63 Bill Powell WR Rutgers

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Personnel

Staff
2001 Frankfurt Galaxy (NFL Europe) staff
Front office
  • General manager – Tilman Engel

Head coaches

Offensive coaches

  • Offensive coordinator/quarterbacks/wide receivers – Dwain Painter
  • Running Backs/special teams – Brian Jenkins
  • National Coach/tight ends – Alessandro Cinelli
  • Offensive line – Roger French
 Defensive coaches
  • Defensive coordinator/linebackers – Bob Valesente
  • Defensive line – Charles Jones

Strength and conditioning

  • Strength and conditioning – Mike Berezowski

Roster
2001 Frankfurt Galaxy (NFL Europe) roster
Quarterbacks

Running backs

  • 21 Brian Edwards
  • 22 Jabari Jackson
  • 33 Denvis Manns
  • 44 Kevin McLeod FB
  • 26 Rashon Spikes

Wide receivers

Tight ends

 Offensive linemen
  • 64 Robert Barr G
  • 74 Wilbert Brown G/C
  • 73 Josh Rawlings T
  • 79 Reggie Nelson T
  • 78 Terrance Simmons G
  • 57 Eric Thomas C
  • 71 Josh Tucker G/T

Defensive linemen

 Linebackers

Defensive backs

  • 27 Chris Cummings CB
  • 30 Cory Gaines S
  • 36 Tony George S
  • 31 Todd McMilion CB
  • 28 Terrance Parrish CB
  • 38 Gary Thompkins S
  • 20 Corey Walker CB
  • 29 Jerard White CB

Special teams

 National players
  • 11 Stephan Bauer K Germany
  • 90 Daniel Benetka DT Germany
  • 50 Marcus Bleker LB Germany
  •  8 Patrice Kancel RB France
  • 66 Andreas Kempchen LS Germany
  •  2 Ola Kimrin K Sweden
  • 75 Marcus Richter DE Germany
  • 19 Marc Soumah WR France
  • 46 Cüneyt Topcu LB Turkey


Rookies in italics

Schedule
Week Date Kickoff [n 1] Opponent Results Game site Attendance
Final score Team record
1 Saturday, April 21 3:00 p.m. at Scottish Claymores L 21–24 0–1 Hampden Park 16,387
2 Saturday, April 28 7:00 p.m. Berlin Thunder L 20–28 0–2 Waldstadion 27,928
3 Saturday, May 5 7:00 p.m. at Amsterdam Admirals L 14–28 0–3 Amsterdam ArenA 14,268
4 Saturday, May 12 7:00 p.m. Scottish Claymores W 27–17 1–3 Waldstadion 33,437
5 Saturday, May 19 6:00 p.m. at Berlin Thunder L 25–34 1–4 Jahn-Sportpark 9,559
6 Sunday, May 27 7:00 p.m. Rhein Fire L 5–22 1–5 Waldstadion 30,512
7 Saturday, June 2 5:00 p.m. at Barcelona Dragons L 20–31 1–6 Estadi Olímpic de Montjuïc 9,851
8 Saturday, June 9 7:00 p.m. Amsterdam Admirals W 28–23 2–6 Waldstadion 29,587
9 Saturday, June 16 7:00 p.m. at Rhein Fire L 13–17 2–7 Rheinstadion 51,719
10 Saturday, June 23 7:00 p.m. Barcelona Dragons W 26–10 3–7 Waldstadion 31,215

Standings
NFL Europe League
Team W L T PCT PF PA Home Road STK
Barcelona Dragons 8 2 0 .800 252 191 5–0 3–2 L1
Berlin Thunder 6 4 0 .600 270 239 4–1 2–3 W2
Rhein Fire 5 5 0 .500 174 179 4–1 1–4 L1
Scottish Claymores 4 6 0 .400 168 188 4–1 0–5 W1
Amsterdam Admirals 4 6 0 .400 194 226 4–1 0–5 L3
Frankfurt Galaxy 3 7 0 .300 199 234 3–2 0–5 W1

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Game summaries

Week 1: at Scottish Claymores
Week One: Frankfurt Galaxy at Scottish Claymores – Game summary
Period 1 2 34Total
Frankfurt 7 0 7721
Scotland 7 3 14024

at Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland

  • Date: Saturday, April 21
  • Game time: 3:07 p.m. BST
  • Game attendance: 16,387
  • Referee: Mark Baltz

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

References
  1. "Linemen dominate free agent draft". NFL Europe League. February 20, 2001. Archived from the original on June 29, 2001. Retrieved May 25, 2011.
  2. "2001 NFL Europe League Standings". NFL Europe League. Archived from the original on August 18, 2002. Retrieved January 18, 2011.
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