2006 Cologne Centurions season

The 2006 Cologne Centurions season was the third season for the franchise in the NFL Europe League (NFLEL). The team was led by head coach David Duggan in his first year, and played its home games at RheinEnergieStadion in Cologne, Germany. They finished the regular season in fourth place with a record of four wins and six losses.

2006 Cologne Centurions season
General managerHauke Wilkens
Head coachDavid Duggan
Home fieldRheinEnergieStadion
Results
Record4–6
Division place4th
Playoff finishDid not qualify

Offseason

Free agent draft
2006 Cologne Centurions NFLEL free agent draft selections
Draft order Player name Position College
Round Choice
1 4 Darrell Wright DE Oregon
2 10 Reggie Newhouse WR Baylor
3 15 Todd Bates DE Alabama
4 22 Randee Drew DB Northern Illinois
5 27 Omar Nazel DE Southern California
6 34 Bryan Save DT Colorado State
7 39 Thomas Houchin DE Kansas State
8 46 Chase Johnson C Texas Christian
9 51 Ryan Hoffman DE Shippensburg State
10 57 Matt Clark CB UCLA

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Personnel

Staff
2006 Cologne Centurions staff
Front office
  • General manager – Hauke Wilkens

Head coaches

Offensive coaches

 Defensive coaches
  • Defensive coordinator/defensive backs – John Lyons
  • Defensive line – Chris Ward
  • Assistant Defensive Backs – Sam Garnes

Strength and conditioning

  • Strength and conditioning – Joe Shufelt

Roster
2006 Cologne Centurions roster
Quarterbacks

Running backs

Wide receivers

Tight ends

 Offensive linemen

Defensive linemen

 Linebackers

Defensive backs

Special teams

 National players
  • 44 Erick Cantu LB Mexico
  • 47 Philippe Gardent OLB France
  • 86 Werner Hippler TE Germany
  • 14 Christopher Liess WR Germany
  • 96 Mauricio Lopez DT Mexico
  • 75 Cesar Loredo T Mexico
  • 51 David Odenthal C/G Germany
  • 17 Michihiro Ogawa WR Japan
  • 34 Daniel Schober S Germany


Rookies in italics

Schedule
Week Date Kickoff [n 1] Opponent Results Game site Attendance
Final score Team record
1 Saturday, March 18 6:00 p.m. at Hamburg Sea Devils W 14–10 1–0 AOL Arena 15,243
2 Sunday, March 26 4:00 p.m. Amsterdam Admirals L 15–20 1–1 RheinEnergieStadion 17,251
3 Sunday, April 2 4:00 p.m. Rhein Fire L 10–20 1–2 RheinEnergieStadion 16,961
4 Saturday, April 8 7:00 p.m. at Frankfurt Galaxy L 14–21 1–3 Commerzbank-Arena 23,125
5 Monday, April 17 6:00 p.m. at Berlin Thunder L 13–24 1–4 Olympic Stadium 13,559
6 Sunday, April 23 4:00 p.m. Hamburg Sea Devils W 20–17 2–4 RheinEnergieStadion 9,238
7 Sunday, April 30 4:00 p.m. Frankfurt Galaxy L 10–17 2–5 RheinEnergieStadion 11,800
8 Saturday, May 6 7:00 p.m. at Amsterdam Admirals W 20–13 3–5 Amsterdam ArenA 12,228
9 Sunday, May 14 4:00 p.m. Berlin Thunder W 25–7 4–5 RheinEnergieStadion 12,438
10 Saturday, May 20 7:00 p.m. at Rhein Fire L 10–21 4–6 LTU arena 28,334

[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 Hamburg Sea Devils
Week One: Cologne Centurions at Hamburg Sea Devils – Game summary
Period 1 2 34Total
Cologne 7 0 7014
Hamburg 10 0 0010

at AOL Arena, Hamburg, Germany

  • Date: Saturday, March 18
  • Game time: 6:08 p.m. CET
  • Game weather: 32 °F (0 °C), cloudy
  • Game attendance: 15,243
  • Referee: Gene Steratore

Week 2: vs Amsterdam Admirals
Week Two: Amsterdam Admirals at Cologne Centurions – Game summary
Period 1 2 34Total
Amsterdam 3 7 10020
Cologne 0 13 0215

at RheinEnergieStadion, Cologne, Germany

  • Date: Sunday, March 26
  • Game time: 4:05 p.m. CEST
  • Game weather: 61 °F (16.24 °C), mostly clouded
  • Game attendance: 17,251
  • Referee: Terry Brown

Week 3: vs Rhein Fire
Week Three: Rhein Fire at Cologne Centurions – Game summary
Period 1 2 34Total
Rhein 7 3 7320
Cologne 0 10 0010

at RheinEnergieStadion, Cologne, Germany

  • Date: Sunday, April 2
  • Game time: 4:06 p.m. CEST
  • Game weather: 55 °F (12.8 °C), partly cloudly
  • Game attendance: 16,961
  • Referee: Craig Wrolstad

Week 4: at Frankfurt Galaxy
Week Four: Cologne Centurions at Frankfurt Galaxy – Game summary
Period 1 2 34Total
Cologne 0 7 0714
Frankfurt 0 14 0721

at Commerzbank-Arena, Frankfurt, Germany

  • Date: Saturday, April 8
  • Game time: 7:05 p.m. CEST
  • Game weather: 56 °F (13 °C), sunny
  • Game attendance: 23,125
  • Referee: Jerome Boger

Week 5: at Berlin Thunder
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: vs Hamburg Sea Devils
Week Six: Hamburg Sea Devils at Cologne Centurions– Game summary
Period 1 2 34Total
Hamburg 0 3 7717
Cologne 3 0 31420

at RheinEnergieStadion, Cologne, Germany

  • Date: Sunday, April 23
  • Game time: 4:00 p.m.
  • Game attendance: 9,238
  • [14]

Week 7: vs Frankfurt Galaxy
Week Seven: Frankfurt Galaxy at Cologne Centurions – Game summary
Period 1 2 34Total
Frankfurt 0 10 0717
Cologne 7 0 3010

at RheinEnergieStadion, Cologne, Germany

  • Date: Sunday, April 30
  • Game time: 4:06 p.m. CEST
  • Game weather: 49 °F (9 °C), mostly cloudly
  • Game attendance: 11,800
  • Referee: Gene Steratore

Week 8: at Amsterdam Admirals
Week Eight: Cologne Centurions at Amsterdam Admirals – Game summary
Period 1 2 34Total
Cologne 3 10 7020
Amsterdam 3 0 01013

at Amsterdam Arena, Amsterdam, Netherlands

  • Date: Saturday, May 6
  • Game time: 7:05 p.m. CEST
  • Game weather: 71 °F (22 °C), roof open, clear skies, fair
  • Game attendance: 12,228
  • Referee: Carl Cheffers

Week 9: vs Berlin Thunder
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
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Week 10: at Rhein Fire
Week Ten: Cologne Centurions at Rhein Fire – Game summary
Period 1 2 34Total
Cologne 7 3 0010
Rhein 7 0 14021

at LTU arena, Düsseldorf, Germany

  • Date: Saturday, May 20
  • Game time: 7:06 p.m. CEST
  • Game weather: 52 °F (11.1 °C)
  • Game attendance: 28,334
  • Referee: Greg Meyer

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, Cologne had four players selected. The selections were:

Additionally, Gardent was named co-defensive MVP, sharing the award with Amsterdam Admirals' defensive tackle Tony Brown. The French, who was in his fourth season in the NFLEL and second with Cologne, became the first national player to win MVP honors after leading the league with 70 tackles.[16]

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. Camillo Kluge (April 23, 2006). "Centurions schlagen die Seadevils mit 20:17". Neuß-Grevenbroicher Zeitung. Retrieved April 5, 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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