2001 Berlin Thunder season

2001 Berlin Thunder season
Head Coach	Peter Vaas
General Manager	Michael Lang
Home Field	Jahn Sportpark
Results
Record	6–4
Place	2nd
Playoff Finish	W World Bowl IX
Timeline
Previous season	Next season
2000	2002

The 2001 Berlin Thunder season was the third season for the team in the NFL Europe League.

Personnel[]

Staff[]

2001 {{{team}}} staff

Front office

General Manager – Michael Lang

Head coaches

Head Coach – Peter Vaas

Offensive coaches

Offensive Coordinator/Offensive Line – Bob Bicknell
Wide Receivers – Bobby Beers
National Coach/Running Backs – Shuan Fatah

Defensive coaches

Defensive Coordinator/Linebackers – David Duggan
Defensive Line – Lee Johnson
Defensive Backs – Stephen Braggs

Strength and conditioning

Strength and Conditioning – Jake Marxhausen

Roster[]

2001 Berlin Thunder roster

Quarterbacks

16 Leon Murray
12 Jonathan Quinn

Running Backs

34 Madre Hill
33 Rodnick Phillips

Wide Receivers

19 Demetrius Brown
87 Kenny Coutain
18 Dwaune Jones
83 Ahmad Merritt

Tight Ends

89 Carlos Nuno
85 Scot Osborne

Offensive Linemen

65 Thomas Guynes G
60 Jay Hagood T
62 Ryan Kalich C
67 T.J. Washington G
72 Sammy Williams T

Defensive Linemen

90 Jon Harris DT

Linebackers

96 Marc Megna OLB
53 Joe O'Neill MLB
52 Dax Strohmeyer OLB

Defensive Backs

23 Wade Davis CB
42 Billy Gustin S
24 Dee Moronkola CB
27 Dwayne Stukes S
22 James Watkins S
21 Payton Williams CB

Special Teams

1 Scott Bentley K
10 Brian Moorman P

National Players

84 Jörg Heckenbach WR
9 Axel Kruse K

Rookies in italics

Standings[]

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

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World Bowl IX[]

Berlin Thunder 24, Barcelona Dragons 17

	1	2	3	4	Total
Berlin	4	6	0	14	24
Barcelona	3	6	8	0	17

at Amsterdam ArenA, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Date: Saturday, June 30
Game time: 6:00 p.m. CEST
Game weather: 70 ºF (21 °C)
Game attendance: 32,116
TV announcers (FOX): Curt Menefee & Brian Baldinger

References[]

↑ "2001 NFL Europe League Standings". NFLEurope.com. Archived from the original on August 18, 2002. http://web.archive.org/web/20020818112455/http://www.nfleurope.com/schedule/2001standings.html. Retrieved January 18, 2011.

[1] "2001 NFL Europe League Standings". NFLEurope.com. Archived from the original on August 18, 2002. http://web.archive.org/web/20020818112455/http://www.nfleurope.com/schedule/2001standings.html. Retrieved January 18, 2011.

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