2001 Frankfurt Galaxy season

2001 Frankfurt Galaxy season
Head Coach	Doug Graber
General Manager	Tilman Engel
Home Field	Waldstadion
Results
Record	3–7
Place	6th
Playoff Finish	did not qualify
Timeline
Previous season	Next season
2000	2002

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.

Offseason[]

Free agent draft[]

2001 Frankfurt Galaxy NFLEL free agent draft selections
Draft order			Player name	Position	College
Round	Choice	Overall	Player name	Position	College
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 staff

Front office

General Manager – Tilman Engel

Head coaches

Head Coach/Defensive Backs – Doug Graber

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 roster

Quarterbacks

13 Neo Aoga
7 Michael Bishop
14 Lionel Hayes
16 Kevin Thompson

Running Backs

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

Wide Receivers

82 Ricky Hall
1 Andy McCullough
87 Damon Savage
81 Kofi Shuck

Tight Ends

89 Rodrick Monroe
84 Pete Muther

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

59 Jeremy Beutler DE
93 Marvin Coley DE
96 James Grier DT
91 David Hoelscher DE
92 Dwight Johnson DT
94 Richard Seals DT
95 Paul Spicer DE

Linebackers

45 Eric Guenther MLB
58 Kelvin Moses OLB
55 Gary Stills OLB
53 Ryland Wickman
54 Calvin Wilkinson OLB

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

18 [[Andrew Bayes |Andrew Bayes]] P
15 Jim Tarle K

National Players

11 Stephan Bauer K
90 Daniel Benetka DT
50 Marcus Bleker LB
8 Patrice Kancel RB File:Flag of France.svg
66 Andreas Kempchen LS
2 [[Ola Kimrin |Ola Kimrin]] K File:Flag of Sweden.svg
75 Marcus Richter DE
19 Marc Soumah WR File:Flag of France.svg
46 Cüneyt Topcu LB File:Flag of Turkey.svg

Rookies in italics

Schedule[]

Week	Date	Kickoff ^{[n 1]}	Opponent	Results		Game site	Attendance
Week	Date	Kickoff ^{[n 1]}	Opponent	Final score	Team record	Game site	Attendance
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
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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Game summaries[]

Week 1: at Scottish Claymores[]

Week One: Frankfurt Galaxy at Scottish Claymores – Game summary

	1	2	3	4	Total
Frankfurt	7	0	7	7	21
Scotland	7	3	14	0	24

at Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland

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

Notes[]

↑ "Linemen dominate free agent draft". NFL Europe League. February 20, 2001. Archived from the original on June 29, 2001. https://web.archive.org/web/20010629102453/http://www.nfleurope.com/news/2001/week07/20022001_linemen.html. Retrieved May 25, 2011.
↑ "2001 NFL Europe League Standings". NFL Europe League. Archived from the original on August 18, 2002. https://web.archive.org/web/20020818112455/http://www.nfleurope.com/schedule/2001standings.html. Retrieved January 18, 2011.

References[]

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[1] "Linemen dominate free agent draft". NFL Europe League. February 20, 2001. Archived from the original on June 29, 2001. https://web.archive.org/web/20010629102453/http://www.nfleurope.com/news/2001/week07/20022001_linemen.html. Retrieved May 25, 2011.

[3] "2001 NFL Europe League Standings". NFL Europe League. Archived from the original on August 18, 2002. https://web.archive.org/web/20020818112455/http://www.nfleurope.com/schedule/2001standings.html. Retrieved January 18, 2011.

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