2002 Rhein Fire season

2002 Rhein Fire season
Head Coach	Pete Kuharchek
General Manager	Alexander Leibkind
Home Field	Rheinstadion
Results
Record	7–3
Place	1st
Playoff Finish	L World Bowl X
Timeline
Previous season	Next season
2001	2003

The 2002 Rhein Fire season was the eighth season for the team in the NFL Europe League.

Offseason[]

Free Agent Draft[]

2002 Rhein Fire NFLEL Free Agent Draft selections
Draft order		Player name	Position	College
Round	Choice	Player name	Position	College
1	4	Corey Callens	DE	Oklahoma
2	10	Damonte McKenzie	DE	Clemson
3	15	Ben Nichols	G	Colorado
4	22	Trey Merkens	LB	Texas-El Paso
5	27	Aaron Humphrey	DE	Texas
6	34	John Raveche	T	Princeton
7	39	Daniel Greer	DT	Arizona
8	45	Adam Newman	TE	Boston College

^[1]

Personnel[]

Staff[]

2002 {{{team}}} staff

Front office

General Manager – Alexander Leibkind

Head coaches

Head Coach/Defensive Coordinator – Pete Kuharchek

Offensive coaches

Offensive Coordinator – Mike Jones
Wide Receivers – Tom Everest
Offensive Line – Whitey Jordan
Offensive Line – Guy McIntyre

Defensive coaches

Defensive Line/Special Teams – Ed O'Neil
National Coach/Linebackers – Jörn Maier
Defensive Backs – Adrian White

Strength and conditioning

Strength – Brian Ferguson

Roster[]

2002 Rhein Fire roster

Quarterbacks

17 Tee Martin
11 Romaro Miller

Running Backs

25 Jamal Robertson
36 Tony Taylor

Wide Receivers

81 Corey Alston
80 Scott Cloman
86 Onome Ojo

Tight Ends

88 Mark Thomas

Offensive Linemen

77 Ben Adams G
75 Dustin Keith C
76 Dustin Kroeker T

Defensive Linemen

92 Corey Callens DE
91 Devoney Claybrooks DT

Linebackers

52 Brad Rekuc
55 Maugaula Tuitele

Defensive Backs

Special Teams

8 Dirk Johnson P
13 Jason Witczak K

National Players

10 Manfred Burgsmüller K
35 Richard Yancy S

Rookies in italics

Standings[]

NFL Europe League
Team	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA
Rhein Fire	7	3	0	.700	166	156
Berlin Thunder	6	4	0	.600	231	188
Frankfurt Galaxy	6	4	0	.600	189	174
Scottish Claymores	5	5	0	.500	197	172
Amsterdam Admirals	4	6	0	.400	218	202
Barcelona Dragons	2	8	0	.200	202	311

^[2]

World Bowl X[]

Berlin Thunder 26, Rhein Fire 20

	1	2	3	4	Total
Berlin	13	7	3	3	26
Rhein	0	0	7	13	20

at Rheinstadion, Düsseldorf, Germany

Date: Saturday, June 22
Game time: 6:04 p.m. CEST
Game weather: 79 ºF (26 °C)
Game attendance: 53,109
Referee: Walt Anderson
TV announcers (FOX): Curt Menefee & Brian Baldinger

References[]

↑ "NFL Europe League Free Agent Draft 2002". NFLEurope.com. February 12, 2002. Archived from the original on August 17, 2002. http://web.archive.org/web/20020817045710/http://www.nfleurope.com/news/2002/week7/2122002_nfleldraft.html. Retrieved March 8, 2011.
↑ "2002 NFLE Standings". FootballDB.com. http://www.footballdb.com/standings.html?lg=NFLE&yr=2002. Retrieved January 20, 2011.

[1] "NFL Europe League Free Agent Draft 2002". NFLEurope.com. February 12, 2002. Archived from the original on August 17, 2002. http://web.archive.org/web/20020817045710/http://www.nfleurope.com/news/2002/week7/2122002_nfleldraft.html. Retrieved March 8, 2011.

[2] "2002 NFLE Standings". FootballDB.com. http://www.footballdb.com/standings.html?lg=NFLE&yr=2002. Retrieved January 20, 2011.

[1]

[2]