2003 Rhein Fire season

2003 Rhein Fire season
Head Coach	Pete Kuharchek
General Manager	Alexander Leibkind
Home Field	Arena AufSchalke
Results
Record	6–4
Place	2nd
Playoff Finish	L World Bowl XI
Timeline
Previous season	Next season
2002	2004

The 2003 Rhein Fire season was the ninth season for the team in the NFL Europe League.

Offseason[]

Free Agent Draft[]

2003 Rhein Fire NFLEL Free Agent Draft selections
Draft order		Player name	Position	College
Round	Choice	Player name	Position	College
1	5	Derrick Ham	DE	Miami
2	11	Dwayne Ledford	G	East Carolina
3	14	Gillis Wilson	DE	Southern
4	23	Shad Criss	CB	Missouri
5	26	Lew Thomas	RB	Vanderbilt
6	35	Andre Arnold	LB	Grambling State
7	38	Todd DeLamielleure	LB	Hofstra
8	47	Jonathan Burrough	TE	New Mexico
9	50	Kwazi Leverette	WR	Syracuse
10	59	Greg Brown	S	Texas
11	62	Corey Callens	DE	Oklahoma
12	71	Jamel Smith	LB	Virginia Tech
13	74	Jeff McCurley	C	Pittsburgh
14	83	Ataveus Cash	WR	Hampton
15	86	Lawrence Story	WR	Jackson State
16	95	Frank Moreau	RB	Louisville
17	98	Kendall Newson	WR	Middle Tennessee
18	107	Shane O’Neill	S	Southern Methodist
19	110	Mike Watkins	QB	Louisville
20	118	Bob Dzvonick	DT	Buffalo

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Personnel[]

Staff[]

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Front office

General Manager – Alexander Leibkind

Head coaches

Head Coach/Defensive Coordinator – Pete Kuharchek

Offensive coaches

Offensive Coordinator/Wide Receivers – Mike Jones
Quarterbacks – Scott Milanovich
Running Backs – Barry Foster
Offensive Line – Whitey Jordan

Defensive coaches

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

Roster[]

2003 Rhein Fire roster

Quarterbacks

14 Chris Greisen
12 Nick Rolovich
11 Mike Watkins

Running Backs

23 Autry Denson
32 Frank Moreau
44 Matt Stanley FB

Wide Receivers

87 Kendall Newson

Tight Ends

47 Dwayne Blakley
45 Chad Mustard

Offensive Linemen

76 Dwayne Ledford T

Defensive Linemen

71 Derrick Ham DE

Linebackers

Defensive Backs

Special Teams

National Players

8 Ingo Anderbrügge K

Rookies in italics

Standings[]

NFL Europe League
Team	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA
Frankfurt Galaxy	6	4	0	.600	252	182
Rhein Fire	6	4	0	.600	189	188
Scottish Claymores	6	4	0	.600	303	190
Barcelona Dragons	5	5	0	.500	150	221
Amsterdam Admirals	4	6	0	.400	230	273
Berlin Thunder	3	7	0	.300	248	318

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World Bowl XI[]

Frankfurt Galaxy 35, Rhein Fire 16

	1	2	3	4	Total
Rhein	3	6	0	7	16
Frankfurt	11	14	7	3	35

at Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland

Date: Saturday, June 14
Game time: 6:06 p.m. CEST
Game attendance: 28,138
Referee: Pete Morelli
TV announcers (FOX): Curt Menefee & Brian Baldinger

References[]

↑ "Issa boogies to Barcelona in NFLEL free agent draft". NFL Europe League. February 5, 2003. Archived from the original on February 19, 2003. http://web.archive.org/web/20030219040200/http://www.nfleurope.com/news/2003/02052003_brown.html. Retrieved January 11, 2011.
↑ "2003 NFLE Standings". FootballDB.com. http://www.footballdb.com/standings.html?lg=NFLE&yr=2003. Retrieved January 11, 2011.

[1] "Issa boogies to Barcelona in NFLEL free agent draft". NFL Europe League. February 5, 2003. Archived from the original on February 19, 2003. http://web.archive.org/web/20030219040200/http://www.nfleurope.com/news/2003/02052003_brown.html. Retrieved January 11, 2011.

[2] "2003 NFLE Standings". FootballDB.com. http://www.footballdb.com/standings.html?lg=NFLE&yr=2003. Retrieved January 11, 2011.

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