2005 Berlin Thunder season

The 2005 Berlin Thunder season was the seventh season for the team in the NFL Europe League.

2005 Berlin Thunder season
Head Coach	Rick Lantz
General Manager	Michael Lang
Home Field	Olympic Stadium
Results
Record	7–3
Place	1st
Playoff Finish	L World Bowl XIII
Timeline
Previous season	Next season
2004	2006

Offseason

Free Agent Draft

2005 Berlin Thunder NFLEL Free Agent Draft selections

Draft order		Player name	Position	College
Round	Choice
1	6	DeAngelo Lloyd	DE	Tennessee
2	12	Darrell Lee	DE	Florida
3	13	Dante Ellington	T	Alabama
4	24	James Thornton	CB	Morris Brown
5	25	David Porter	T	Iowa
6	36	Greg Taplin	DE	Michigan State
7	37	Regis Crawford	C	Arizona State
8	45	Reggie Rhodes	DT	Valdosta State

Personnel

Staff

2005 Berlin Thunder staff
Front Office General Manager – Michael Lang Head Coaches Head Coach – Rick Lantz Offensive Coaches Offensive Coordinator/Offensive Line – Don Eck Quarterbacks/Wide Receivers – Steve Logan National Coach/Running Backs – Wanja Müller Offensive Line/Tight Ends – Reggie McElroy			Defensive Coaches Defensive Coordinator – Jim Tomsula Defensive Line – D'Marco Farr Linebackers – Kurt Gouveia Defensive Backs – Cris Dishman Strength and Conditioning Strength and Conditioning – Martin Streight

Roster

2005 Berlin Thunder roster
Quarterbacks  8 Bret Engemann  9 Chris Finlen 15 Dave Ragone Running Backs 24 Little John Flowers 45 Brian Johnson FB 46 Ben Moa FB 23 Cal Murray Wide Receivers 13 Aaron Boone 86 Michael Jennings 80 Robert Redd 81 Terrence Stubbs Tight Ends 85 John Frieser 88 Joel Jacobs		Offensive Linemen 69 Ben Claxton C 79 Dante Ellington G 72 Tony Pape T 73 David Porter T 75 Shannon Snell G Defensive Linemen 94 Charles Hill DT 93 Isaac Hilton DE		Linebackers 57 Rich Scanlon MLB Defensive Backs 22 Willie Ford CB 36 Michael Harden CB 20 Adrian Mayes S 21 Jermaine Mays CB 26 James Thornton S Special Teams 10 Kevin Miller K  1 Brian Simnjanovski P		National Players 89 Klaus Alinen TE 28 Neil Baxter RB 29 Oliver Flemming S 66 Masakazu Goda C 38 Sergey Ivanov S File:Flag of Russia.svg.png 84 Hugo Lira WR 99 Lorn Mayers DT 92 Christian Mohr DE 97 Daniel Watts DE Rookies in italics

Schedule

Week	Date	Kickoff (CEST)	Opponent	Results		Game site	Attendance
				Final score	Team record
1	Saturday, April 2	6:00 p.m.	Frankfurt Galaxy	W 30–7	1–0	Olympic Stadium	16,199
2	Sunday, April 10	4:00 p.m.	Hamburg Sea Devils	W 15–13	2–0	Olympic Stadium	14,312
3	Saturday, April 16	7:00 p.m.	at Amsterdam Admirals	L 27–31	2–1	Amsterdam ArenA	10,131
4	Saturday, April 23	7:00 p.m.	at Rhein Fire	W 30–28	3–1	LTU arena	20,399
5	Saturday, April 30	6:00 p.m.	Amsterdam Admirals	W 27–16	4–1	Olympic Stadium	16,109
6	Sunday, May 8	4:00 p.m.	at Cologne Centurions	L 17–23	4–2	RheinEnergieStadion	9,485
7	Saturday, May 14	6:00 p.m.	Rhein Fire	W 24–15	5–2	Olympic Stadium	16,695
8	Sunday, May 22	4:00 p.m.	at Hamburg Sea Devils	W 27–17	6–2	AOL Arena	16,889
9	Saturday, May 28	7:00 p.m.	at Frankfurt Galaxy	W 31–24	7–2	Commerzbank-Arena	40,109
10	Sunday, June 5	4:00 p.m.	Cologne Centurions	L 13–17	7–3	Olympic Stadium	20,927
World Bowl XIII
11	Saturday, June 11	5:00 p.m.	Amsterdam Admirals	L 21–27	7–4	LTU arena	35,134

Standings

NFL Europe League
Team	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA
Berlin Thunder	7	3	0	.700	241	191
Amsterdam Admirals	6	4	0	.600	265	204
Cologne Centurions	6	4	0	.600	188	212
Hamburg Sea Devils	5	5	0	.500	213	196
Frankfurt Galaxy	3	7	0	.300	163	246
Rhein Fire	3	7	0	.300	203	224

World Bowl XIII

Main article: World Bowl XIII

Amsterdam Admirals 27, Berlin Thunder 21 1 2 3 4 Total Amsterdam 7 10 7 3 27 Berlin 0 7 0 14 21 at LTU arena, Düsseldorf, Germany Date: Saturday, June 11 Game time: 5:05 p.m. CEST Game weather: 57 ºF (13.9 °C) Game attendance: 35,134 Referee: Scott Green TV announcers (FOX): Curt Menefee & Brian Baldinger