2006 Rhein Fire season

The 2006 Rhein Fire season was the 12th season for the team in the NFL Europe League.

2006 Rhein Fire season
Head Coach	Jim Tomsula
General Manager	Sammy Schmale
Home Field	LTU arena
Results
Record	6–4
Place	3rd
Playoff Finish	did not qualify
Timeline
Previous season	Next season
2005	2007

Offseason

Free Agent Draft

2006 Rhein Fire NFLEL Free Agent Draft selections

Draft order		Player name	Position	College
Round	Choice
1	1	Ja'Waren Blair	DT	East Carolina
2	7	Ronyell Whitaker	CB	Virginia Tech
3	18	Brian Atkinson	LB	Northern Illinois
4	19	Terrence Robinson	LB	Oklahoma State
5	30	Guy Tuell	LB	Wyoming
6	31	Sacha Lancaster	DE	Arkansas
7	42	Derrick Strong	DE	Illinois
8	43	Jameel Dumas	LB	Syracuse
9	54	Johnathanio Conley	DL	Southeastern Louisiana

Personnel

Staff

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	Front office General Manager – Sammy Schmale Head coaches Head Coach – Jim Tomsula Offensive coaches Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks – Steve Logan Running Backs/Wide Receivers – Bob Lancaster Offensive Line – Steve Smith Assistant Offensive Line – Duval Love			Defensive coaches Defensive Coordinator/Defensive Backs – Adrian White Defensive Line – Antonio Anderson Linebackers – Kurt Gouveia National Coach/Defensive Backs/Special Teams – Sascha Gehloff Strength and conditioning Strength and Conditioning – Jeremy Holsopple

Roster

2006 Rhein Fire roster
	Quarterbacks  3 John Bowenkamp 14 Timmy Chang  7 Drew Henson Running Backs 25 Jamaal Branch 23 Fred Jackson 20 Jacque Lewis Wide Receivers 88 Jeremy Carter 84 Steven Harris 80 Brandon Middleton 85 Chris Samp 81 Kendrick Starling 87 Zuriel Smith Tight Ends 49 Aaron Halterman 46 Joey Hawkins 44 Andy Stokes		Offensive Linemen 76 Harvey Dahl T 63 Rob Hunt C 72 Mike Kracalik T 74 Nick Steitz G 77 Brandon Torrey T 64 Pete Traynor C 71 Sam Wilder T 68 Tony Wragge G Defensive Linemen 99 Ja'Waren Blair DT 93 Johnathanio Conley DT 96 Walter Curry DT/DE 92 Sacha Lancaster DE 98 Brook Miller DT 97 Derrick Strong DE 95 Zach Ville DT/DE		Linebackers 51 Jameel Dumas OLB 57 Stephen Larsen OLB 52 Terrence Robinson MLB 58 Tyson Smith OLB 47 Guy Tuell OLB Defensive Backs 31 Reggie Austin CB 21 Therrian Fontenot CB 29 Gabriel Helms CB/S 26 Mitch Meeuwsen S 28 Siddeeq Shabazz S 21 Antwain Spann CB 33 Ronyell Whitaker CB Special Teams 60 Kyle Andrews LS  8 Ola Kimrin K 15 Travis Dorsch P		National Players 56 Richard Adjei OLB 70 Emmanuel Akah G 86 Marvin Allen WR 90 Patrick Finke DE 22 Laurent Marceline FB 45 Alexej Mittendorf TE 55 Shaun Smith LB 91 Salomon Solano DT 83 Juan Wong WR 40 Richard Yancy S Rookies in italics

Schedule

Week	Date	Kickoff (CEST)	Opponent	Results		Game site	Attendance
				Final score	Team record
1	Saturday, March 18	7:00 p.m.	Frankfurt Galaxy	W 10–6	1–0	LTU arena	22,827
2	Saturday, March 25	6:00 p.m.	at Berlin Thunder	W 22–0	2–0	Olympic Stadium	13,105
3	Sunday, April 2	4:00 p.m.	at Cologne Centurions	W 20–10	3–0	RheinEnergieStadion	16,961
4	Saturday, April 8	7:00 p.m.	Hamburg Sea Devils	W 31–21	4–0	LTU arena	18,224
5	Saturday, April 15	3:00 p.m.	at Amsterdam Admirals	L 31–35	4–1	Amsterdam ArenA	12,683
6	Saturday, April 22	7:00 p.m.	Amsterdam Admirals	L 21–30	4–2	LTU arena	20,118
7	Saturday, April 29	7:00 p.m.	Berlin Thunder	W 27–24	5–2	LTU arena	20,598
8	Saturday, May 6	7:00 p.m.	at Frankfurt Galaxy	L 14–16	5–3	Commerzbank-Arena	32,172
9	Sunday, May 14	4:00 p.m.	at Hamburg Sea Devils	L 10–13	5–4	AOL Arena	16,823
10	Saturday, May 20	7:00 p.m.	Cologne Centurions	W 21–10	6–4	LTU arena	28,334

Standings

NFL Europe League
Team	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA
Amsterdam Admirals	7	3	0	.700	259	234
Frankfurt Galaxy	7	3	0	.700	172	160
Rhein Fire	6	4	0	.600	207	165
Cologne Centurions	4	6	0	.400	151	170
Hamburg Sea Devils	3	6	1	.350	194	193
Berlin Thunder	2	7	1	.250	180	241