2001 Rhein Fire (NFLE) |
| 3rd place • 5-5-0 .500 |
| Head Coach/Defensive Coordinator: Pete Kuharchek |
| Mike Bender | Offensive Line |
| Booker Brooks | Running Backs/Wide Receivers |
| Joe Clark | Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks |
| Brian Ferguson | Strength and Conditioning |
| Jorn Maier | Linebackers |
| Ed O'Neil | Defensive Line/Special Teams |
| Adrian White | Defensive Backs |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Result | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sat | 4/21/2001 | H | Amsterdam Admirals | 24-20 | W | Dusseldorf, Germany | Rheinstadion | 31437 | |
| Sat | 4/28/2001 | A | Barcelona Dragons | 12-24 | L | Barcelona, Spain | Estadi Olimpic | 8423 | |
| Sat | 5/5/2001 | H | Barcelona Dragons | 21-27 | L | Dusseldorf, Germany | Rheinstadion | 30984 | |
| Sat | 5/12/2001 | A | Berlin Thunder | 17-23 | L | Berlin, Germany | Jahnstadion | 9148 | |
| Sun | 5/20/2001 | H | Scottish Claymores | 10-3 | W | Dusseldorf, Germany | Rheinstadion | 30211 | |
| Sun | 5/27/2001 | A | Frankfurt Galaxy | 22-5 | W | Frankfurt, Germany | Waldstadion | 30512 | |
| Sat | 6/2/2001 | A | Amsterdam Admirals | 14-17 | L | OT | Amsterdam, Netherlands | Amsterdam ArenA | 13823 |
| Sun | 6/10/2001 | H | Berlin Thunder | 16-13 | W | OT | Dusseldorf, Germany | Rheinstadion | 30701 |
| Sat | 6/16/2001 | H | Frankfurt Galaxy | 17-13 | W | Dusseldorf, Germany | Rheinstadion | 51719 | |
| Sat | 6/23/2001 | A | Scottish Claymores | 21-34 | L | Glasgow, Scotland | Hampden Park | 12251 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Akihito Amaya | 5 | WR | 6-0 | 183 | 29 | Tsukuba | ||
| Jim Arellanes | 16 | QB | 6-4 | 217 | 27 | Los Angeles Valley JC; Fresno State | ||
| Corey Bailey | 75 | LOG | 6-3 | 300 | 26 | Fordham | ||
| John Blick | 65 | ROT | 6-6 | 315 | 23 | Penn State | 10 | 10 |
| Jason Brookins | 44 | RB | 6-2 | 225 | 25 | Kemper Military JC; Lane | 5 | |
| Demario Brown | 44 | RB | 6-1 | 213 | 24 | Utah State | ||
| Manfred Burgsmuller | 10 | K | 5-9 | 152 | 52 | none | ||
| Giovanni Carmazzi | 19 | QB | 6-3 | 224 | 24 | Pacific; Hofstra | ||
| Dwight Carter | 86 | WR | 5-9 | 185 | 24 | San Diego State; Mount San Antonio JC; Hawaii | ||
| Brian Connolly | 73 | ROT | 6-4 | 276 | 25 | Army | ||
| Andre Cooper | 80 | WR | 6-2 | 210 | 26 | Florida State | 10 | 6 |
| Deke Cooper | 40 | FS | 6-3 | 212 | 24 | Notre Dame | 10 | 10 |
| LeShun Daniels | 78 | LOT | 6-1 | 304 | 27 | Ohio State | 10 | 10 |
| Anthony Doghmi | 50 | LLB | 6-5 | 252 | 29 | none | ||
| Julian Duncan | 91 | LDE | 6-2 | 232 | 25 | Rice | 10 | |
| Michael Early | 63 | C | 6-1 | 305 | 24 | Benedict; Norfolk State | ||
| Derrick Gardner | 30 | LCB | 6-0 | 185 | 24 | California | ||
| Sascha Gelhoff | 23 | S | 6-0 | 188 | 29 | none | ||
| Steve Gleason | 38 | SS | 5-11 | 214 | 24 | Washington State | ||
| Dan Greer | 98 | LDT | 6-2 | 285 | 25 | Arizona | ||
| Kelly Gregg | 99 | RDT | 6-0 | 302 | 25 | Oklahoma | ||
| Eddie Hardaway | 87 | WR | 6-1 | 195 | 24 | Long Island-Post | ||
| Corey Harris | 24 | LCB | 5-10 | 189 | 25 | The Citadel; North Alabama | ||
| J.J. Huggins | 89 | TE | 6-3 | 245 | 25 | Alabama State | ||
| Gaylon Hyder | 94 | RDT | 6-5 | 290 | 27 | Texas Christian | ||
| Paris Johnson | 51 | LB | 6-2 | 213 | 25 | North Iowa JC; Miami (Ohio) | 5 | 4 |
| Terrell Jurineack | 93 | LDE | 6-4 | 270 | 24 | Coffeyville CC; Missouri | ||
| Bastian Lano | 72 | RDE | 6-4 | 266 | 25 | none | ||
| Clarence LeBlanc | 35 | SS | 6-2 | 210 | 24 | Louisiana State | ||
| Michael Lewis | 88 | WR | 5-8 | 170 | 30 | none | ||
| DeShone Mallard | 36 | RCB | 5-10 | 188 | 25 | Hinds CC; Southern Mississippi | 10 | 10 |
| Antoine McNutt | 79 | LOG | 6-4 | 330 | 25 | Illinois; Tennessee State | ||
| Shannon Myers | 82 | WR | 6-0 | 171 | 28 | Lenoir-Rhyne | ||
| Adam Newman | 45 | TE | 6-5 | 248 | 24 | Boston College | 10 | 8 |
| Ronnie Nicks | 54 | MLB | 6-1 | 240 | 24 | Notre Dame | ||
| Nick O'Brien | 67 | ROG | 6-1 | 330 | 30 | Navarro JC; Texas A&M-Kingsville | ||
| Oyenrian Olalere Odunayo Ojo | 21 | RB | 5-9 | 216 | 28 | none | ||
| Pepe Pearson | 20 | RB | 5-10 | 208 | 26 | Ohio State | ||
| Joe Perez | 83 | WR | 6-0 | 202 | 24 | Coffeyville CC; Kentucky State; Murray State | 5 | |
| James Roscoe | 95 | DE | 6-3 | 265 | 26 | Auburn; Clark Atlanta | ||
| Mike Sands | 56 | LLB | 6-4 | 235 | 24 | Harvard | ||
| Naoki Sasano | 8 | S | 5-11 | 189 | 26 | Seenshu | ||
| Jamel Smith | 57 | RLB | 6-1 | 240 | 24 | Virginia Tech | 10 | 7 |
| Phil Stambaugh | 18 | QB | 6-3 | 218 | 23 | Lehigh | ||
| Masaki Tokimoto | 58 | RLB | 5-10 | 210 | 27 | Kinki | ||
| James Tuthill | 14 | K | 6-2 | 250 | 25 | Cal Poly (San Luis Obispo) | 0 | |
| Rodney Williams | 2 | P | 6-0 | 178 | 24 | Georgia Tech | ||
| Mark Word | 96 | RDE | 6-5 | 283 | 26 | Hinds CC; Jacksonville State | ||
| Jordan Younger | 26 | RCB | 5-10 | 187 | 23 | Connecticut | ||
| Scott Zimmerman | 53 | MLB | 5-11 | 226 | 24 | Northern Colorado | ||
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 20 | 54 | 43 | 54 | 3 | |
| Opponents Totals | 39 | 56 | 59 | 36 | 9 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1ST DOWNS | Rush | Pass | Pen | 3RD DOWN | Att | Pct | 4TH DOWN | Att | Pct | PEN | YDS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 30:04 | 173 | 62 | 94 | 17 | 43/125 34.4% | 4/5 80.0% | 70 | 551 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 32:06 | 178 | 60 | 107 | 11 | 56/132 42.4% | 1/4 25.0% | 68 | 503 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | X2 | X2A | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manfred Burgsmuller | 0 | 13 | 14 | 92.9 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 85.7 | 0 | 31 |
| Michael Lewis | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Pepe Pearson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | ||
| James Tuthill | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 12 | 58.3 | 0 | 21 | |
| Clarence LeBlanc | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Eddie Hardaway | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Phil Stambaugh | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | ||
| Akihito Amaya | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Jason Brookins | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Kelly Gregg | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Corey Harris | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Adam Newman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Nick O'Brien | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Giovanni Carmazzi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| (Team) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Team Totals | 19 | 13 | 14 | 92.9 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 19 | 68.4 | 1 | 174 |
| Opponents Totals | 19 | 18 | 18 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 17 | 88.2 | 1 | 179 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pepe Pearson | 166 | 597 | 3.6 | 19 | 3 |
| Giovanni Carmazzi | 30 | 133 | 4.4 | 24 | 0 |
| Jason Brookins | 34 | 115 | 3.4 | 17 | 1 |
| Demario Brown | 27 | 78 | 2.9 | 9 | 0 |
| Phil Stambaugh | 19 | 63 | 3.3 | 20 | 1 |
| Eddie Hardaway | 3 | 4 | 1.3 | 10 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 280 | 998 | 3.6 | 24 | 5 |
| Opponents Totals | 239 | 886 | 3.7 | 27 | 4 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phil Stambaugh | 200 | 110 | 55.0 | 83 | 1166 | 5.8 | 10.6 | 45 | 2 | 1.0 | 7 | 1.0 | 17 | 94 | 1072 | 61.0 |
| Giovanni Carmazzi | 71 | 42 | 59.2 | 25 | 448 | 6.3 | 10.7 | 27 | 4 | 5.6 | 4 | 5.6 | 7 | 42 | 406 | 73.0 |
| Jim Arellanes | 21 | 9 | 42.9 | 11 | 171 | 8.1 | 19.0 | 64t | 1 | 4.8 | 1 | 4.8 | 2 | 6 | 165 | 67.8 |
| Rodney Williams | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | -5 | 0.0 | |||||||
| Team Totals | 292 | 161 | 55.1 | 119 | 1785 | 6.1 | 11.1 | 64t | 7 | 2.4 | 12 | 2.4 | 27 | 147 | 1638 | 64.4 |
| Opponents Totals | 360 | 214 | 59.4 | 133 | 2236 | 6.2 | 10.4 | 59 | 11 | 3.1 | 13 | 3.1 | 26 | 191 | 2045 | 72.6 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eddie Hardaway | 33 | 398 | 12.1 | 45 | 2 |
| Michael Lewis | 29 | 262 | 9.0 | 64t | 3 |
| Dwight Carter | 21 | 222 | 10.6 | 27 | 0 |
| Andre Cooper | 17 | 198 | 11.6 | 20 | 0 |
| J.J. Huggins | 16 | 167 | 10.4 | 38 | 0 |
| Pepe Pearson | 16 | 135 | 8.4 | 19 | 0 |
| Akihito Amaya | 14 | 148 | 10.6 | 23 | 1 |
| Jason Brookins | 7 | 104 | 14.9 | 37 | 0 |
| Demario Brown | 6 | 49 | 8.2 | 18 | 0 |
| Adam Newman | 5 | 53 | 10.6 | 24 | 1 |
| Oyenrian Olalere Odunayo Ojo | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Joe Perez | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 161 | 1785 | 11.1 | 64t | 7 |
| Opponents Totals | 214 | 2236 | 10.4 | 59 | 11 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deke Cooper | 6 | 30 | 5.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Clarence LeBlanc | 4 | 153 | 38.3 | 73t | 3 |
| Corey Harris | 2 | 57 | 28.5 | 57t | 1 |
| Jordan Younger | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 13 | 240 | 18.5 | 73t | 4 |
| Opponents Totals | 12 | 285 | 23.8 | 95t | 3 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rodney Williams | 50 | 2014 | 40.3 | 74 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 213 | 1681 | 33.6 |
| Team Totals | 50 | 2014 | 40.3 | 74 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 213 | 1681 | 33.6 |
| Opponents Totals | 48 | 2110 | 44.0 | 77 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 263 | 1767 | 36.8 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jordan Younger | 24 | 3 | 242 | 10.1 | 36 | 0 |
| Dwight Carter | 2 | 0 | 20 | 10.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Michael Lewis | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 28 | 4 | 263 | 9.4 | 36 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 23 | 13 | 213 | 9.3 | 39 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jordan Younger | 21 | 0 | 448 | 21.3 | 46 | 0 |
| Michael Lewis | 9 | 0 | 185 | 20.6 | 33 | 0 |
| Dwight Carter | 8 | 0 | 143 | 17.9 | 22 | 0 |
| Kelly Gregg | 1 | 0 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Brian Connolly | 1 | 0 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 40 | 0 | 797 | 19.9 | 46 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 40 | 0 | 626 | 15.7 | 31 | 0 |
| SACKS | NO | YDS |
|---|---|---|
| Kelly Gregg | 6.0 | |
| Dan Greer | 5.0 | |
| Mark Word | 5.0 | |
| Julian Duncan | 2.0 | |
| Terrell Jurineack | 2.0 | |
| Bastian Lano | 2.0 | |
| Scott Zimmerman | 2.0 | |
| Deshone Mallard | 1.0 | |
| Masaki Tokimoto | 1.0 | |
| Team Totals | 26.0 | 191.0 |
| Opponents Totals | 27.0 | 147.0 |
| PENALTIES | Called | Declined | Accepted | Yards | Nullified Yards | First Downs | Stalled Drives |
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