The 2006 Rhein Fire season was the 12th season for the franchise in the NFL Europe League (NFLEL). The team was led by head coach Jim Tomsula in his first year, and played its home games at LTU arena in Düsseldorf, Germany. They finished the regular season in third place with a record of six wins and four losses.
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
Roster
Schedule Week Date Kickoff 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
Game summaries Week 1: vs Frankfurt Galaxy
Week 2: at Berlin Thunder
Week 3: at Cologne Centurions
Week 4: vs Hamburg Sea Devils
Week 5: at Amsterdam Admirals
Week 6: vs Amsterdam Admirals
Week 7: vs Berlin Thunder
Week 8: at Frankfurt Galaxy
Week 9: at Hamburg Sea Devils
Week 10: vs Cologne Centurions
Honors After the completion of the regular season, the All-NFL Europe League team was selected by the NFLEL coaching staffs, members of a media panel and fans voting online at NFLEurope.com. Overall, Rhein had four players selected. The selections were:
Aaron Halterman, tight end Terrence Robinson, linebacker Derrick Strong, defensive end Ronyell Whitaker, cornerback
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