2007 Berlin Thunder season

Berlin Thunder
2007 Berlin Thunder season
Head coach	John Allen
General manager	Joe Cealera
Home field	Olympic Stadium
Results
Record	2–8
Division place	6th
Playoff finish	did not qualify
	← 2006; Berlin Thunder; — →;

The 2007 Berlin Thunder season was the ninth and final season for the franchise in the NFL Europa League (NFLEL). The team was led by head coach John Allen in his first year, and played its home games at Olympic Stadium in Berlin, Germany. They finished the regular season in sixth place with a record of two wins and eight losses. The National Football League (NFL) announced the closure of its European branch on June 29.^[1]

Offseason

Free agent draft

2007 Berlin Thunder NFLEL free agent draft selections
Draft order		Player name	Position	College
Round	Choice	Player name	Position	College
1	1	Chris Thompson	CB	Nicholls State
2	7	Lauvale Sape	DT	Utah
3	18	Seante Williams	DE	Jacksonville State
4	19	Jabari Levey	T	South Carolina
5	30	Chris Harrell	CB	Penn State
6	31	Matt Henshaw	TE	Florida State
7	42	Steve Paris	S	Iowa State
8	43	Damien Rhodes	RB	Syracuse
9	54	Keon Raymond	CB	Middle Tennessee
10	55	Quartez Vickerson	DT	Grand Valley State
11	66	Steven Vieira	G	UCLA
12	67	Samario Houston	LB	Catawba
13	78	Jameel Dumas	LB	Syracuse
14	79	Jay McCareins	CB	Princeton
15	90	Robin Meadow	T	Washington
16	91	Sha-Ron Edwards	RB	Illinois State
17	102	Bernard Opoku	S	Jacksonville
18	103	Bobby Payne	DE	Middle Tennessee
19	114	Daniel Martz	C	Alabama
20	115	Jason Flowers	CB	Toledo
21	126	Tim Clarke	LB	Lenoir–Rhyne
22	127	Mike Mendenhall	DE	Temple
23	133	Scott Mitchell	WR	Kentucky

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Personnel

Staff

2007 Berlin Thunder staff

Front office

General Manager – Joe Cealera

Head coaches

Head Coach/Wide Receivers – John Allen

Offensive coaches

Offensive Coordinator/Offensive Line – Don Lawrence
Quarterbacks – Cory Sauter
National Coach/Running Backs – Wanja Müller
Tight Ends – Willard Scissum

Defensive coaches

Defensive Coordinator/Defensive Backs – Adrian White
Defensive Line – Darryl Sims
Assistant Defensive Line – Mike Jones
Linebackers – Kurt Gouveia

Special teams coaches

National Coach/Special Teams Coordinator – Wanja Müller

Strength and conditioning

Strength and Conditioning – Mike Berezowski

Roster

2007 Berlin Thunder roster

Quarterbacks

10 Bruce Eugene
7 Travis Lulay

Running backs

23 Chris Barclay

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Wide receivers

81 Carlton Brewster
82 Ryan Hoag

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12 Steve Sanders

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Tight ends

83 Rob Abiamiri
87 Charles Davis

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Offensive linemen

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69 Matt Ulrich G

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Defensive linemen

91 Walter Curry DE

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95 Lauvale Sape DT

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90 Dave Tollefson DE

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Linebackers

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50 Jameel Dumas OLB

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27 Chris Harrell S
20 Josh Lay CB

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Special teams

2 D. J. Fitzpatrick K/P

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1 Tom Malone P

National players

56 Richard Adjei OLB

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64 Samuel Gutekunst T
51 Shaun Smith MLB

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Rookies in italics

Schedule

Week	Date	Kickoff ^{[n 1]}	Opponent	Results		Game site	Attendance
Week	Date	Kickoff ^{[n 1]}	Opponent	Final score	Team record	Game site	Attendance
1	Saturday, April 14	7:00 p.m.	at Rhein Fire	W 15–3	1–0	LTU arena	30,355
2	Sunday, April 22	4:00 p.m.	Hamburg Sea Devils	L 7–16	1–1	Olympic Stadium	30,657
3	Saturday, April 28	6:00 p.m.	Amsterdam Admirals	L 10–14	1–2	Olympic Stadium	11,942
4	Saturday, May 5	6:00 p.m.	at Cologne Centurions	W 31–28	2–2	RheinEnergieStadion	10,084
5	Sunday, May 13	4:00 p.m.	Cologne Centurions	L 10–24	2–3	Olympic Stadium	11,995
6	Sunday, May 20	5:00 p.m.	at Frankfurt Galaxy	L 7–35	2–4	Commerzbank-Arena	30,125
7	Saturday, May 26	6:00 p.m.	at Hamburg Sea Devils	L 7–17	2–5	AOL Arena	18,337
8	Saturday, June 2	6:00 p.m.	Frankfurt Galaxy	L 22–25	2–6	Olympic Stadium	11,882
9	Friday, June 8	7:00 p.m.	Rhein Fire	L 17–24	2–7	Olympic Stadium	12,114
10	Friday, June 15	8:00 p.m.	at Amsterdam Admirals	L 20–21	2–8	Olympic Stadium	11,893

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Standings

NFL Europa League
Team	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA	Home	Road	STK
Hamburg Sea Devils	7	3	0	.700	231	176	4–1	3–2	W4
Frankfurt Galaxy	7	3	0	.700	254	179	5–0	2–3	W1
Cologne Centurions	6	4	0	.600	205	172	2–3	4–1	L1
Rhein Fire	4	6	0	.400	166	212	2–3	2–3	L1
Amsterdam Admirals	4	6	0	.400	194	250	3–2	1–4	W1
Berlin Thunder	2	8	0	.200	146	207	0–5	2–3	L6

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Game summaries

Week 1: at Rhein Fire

Week One: Berlin Thunder at Rhein Fire – Game summary

	1	2	3	4	Total
Berlin	0	4	4	7	15
Rhein	0	3	0	0	3

at LTU arena, Düsseldorf, Germany

Date: Saturday, April 14
Game time: 7:06 p.m. CEST
Game weather: 71 °F (21.7 °C), sunny
Game attendance: 30,355
Referee: Carl Cheffers
TV announcers (NFL Network): Scott Graham and Doug Graber

Week 2: vs Hamburg Sea Devils

Week Two: Hamburg Sea Devils at Berlin Thunder – Game summary

	1	2	3	4	Total
Hamburg	0	10	3	3	16
Berlin	0	0	0	7	7

at Olympic Stadium, Berlin, Germany

Date: Sunday, April 22
Game time: 4:02 p.m. CEST
Game weather: 64 °F (17.8 °C), sunny
Game attendance: 30,657
Referee: Don Carey
TV announcers (NFL Network): Scott Graham and Doug Graber

Week 3: vs Amsterdam Admirals

Week Three: Amsterdam Admirals at Berlin Thunder – Game summary

	1	2	3	4	Total
Amsterdam	7	0	0	7	14
Berlin	0	0	10	0	10

at Olympic Stadium, Berlin, Germany

Date: Saturday, April 28
Game time: 6:06 p.m. CEST
Game weather: 76 °F (24.4 °C), sunny
Game attendance: 11,942
Referee: John Hussey
TV announcers (DirecTV): Scott Graham and DeAngelo Hall

Week 4: at Cologne Centurions

Week Four: Berlin Thunder at Cologne Centurions – Game summary

	1	2	3	4	Total
Berlin	0	14	3	14	31
Cologne	14	14	0	0	28

at RheinEnergieStadion, Cologne, Germany

Date: Saturday, May 5
Game time: 6:07 p.m. CEST
Game weather: 72 °F (22.2 °C), mostly cloudy
Game attendance: 10,084
Referee: John Parry

Week 10: at Amsterdam Admirals

Week Ten: Berlin Thunder at Amsterdam Admirals – Game summary

	1	2	3	4	Total
Berlin	3	10	7	0	20
Amsterdam	0	7	0	14	21

at Olympic Stadium, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Date: Friday, June 15
Game time: 8:07 p.m. CEST
Game weather: 70 °F (21.1 °C), partly cloudy, light rain
Game attendance: 11,893
Referee: Tom Symonette
TV announcers (NFL Network): Michael Reghi and Doug Graber

Honors

Chris Barclay, Special Teams Player of the Week (Week 4)
Carlton Brewster, All-NFL Europa League team selection
Andrew Jacas, Special Teams Player of the Week (Week 1)
Chris Thompson, Defensive Player of the Week (Week 10)

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Notes

↑ All times are in Central European Summer Time (CEST).

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v t e Berlin Thunder
Founded in 1999 Folded in 2007 Based in Berlin, Germany
The Franchise	Franchise Coaches
Stadiums	Jahn-Sportpark Olympic Stadium
Head coaches	Wes Chandler Peter Vaas Rick Lantz John Allen
World Bowl appearances (4)	IX X XII XIII
League championships (3)	2001 2002 2004
Seasons	1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007

2007 Berlin Thunder season

Contents

Offseason

Free agent draft

Personnel

Staff

Roster

Schedule

Standings

Game summaries

Week 1: at Rhein Fire

Week 2: vs Hamburg Sea Devils

Week 3: vs Amsterdam Admirals

Week 4: at Cologne Centurions

Week 10: at Amsterdam Admirals

Honors

Notes

References

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