2005 Rhein Fire season
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The 2005 Rhein Fire
season was the 11th season for the team in the NFL Europe
League. The Fire was led by fifth-year head coach Pete Kuharchek
and played its home games at the newly build LTU arena in Düsseldorf
, Germany
. Rhein finished the season in sixth place with a record of 3–7.
Rhein Fire
The Rhein Fire was a professional American football team in NFL Europe, formerly the World League of American Football. Established in Germany in 1995, the franchise resurrected the name of the former Birmingham Fire team which was active during the 1991-1992 WLAF seasons.-History:The team was...
season was the 11th season for the team in the NFL Europe
NFL Europe
NFL Europe was an American football league which operated in Europe from 1991 until 2007. Backed by the National Football League , the largest professional American football league in the United States, it was founded as the World League of American Football to serve as a type of spring league...
League. The Fire was led by fifth-year head coach Pete Kuharchek
Pete Kuharchek
Pete Kuharchek is an American football coach and currently the Defensive Backs coach of the Omaha Nighthawks of the United Football League.-External links:*...
and played its home games at the newly build LTU arena in Düsseldorf
Düsseldorf
Düsseldorf is the capital city of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia and centre of the Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan region.Düsseldorf is an important international business and financial centre and renowned for its fashion and trade fairs. Located centrally within the European Megalopolis, the...
, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
. Rhein finished the season in sixth place with a record of 3–7.
Free Agent Draft
| Draft order | Player name | Position | College | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | |||
| 1 | 2 | Jason Rader Jason Rader Jason Rader is an American football tight end who is currently a member of the Atlanta Falcons. He was signed by the Atlanta Falcons as an undrafted free agent in 2004. He played college football at Marshall.... |
TE | Marshall |
| 2 | 8 | Jesse Mitchell | DT | Mississippi |
| 3 | 17 | Sean Guthrie | DE | Boston College |
| 4 | 20 | Brandon Rager | LB | San Diego State |
| 5 | 29 | Jeremy Phillips | T | Lenoir–Rhyne |
| 6 | 32 | Clarence LeBlanc | S | Louisiana State |
| 7 | 41 | Travis Carroll | LB | Florida |