# 2006 Frankfurt Galaxy season

The 2006 Frankfurt Galaxy season was the 14th season for the franchise in the NFL Europe League (NFLEL). The team was led by head coach Mike Jones in his third year, and played its home games at Commerzbank Arena in Frankfurt, Germany. They finished the regular season in second place with a record of seven wins and three losses. In World Bowl XIV, Frankfurt defeated the Amsterdam Admirals 22–7. The victory marked the franchise's fourth World Bowl championship, a league record.

## Offseason
### Free agent draft

2006 Frankfurt Galaxy NFLEL free agent draft selections :
| Draft order | Draft order | Player name | Position | College |
| Round | Choice | Player name | Position | College |
| 1 | 2 | Josh Cooper | DE | Mississippi |
| 2 | 8 | Charles Howard | DT | Florida State |
| 3 | 17 | Daryl Towns | LB | Nevada |
| 4 | 20 | J. R. Niklos | RB | Illinois |
| 5 | 29 | Butchie Wallace | RB | Marshall |
| 6 | 32 | Joselio Hanson | CB | Texas Tech |
| 7 | 41 | Joseph Scott | LB | Jackson State |
| 8 | 44 | Bill Alford | CB | Vanderbilt |
| 9 | 53 | Travis Harris | LB | Florida |
| 10 | 55 | Hannibal Thomas | WR | Cincinnati |

## Schedule

| Week | Date | Kickoff | Opponent | Results | Results | Game site | Attendance |
| Week | Date | Kickoff | Opponent | Final score | Team record | Game site | Attendance |
| 1 | Saturday, March 18 | 7:00 p.m. | at Rhein Fire | L 6–10 | 0–1 | LTU arena | 22,827 |
| 2 | Saturday, March 25 | 7:00 p.m. | Hamburg Sea Devils | W 31–14 | 1–1 | Commerzbank-Arena | 26,713 |
| 3 | Saturday, April 1 | 7:00 p.m. | at Amsterdam Admirals | L 20–38 | 1–2 | Amsterdam ArenA | 9,917 |
| 4 | Saturday, April 8 | 7:00 p.m. | Cologne Centurions | W 21–14 | 2–2 | Commerzbank-Arena | 23,125 |
| 5 | Saturday, April 15 | 6:00 p.m. | at Hamburg Sea Devils | W 17–13 | 3–2 | AOL Arena | 12,281 |
| 6 | Saturday, April 22 | 7:00 p.m. | Berlin Thunder | W 18–17 | 4–2 | Commerzbank-Arena | 26,812 |
| 7 | Sunday, April 30 | 4:00 p.m. | at Cologne Centurions | W 17–10 | 5–2 | RheinEnergieStadion | 11,800 |
| 8 | Saturday, May 6 | 7:00 p.m. | Rhein Fire | W 16–14 | 6–2 | Commerzbank-Arena | 32,172 |
| 9 | Sunday, May 14 | 5:00 p.m. | Amsterdam Admirals | L 12–17 | 6–3 | Commerzbank-Arena | 31,769 |
| 10 | Saturday, May 20 | 6:00 p.m. | at Berlin Thunder | W 14–13 | 7–3 | Jahn-Sportpark | 14,225 |
| World Bowl XIV ||||||||
| 11 | Saturday, May 27 | 6:00 p.m. | Amsterdam Admirals | W 22–7 | 8–3 | LTU arena | 36,286 |

## Standings

NFL Europe League :
| Team | W | L | T | PCT | PF | PA | Home | Road | STK |
| Amsterdam Admirals | 7 | 3 | 0 | .700 | 259 | 234 | 2–3–0 | 5–0–0 | L1 |
| Frankfurt Galaxy | 7 | 3 | 0 | .700 | 172 | 160 | 4–1–0 | 3–2–0 | W1 |
| Rhein Fire | 6 | 4 | 0 | .600 | 207 | 165 | 4–1–0 | 2–3–0 | W1 |
| Cologne Centurions | 4 | 6 | 0 | .400 | 151 | 170 | 2–3–0 | 2–3–0 | L1 |
| Hamburg Sea Devils | 3 | 6 | 1 | .350 | 194 | 193 | 1–3–1 | 2–3–0 | W3 |
| Berlin Thunder | 2 | 7 | 1 | .250 | 180 | 241 | 1–4–0 | 1–3–1 | L5 |

## Game summaries
### Week 1: at Rhein Fire

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Frankfurt | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| Rhein | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
at LTU arena, Düsseldorf, Germany
* Date: Saturday, March 18
* Game time: 7:06 p.m. CET
* Game weather: 62 °F (17 °C), roof closed
* Game attendance: 22,827
* Referee: Terry Brown

### Week 2: vs Hamburg Sea Devils

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Hamburg | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 |
| Frankfurt | 7 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 31 |
at Commerzbank-Arena, Frankfurt, Germany
* Date: Saturday, March 25
* Game time: 7:09 p.m. CET
* Game weather: 40 °F (4 °C), partly cloudy
* Game attendance: 26,713
* Referee: Carl Cheffers

### Week 3: at Amsterdam Admirals

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Frankfurt | 7 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 20 |
| Amsterdam | 14 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 38 |
at Amsterdam ArenA, Amsterdam, Netherlands
* Date: Saturday, April 1
* Game time: 7:06 p.m. CEST
* Game weather: 54 °F (12 °C), roof open, partly cloudy
* Game attendance: 9,917
* Referee: Alberto Riveron

### Week 4: vs Cologne Centurions

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Cologne | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 14 |
| Frankfurt | 0 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 21 |
at Commerzbank-Arena, Frankfurt, Germany
* Date: Saturday, April 8
* Game time: 7:05 p.m. CEST
* Game weather: 56 °F (13 °C), sunny
* Game attendance: 23,125
* Referee: Jerome Boger

### Week 5: at Hamburg Sea Devils

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Frankfurt | 0 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 17 |
| Hamburg | 0 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 13 |
at AOL Arena, Hamburg, Germany
* Date: Saturday, April 15
* Game time: 6:05 p.m. CEST
* Game weather: 57 °F (14 °C), cloudy
* Game attendance: 12,281
* Referee: Craig Wrolstad

### Week 6: vs Berlin Thunder

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Berlin | 0 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 17 |
| Frankfurt | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 18 |
at Commerzbank-Arena, Frankfurt, Germany
* Date: Saturday, April 22
* Game time: 7:10 p.m. CEST
* Game weather: 61 °F (16 °C), sunny
* Game attendance: 26,812
* Referee: John Parry

### Week 7: at Cologne Centurions

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Frankfurt | 0 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 17 |
| Cologne | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 10 |
at RheinEnergieStadion, Cologne, Germany
* Date: Sunday, April 30
* Game time: 4:06 p.m. CEST
* Game weather: 49 °F (9 °C), mostly cloudly
* Game attendance: 11,800
* Referee: Gene Steratore

### Week 8: vs Rhein Fire

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Rhein | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 14 |
| Frankfurt | 3 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 16 |
at Commerzbank-Arena, Frankfurt, Germany
* Date: Saturday, May 6
* Game time: 7:04 p.m. CEST
* Game weather: 71 °F (22 °C), sunny
* Game attendance: 32,172
* Referee: Gene Steratore

### Week 9: vs Amsterdam Admirals

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Amsterdam | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 17 |
| Frankfurt | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 12 |
at Commerzbank-Arena, Frankfurt, Germany
* Date: Saturday, May 6
* Game time: 5:05 p.m. CEST
* Game weather: 70 °F (21 °C), roof closed
* Game attendance: 31,769
* Referee: Greg Meyer

### Week 10: at Berlin Thunder

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Frankfurt | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 |
| Berlin | 6 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
at Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Sportpark, Berlin, Germany
* Date: Saturday, May 20
* Game time: 6:05 p.m. CEST
* Game weather: 64 °F (18 °C), cloudy with showers, windy
* Game attendance: 14,225
* Referee: Alberto Riveron

### World Bowl XIV

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Frankfurt | 2 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 22 |
| Amsterdam | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
at LTU arena, Düsseldorf, Germany
* Date: Saturday, May 27
* Game time: 6:06 p.m. CEST
* Game weather: 61 °F (16 °C), roof closed
* Game attendance: 36,286
* Referee: Jerome Boger
* TV announcers (NFL Network): Curt Menefee and Brian Baldinger

## 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, Frankfurt had five players selected. The selections were:
* Brandon Haw, safety
* Aaron Hosack, wide receiver
* Jerome Nichols, defensive tackle
* Roger Robinson, running back
* Will Svitek, tackle
Head coach Mike Jones earned NFL Europe League Coach of the Year honors.