# 2005 Hamburg Sea Devils season

The 2005 Hamburg Sea Devils season was the inaugural season for the franchise in the NFL Europe League (NFLEL). The team was led by head coach Jack Bicknell, and played its home games at AOL Arena in Hamburg, Germany. They finished the regular season in fourth place with a record of five wins and five losses.

## Offseason
### Free agent draft

2005 Hamburg Sea Devils NFLEL free agent draft selections :
| Draft order | Draft order | Player name | Position | College |
| Round | Choice | Player name | Position | College |
| 1 | 1 | Ron Johnson | DE | Shippensburg |
| 2 | 7 | Shawn Lynch | C | Duke |
| 3 | 18 | Ivory McCoy | DE | Michigan State |
| 4 | 19 | Lawrence Richardson | CB | Arkansas |
| 5 | 30 | Sean Mulcahy | TE | Connecticut |
| 6 | 31 | Sacha Lancaster | DE | Arkansas |
| 7 | 42 | Jason Waters | CB | Tennessee |

## Schedule

| Week | Date | Kickoff | Opponent | Results | Results | Game site | Attendance |
| Week | Date | Kickoff | Opponent | Final score | Team record | Game site | Attendance |
| 1 | Saturday, April 2 | 6:00 p.m. | at Cologne Centurions | L 23–24 | 0–1 | RheinEnergieStadion | 9,468 |
| 2 | Sunday, April 10 | 4:00 p.m. | at Berlin Thunder | L 13–15 | 0–2 | Olympic Stadium | 14,312 |
| 3 | Saturday, April 16 | 7:00 p.m. | Rhein Fire | W 31–24 | 1–2 | AOL Arena | 19,865 |
| 4 | Saturday, April 23 | 7:00 p.m. | at Frankfurt Galaxy | W 30–10 | 2–2 | Waldstadion | 22,347 |
| 5 | Saturday, April 30 | 7:00 p.m. | Cologne Centurions | W 23–6 | 3–2 | AOL Arena | 15,228 |
| 6 | Saturday, May 7 | 7:00 p.m. | at Rhein Fire | L 19–24 | 3–3 | LTU arena | 18,632 |
| 7 | Saturday, May 14 | 7:00 p.m. | Amsterdam Admirals | W 30–24 | 4–3 | AOL Arena | 16,415 |
| 8 | Sunday, May 22 | 4:00 p.m. | Berlin Thunder | L 17–27 | 4–4 | AOL Arena | 16,889 |
| 9 | Sunday, May 29 | 3:00 p.m. | at Amsterdam Admirals | L 10–27 | 4–5 | Amsterdam ArenA | 16,371 |
| 10 | Saturday, June 4 | 7:00 p.m. | Frankfurt Galaxy | W 17–15 | 5–5 | AOL Arena | 21,204 |

## Standings

NFL Europe League :
| Team | W | L | T | PCT | PF | PA | Home | Road | STK |
| Berlin Thunder | 7 | 3 | 0 | .700 | 241 | 191 | 4–1 | 3–2 | L1 |
| Amsterdam Admirals | 6 | 4 | 0 | .600 | 265 | 204 | 5–0 | 1–4 | L1 |
| Cologne Centurions | 6 | 4 | 0 | .600 | 188 | 212 | 3–2 | 3–2 | W1 |
| Hamburg Sea Devils | 5 | 5 | 0 | .500 | 213 | 196 | 4–1 | 1–4 | W1 |
| Frankfurt Galaxy | 3 | 7 | 0 | .300 | 163 | 246 | 2–3 | 1–4 | L2 |
| Rhein Fire | 3 | 7 | 0 | .300 | 203 | 224 | 2–3 | 1–4 | W2 |

## Game summaries
### Week 1: at Cologne Centurions

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Hamburg | 7 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 23 |
| Cologne | 7 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 24 |
at RheinEnergieStadion, Cologne, Germany
* Date: Saturday, April 2
* Game time: 6:06 p.m. CEST
* Game weather: 57 °F (13.9 °C), clear
* Game attendance: 9,468
* Referee: Gene Steratore

### Week 2: at Berlin Thunder

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Hamburg | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 13 |
| Berlin | 5 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 15 |
at Olympic Stadium, Berlin, Germany
* Date: Sunday, April 10
* Game time: 4:04 p.m. CEST
* Game weather: 46 °F (7.8 °C)
* Game attendance: 14,312
* Referee: Walt Anderson

### Week 3: vs Rhein Fire

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Rhein | 0 | 0 | 7 | 17 | 24 |
| Hamburg | 10 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 31 |
at AOL Arena, Hamburg, Germany
* Date: Saturday, April 16
* Game time: 7:06 p.m. CEST
* Game weather: 59 °F (15.0 °C), clear skies
* Game attendance: 19,865
* Referee: Alberto Riveron

### Week 4: at Frankfurt Galaxy

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Hamburg | 9 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 30 |
| Frankfurt | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 10 |
at Waldstadion, Frankfurt, Germany
* Date: Saturday, April 23
* Game time: 7:07 p.m. CEST
* Game weather: 63 °F (17.2 °C), cloudy
* Game attendance: 22,347
* Referee: John Parry

### Week 5: vs Cologne Centurions

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Cologne | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| Hamburg | 0 | 6 | 0 | 17 | 23 |
at AOL Arena, Hamburg, Germany
* Date: Saturday, April 30
* Game time: 7:05 p.m. CEST
* Game weather: 64 °F (17.8 °C), mostly cloudy
* Game attendance: 15,228
* Referee: Scott Green

### Week 6: at Rhein Fire

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Hamburg | 0 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 19 |
| Rhein | 7 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 24 |
at LTU arena, Düsseldorf, Germany
* Date: Saturday, May 7
* Game time: 7:06 p.m. CEST
* Game weather: 45 °F (7.28 °C), roof closed
* Game attendance: 18,632
* Referee: Craig Wrolstad

### Week 7: vs Amsterdam Admirals

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | Total |
| Amsterdam | 14 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 24 |
| Hamburg | 0 | 13 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 30 |
at AOL Arena, Hamburg, Germany
* Date: Saturday, May 14
* Game time: 7:05 p.m. CEST
* Game weather: 61 °F (16.1 °C), cloudy
* Game attendance: 16,415
* Referee: Jerome Boger

### Week 8: vs Berlin Thunder

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Berlin | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 27 |
| Hamburg | 7 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 17 |
at AOL Arena, Hamburg, Germany
* Date: Sunday, May 22
* Game time: 4:05 p.m. CEST
* Game weather: 70 °F (21.1 °C), sunny
* Game attendance: 16,889
* Referee: Walt Anderson

### Week 9: at Amsterdam Admirals

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Hamburg | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 10 |
| Amsterdam | 3 | 3 | 14 | 7 | 27 |
at Amsterdam ArenA, Amsterdam, Netherlands
* Date: Sunday, May 29
* Game time: 3:05 p.m. CEST
* Game weather: 72 °F (22.2 °C), roof closed
* Game attendance: 16,371
* Referee: Carl Cheffers

### Week 10: vs Frankfurt Galaxy

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Frankfurt | 0 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 15 |
| Hamburg | 0 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 17 |
at AOL Arena, Hamburg, Germany
* Date: Saturday, June 4
* Game time: 7:04 p.m. CEST
* Game weather: 59 °F (15.0 °C), partly cloudy
* Game attendance: 21,204
* Referee: Walt Coleman