# 2007 Berlin Thunder season

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.

## Offseason
### Free agent draft

2007 Berlin Thunder NFLEL free agent draft selections :
| Draft order | 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 |

## Schedule

| Week | Date | Kickoff | Opponent | Results | Results | Game site | Attendance |
| Week | Date | Kickoff | 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 |

## 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 |

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

| Quarter | 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

| Quarter | 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

| Quarter | 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

| Quarter | 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 5: vs Cologne Centurions

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Cologne | 7 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 24 |
| Berlin | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 10 |
at Olympic Stadium, Berlin, Germany
* Date: Sunday, May 13
* Game time: 4:00 p.m.
* Game attendance: 11.995

### Week 6: at Frankfurt Galaxy

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Berlin | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Frankfurt | 14 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 35 |
at Commerzbank-Arena, Frankfurt, Germany
* Date: Sunday, May 20
* Game time: 5:00 p.m. CEST
* Game attendance: 30,125

### Week 7: at Hamburg Sea Devils

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Berlin | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Hamburg | 0 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 17 |
at AOL Arena, Hamburg, Germany
* Date: Saturday, May 26
* Game time: 6:00 p.m.
* Game attendance: 18,337

### Week 8: vs Frankfurt Galaxy

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Frankfurt | 3 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 25 |
| Berlin | 7 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 22 |
at Olympic Stadium, Berlin, Germany
* Date: Saturday, June 2
* Game time: 6:00 p.m.
* Game attendance: 11,882

### Week 9: vs Rhein Fire

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Rhein | 14 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 24 |
| Berlin | 7 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
at Olympic Stadium, Berlin, Germany
* Date: Friday, June 8
* Game time: 7:00 p.m.
* Game attendance: 12,114

### Week 10: at Amsterdam Admirals

| Quarter | 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)