# 2004 Rhein Fire season

The 2004 Rhein Fire season was the tenth season for the franchise in the NFL Europe League (NFLEL). The team was led by head coach Pete Kuharchek in his fourth year, and played its home games at Arena AufSchalke in Gelsenkirchen, Germany. They finished the regular season in fifth place with a record of three wins and seven losses.

## Offseason
### Free agent draft

2004 Rhein Fire NFLEL free agent draft selections :
| Draft order | Draft order | Player name | Position | College |
| Round | Choice | Player name | Position | College |
| 1 | 5 | Randy Garner | DE | Arkansas |
| 2 | 11 | Maugaula Tuitele | LB | Colorado State |
| 3 | 14 | Daniel Wilcox | TE | Appalachian State |
| 4 | 23 | Earthwind Moreland | CB | Georgia Southern |
| 5 | 26 | Trey Freeman | DT | Stanford |
| 6 | 35 | Charles Burton | LB | Syracuse |
| 7 | 38 | Abdual Howard | S | Florida State |
| 8 | 47 | Reggie Poole | G | Jacksonville State |
| 9 | 50 | T. J. Watkins | T | Clemson |
| 10 | 59 | Corey Chamblin | CB | Tennessee Tech |
| 11 | 62 | Ryan Brewer | RB | South Carolina |
| 12 | 71 | Jon Clanton | DT | Nebraska |
| 13 | 74 | Melvin Paige | T | South Carolina |

## Schedule

| Week | Date | Kickoff | Opponent | Results | Results | Game site | Attendance |
| Week | Date | Kickoff | Opponent | Final score | Team record | Game site | Attendance |
| 1 | Sunday, April 4 | 4:00 p.m. | Cologne Centurions | W 26–25 | 1–0 | Arena AufSchalke | 22,736 |
| 2 | Saturday, April 10 | 7:00 p.m. | Scottish Claymores | W 31–3 | 2–0 | Arena AufSchalke | 17,176 |
| 3 | Saturday, April 17 | 7:00 p.m. | at Frankfurt Galaxy | L 10–28 | 2–1 | Waldstadion | 27,213 |
| 4 | Saturday, April 24 | 7:00 p.m. | Berlin Thunder | L 10–14 | 2–2 | Arena AufSchalke | 20,242 |
| 5 | Sunday, May 2 | 2:00 p.m. | at Scottish Claymores | L 12–13 | 2–3 | Hampden Park | 9,165 |
| 6 | Sunday, May 9 | 4:00 p.m. | Amsterdam Admirals | W 20–13 | 3–3 | Arena AufSchalke | 18,790 |
| 7 | Sunday, May 16 | 4:00 p.m. | at Berlin Thunder | L 20–33 | 3–4 | Olympic Stadium | 15,429 |
| 8 | Sunday, May 23 | 4:00 p.m. | at Cologne Centurions | L 6–7 | 3–5 | RheinEnergieStadion | 20,354 |
| 9 | Saturday, May 29 | 7:00 p.m. | Frankfurt Galaxy | L 14–20 | 3–6 | Arena AufSchalke | 26,417 |
| 10 | Sunday, June 6 | 3:00 p.m. | at Amsterdam Admirals | L 12–22 | 3–7 | Amsterdam ArenA | 15,874 |

## Standings

NFL Europe League :
| Team | W | L | T | PCT | PF | PA | Home | Road | STK |
| Berlin Thunder | 9 | 1 | 0 | .900 | 289 | 195 | 5–0 | 4–1 | W4 |
| Frankfurt Galaxy | 7 | 3 | 0 | .700 | 212 | 192 | 4–1 | 3–2 | L1 |
| Amsterdam Admirals | 5 | 5 | 0 | .500 | 173 | 191 | 3–2 | 2–3 | W2 |
| Cologne Centurions | 4 | 6 | 0 | .400 | 191 | 201 | 3–2 | 1–4 | W1 |
| Rhein Fire | 3 | 7 | 0 | .300 | 161 | 178 | 3–2 | 0–5 | L4 |
| Scottish Claymores | 2 | 8 | 0 | .200 | 128 | 197 | 1–4 | 1–4 | L2 |

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

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Cologne | 10 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 25 |
| Rhein | 14 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 26 |
at Arena AufSchalke, Gelsenkirchen, Germany
* Date: Sunday, April 4
* Game time: 4:08 p.m. CEST
* Game attendance: 22,736
* Referee: Carl Cheffers

### Week 2: vs Scottish Claymores

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Scotland | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Rhein | 0 | 10 | 14 | 7 | 31 |
at Arena AufSchalke, Gelsenkirchen, Germany
* Date: Saturday, April 10
* Game time: 7:07 p.m. CEST
* Game attendance: 17,176
* Referee: Walt Coleman

### Week 3: at Frankfurt Galaxy

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Rhein | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Frankfurt | 7 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 28 |
at Waldstadion, Frankfurt, Germany
* Date: Saturday, April 17
* Game time: 7:08 p.m. CEST
* Game attendance: 27,213
* Referee: Walt Anderson

### Week 4: vs Berlin Thunder

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Berlin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 14 |
| Rhein | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
at Arena AufSchalke, Gelsenkirchen, Germany
* Date: Saturday, April 24
* Game time: 7:04 p.m. CEST
* Game attendance: 20,242
* Referee: Gene Steratore

### Week 5: at Scottish Claymores

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Rhein | 3 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 12 |
| Scotland | 7 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 13 |
at Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland
* Date: Sunday, May 2
* Game time: 2:05 p.m. BST
* Game attendance: 9,165
* Referee: John Parry

### Week 6: vs Amsterdam Admirals

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Amsterdam | 0 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 13 |
| Rhein | 14 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 20 |
at Arena AufSchalke, Gelsenkirchen, Germany
* Date: Sunday, May 9
* Game time: 4:06 p.m. CEST
* Game attendance: 18,790
* Referee: John Parry

### Week 7: at Berlin Thunder

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Rhein | 0 | 0 | 7 | 13 | 20 |
| Berlin | 3 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 33 |
at Olympic Stadium, Berlin, Germany
* Date: Sunday, May 16
* Game time: 4:06 p.m. CEST
* Game attendance: 15,429
* Referee: Carl Cheffers

### Week 8: at Cologne Centurions

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Rhein | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Cologne | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
at RheinEnergieStadion, Cologne, Germany
* Date: Sunday, May 23
* Game time: 4:07 p.m. CEST
* Game attendance: 20,354
* Referee: Gene Steratore

### Week 9: vs Frankfurt Galaxy

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | Total |
| Frankfurt | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 20 |
| Rhein | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
at Arena AufSchalke, Gelsenkirchen, Germany
* Date: Saturday, May 29
* Game time: 7:06 p.m. CEST
* Game attendance: 26,417
* Referee: Walt Coleman

### Week 10: at Amsterdam Admirals

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Rhein | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 12 |
| Amsterdam | 7 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 22 |
at Amsterdam ArenA, Amsterdam, Netherlands
* Date: Sunday, June 6
* Game time: 3:05 p.m. CEST
* Game attendance: 15,874
* Referee: Walt Anderson