# 2005 Berlin Thunder season

The 2005 Berlin Thunder season was the seventh season for the franchise in the NFL Europe League (NFLEL). The team was led by head coach Rick Lantz in his second year, and played its home games at Olympic Stadium in Berlin, Germany. They finished the regular season in first place with a record of seven wins and three losses. In World Bowl XIII, Berlin lost to the Amsterdam Admirals 27–21.

## Offseason
### Free agent draft

2005 Berlin Thunder NFLEL free agent draft selections :
| Draft order | Draft order | Player name | Position | College |
| Round | Choice | Player name | Position | College |
| 1 | 6 | DeAngelo Lloyd | DE | Tennessee |
| 2 | 12 | Darrell Lee | DE | Florida |
| 3 | 13 | Dante Ellington | T | Alabama |
| 4 | 24 | James Thornton | CB | Morris Brown |
| 5 | 25 | David Porter | T | Iowa |
| 6 | 36 | Greg Taplin | DE | Michigan State |
| 7 | 37 | Regis Crawford | C | Arizona State |
| 8 | 45 | Reggie Rhodes | DT | Valdosta State |

## 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. | Frankfurt Galaxy | W 30–7 | 1–0 | Olympic Stadium | 16,199 |
| 2 | Sunday, April 10 | 4:00 p.m. | Hamburg Sea Devils | W 15–13 | 2–0 | Olympic Stadium | 14,312 |
| 3 | Saturday, April 16 | 7:00 p.m. | at Amsterdam Admirals | L 27–31 | 2–1 | Amsterdam ArenA | 10,131 |
| 4 | Saturday, April 23 | 7:00 p.m. | at Rhein Fire | W 30–28 | 3–1 | LTU arena | 20,399 |
| 5 | Saturday, April 30 | 6:00 p.m. | Amsterdam Admirals | W 27–16 | 4–1 | Olympic Stadium | 16,109 |
| 6 | Sunday, May 8 | 4:00 p.m. | at Cologne Centurions | L 17–23 | 4–2 | RheinEnergieStadion | 9,485 |
| 7 | Saturday, May 14 | 6:00 p.m. | Rhein Fire | W 24–15 | 5–2 | Olympic Stadium | 16,695 |
| 8 | Sunday, May 22 | 4:00 p.m. | at Hamburg Sea Devils | W 27–17 | 6–2 | AOL Arena | 16,889 |
| 9 | Saturday, May 28 | 7:00 p.m. | at Frankfurt Galaxy | W 31–24 | 7–2 | Waldstadion | 40,109 |
| 10 | Sunday, June 5 | 4:00 p.m. | Cologne Centurions | L 13–17 | 7–3 | Olympic Stadium | 20,927 |
| World Bowl XIII ||||||||
| 11 | Saturday, June 11 | 5:00 p.m. | Amsterdam Admirals | L 21–27 | 7–4 | LTU arena | 35,134 |

## 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: vs Frankfurt Galaxy

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Frankfurt | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| Berlin | 3 | 14 | 3 | 10 | 30 |
at Olympic Stadium, Berlin, Germany
* Date: Saturday, April 2
* Game time: 6:00 p.m. CEST
* Game weather: 60 °F (15.6 °C)
* Game attendance: 16,199
* Referee: Jerome Boger

### Week 2: vs Hamburg Sea Devils

| 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), cloudy
* Game attendance: 14,312
* Referee: Walt Anderson

### Week 3: at Amsterdam Admirals

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Berlin | 3 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 27 |
| Amsterdam | 0 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 31 |
at Amsterdam ArenA, Amsterdam, Netherlands
* Date: Saturday, April 16
* Game time: 7:07 p.m. CEST
* Game weather: 62 °F (16.7 °C), roof closed
* Game attendance: 10,131
* Referee: John Parry

### Week 4: at Rhein Fire

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Berlin | 7 | 7 | 0 | 16 | 30 |
| Rhein | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 28 |
at LTU arena, Düsseldorf, Germany
* Date: Saturday, April 23
* Game time: 7:04 p.m. CEST
* Game weather: 58 °F (14.4 °C), roof open, sunny with clouds
* Game attendance: 20,399
* Referee: Carl Cheffers

### Week 5: vs Amsterdam Admirals

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Amsterdam | 3 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 16 |
| Berlin | 7 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 27 |
at Olympic Stadium, Berlin, Germany
* Date: Saturday, April 30
* Game time: 6:05 p.m. CEST
* Game weather: 72 °F (22.2 °C), cloudy
* Game attendance: 16,109
* Referee: Craig Wrolstad

### Week 6: at Cologne Centurions

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Berlin | 0 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 17 |
| Cologne | 10 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 23 |
at RheinEnergieStadion, Cologne, Germany
* Date: Sunday, May 8
* Game time: 4:06 p.m. CEST
* Game weather: 50 °F (10.0 °C), showers
* Game attendance: 9,485
* Referee: Gerald Austin

### Week 7: vs Rhein Fire

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Rhein | 0 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 15 |
| Berlin | 0 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 24 |
at Olympic Stadium, Berlin, Germany
* Date: Saturday, May 14
* Game time: 6:05 p.m. CEST
* Game weather: 57 °F (14 °C), cloudy with rain
* Game attendance: 16,695
* Referee: Gene Steratore

### Week 8: at Hamburg Sea Devils

| 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 Frankfurt Galaxy

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Berlin | 7 | 7 | 3 | 14 | 31 |
| Frankfurt | 7 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 24 |
at Waldstadion, Frankfurt, Germany
* Date: Saturday, May 28
* Game time: 7:07 p.m. CEST
* Game weather: 87 °F (30.6 °C), sunny
* Game attendance: 40,109
* Referee: Jerome Boger

### Week 10: vs Cologne Centurions

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Cologne | 3 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 17 |
| Berlin | 3 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 13 |
at Olympic Stadium, Berlin, Germany
* Date: Sunday, June 5
* Game time: 4:05 p.m. CEST
* Game weather: 65 °F (18.3 °C), cloudy
* Game attendance: 20,927
* Referee: Carl Cheffers

### World Bowl XIII

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Amsterdam | 7 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 27 |
| Berlin | 0 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 21 |
at LTU arena, Düsseldorf, Germany
* Date: Saturday, June 11
* Game time: 5:05 p.m. CEST
* Game weather: 57 °F (13.9 °C), roof closed
* Game attendance: 35,134
* Referee: Scott Green
* TV announcers (FOX): Curt Menefee and Brian Baldinger