# 2005 Rhein Fire season

The 2005 Rhein Fire season was the 11th season for the franchise in the NFL Europe League (NFLEL). The team was led by head coach Pete Kuharchek in his fifth year, and played its home games at the newly built LTU arena in Düsseldorf, Germany. They finished the regular season in sixth place with a record of three wins and seven losses.

## Offseason
### Free agent draft

2005 Rhein Fire NFLEL free agent draft selections :
| Draft order | Draft order | Player name | Position | College |
| Round | Overall | Player name | Position | College |
| 1 | 2 | Jason Rader | TE | Marshall |
| 2 | 8 | Jesse Mitchell | DT | Mississippi |
| 3 | 17 | Sean Guthrie | DE | Boston College |
| 4 | 20 | Brandon Rager | LB | San Diego State |
| 5 | 29 | Jeremy Phillips | T | Lenoir–Rhyne |
| 6 | 32 | Clarence LeBlanc | S | Louisiana State |
| 7 | 41 | Travis Carroll | LB | Florida |

## 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 | 7:00 p.m. | at Amsterdam Admirals | L 14–24 | 0–1 | Amsterdam ArenA | 10,234 |
| 2 | Sunday, April 10 | 4:00 p.m. | Cologne Centurions | L 10–23 | 0–2 | LTU arena | 25,304 |
| 3 | Saturday, April 16 | 7:00 p.m. | at Hamburg Sea Devils | L 24–31 | 0–3 | AOL Arena | 19,865 |
| 4 | Saturday, April 23 | 7:00 p.m. | Berlin Thunder | L 28–30 | 0–4 | LTU arena | 20,399 |
| 5 | Saturday, April 30 | 7:00 p.m. | at Frankfurt Galaxy | L 20–23 | 0–5 | Waldstadion | 27,439 |
| 6 | Saturday, May 7 | 7:00 p.m. | Hamburg Sea Devils | W 24–19 | 1–5 | LTU arena | 18,632 |
| 7 | Saturday, May 14 | 6:00 p.m. | at Berlin Thunder | L 15–24 | 1–6 | Olympic Stadium | 16,695 |
| 8 | Saturday, May 21 | 7:00 p.m. | Frankfurt Galaxy | L 13–20 | 1–7 | LTU arena | 28,124 |
| 9 | Sunday, May 29 | 4:00 p.m. | at Cologne Centurions | W 28–16 | 2–7 | RheinEnergieStadion | 32,521 |
| 10 | Saturday, June 4 | 7:00 p.m. | Amsterdam Admirals | W 27–14 | 3–7 | LTU arena | 20,203 |

## 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 Amsterdam Admirals

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Rhein | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 14 |
| Amsterdam | 7 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 24 |
at Amsterdam ArenA, Amsterdam, Netherlands
* Date: Saturday, April 2
* Game time: 7:07 p.m. CEST
* Game weather: 55 °F (12.8 °C), roof open, clear skies
* Game attendance: 10,234
* Referee: Walt Anderson

### Week 2: vs Cologne Centurions

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Cologne | 6 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 23 |
| Rhein | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 10 |
at LTU arena, Düsseldorf, Germany
* Date: Sunday, April 10
* Game time: 4:04 p.m. CEST
* Game weather: 48 °F (8.9 °C), roof closed
* Game attendance: 25,304
* Referee: Jerome Boger

### Week 3: at Hamburg Sea Devils

| 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: vs Berlin Thunder

| 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: at Frankfurt Galaxy

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Rhein | 7 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 20 |
| Frankfurt | 0 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 23 |
at Waldstadion, Frankfurt, Germany
* Date: Saturday, April 30
* Game time: 7:07 p.m. CEST
* Game weather: 73 °F (22.8 °C), sunny
* Game attendance: 27,439
* Referee: Gerald Austin

### Week 6: vs Hamburg Sea Devils

| 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: at Berlin Thunder

| 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: vs Frankfurt Galaxy

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Frankfurt | 7 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 20 |
| Rhein | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 13 |
at LTU arena, Düsseldorf, Germany
* Date: Saturday, May 21
* Game time: 7:06 p.m. CEST
* Game weather: 61 °F (16.24 °C), cloudy
* Game attendance: 28,124
* Referee: Jerome Boger

### Week 9: at Cologne Centurions

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Rhein | 0 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 28 |
| Cologne | 0 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 16 |
at RheinEnergieStadion, Cologne, Germany
* Date: Sunday, May 29
* Game time: 4:06 p.m. CEST
* Game weather: 72 °F (22.4 °C), mostly cloudy
* Game attendance: 32,521
* Referee: Walt Coleman

### Week 10: vs Amsterdam Admirals

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Amsterdam | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 14 |
| Rhein | 0 | 10 | 3 | 14 | 27 |
at LTU arena, Düsseldorf, Germany
* Date: Saturday, June 4
* Game time: 7:08 p.m. CEST
* Game weather: 68 °F (20.16 °C), roof closed
* Game attendance: 20,203
* Referee: Gene Steratore