# 2004 Cologne Centurions season

The 2004 Cologne Centurions season was the inaugural season for the franchise in the NFL Europe League (NFLEL). The team was led by head coach Peter Vaas and played its home games at RheinEnergieStadion in Cologne, Germany. They finished the regular season in fourth place with a record of four wins and six losses.
The Centurions replaced the Barcelona Dragons for this season, keeping only two members from Barcelona's 2003 roster: linebacker Cedric Cotar and receiver Marco Martos.

## Offseason
### Free agent draft

2004 Cologne Centurions NFLEL free agent draft selections :
| Draft order | Draft order | Player name | Position | College |
| Round | Choice | Player name | Position | College |
| 1 | 3 | Demetric Evans | DE | Georgia |
| 2 | 9 | Will Hunter | CB | Syracuse |
| 3 | 16 | Richard Newsome | S | Michigan State |
| 4 | 21 | Byron Hardmon | LB | Florida |
| 5 | 28 | Robert Doane | T | Texas |
| 6 | 33 | Marcus Smith | DB | Memphis |
| 7 | 40 | Erik Totten | S | Western Washington |
| 8 | 45 | Rodnick Phillips | RB | Southern Methodist |
| 9 | 52 | Andre Arnold | DE | Grambling |
| 10 | 57 | Lance Gibson | DE | Central Washington |
| 11 | 64 | Curt McGill | C | Georgia |
| 12 | 69 | Chris Smith | T | UC Davis |
| 13 | 76 | Antwon McCray | RB | Toledo |

## 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. | at Rhein Fire | L 25–26 | 0–1 | Arena AufSchalke | 22,736 |
| 2 | Saturday, April 10 | 7:00 p.m. | Frankfurt Galaxy | L 10–20 | 0–2 | RheinEnergieStadion | 9,134 |
| 3 | Sunday, April 18 | 4:00 p.m. | at Berlin Thunder | L 31–35 | 0–3 | Olympic Stadium | 12,036 |
| 4 | Saturday, April 24 | 7:00 p.m. | Scottish Claymores | W 17–3 | 1–3 | RheinEnergieStadion | 8,761 |
| 5 | Saturday, May 1 | 7:00 p.m. | at Frankfurt Galaxy | L 17–24 | 1–4 | Waldstadion | 24,117 |
| 6 | Saturday, May 8 | 7:00 p.m. | Berlin Thunder | W 28–27 | 2–4 | RheinEnergieStadion | 10,164 |
| 7 | Saturday, May 15 | 7:00 p.m. | at Amsterdam Admirals | L 10–17 | 2–5 | Amsterdam ArenA | 14,437 |
| 8 | Sunday, May 23 | 4:00 p.m. | Rhein Fire | W 7–6 | 3–5 | RheinEnergieStadion | 20,354 |
| 9 | Sunday, May 30 | 4:00 p.m. | Amsterdam Admirals | L 18–23 | 3–6 | RheinEnergieStadion | 9,056 |
| 10 | Saturday, June 5 | 2:00 p.m. | at Scottish Claymores | W 28–20 | 4–6 | Hampden Park | 10,013 |

## 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: at Rhein Fire

| 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 Frankfurt Galaxy

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Frankfurt | 7 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 20 |
| Cologne | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 10 |
at RheinEnergieStadion, Cologne, Germany
* Date: Saturday, April 10
* Game time: 7:04 p.m. CEST
* Game attendance: 9,134
* Referee: Gerald Austin

### Week 3: at Berlin Thunder

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Cologne | 7 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 31 |
| Berlin | 21 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 35 |
at Olympic Stadium, Berlin, Germany
* Date: Sunday, April 18
* Game time: 4:06 p.m. CEST
* Game attendance: 12,036
* Referee: Bill Vinovich

### Week 4: vs Scottish Claymores

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Scotland | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Cologne | 7 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
at RheinEnergieStadion, Cologne, Germany
* Date: Saturday, April 24
* Game time: 7:06 p.m. CEST
* Game attendance: 8,761
* Referee: Walt Anderson

### Week 5: at Frankfurt Galaxy

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Cologne | 3 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 17 |
| Frankfurt | 3 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 24 |
at Waldstadion, Frankfurt, Germany
* Date: Saturday, May 1
* Game time: 7:08 p.m. CEST
* Game attendance: 24,117
* Referee: Ed Hochuli

### Week 6: vs Berlin Thunder

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Berlin | 7 | 7 | 0 | 13 | 27 |
| Cologne | 14 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 28 |
at RheinEnergieStadion, Cologne, Germany
* Date: Saturday, May 8
* Game time: 7:04 p.m. CEST
* Game attendance: 10,164
* Referee: John Parry

### Week 7: at Amsterdam Admirals

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Cologne | 0 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 10 |
| Amsterdam | 7 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 17 |
at Amsterdam ArenA, Amsterdam, Netherlands
* Date: Saturday, May 15
* Game time: 7:08 p.m. CEST
* Game attendance: 14,437
* Referee: Gerald Austin

### Week 8: vs Rhein Fire

| 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 Amsterdam Admirals

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Amsterdam | 7 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 23 |
| Cologne | 4 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 18 |
at RheinEnergieStadion, Cologne, Germany
* Date: Sunday, May 30
* Game time: 4:06 p.m. CEST
* Game attendance: 9,056
* Referee: Bill Vinovich

### Week 10: at Scottish Claymores

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Cologne | 0 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 28 |
| Scotland | 0 | 7 | 13 | 0 | 20 |
at Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland
* Date: Saturday, June 5
* Game time: 2:05 p.m. BST
* Game attendance: 10,013
* Referee: Walt Coleman