# 1998 Frankfurt Galaxy season

The 1998 Frankfurt Galaxy season was the sixth season for the franchise in the NFL Europe League (NFLEL). The team was led by head coach Dick Curl in his first year, and played its home games at Waldstadion in Frankfurt, Germany. They finished the regular season in first place with a record of seven wins and three losses. In World Bowl '98, Frankfurt lost to the Rhein Fire 34–10.

## Offseason
### NFL Europe League draft

1998 Frankfurt Galaxy NFLEL draft selections :
| Draft order | Draft order | Draft order | Player name | Position | College |
| Round | Choice | Overall | Player name | Position | College |
| 1 | 2 | 2 | Ben Lynch | C | California |
| 2 | 2 | 8 | Robert Barr | OT | Rutgers |
| 3 | 5 | 17 | Alundis Brice | CB | Mississippi |
| 4 | 2 | 20 | James Burton | CB | Fresno State |
| 5 | 5 | 29 | Mel Agee | DE | Illinois |
| 6 | 2 | 32 | Sylvester Wright | LB | Kansas |
| 7 | 5 | 41 | Dana Howard | LB | Illinois |
| 8 | 2 | 44 | Billy Williams | WR | Tennessee |
| 9 | 5 | 53 | Jamie Vandervelt | G | Wisconsin |
| 10 | 2 | 56 | Marquis Walker | CB | Southeast Missouri State |
| 11 | 5 | 65 | Harold Gragg | DE | Wake Forest |
| 12 | 2 | 68 | Mike Fredenburg | OT | Georgia |
| 13 | 5 | 77 | K. D. Williams | LB | Henderson State |
| 14 | 2 | 80 | Demetrius Allen | WR | Virginia |
| 15 | 5 | 89 | Sedric Clark | LB | Tulsa |
| 16 | 2 | 92 | J Ina | G | Miami |
| 17 | 5 | 101 | Tony Corbin | QB | Sacramento State |
| 18 | 2 | 104 | Don Reynolds | DT | Virginia |
| 19 | 5 | 113 | Marcellus Mostella | LB | Auburn |
| 20 | 2 | 116 | Paul Lacoste | LB | Mississippi State |
| 21 | 5 | 125 | Jermaine Chaney | RB | Indiana |
| 22 | 2 | 128 | David Bailey | OT | James Madison |
| 23 | 5 | 137 | Michael Blair | RB | Ball State |
| 24 | 2 | 140 | Todd Hunter | OT | Tulane |
| 25 | 5 | 149 | Byron Capers | CB | Florida State |
| 26 | 2 | 152 | Juan Daniels | WR | Georgia |
| 27 | 4 | 159 | Pete DiMario | OT | Alabama |
| 28 | 1 | 161 | Moses Regular | TE | Missouri Valley State |

### NFL allocations

| Player name | Position | College | NFL team |
| Patrick Augafa | C | Iowa State | Washington Redskins |
| Darrick Branch | WR | Hawaii | Denver Broncos |
| Kenyan Branscomb | WR | Oregon State | Oakland Raiders |
| Hillary Butler | LB | Washington | Denver Broncos |
| Anthony Cobbs | CB | UCLA | New Orleans Saints |
| Scott Curry | OT | Amherst College | Oakland Raiders |
| Jerome Davis | DE | Minnesota | Detroit Lions |
| Chris Dittoe | QB | Indiana | Detroit Lions |
| Mitchell Galloway | WR | East Carolina | Buffalo Bills |
| Aaron Henne | G | Maryland | Pittsburgh Steelers |
| Damon Huard | QB | Washington | Miami Dolphins |
| Bill Kushner | P/K | Boston College | Cincinnati Bengals |
| Curtis McGee | OT | Georgia Tech | New England Patriots |
| Reynard Rutherford | RB | California | San Francisco 49ers |
| Artie Ulmer | LB | Valdosta State | Minnesota Vikings |
| Vann Washington | S | West Virginia | Kansas City Chiefs |

## Standings

NFL Europe League :
| Team | W | L | T | PCT | PF | PA | Home | Road | STK |
| Frankfurt Galaxy | 7 | 3 | 0 | .700 | 177 | 163 | 3–2 | 4–1 | W4 |
| Rhein Fire | 7 | 3 | 0 | .700 | 198 | 142 | 4–1 | 3–2 | L2 |
| Amsterdam Admirals | 7 | 3 | 0 | .700 | 205 | 174 | 4–1 | 3–2 | W3 |
| Barcelona Dragons | 4 | 6 | 0 | .400 | 185 | 200 | 3–2 | 1–4 | L3 |
| England Monarchs | 3 | 7 | 0 | .300 | 158 | 205 | 2–3 | 1–4 | W2 |
| Scottish Claymores | 2 | 8 | 0 | .200 | 153 | 192 | 2–3 | 0–5 | L3 |

## Game summaries
### Week 5: vs Rhein Fire

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Rhein | 3 | 7 | 14 | 7 | 31 |
| Frankfurt | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 14 |
at Waldstadion, Frankfurt, Germany
* Date: Saturday, May 2
* Game time: 7:00 p.m. CEST
* Game attendance: 41,123
* Referee: Tony Corrente
* Reference:

### Week 6: at Barcelona Dragons

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Frankfurt | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Barcelona | 7 | 0 | 21 | 3 | 31 |
at Estadi Olímpic de Montjuïc, Barcelona, Spain
* Date: Monday, May 11
* Game attendance: 6,800

### Week 9: vs Scottish Claymores

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Scotland | 0 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 10 |
| Frankfurt | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 21 |
at Waldstadion, Frankfurt, Germany
* Date: Sunday, May 31
* Game time: 7:00 p.m. CEST
* Game attendance: 35,264

### World Bowl '98

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Rhein | 10 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 34 |
| Frankfurt | 0 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 10 |
at Waldstadion, Frankfurt, Germany
* Date: Sunday, June 14
* Game time: 7:00 p.m. CEST
* Game attendance: 47,846
* TV announcers (Fox): Tim Ryan, Bill Maas and Ronnie Lott