# 1997 Amsterdam Admirals season

The 1997 Amsterdam Admirals season was the third season for the franchise in the World League of American Football (WLAF). The team was led by head coach Al Luginbill in his third year, and played its home games at Amsterdam ArenA in Amsterdam, Netherlands. They finished the regular season in fourth place with a record of five wins and five losses.

## Offseason
### World League draft

1997 Amsterdam Admirals World League draft selections :
| Draft order | Draft order | Player name | Position | College |
| Round | Choice | Player name | Position | College |
| 1 | 4 | Brent Moss | RB | Wisconsin |
| 2 | 10 | Trevor Wilmot | LB | Indiana |
| 3 | 15 | Bronzell Miller | DE | Utah |
| 4 | 22 | Larry McSeed | LB | Delaware |
| 5 | 27 | Curtis Caesar | WR | Grambling |
| 6 | 34 | Bryan Dickerson | RB | Eastern Kentucky |
| 7 | 39 | Ronnie Woolfork | LB | Colorado |
| 8 | 46 | Dion Lambert | CB | UCLA |
| 9 | 51 | Roosevelt Collins | LB | Texas Christian |
| 10 | 58 | Jon Heidenreich | G | Northeast Louisiana |
| 11 | 63 | Lamar Mills | DE | Indiana |
| 12 | 70 | Charles Gordon | CB | Eastern Michigan |
| 13 | 75 | Bryan Reeves | WR | Nevada |
| 14 | 82 | Ron Lewis | G | Washington State |
| 15 | 87 | Rich Yurkiewicz | LB | Kent State |
| 16 | 94 | Robert Hall | QB | Texas Tech |
| 17 | 99 | Ray Forsythe | G | Central Florida |
| 18 | 106 | Earl Scott | G | Arkansas |
| 19 | 111 | Steve Hendrickson | LB | California |
| 20 | 118 | Damon Thomas | WR | Wayne State |
| 21 | 122 | Reggie Barnes | LB | Oklahoma |
| 22 | 126 | Jim Ward | DT | Slippery Rock |
| 23 | 129 | Joe Montford | LB | South Carolina State |
| 24 | 130 | Richard Fall | K | None |
| 25 | 132 | Steve Brannon | DE | Hampton |

## Schedule

| Week | Date | Kickoff | Opponent | Results | Results | Game site | Attendance |
| Week | Date | Kickoff | Opponent | Final score | Team record | Game site | Attendance |
| 1 | Saturday, April 12 | 7:00 p.m. | Scottish Claymores | L 3–16 | 0–1 | Amsterdam ArenA | 16,185 |
| 2 | Saturday, April 19 | 7:00 p.m. | at Frankfurt Galaxy | L 10–19 | 0–2 | Waldstadion | 31,729 |
| 3 | Saturday, April 26 | 7:00 p.m. | London Monarchs | W 34–6 | 1–2 | Amsterdam ArenA | 13,767 |
| 4 | Saturday, May 3 | 7:00 p.m. | Rhein Fire | W 23–20 | 2–2 | Amsterdam ArenA | 10,698 |
| 5 | Sunday, May 11 | 7:30 p.m. | at Barcelona Dragons | L 21–28 | 2–3 | Estadi Olímpic de Montjuïc | 14,152 |
| 6 | Sunday, May 18 | 3:00 p.m. | at Scottish Claymores | L 6–10 | 2–4 | Murrayfield Stadium | 9,021 |
| 7 | Saturday, May 24 | 7:00 p.m. | Barcelona Dragons | W 21–26 | 3–4 | Amsterdam ArenA | 13,289 |
| 8 | Sunday, June 1 | 3:00 p.m. | at London Monarchs | W 13–9 | 4–4 | Stamford Bridge | 9,150 |
| 9 | Saturday, June 7 | 7:00 p.m. | at Rhein Fire | L 0–24 | 4–5 | Rheinstadion | 23,697 |
| 10 | Saturday, June 14 | 7:00 p.m. | Frankfurt Galaxy | W 20–7 | 5–5 | Amsterdam ArenA | 19,486 |

## Standings

World League of American Football :
| Team | W | L | T | PCT | PF | PA | Home | Road | STK |
| Rhein Fire | 7 | 3 | 0 | .700 | 206 | 146 | 3–2 | 4–1 | W3 |
| Barcelona Dragons | 5 | 5 | 0 | .500 | 236 | 209 | 2–3 | 3–2 | W1 |
| Scottish Claymores | 5 | 5 | 0 | .500 | 134 | 154 | 2–3 | 3–2 | L2 |
| Amsterdam Admirals | 5 | 5 | 0 | .500 | 156 | 160 | 4–1 | 1–4 | W1 |
| Frankfurt Galaxy | 4 | 6 | 0 | .400 | 147 | 142 | 3–2 | 1–4 | L1 |
| London Monarchs | 4 | 6 | 0 | .400 | 116 | 184 | 2–3 | 2–3 | L1 |

## Game summaries
### Week 1: vs Scottish Claymores

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Scotland | 0 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 16 |
| Amsterdam | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
at Amsterdam ArenA, Amsterdam, Netherlands
* Date: Saturday, April 12
* Game time: 7:00 p.m. CEST
* Game attendance: 16,185

### Week 2: at Frankfurt Galaxy

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Amsterdam | 0 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 10 |
| Frankfurt | 10 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 19 |
at Waldstadion, Frankfurt, Germany
* Date: Saturday, April 19
* Game time: 7:00 p.m. CEST
* Game attendance: 31,729
* Referee: Mike Pereira

### Week 3: vs London Monarchs

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| London | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Amsterdam | 7 | 13 | 0 | 14 | 34 |
at Amsterdam ArenA, Amsterdam, Netherlands
* Date: Saturday, April 26
* Game time: 7:00 p.m. CEST
* Game attendance: 13,767
* Referee: Walt Coleman

### Week 4: vs Rhein Fire

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Rhein | 0 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 20 |
| Amsterdam | 10 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 23 |
at Amsterdam ArenA, Amsterdam, Netherlands
* Date: Saturday, May 3
* Game time: 7:00 p.m. CEST
* Game attendance: 10,698

### Week 5: at Barcelona Dragons

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Amsterdam | 0 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 21 |
| Barcelona | 14 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 28 |
at Estadi Olímpic de Montjuïc, Barcelona, Spain
* Date: Sunday, May 11
* Game time: 7:30 p.m. CEST
* Game attendance: 14,152

### Week 6: at Scottish Claymores

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Amsterdam | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| Scotland | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 10 |
at Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh, Scotland
* Date: Sunday, May 18
* Game time: 3:00 p.m. BST
* Game attendance: 9,021

### Week 7: vs Barcelona Dragons

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Barcelona | 7 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 21 |
| Amsterdam | 0 | 17 | 0 | 9 | 26 |
at Amsterdam ArenA, Amsterdam, Netherlands
* Date: Saturday, May 24
* Game time: 7:00 p.m. CEST
* Game attendance: 13,289

### Week 8: at London Monarchs

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Amsterdam | 7 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 13 |
| London | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 |
at Stamford Bridge, London, England
* Date: Sunday, June 1
* Game time: 3:00 p.m. BST
* Game attendance: 9,150

### Week 9: at Rhein Fire

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Amsterdam | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rhein | 7 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 24 |
at Rheinstadion, Düsseldorf, Germany
* Date: Saturday, June 7
* Game time: 7:00 p.m. CEST
* Game attendance: 23,697

### Week 10: vs Frankfurt Galaxy

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Frankfurt | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Amsterdam | 0 | 7 | 13 | 0 | 20 |
at Amsterdam ArenA, Amsterdam, Netherlands
* Date: Saturday, June 14
* Game time: 7:00 p.m. CEST
* Game attendance: 19,486

## Awards

After the completion of the regular season, the All-World League team was selected by members of the media. Amsterdam had only one player selected, defensive tackle Troy Ridgley.