# 1999 Rhein Fire season

The 1999 Rhein Fire season was the fifth season for the franchise in the NFL Europe League (NFLEL). The team was led by head coach Galen Hall in his fifth year, and played its home games at Rheinstadion in Düsseldorf, Germany. They finished the regular season in third place with a record of six wins and four losses.

## Offseason
### Free agent draft

1999 Rhein Fire NFLEL free agent draft selections :
| Draft order | Draft order | Player name | Position | College |
| Round | Pick | Player name | Position | College |
| 1 | 6 | Kez McCorvey | WR | Florida State |
| 2 | 12 | Jonathan Himebauch | C | Southern California |
| 3 | 13 | Anthony McKinney | WR | Connecticut |
| 4 | 24 | Mike Lowery | LB | Mississippi |
| 5 | 25 | Carl Powell | DE | Louisville |
| 6 | 36 | Dell McGee | CB | Auburn |
| 7 | 37 | Jeremy Akers | T | Notre Dame |
| 8 | 48 | Ben Hanks | LB | Florida |
| 9 | 49 | Walter Scott | DT | East Carolina |
| 10 | 60 | Marvin Bagley | WR | North Carolina A&T |
| 11 | 61 | Chris Sanders | WR | Texas A&M |
| 12 | 72 | Hardy Mitchell | DT | Buffalo |
| 13 | 73 | Marcus Williams | P | Arizona State |
| 14 | 84 | Andy Russ | P | Mississippi State |
| 16 | 96 | Jeff Miller | T | Mississippi |
| 17 | 97 | David Terrell | CB | Texas-El Paso |
| 18 | 108 | Lamar Lyons | S | Washington |
| 19 | 109 | Kevin Huntley | WR | Wisconsin |
| 20 | 117 | Jeff Sauve | K | Clemson |
| 21 | 118 | Leonard Green | RB | Southern California |
| 22 | 121 | Dialleo Burks | WR | Eastern Kentucky |
| 23 | 122 | Chad Bates | G | Florida State |
| 24 | 123 | Rodrick Johnson | RB | UNLV |
| 25 | 124 | Louis Adams | LB | Oklahoma State |

## Schedule

| Week | Date | Kickoff | Opponent | Results | Results | Game site | Attendance |
| Week | Date | Kickoff | Opponent | Final score | Team record | Game site | Attendance |
| 1 | Sunday, April 18 | 3:00 p.m. | at Scottish Claymores | L 20–21 | 0–1 | Murrayfield Stadium | 9,086 |
| 2 | Sunday, April 25 | 4:00 p.m. | Barcelona Dragons | L 10–19 | 0–2 | Rheinstadion | 25,281 |
| 3 | Saturday, May 1 | 7:00 p.m. | Amsterdam Admirals | W 30–20 | 1–2 | Rheinstadion | 23,883 |
| 4 | Saturday, May 8 | 7:00 p.m. | at Frankfurt Galaxy | L 7–13 | 1–3 | Waldstadion | 39,485 |
| 5 | Saturday, May 15 | 7:00 p.m. | Scottish Claymores | W 37–6 | 2–3 | Rheinstadion | 22,171 |
| 6 | Saturday, May 22 | 7:00 p.m. | at Amsterdam Admirals | W 36–25 | 3–3 | Amsterdam ArenA | 14,056 |
| 7 | Saturday, May 29 | 7:00 p.m. | Frankfurt Galaxy | L 20–21 | 3–4 | Rheinstadion | 40,143 |
| 8 | Saturday, June 5 | 7:00 p.m. | at Berlin Thunder | W 29–0 | 4–4 | Jahn-Sportpark | 10,683 |
| 9 | Saturday, June 12 | 8:00 p.m. | at Barcelona Dragons | W 59–14 | 5–4 | Estadi Olímpic de Montjuïc | 10,155 |
| 10 | Saturday, June 19 | 7:00 p.m. | Berlin Thunder | W 38–10 | 6–4 | Rheinstadion | 31,350 |

## Standings

NFL Europe League :
| Team | W | L | T | PCT | PF | PA | Home | Road | STK |
| Barcelona Dragons | 7 | 3 | 0 | .700 | 263 | 246 | 4–1 | 3–2 | W1 |
| Frankfurt Galaxy | 6 | 4 | 0 | .600 | 239 | 223 | 3–2 | 3–2 | L1 |
| Rhein Fire | 6 | 4 | 0 | .600 | 286 | 149 | 3–2 | 3–2 | W3 |
| Amsterdam Admirals | 4 | 6 | 0 | .400 | 236 | 243 | 3–2 | 1–4 | W2 |
| Scottish Claymores | 4 | 6 | 0 | .400 | 270 | 298 | 2–3 | 2–3 | L4 |
| Berlin Thunder | 3 | 7 | 0 | .300 | 173 | 308 | 2–3 | 1–4 | L3 |

## Game summaries
### Week 3: vs Amsterdam Admirals

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Amsterdam | 0 | 0 | 7 | 13 | 20 |
| Rhein | 14 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 30 |
at Rheinstadion, Düsseldorf, Germany
* Date: Saturday, May 1
* Game time: 7:00 p.m. CEST
* Game attendance: 23,883

### Week 6: at Amsterdam Admirals

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Rhein | 16 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 36 |
| Amsterdam | 3 | 13 | 0 | 9 | 25 |
at Amsterdam ArenA, Amsterdam, Netherlands
* Date: Saturday, May 22
* Game time: 7:00 p.m. CEST
* Game attendance: 14,056