# 1995 Amsterdam Admirals season

The 1995 Amsterdam Admirals season was the inaugural season for the franchise in the World League of American Football (WLAF). The team was led by head coach Al Luginbill, and played its home games at Olympisch Stadion and De Meer Stadion in Amsterdam, Netherlands. They finished the regular season in first place with a record of nine wins and one loss. In World Bowl '95, Amsterdam lost to the Frankfurt Galaxy 26–22.

## Offseason
### World League draft

1995 Amsterdam Admirals World League draft selections :
| Draft order | Draft order | Draft order | Player name | Position | College |
| Round | Choice | Overall | Player name | Position | College |
| 1 | 3 | 3 | Mike Evans | DT | Michigan |
| 2 | 4 | 10 | Kelly Sims | CB | Cincinnati |
| 3 | 3 | 15 | Chuck Dukes | RB | Boston College |
| 4 | 4 | 22 | Ron Carpenter | S | Miami (OH) |
| 5 | 3 | 27 | Cedric Figaro | LB | Notre Dame |
| 6 | 4 | 34 | Shawn Harper | T | Indiana |
| 7 | 3 | 39 | Peter Pale | G | Hawaii |
| 8 | 4 | 46 | Jon Kirksey | DT | Sacramento State |
| 9 | 3 | 51 | Anthony McClanahan | LB | Washington State |
| 10 | 4 | 58 | Trumane Bell | TE | Nebraska |
| 11 | 3 | 63 | Sanjay Beach | WR | Colorado State |
| 12 | 4 | 70 | Robert Baxley | G | Iowa |
| 13 | 3 | 75 | Robert O'Neal | S | Clemson |
| 14 | 4 | 82 | Garry Howe | NT | Colorado |
| 15 | 3 | 87 | Keith Franklin | LB | South Carolina |
| 16 | 4 | 94 | Malcolm Showell | DE | Delaware State |
| 17 | 3 | 99 | Sean Washington | CB | Rice |
| 18 | 4 | 106 | Ernie Rogers | T | California |
| 19 | 3 | 111 | Karmeeleyah McGill | LB | Notre Dame |
| 20 | 4 | 118 | Curvin Richards | RB | Pittsburgh |
| 21 | 3 | 123 | Jey Phillips | CB | Arizona |
| 22 | 4 | 130 | Eddie Small | WR | Mississippi |
| 23 | 3 | 135 | Bret Kwarta | G | UC Davis |
| 24 | 4 | 142 | David Hollie | DT | Jackson State |
| 25 | 3 | 147 | Tim Walton | LB | Ball State |
| 26 | 4 | 154 | David Jones | TE | Delaware State |
| 27 | 3 | 159 | Chuck Carswell | DB | Georgia |
| 28 | 4 | 166 | John Bock | G | Indiana State |
| 29 | 3 | 171 | A. J. Jenkins | DE | Cal State Fullerton |
| 30 | 4 | 178 | Brice Adams | FB | Michigan State |
| 31 | 3 | 183 | Ernie Jones | WR | Indiana |
| 32 | 4 | 190 | Joey Smith | WR | Louisville |
| 33 | 3 | 195 | Latish Kinsley | S | Cincinnati |
| 34 | 4 | 202 | Paul Duckworth | LB | Connecticut |
| 35 | 3 | 207 | Tommy Jones | S | Fresno State |
| 36 | 4 | 214 | Melvin Aldridge | S | Murray State |
| 37 | 3 | 219 | Chris Luneburg | T | West Chester (PA) |
| 38 | 4 | 226 | Alonzo Barnett | S | North Carolina A&T |
| 39 | 3 | 231 | Chad Lindsey | WR | Cincinnati |
| 40 | 4 | 238 | Mario Cristobal | T | Miami (FL) |
| 41 | 3 | 243 | Craig McEwen | TE | Utah |
| 42 | 4 | 250 | Blaine Berger | DT | Utah |
| 43 | 3 | 255 | Dedric Smith | WR | Savannah State |
| 44 | 4 | 262 | Terry Belden | P/K | Northern Arizona |
| 45 | 3 | 267 | Brad Lebo | QB | Montana |
| 46 | 4 | 274 | Fredrick Washington | TE | Mississippi Valley State |

### NFL allocations

| Player name | Position | College | NFL team |
| Darren Bennett | P | None | San Diego Chargers |
| Ralph Dawkins | RB | Louisville | New Orleans Saints |
| Will Furrer | QB | Virginia Tech | Denver Broncos |
| Bobby Hamilton | DE | Southern Mississippi | Seattle Seahawks |
| Jamie Martin | QB | Weber State | Los Angeles Rams |
| Jim Reid | T | Virginia | Houston Oilers |
| Dexter Seigler | DB | Miami (FL) | Miami Dolphins |

## Schedule

| Week | Date | Kickoff | Opponent | Results | Results | Game site | Attendance |
| Week | Date | Kickoff | Opponent | Final score | Team record | Game site | Attendance |
| 1 | Saturday, April 8 | 7:00 p.m. | Barcelona Dragons | W 17–13 | 1–0 | Olympisch Stadion | 7,168 |
| 2 | Saturday, April 15 | 7:00 p.m. | Frankfurt Galaxy | W 14–12 | 2–0 | De Meer Stadion | 5,321 |
| 3 | Sunday, April 23 | 3:00 p.m. | at London Monarchs | W 17–10 | 3–0 | White Hart Lane | 8,763 |
| 4 | Sunday, April 30 | 3:00 p.m. | at Scottish Claymores | W 31–0 | 4–0 | Murrayfield Stadium | 9,306 |
| 5 | Saturday, May 6 | 7:00 p.m. | Rhein Fire | W 30–10 | 5–0 | Olympisch Stadion | 8,153 |
| 6 | Saturday, May 13 | 5:30 p.m. | at Barcelona Dragons | W 40–34 | 6–0 | Estadi Olímpic de Montjuïc | 18,369 |
| 7 | Saturday, May 20 | 7:00 p.m. | Scottish Claymores | W 30–13 | 7–0 | Olympisch Stadion | 10,423 |
| 8 | Sunday, May 28 | 7:00 p.m. | at Frankfurt Galaxy | L 13–28 | 7–1 | Waldstadion | 28,368 |
| 9 | Saturday, June 3 | 7:00 p.m. | London Monarchs | W 17–7 | 8–1 | De Meer Stadion | 8,469 |
| 10 | Saturday, June 10 | 7:00 p.m. | at Rhein Fire | W 37–25 | 9–1 | Rheinstadion | 7,961 |

## Standings

World League of American Football :
| Team | W | L | T | PCT | PF | PA | Home | Road | STK |
| Amsterdam Admirals | 9 | 1 | 0 | .900 | 246 | 152 | 5–0 | 4–1 | W2 |
| Frankfurt Galaxy | 6 | 4 | 0 | .600 | 279 | 202 | 3–2 | 3–2 | W3 |
| Barcelona Dragons | 5 | 5 | 0 | .500 | 237 | 247 | 2–3 | 3–2 | L1 |
| London Monarchs | 4 | 6 | 0 | .400 | 174 | 220 | 1–4 | 3–2 | L2 |
| Rhein Fire | 4 | 6 | 0 | .400 | 221 | 279 | 2–3 | 2–3 | L3 |
| Scottish Claymores | 2 | 8 | 0 | .200 | 153 | 210 | 0–5 | 2–3 | W1 |

## Game summaries
### Week 1: vs Barcelona Dragons

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Barcelona | 0 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 13 |
| Amsterdam | 7 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
at Olympisch Stadion, Amsterdam, Netherlands
* Date: Saturday, April 8
* Game time: 7:00 p.m. CEST
* Game attendance: 7,168

### Week 2: vs Frankfurt Galaxy

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Frankfurt | 7 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 12 |
| Amsterdam | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
at De Meer Stadion, Amsterdam, Netherlands
* Date: Saturday, April 15
* Game time: 7:00 p.m. CEST
* Game attendance: 5,321
* Referee: Mike Carey

### Week 3: at London Monarchs

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Amsterdam | 7 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 17 |
| London | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
at White Hart Lane, London, England
* Date: Sunday, April 23
* Game time: 3:00 p.m. BST
* Game attendance: 8,763

### Week 4: at Scottish Claymores

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Amsterdam | 7 | 6 | 15 | 3 | 31 |
| Scotland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
at Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh, Scotland
* Date: Saturday, April 30
* Game time: 3:00 p.m. BST
* Game attendance: 9,306

### Week 5: vs Rhein Fire

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Rhein | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 10 |
| Amsterdam | 6 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 30 |
at Olympisch Stadion, Amsterdam, Netherlands
* Date: Saturday, May 6
* Game time: 7:00 p.m. CEST
* Game attendance: 8,153

### Week 6: at Barcelona Dragons

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | Total |
| Amsterdam | 0 | 20 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 40 |
| Barcelona | 6 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 34 |
at Estadi Olímpic de Montjuïc, Barcelona, Spain
* Date: Saturday, May 13
* Game time: 5:30 p.m. CEST
* Game attendance: 18,369

### Week 7: vs Scottish Claymores

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Scotland | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| Amsterdam | 6 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 30 |
at Olympisch Stadion, Amsterdam, Netherlands
* Date: Saturday, May 20
* Game time: 7:00 p.m. CEST
* Game attendance: 10,423

### Week 8: at Frankfurt Galaxy

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Amsterdam | 0 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 13 |
| Frankfurt | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 28 |
at Waldstadion, Frankfurt, Germany
* Date: Sunday, May 28
* Game time: 7:00 p.m. CEST
* Game attendance: 28,368

### Week 9: vs London Monarchs

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| London | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| Amsterdam | 7 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 17 |
at De Meer Stadion, Amsterdam, Netherlands
* Date: Saturday, June 3
* Game time: 7:00 p.m. CEST
* Game attendance: 8,469

### Week 10: at Rhein Fire

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Amsterdam | 7 | 0 | 7 | 23 | 37 |
| Rhein | 0 | 6 | 0 | 19 | 25 |
at Rheinstadion, Düsseldorf, Germany
* Date: Saturday, June 10
* Game time: 7:00 p.m. CEST
* Game attendance: 7,961