# 1995 Rhein Fire season

The 1995 Rhein Fire season was the inaugural season for the franchise in the World League of American Football (WLAF). The team was led by head coach Galen Hall, and played its home games at Rheinstadion in Düsseldorf, Germany. They finished the regular season in fifth place with a record of four wins and six losses.

## Offseason
### World League draft

1995 Rhein Fire World League draft selections :
| Draft order | Draft order | Draft order | Player name | Position | College |
| Round | Choice | Overall | Player name | Position | College |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Shaumbe Wright-Fair | RB | Washington State |
| 2 | 6 | 12 | Darrick Owens | WR | Mississippi |
| 3 | 1 | 13 | Mark Mason | RB | Maryland |
| 4 | 6 | 24 | Arthur Bussie | DE | Northeast Louisiana |
| 5 | 1 | 25 | Mike Withycombe | T | Fresno State |
| 6 | 6 | 36 | Greg Lane | CB | Notre Dame |
| 7 | 1 | 37 | Vaughn Bryant | CB | Stanford |
| 8 | 6 | 48 | Jason Atkinson | LB | Texas A&M |
| 9 | 1 | 49 | Akili Calhoun | DT | Hawaii |
| 10 | 6 | 60 | Terry Crews | LB | Western Michigan |
| 11 | 1 | 61 | Mike Alexander | C | San Diego State |
| 12 | 6 | 72 | Marquise Thomas | LB | Mississippi |
| 13 | 1 | 73 | Rod Moore | WR | Utah State |
| 14 | 6 | 84 | Matt Gay | S | Kansas |
| 15 | 1 | 85 | Don Stowers | CB | New Mexico State |
| 16 | 6 | 96 | Andy Kelly | QB | Tennessee |
| 17 | 1 | 97 | Mack Travis | DT | California |
| 18 | 6 | 108 | Leroy Smith | LB | Iowa |
| 19 | 1 | 109 | Jose Munoz | T | Ball State |
| 20 | 6 | 120 | Victor Brown | CB | Tennessee |
| 21 | 1 | 121 | Mike Salmon | S | Southern California |
| 22 | 6 | 132 | Deron Pointer | WR | Washington State |
| 23 | 1 | 133 | Jay Hillman | RB | Boston University |
| 24 | 6 | 144 | Willie Felton | TE | Bethune-Cookman |
| 25 | 1 | 145 | Nick Ma'afala | DT | Hawaii |
| 26 | 6 | 156 | Ronald Williams | RB | Clemson |
| 27 | 1 | 157 | Tony Lenseigne | TE | Eastern Washington |
| 28 | 6 | 168 | Brandon Houston | T | Oklahoma |
| 29 | 1 | 169 | Anthony Fieldings | LB | Morningside |
| 30 | 6 | 180 | Tony Rowell | C | Florida |
| 31 | 1 | 181 | Charles Beauchamp | LB | Indiana |
| 32 | 6 | 192 | Turhon O'Bannon | WR | New Mexico |
| 33 | 1 | 193 | Don Chaney | TE | South Carolina |
| 34 | 6 | 204 | Karl Nieberlein | T | Towson State |
| 35 | 1 | 205 | Cisco Richard | RB | Northeast Louisiana |
| 36 | 6 | 216 | Jerry Sharp | G | Syracuse |
| 37 | 1 | 217 | Junior Tagoai | NT | Hawaii |
| 38 | 6 | 228 | Kavin Crawford | DE | Louisiana Tech |
| 39 | 1 | 229 | Mark Sturdivant | DE | Maryland |
| 40 | 6 | 240 | Bill Durkin | G | Massachusetts |
| 41 | 1 | 241 | Carey Broudy | S | Louisiana Tech |
| 42 | 6 | 252 | Tre Everett | WR | Florida |
| 43 | 1 | 253 | Donald Douglas | S | Houston |
| 44 | 6 | 264 | Bob Tavernaro | CB | Pittsburg State |
| 45 | 1 | 265 | Mike Collins | S | West Virginia |
| 46 | 5 | 275 | Joey Veargis | LB | Central State (OH) |

### NFL allocations

| Player name | Position | College | NFL team |
| Karl Dunbar | DE | Louisiana State | Arizona Cardinals |
| Tyrone Johnson | WR | Western State (CO) | New Orleans Saints |
| Alan Kline | T | Ohio State | New Orleans Saints |
| Doug Nussmeier | QB | Idaho | New Orleans Saints |
| Tom Roth | G | Southern Illinois | New Orleans Saints |
| Gino Torretta | QB | Miami (FL) | Detroit Lions |

## Schedule

| Week | Date | Kickoff | Opponent | Results | Results | Game site | Attendance |
| Week | Date | Kickoff | Opponent | Final score | Team record | Game site | Attendance |
| 1 | Sunday, April 9 | 3:00 p.m. | at Scottish Claymores | W 19–17 | 1–0 | Murrayfield Stadium | 10,346 |
| 2 | Saturday, April 15 | 7:00 p.m. | London Monarchs | L 7–23 | 1–1 | Rheinstadion | 15,892 |
| 3 | Saturday, April 22 | 5:30 p.m. | at Barcelona Dragons | L 30–32 | 1–2 | Estadi Olímpic de Montjuïc | 17,900 |
| 4 | Sunday, April 30 | 7:00 p.m. | Frankfurt Galaxy | W 21–20 | 2–2 | Rheinstadion | 19,181 |
| 5 | Saturday, May 6 | 7:00 p.m. | at Amsterdam Admirals | L 10–30 | 2–3 | Olympisch Stadion | 8,153 |
| 6 | Saturday, May 13 | 7:00 p.m. | Scottish Claymores | W 33–27 | 3–3 | Rheinstadion | 6,981 |
| 7 | Saturday, May 20 | 7:00 p.m. | at Frankfurt Galaxy | W 41–28 | 4–3 | Waldstadion | 33,112 |
| 8 | Monday, May 29 | 3:00 p.m. | at London Monarchs | L 14–34 | 4–4 | White Hart Lane | 12,342 |
| 9 | Saturday, June 3 | 7:00 p.m. | Barcelona Dragons | L 21–31 | 4–5 | Rheinstadion | 12,323 |
| 10 | Saturday, June 10 | 7:00 p.m. | Amsterdam Admirals | L 25–37 | 4–6 | 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: at Scottish Claymores

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Rhein | 7 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 19 |
| Scotland | 0 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 17 |
at Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh, Scotland
* Date: Sunday, April 9
* Game time: 3:00 p.m. BST
* Game attendance: 10,346

### Week 2: vs London Monarchs

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| London | 3 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 23 |
| Rhein | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
at Rheinstadion, Düsseldorf, Germany
* Date: Saturday, April 15
* Game time: 7:00 p.m. CEST
* Game attendance: 15,892
* Referee: Larry Nemmers

### Week 3: at Barcelona Dragons

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | Total |
| Rhein | | | 0 |
| Barcelona | | | 0 |
at Estadi Olímpic de Montjuïc, Barcelona, Spain
* Date: Saturday, April 22
* Game time: 5:30 p.m. CEST
* Game attendance: 17,900

### Week 4: vs Frankfurt Galaxy

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | Total |
| Frankfurt | | | 0 |
| Rhein | | | 0 |
at Rheinstadion, Düsseldorf, Germany
* Date: Sunday, April 30
* Game time: 7:00 p.m. CEST
* Game attendance: 19,181

### Week 5: at Amsterdam Admirals

| 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: vs Scottish Claymores

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | Total |
| Scotland | | | 0 |
| Rhein | | | 0 |
at Rheinstadion, Düsseldorf, Germany
* Date: Saturday, May 13
* Game time: 7:00 p.m. CEST
* Game attendance: 6,981

### Week 7: at Frankfurt Galaxy

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | Total |
| Rhein | | | 0 |
| Frankfurt | | | 0 |
at Waldstadion, Frankfurt, Germany
* Date: Saturday, May 20
* Game time: 7:00 p.m. CEST
* Game attendance: 33,112

### Week 8: at London Monarchs

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | Total |
| Rhein | | | 0 |
| London | | | 0 |
at White Hart Lane, London, England
* Date: Monday, May 29
* Game time: 3:00 p.m. BST
* Game attendance: 12,342

### Week 9: vs Barcelona Dragons

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | Total |
| Barcelona | | | 0 |
| Rhein | | | 0 |
at Rheinstadion, Düsseldorf, Germany
* Date: Saturday, June 3
* Game time: 7:00 p.m. CEST
* Game attendance: 12,323

### Week 10: vs Amsterdam Admirals

| 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