The 2006 Amsterdam Admirals season was the 12th season for the team in the NFL Europe League (NFLEL). The team was led by head coach Bart Andrus in his sixth year, and played its home games at Amsterdam ArenA in Amsterdam, Netherlands. They finished the regular season in first place with a record of seven wins and three losses. In World Bowl XIV, Amsterdam lost to the Frankfurt Galaxy 7–22.
Offseason Free agent draft + 2006 Amsterdam Admirals NFLEL free agent draft selections Draft order Player name Position College Round Choice 1 6 James Lee DT Oregon State 2 12 Claude Harriott DE Pittsburgh 3 13 Kevin Timothee CB Florida International 4 24 Earl Cochran DE Alabama State 5 25 Tyler Lenda T Penn State 6 36 Michael Tolbert LB Baylor 7 37 Sam Massey CB Morgan State 8 48 Ben Herrell T Miami (OH) 9 49 Lamar Lee CB Arkansas State
Personnel Staff
Roster
Schedule Week Date Kickoff Opponent Results Game site Attendance Final score Team record 1 Saturday, March 18 7:00 p.m. Berlin Thunder L 29–33 0–1 Amsterdam ArenA 16,341 2 Sunday, March 26 4:00 p.m. at Cologne Centurions W 20–15 1–1 RheinEnergieStadion 17,251 3 Saturday, April 1 7:00 p.m. Frankfurt Galaxy W 38–20 2–1 Amsterdam ArenA 9,917 4 Saturday, April 8 6:00 p.m. at Berlin Thunder W 38–31 3–1 Olympic Stadium 11,443 5 Saturday, April 15 3:00 p.m. Rhein Fire W 35–31 4–1 Amsterdam ArenA 12,683 6 Saturday, April 22 7:00 p.m. at Rhein Fire W 30–21 5–1 LTU arena 20,118 7 Saturday, April 29 6:00 p.m. at Hamburg Sea Devils W 18–17 6–1 AOL Arena 15,224 8 Saturday, May 6 7:00 p.m. Cologne Centurions L 13–20 6–2 Amsterdam ArenA 12,228 9 Sunday, May 14 5:00 p.m. at Frankfurt Galaxy W 17–12 7–2 Commerzbank-Arena 31,769 10 Saturday, May 20 7:00 p.m. Hamburg Sea Devils L 21–34 7–3 Amsterdam ArenA 15,937 World Bowl XIV 11 Saturday, May 27 6:00 p.m. Frankfurt Galaxy L 7–22 7–4 LTU arena 36,286
Standings
Game summaries Week 1: vs Berlin Thunder
Week 2: at Cologne Centurions
Week 3: vs Frankfurt Galaxy
Week 4: at Berlin Thunder
Week 5: vs Rhein Fire
Week 6: at Rhein Fire
Week 7: at Hamburg Sea Devils
Week 8: vs Cologne Centurions
Week 9: at Frankfurt Galaxy
Week 10: vs Hamburg Sea Devils
World Bowl XIV
Honors After the completion of the regular season, the All-NFL Europe League team was selected by the NFLEL coaching staffs, members of a media panel and fans voting online at NFLEurope.com. Overall, Amsterdam had eight players selected. The selections were:
Derrick Ballard, linebacker Skyler Fulton, wide receiver Gibran Hamdan, quarterback Ryan Killeen, placekicker Noriaki Kinoshita, special teams player Tyler Lenda, center Chad Lucas, wide receiver Jeff Roehl, tackle
Additionally, Hamdan and defensive tackle Tony Brown were named offensive and co-defensive MVPs, respectively. Hamdan, who was in his third season with the Admirals, set an NFLEL record by posting a passer rating of 113.4, leading his team to a 6–1 record before suffering a season-ending injury. He completed 102 of 162 passes for a league-leading 1,629 yards with 12 touchdowns. In the Week 3 contest against Frankfurt he became only the second quarterback in league history to post a perfect 158.3 rating. Brown, who shared the award with Cologne Centurions' linebacker Philippe Gardent, became the third player in NFLEL history to win defensive MVP honors despite not being voted to the All-NFLEL team. He recorded four sacks and 40 tackles during the season.
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