The 2007 Berlin Thunder season was the ninth and final season for the franchise in the NFL Europa League (NFLEL). The team was led by head coach John Allen in his first year, and played its home games at Olympic Stadium in Berlin, Germany. They finished the regular season in sixth place with a record of two wins and eight losses. The National Football League (NFL) announced the closure of its European branch on June 29.
Offseason
Free agent draft + 2007 Berlin Thunder NFLEL free agent draft selections Draft order Player name Position College Round Choice 1 1 Chris Thompson CB Nicholls State 2 7 Lauvale Sape DT Utah 3 18 Seante Williams DE Jacksonville State 4 19 Jabari Levey T South Carolina 5 30 Chris Harrell CB Penn State 6 31 Matt Henshaw TE Florida State 7 42 Steve Paris S Iowa State 8 43 Damien Rhodes RB Syracuse 9 54 Keon Raymond CB Middle Tennessee 10 55 Quartez Vickerson DT Grand Valley State 11 66 Steven Vieira G UCLA 12 67 Samario Houston LB Catawba 13 78 Jameel Dumas LB Syracuse 14 79 Jay McCareins CB Princeton 15 90 Robin Meadow T Washington 16 91 Sha-Ron Edwards RB Illinois State 17 102 Bernard Opoku S Jacksonville 18 103 Bobby Payne DE Middle Tennessee 19 114 Daniel Martz C Alabama 20 115 Jason Flowers CB Toledo 21 126 Tim Clarke LB Lenoir–Rhyne 22 127 Mike Mendenhall DE Temple 23 133 Scott Mitchell WR Kentucky
Personnel
Staff
Roster
Schedule Week Date Kickoff Opponent Results Game site Attendance Final score Team record 1 Saturday, April 14 7:00 p.m. at Rhein Fire W 15–3 1–0 LTU arena 30,355 2 Sunday, April 22 4:00 p.m. Hamburg Sea Devils L 7–16 1–1 Olympic Stadium 30,657 3 Saturday, April 28 6:00 p.m. Amsterdam Admirals L 10–14 1–2 Olympic Stadium 11,942 4 Saturday, May 5 6:00 p.m. at Cologne Centurions W 31–28 2–2 RheinEnergieStadion 10,084 5 Sunday, May 13 4:00 p.m. Cologne Centurions L 10–24 2–3 Olympic Stadium 11,995 6 Sunday, May 20 5:00 p.m. at Frankfurt Galaxy L 7–35 2–4 Commerzbank-Arena 30,125 7 Saturday, May 26 6:00 p.m. at Hamburg Sea Devils L 7–17 2–5 AOL Arena 18,337 8 Saturday, June 2 6:00 p.m. Frankfurt Galaxy L 22–25 2–6 Olympic Stadium 11,882 9 Friday, June 8 7:00 p.m. Rhein Fire L 17–24 2–7 Olympic Stadium 12,114 10 Friday, June 15 8:00 p.m. at Amsterdam Admirals L 20–21 2–8 Olympic Stadium 11,893
Standings
Game summaries
Week 1: at Rhein Fire
Week 2: vs Hamburg Sea Devils
Week 3: vs Amsterdam Admirals
Week 4: at Cologne Centurions
Week 5: vs Cologne Centurions
Week 6: at Frankfurt Galaxy
Week 7: at Hamburg Sea Devils
Week 8: vs Frankfurt Galaxy
Week 9: vs Rhein Fire
Week 10: at Amsterdam Admirals
Honors Chris Barclay, Special Teams Player of the Week (Week 4) Carlton Brewster, All-NFL Europa League team selection Andrew Jacas, Special Teams Player of the Week (Week 1) Chris Thompson, Defensive Player of the Week (Week 10)
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