The 2005 season was the second season for the Cologne Centurions in the NFL Europe League (NFLEL). The team was led by head coach Peter Vaas in his second year, and played its home games at RheinEnergieStadion in Cologne, Germany. They finished the regular season in third place with a record of six wins and four losses.
Offseason Free agent draft + 2005 Cologne Centurions NFLEL free agent draft selections Draft order Player name Position College Round Choice 1 3 Omar Nazel DE Southern California 2 9 Ryan Wingrove DE Bowling Green 3 16 Bobby Brooks LB Fresno State 4 21 Eric Powell DE Florida State 5 28 Zach Wilson G Southern California 6 33 Tam Hopkins G Ohio State 7 40 Hart Turner TE South Carolina
Personnel Staff
Roster
Schedule Week Date Kickoff Opponent Results Game site Attendance Final score Team record 1 Saturday, April 2 6:00 p.m. Hamburg Sea Devils W 24–23 1–0 RheinEnergieStadion 9,468 2 Sunday, April 10 4:00 p.m. at Rhein Fire W 23–10 2–0 LTU arena 25,304 3 Saturday, April 16 6:00 p.m. Frankfurt Galaxy W 23–14 3–0 RheinEnergieStadion 10,821 4 Saturday, April 23 6:00 p.m. Amsterdam Admirals L 24–37 3–1 RheinEnergieStadion 8,863 5 Saturday, April 30 7:00 p.m. at Hamburg Sea Devils L 6–23 3–2 AOL Arena 15,228 6 Sunday, May 8 4:00 p.m. Berlin Thunder W 23–17 4–2 RheinEnergieStadion 9,485 7 Saturday, May 14 7:00 p.m. at Frankfurt Galaxy W 20–17 5–2 Waldstadion 25,347 8 Monday, May 23 8:00 p.m. at Amsterdam Admirals L 12–30 5–3 Amsterdam ArenA 14,423 9 Sunday, May 29 4:00 p.m. Rhein Fire L 16–28 5–4 RheinEnergieStadion 32,521 10 Sunday, June 5 4:00 p.m. at Berlin Thunder W 17–13 6–4 Olympic Stadium 20,927
Standings
Game summaries Week 1: vs Hamburg Sea Devils
Week 2: at Rhein Fire
Week 3: vs Frankfurt Galaxy
Week 4: vs Amsterdam Admirals
Week 5: at Hamburg Sea Devils
Week 6: vs Berlin Thunder
Week 7: at Frankfurt Galaxy
Week 8: at Amsterdam Admirals
Week 9: vs Rhein Fire
Week 10: at Berlin Thunder
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