1997 Amsterdam Admirals season

1997 Amsterdam Admirals season
1997 Amsterdam Admirals season
General manager	Bill Peterson
Head coach	Al Luginbill
Home field	Amsterdam ArenA
Results
Record	5–5
Division place	4th
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
	← 1996; Other seasons; 1998 →;

The 1997 Amsterdam Admirals season was the third season for the franchise in the World League of American Football (WLAF). The team was led by head coach Al Luginbill in his third year, and played its home games at Amsterdam ArenA in Amsterdam, Netherlands. They finished the regular season in fourth place with a record of five wins and five losses.

Offseason

World League draft

1997 Amsterdam Admirals World League draft selections
Draft order		Player name	Position	College
Round	Choice	Player name	Position	College
1	4	Brent Moss	RB	Wisconsin
2	10	Trevor Wilmot	LB	Indiana
3	15	Bronzell Miller	DE	Utah
4	22	Larry McSeed	LB	Delaware
5	27	Curtis Caesar	WR	Grambling
6	34	Bryan Dickerson	RB	Eastern Kentucky
7	39	Ronnie Woolfork	LB	Colorado
8	46	Dion Lambert	CB	UCLA
9	51	Roosevelt Collins	LB	Texas Christian
10	58	Jon Heidenreich	G	Northeast Louisiana
11	63	Lamar Mills	DE	Indiana
12	70	Charles Gordon	CB	Eastern Michigan
13	75	Bryan Reeves	WR	Nevada
14	82	Ron Lewis	G	Washington State
15	87	Rich Yurkiewicz	LB	Kent State
16	94	Robert Hall	QB	Texas Tech
17	99	Ray Forsythe	G	Central Florida
18	106	Earl Scott	G	Arkansas
19	111	Steve Hendrickson	LB	California
20	118	Damon Thomas	WR	Wayne State
21	122	Reggie Barnes	LB	Oklahoma
22	126	Jim Ward	DT	Slippery Rock
23	129	Joe Montford	LB	South Carolina State
24	130	Richard Fall	K	None
25	132	Steve Brannon	DE	Hampton

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Personnel

Staff

**1997 Amsterdam Admirals staff**

	Front office General Manager – Bill Peterson Head coaches Head Coach/Defensive Coordinator – Al Luginbill Offensive coaches Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks/Wide Receivers – Joe Clark Running Backs – Bob Gambold Offensive Line – Al Tanara National Coach/Tight Ends – Marcus Muler			Defensive coaches Defensive Line – Willie Jones Linebackers – Chuck Shelton Japanese Coach/Defensive Assistant – Kiyo Mori

Roster

**1997 Amsterdam Admirals roster**

	Quarterbacks 11 Jay Fiedler 10 Mike McCoy 12 John Sacca Running backs 22 Ralph Dawkins 35 Brent Moss Wide receivers 80 Johnnie Barnes 88 Darren Chandler 7 Robert Hall 81 Latario Rachal 1 Dedric Smith 88 A. C. Tellison Tight ends 45 John Davis 82 Carlos Etheredge		Offensive linemen 78 Jerry Crafts T 64 Ryan Leahy G 66 Ron Lewis G 67 Kenneth McDaniel T 65 Earl Scott C Defensive linemen 92 Roosevelt Collins DE 97 Mike Evans DT/DE 75 Garry Howe DT 96 Bronzell Miller DE 73 Lamar Mills DT 99 Troy Ridgley DT 59 Ronnie Woolfork DE		Linebackers 57 Cedric Figaro 52 Marc Lillibridge MLB 51 Larry McSeed OLB 56 Trevor Wilmot OLB 53 Rich Yurkiewicz Defensive backs 21 Ron Carpenter CB 25 Tommy Johnson CB 23 Tommy Jones CB 27 Robert O'Neal S 29 Jey Phillips S 28 Jeff Russell S Special teams 5 Brian Gragert P		National players 90 Avo Avetisyan DE 14 Silvio Diliberto K 69 Jeroen Egge OL 86 Masato Itai WR 55 Masafumi Kawaguchi OLB Rookies in italics

Schedule

Week	Date	Kickoff ^{[n 1]}	Opponent	Results		Game site	Attendance
Week	Date	Kickoff ^{[n 1]}	Opponent	Final score	Team record	Game site	Attendance
1	Saturday, April 12	7:00 p.m.	Scottish Claymores	L 3–16	0–1	Amsterdam ArenA	16,185
2	Saturday, April 19	7:00 p.m.	at Frankfurt Galaxy	L 10–19	0–2	Waldstadion	31,729
3	Saturday, April 26	7:00 p.m.	London Monarchs	W 34–6	1–2	Amsterdam ArenA	13,767
4	Saturday, May 3	7:00 p.m.	Rhein Fire	W 23–20	2–2	Amsterdam ArenA	10,698
5	Sunday, May 11	7:30 p.m.	at Barcelona Dragons	L 21–28	2–3	Estadi Olímpic de Montjuïc	14,152
6	Sunday, May 18	3:00 p.m.	at Scottish Claymores	L 6–10	2–4	Murrayfield Stadium	9,021
7	Saturday, May 24	7:00 p.m.	Barcelona Dragons	W 21–26	3–4	Amsterdam ArenA	13,289
8	Sunday, June 1	3:00 p.m.	at London Monarchs	W 13–9	4–4	Stamford Bridge	9,150
9	Saturday, June 7	7:00 p.m.	at Rhein Fire	L 0–24	4–5	Rheinstadion	23,697
10	Saturday, June 14	7:00 p.m.	Frankfurt Galaxy	W 20–7	5–5	Amsterdam ArenA	19,486

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Standings

World League of American Football
Team	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA	Home	Road	STK
Rhein Fire	7	3	0	.700	206	146	3–2	4–1	W3
Barcelona Dragons	5	5	0	.500	236	209	2–3	3–2	W1
Scottish Claymores	5	5	0	.500	134	154	2–3	3–2	L2
Amsterdam Admirals	5	5	0	.500	156	160	4–1	1–4	W1
Frankfurt Galaxy	4	6	0	.400	147	142	3–2	1–4	L1
London Monarchs	4	6	0	.400	116	184	2–3	2–3	L1

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Game summaries

Week 1: vs Scottish Claymores

Week One: Scottish Claymores at Amsterdam Admirals – Game summary

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Scotland	0	6	0	10	16
Amsterdam	0	0	0	3	3

at Amsterdam ArenA, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Date: Saturday, April 12
Game time: 7:00 p.m. CEST
Game attendance: 16,185
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Week 2: at Frankfurt Galaxy

Week Two: Amsterdam Admirals at Frankfurt Galaxy – Game summary

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Amsterdam	0	3	7	0	10
Frankfurt	10	3	3	3	19

at Waldstadion, Frankfurt, Germany

Date: Saturday, April 19
Game time: 7:00 p.m. CEST
Game attendance: 31,729
Referee: Mike Pereira
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Week 3: vs London Monarchs

Week Three: London Monarchs at Amsterdam Admirals – Game summary

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
London	0	6	0	0	6
Amsterdam	7	13	0	14	34

at Amsterdam ArenA, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Date: Saturday, April 26
Game time: 7:00 p.m. CEST
Game attendance: 13,767
Referee: Walt Coleman

Week 4: vs Rhein Fire

Week Four: Rhein Fire at Amsterdam Admirals – Game summary

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Rhein	0	6	7	7	20
Amsterdam	10	0	6	7	23

at Amsterdam ArenA, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Date: Saturday, May 3
Game time: 7:00 p.m. CEST
Game attendance: 10,698
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Week 5: at Barcelona Dragons

Week Five: Amsterdam Admirals at Barcelona Dragons – Game summary

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Amsterdam	0	0	14	7	21
Barcelona	14	7	0	7	28

at Estadi Olímpic de Montjuïc, Barcelona, Spain

Date: Sunday, May 11
Game time: 7:30 p.m. CEST
Game attendance: 14,152

Week 6: at Scottish Claymores

Week Six: Amsterdam Admirals at Scottish Claymores – Game summary

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Amsterdam	0	3	0	3	6
Scotland	3	0	0	7	10

at Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh, Scotland

Date: Sunday, May 18
Game time: 3:00 p.m. BST
Game attendance: 9,021

Week 7: vs Barcelona Dragons

Week Seven: Barcelona Dragons at Amsterdam Admirals – Game summary

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Barcelona	7	0	14	0	21
Amsterdam	0	17	0	9	26

at Amsterdam ArenA, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Date: Saturday, May 24
Game time: 7:00 p.m. CEST
Game attendance: 13,289

Week 8: at London Monarchs

Week Eight: Amsterdam Admirals at London Monarchs – Game summary

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Amsterdam	7	0	0	6	13
London	0	0	3	6	9

at Stamford Bridge, London, England

Date: Sunday, June 1
Game time: 3:00 p.m. BST
Game attendance: 9,150

Week 9: at Rhein Fire

Week Nine: Amsterdam Admirals at Rhein Fire – Game summary

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Amsterdam	0	0	0	0	0
Rhein	7	10	0	7	24

at Rheinstadion, Düsseldorf, Germany

Date: Saturday, June 7
Game time: 7:00 p.m. CEST
Game attendance: 23,697

Week 10: vs Frankfurt Galaxy

Week Ten: Frankfurt Galaxy at Amsterdam Admirals – Game summary

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Frankfurt	0	7	0	0	7
Amsterdam	0	7	13	0	20

at Amsterdam ArenA, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Date: Saturday, June 14
Game time: 7:00 p.m. CEST
Game attendance: 19,486
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Awards

After the completion of the regular season, the All-World League team was selected by members of the media.^[7] Amsterdam had only one player selected, defensive tackle Troy Ridgley.^[7]

Notes

^ All times local to where the game was played.

References

^ "1997 World League draft". WorldLeague.com. Archived from the original on July 9, 1997. Retrieved June 30, 2013.
^ ^a ^b "1997 Season in Review". The Official 1998 NFL Europe League Fact Book. pp. 218–222.
^ ^a ^b "Claymores 16, Admirals 3". European Stars and Stripes. Darmstadt, Germany. April 14, 1997. p. 27. Retrieved April 14, 2013.
^ ^a ^b Associated Press (April 19, 1997). "Galaxy 19, Admirals 10". APNewsArchive.com. Associated Press. Retrieved June 30, 2013.
^ ^a ^b Associated Press (May 3, 1997). "Admirals 23, Fire 20". APNewsArchive.com. Associated Press. Retrieved June 30, 2013.
^ ^a ^b Associated Press (June 14, 1997). "Admirals 20, Galaxy 7". APNewsArchive.com. Associated Press. Retrieved June 30, 2013.
^ ^a ^b "1997 All-World League team". WorldLeague.com. June 20, 1997. Archived from the original on July 9, 1997. Retrieved June 30, 2013.

[2] All times local to where the game was played.

[1] "1997 World League draft". WorldLeague.com. Archived from the original on July 9, 1997. Retrieved June 30, 2013.

[1998_NFLE_Fact_Book-3] "1997 Season in Review". The Official 1998 NFL Europe League Fact Book. pp. 218–222.

[ESS_04/14-4] "Claymores 16, Admirals 3". European Stars and Stripes. Darmstadt, Germany. April 14, 1997. p. 27. Retrieved April 14, 2013.

[AP_04/19-5] Associated Press (April 19, 1997). "Galaxy 19, Admirals 10". APNewsArchive.com. Associated Press. Retrieved June 30, 2013.

[AP_05/03-6] Associated Press (May 3, 1997). "Admirals 23, Fire 20". APNewsArchive.com. Associated Press. Retrieved June 30, 2013.

[AP_06/14-7] Associated Press (June 14, 1997). "Admirals 20, Galaxy 7". APNewsArchive.com. Associated Press. Retrieved June 30, 2013.

[WL_06/20-8] "1997 All-World League team". WorldLeague.com. June 20, 1997. Archived from the original on July 9, 1997. Retrieved June 30, 2013.

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