Berlin Thunder

The Berlin Thunder were a professional American football team in NFL Europe.

Berlin Thunder
Berlin Thunder logo
Year founded1999
Year retired2007
Home fieldOlympic Stadium
CityBerlin, Germany
Team colorsBlack, Green, Tan, Orange, White[1]
                        
Championships

History

The Thunder came into existence as an expansion team, after the London/England Monarchs franchise shut down operations, prior to the 1999 season. Home games from 1999-2002 were played at Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Sportpark and one game in 2006. Olympiastadion was the home stadium from 2003 to 2007. They were the second team in league history to use the Thunder name, following the Orlando Thunder from 1991–92.

The Thunder won the World Bowl 3 times: 2001, 2002 and 2004 (a year that they went 9-1). They also made it to the World Bowl in 2005 but were defeated by the Amsterdam Admirals 21-27.

Two Berlin quarterbacks, Rohan Davey (2004) and Dave Ragone (2005), were named NFL Europe Offensive Most Valuable Players. Linebacker Rich Scanlon (2005) was named NFL Europe Defensive MVP. In 2006, the Thunder had three players earn All-NFL Europe honors: guard Chad Beasley and safety Anthony Floyd earned all-league honors at their respective positions and German defensive end Christian Mohr was honored as the national player on the defensive all-league team.

On April 1, 2006, the Thunder recorded their very first tie in franchise history. Trailing the Hamburg Sea Devils 17-0 at halftime, the Thunder erased their deficit to tie it up, going into overtime in which neither team could come up with a point. This was only the second tie in the history of NFL Europe. The previous tie came in the 1992 season between the Birmingham Fire and the London Monarchs, also 17-17.

Season-by-season
Season Regular season Postseason
Won Lost Ties Win % Finish Won Lost Win % Result
1999 3 7 0 .300 6th (League) – – — —
2000 4 6 0 .400 6th (League) – – — —
2001 6 4 0 .600 2nd (League) 1 0 1.000 World Bowl IX champions
2002 6 4 0 .600 2nd (League) 1 0 1.000 World Bowl X champions
2003 3 7 0 .300 6th (League) – – — —
2004 9 1 0 .900 1st (League) 1 0 1.000 World Bowl XII champions
2005 7 3 0 .700 1st (League) 0 1 .000 Lost to Amsterdam Admirals in World Bowl XIII
2006 2 7 1 .250 6th (League) – – — —
2007 2 8 0 .200 6th (League) – – — —
Total 42 47 1 .472 3 1 .750

Head coaches
# Name Term Regular season Postseason Achievements
GC Won Lost Ties Win % GC Won Lost Win %
1 Wes Chandler 1999 10 3 7 0 .300 – – – — —
2 Peter Vaas 2000–2003 40 19 21 0 .475 2 2 0 1.000 2 World Bowl championships (IX, X)
NFL Europe Coach of the Year (2002)
3 Rick Lantz 2004–2006 30 18 11 1 .617 2 1 1 .500 World Bowl XII championship
NFL Europe Coach of the Year (2004)
4 John Allen 2007 10 2 8 0 .200 – – – — —

Notable players

See also: Category:Berlin Thunder players

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References
  1. "Team Colors – NFLE". SSUR.org. Retrieved 20 February 2010.
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