2001 Scottish Claymores season

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2001 Scottish Claymores season
General managerSteve Livingstone
Head coachGene Dahlquist
Home fieldHampden Park
Results
Record4–6
Division place4th
Playoff finishDid not qualify

The 2001 Scottish Claymores season was the seventh season for the franchise in the NFL Europe League (NFLEL). The team was led by head coach Gene Dahlquist in his first year, and played its home games at Hampden Park in Glasgow, Scotland. They finished the regular season in fourth place with a record of four wins and six losses.

Offseason[edit]

Free agent draft[edit]

2001 Scottish Claymores NFLEL free agent draft selections
Draft order Player name Position College
Round Choice Overall
1 5 5 Damon Nivens OL Southern
2 5 11 Chris Watton G Baylor
3 2 14 Jamal Brooks LB Hampton
4 5 23 Brian Connolly G US Military Academy
5 2 26 Renard Cox CB Maryland
6 5 35 Jim Stull T Delaware
7 2 38 Tony Ortiz LB Nebraska
8 5 47 Stevan Fontana TE Northern Arizona
9 2 50 Montee Foote LB Hampton
10 4 58 Lionel Hayes QB Grambling State

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Personnel[edit]

Staff[edit]

2001 Scottish Claymores staff
Front office
  • General manager – Steve Livingstone

Head coaches

Offensive coaches

  • Offensive coordinator/offensive line – Mike Deal
  • Wide receivers – Kevin O’Neal
  • National coach/tight ends – Stephen McCusker
Defensive coaches
  • Defensive coordinator/linebackers – Ray Woodard
  • Defensive line – Jim Tomsula
  • Defensive backs/special teams – Richard Kent

Strength and conditioning

  • Strength and conditioning – Tom Bender

Roster[edit]

2001 Scottish Claymores roster
Quarterbacks

Running backs

  • 35 Omar Bacon
  • 27 Anthony Gray
  • 33 Vaughn Sanders

Wide receivers

  • 83 Corey Allen
  •  1 Dante Hall
  • 19 Lonny Mitchell
  • 84 Joe Perez
  • 15 Gerald Williams

Tight ends

Offensive linemen
  • 73 Mark Grivna T
  • 67 Jay Humphrey C/T
  • 68 John Jacobs G
  • 65 Eric King G/C
  • 66 Kendell Mack G
  • 75 Damon Nivens T
  • 72 Craig Robeen T
  • 77 Jim Stull T
  • 61 Chris Watton G

Defensive linemen

  • 74 Antonio Dingle NT
  • 96 Doug Miller DT
  • 98 Bryant Shaw DE
  • 92 Jabbar Threats DE
  • 99 Chris Ward DE
Linebackers
  • 55 Jamal Brooks ILB
  • 54 London Dunlap OLB
  • 57 Montee Foote ILB
  • 53 Keith Miller ILB
  • 52 Tony Ortiz OLB
  • 44 Dusty Renfro ILB
  • 50 Casey Tisdale OLB

Defensive backs

  • 38 Renard Cox CB
  • 43 Brian Gray CB
  • 45 Reggie Hunt S
  • 29 Central McClellion CB
  • 46 Earl Riley S
  • 25 Jermaine Smith CB
  • 28 Nate Terry CB
  • 36 Eric Whitfield S

Special teams

National players
  • 21 Rowelle Blenman DB England
  • 89 Jason Byworth WR England
  • 81 Scott Couper WR Scotland
  • 91 Robert Flickinger DE Scotland
  •  8 Rob Hart K England
  • 51 Shingo Hiruma LB Japan
  • 26 Stephen Hutchinson RB England
  • 30 Kohei Satomi DB Japan


Rookies in italics

Schedule[edit]

Week Date Kickoff [n 1] Opponent Results Game site Attendance
Final score Team record
1 Saturday, 21 April 3:00 p.m. Frankfurt Galaxy W 24–21 1–0 Hampden Park 16,387
2 Saturday, 28 April 7:00 p.m. at Amsterdam Admirals L 10–14 1–1 Amsterdam ArenA 12,516
3 Sunday, 6 May 4:00 p.m. Berlin Thunder W 28–21 2–1 Hampden Park 10,419
4 Saturday, 12 May 7:00 p.m. at Frankfurt Galaxy L 17–27 2–2 Waldstadion 33,437
5 Sunday, 20 May 4:00 p.m. at Rhein Fire L 3–10 2–3 Rheinstadion 30,211
6 Sunday, 27 May 4:00 p.m. Amsterdam Admirals W 17–7 3–3 Hampden Park 15,983
7 Saturday, 2 June 6:00 p.m. at Berlin Thunder L 19–27 3–4 Jahn-Sportpark 8,917
8 Saturday, 10 June 4:00 p.m. Barcelona Dragons L 9–14 3–5 Hampden Park 14,483
9 Saturday, 16 June 5:00 p.m. at Barcelona Dragons L 7–26 3–6 Estadi Olímpic de Montjuïc 10,180
10 Saturday, 23 June 4:00 p.m. Rhein Fire W 34–21 4–6 Hampden Park 12,251

Standings[edit]

NFL Europe League
Team W L T PCT PF PA Home Road STK
Barcelona Dragons 8 2 0 .800 252 191 5–0 3–2 L1
Berlin Thunder 6 4 0 .600 270 239 4–1 2–3 W2
Rhein Fire 5 5 0 .500 174 179 4–1 1–4 L1
Scottish Claymores 4 6 0 .400 168 188 4–1 0–5 W1
Amsterdam Admirals 4 6 0 .400 194 226 4–1 0–5 L3
Frankfurt Galaxy 3 7 0 .300 199 234 3–2 0–5 W1

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Game summaries[edit]

Week 1: vs Frankfurt Galaxy[edit]

Week One: Frankfurt Galaxy at Scottish Claymores – Game summary
Period 1 2 34Total
Frankfurt 7 0 7721
Scotland 7 3 14024

at Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland

  • Date: Saturday, 21 April
  • Game time: 3:07 p.m. BST
  • Game attendance: 16,387
  • Referee: Mark Baltz

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ All times local to where the game was played.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Linemen dominate free agent draft". NFL Europe League. 20 February 2001. Archived from the original on 29 June 2001. Retrieved 25 May 2011.
  2. ^ "2001 NFL Europe League Standings". NFL Europe League. Archived from the original on 18 August 2002. Retrieved 18 January 2011.