1998 Scottish Claymores season

1998 Scottish Claymores season
Head coach Jim Criner
General manager Dick Regan
Home field Murrayfield Stadium
Hampden Park
Results
Record 2–8
Division place 6th
Playoff finish did not qualify

The 1998 Scottish Claymores season was the fourth year of competition for the franchise in the NFL Europe League (NFLEL). The team was led by head coach Jim Criner in his fourth year, and played its home games at Murrayfield Stadium in Edinburgh (four) and Hampden Park in Glasgow, Scotland (one). They finished the regular season in sixth place with a record of two wins and eight losses.

Offseason

NFL Europe League draft

1998 Scottish Claymores NFLEL draft selections
Draft order Player name Position College
Round Choice Overall
1 4 4 J. J. Smith RB Kansas State
2 4 10 Kerry Hicks DT Colorado
3 3 15 Sam Manuel LB New Mexico State
3 6 18 Kerry Mock LB North Carolina
4 4 22 Eddie Cade S Arizona State
5 3 27 Miles Macik WR Pennsylvania
6 4 34 Tim Scharf LB Northwestern
7 3 39 Eric Lynch RB Grand Valley State
8 4 46 Cedric Samuel CB Alabama
9 3 51 Phillip Riley WR Florida State
10 4 58 Shea Little WR Eastern Oregon
11 3 63 Andy Jacobs LB California
12 4 70 Chris Brantley WR Rutgers
13 3 75 Matt Calhoun RB Ohio State
14 4 82 Ken Brown LB Virginia Tech
15 3 87 Sean Boyd CB North Carolina
16 4 94 Devin Kendall TE Arizona State
17 3 99 Paul McCallum K None
18 4 106 Carey Bender RB Coe College
19 3 111 Larry Echols LB Stephen F. Austin
20 4 118 Mike Ivey DT Wisconsin–LaCrosse
21 3 123 James Williams CB Texas Southern
22 4 130 Tom Beck QB Northern Colorado
23 3 135 Adrian Ioja LB San Diego State
24 4 142 James Johnson S Nevada
25 3 149 Barry Sims OT Utah

Personnel

Staff

1998 Scottish Claymores staff
Front office
  • General Manager – Dick Regan
  • Assistant General Manager – Will Wilson

Head coaches

Offensive coaches

  • Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks – Jim Sochor
  • Receivers – Vince Alcalde
 Defensive coaches
  • Defensive Coordinator/Linebackers – Myrel Moore[1]
  • Defensive Line – Stan Jones
  • Defensive Backs – Richard Rodgers[1]

Special teams coaches

  • National Coach/Special Teams Coordinator – Mike Kenny

Roster

1998 Scottish Claymores roster
Quarterbacks

Running backs

Wide receivers

  • 00 Chris Brantley
  • 15 Terence Davis
  • 84 Miles Macik
  • 80 Chris Miller
  • 82 Jerry Reese

Tight ends

  • 85 Willy Tate
 Offensive linemen

Defensive linemen

  • 94 Steve Brannon DT
  • 57 John DeWitt DE
  • 96 Kerry Hicks DE
  • 92 Brad Keeney DT
  • 99 Mark Lee
 Linebackers
  • 59 Alan Campos
  • 52 Sam Manuel
  • 55 Kerry Mock

Defensive backs

  • 39 Kory Blackwell CB
  • 27 Eddie Cade S
  • 22 Lee Cole
  • 36 Kwame Ellis CB
  • 28 Cedric Samuel S

Special teams

  •  9 Jon Baker K
 National players
  • 88 Nachi Abe TE Japan
  • 81 Scott Couper WR Scotland
  • 86 Masato Itai WR Japan
  • 11 Gary Parker K Scotland
  •  2 David Wing P Australia


Rookies in italics

Standings

NFL Europe League
Team W L T PCT PF PA Home Road STK
Frankfurt Galaxy 7 3 0 .700 177 163 3–2 4–1 W4
Rhein Fire 7 3 0 .700 198 142 4–1 3–2 L2
Amsterdam Admirals 7 3 0 .700 205 174 4–1 3–2 W3
Barcelona Dragons 4 6 0 .400 185 200 3–2 1–4 L3
England Monarchs 3 7 0 .300 158 205 2–3 1–4 W2
Scottish Claymores 2 8 0 .200 153 192 2–3 0–5 L3

[2]

Game summaries

Week 9: at Frankfurt Galaxy

Week Nine: Scottish Claymores at Frankfurt Galaxy – Game summary
1 2 34Total
Scotland 0 7 3010
Frankfurt 7 0 01421

at Waldstadion, Frankfurt, Germany

  • Date: Sunday, 31 May
  • Game time: 7:00 p.m. CEST
  • Game attendance: 35,264
  • [3]

References

  1. 1 2 "Sporting Digest: American football". The Independent. 18 December 1997. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
  2. ↑ The Official 2001 NFL Europe League Fact Book.
  3. ↑ Associated Press (31 May 1998). "Galaxy 21, Claymores 10". APNewsArchive.com. Associated Press. Archived from the original on 31 August 2014. Retrieved 30 August 2014.
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