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1996 Frankfurt Galaxy season
1996 Frankfurt Galaxy season
General manager	Chris Heyne
Head coach	Ernie Stautner
Home field	Waldstadion
Results
Record	6–4
Division place	2nd
Playoff finish	Lost World Bowl '96
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The 1996 Frankfurt Galaxy season was the fourth season for the franchise in the World League of American Football (WLAF). The team was led by head coach Ernie Stautner in his second year, and played its home games at Waldstadion in Frankfurt, Germany. They finished the regular season in second place with a record of six wins and four losses. In World Bowl '96, Frankfurt lost to the Scottish Claymores 32–27.

Offseason

World League draft

1996 Frankfurt Galaxy World League draft selections
Draft order		Player name	Position	College
Round	Choice	Player name	Position	College
1	6	Mark Byers	LB	UNLV
2	12	Jay Kearney	WR	West Virginia
3	13	Lance Gunn	DB	Texas
4	24	Marquel Fleetwood	QB	Minnesota
5	25	Fred Foggie	DB	Boise State
6	36	Charles Hope	G	Central State
7	37	Ed Robinson	LB	Florida
8	48	Ron Collins	T	Fresno State
9	49	Garry Pay	C	BYU
10	60	Reginald Lee	LB	Youngstown State
11	61	Thomas Baskin	DT	Texas
12	72	Eric Jonassen	T	Bloomsburg
13	75	Hillary Butler	LB	Washington
14	86	Ronnie Woolfolk	LB	Colorado
15	87	Wes Bender	RB	USC
16	98	Donald Toomer	DB	Utah State
17	99	Steve Brooks	TE	Occidental College
18	110	Vernon Edwards	DE	SMU
19	111	Theo Adams	T	Hawaii
20	121	John Paci	QB	Indiana
21	122	Jerrick Bledsoe	DB	Texas Southern
22	131	Eric Gant	RB	Grambling State
23	132	Tirrell Greene	G	Miami
23	134	Curtis Shearer	WR	San Diego State

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Personnel

Staff

**1996 Frankfurt Galaxy staff**

	Front office General Manager – Chris Heyne Head coaches Head Coach – Ernie Stautner Offensive coaches Offensive Coordinator – Thomas Coleman Offensive Line – Fred Quillan Offensive Assistant – Lew Carpenter			Defensive coaches Defensive Coordinator/Linebackers – LaVern Torgeson Defensive Line – C. L. Whittington National Coach/Defensive Backs – Florian Berrenberg

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Roster

**1996 Frankfurt Galaxy roster**

	Quarterbacks Template:NFLEplayer 10 Jerry Colquitt 16 Steve Pelluer Running backs Template:NFLEplayer 7 Nathaniel Bolton Template:NFLEplayer 43 Kevin Williams Wide receivers 81 Mario Bailey 84 Mike Bellamy 1 Gary Harrell Template:NFLEplayer Template:NFLEplayer Tight ends 89 Ed Smith		Offensive linemen 68 Michael Batiste G Template:NFLEplayer Template:NFLEplayer 95 George Hegamin T 64 Charles Hope G Template:NFLEplayer Template:NFLEplayer Template:NFLEplayer Defensive linemen Template:NFLEplayer Template:NFLEplayer Template:NFLEplayer Template:NFLEplayer Template:NFLEplayer		Linebackers 57 Hillary Butler Template:NFLEplayer Template:NFLEplayer Template:NFLEplayer Template:NFLEplayer Template:NFLEplayer Defensive backs Template:NFLEplayer Template:NFLEplayer 22 Cecil Doggette CB Template:NFLEplayer Template:NFLEplayer Template:NFLEplayer Template:NFLEplayer Special teams Template:NFLEplayer		National players Template:NFLEplayer Template:NFLEplayer 9 Ralf Kleinmann K Template:NFLEplayer Template:NFLEplayer Template:NFLEplayer Rookies in italics

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Zeitplan

Week	Date	Kickoff	Opponent	Results		Game site	Attendance
Week	Date	Kickoff	Opponent	Final score	Team record	Game site	Attendance
1	Saturday, April 13	7:00 p.m. CET	at Rhein Fire	W 27–21	1–0	Rheinstadion	32,092
2	Saturday, April 20	7:00 p.m. CET	London Monarchs	W 37–3	2–0	Waldstadion	34,186
3	Sunday, April 28	6:00 p.m. CET	at Barcelona Dragons	W 33–29	3–0	Estadi Olímpic de Montjuïc	17,503
4	Sunday, May 5	7:00 p.m. CET	Amsterdam Admirals	W 40–28	4–0	Waldstadion	28,627
5	Saturday, May 11	7:00 p.m. CET	Scottish Claymores	L 0–20	4–1	Waldstadion	32,126
6	Sunday, May 19	3:00 p.m. BST	at London Monarchs	L 7–27	4–2	White Hart Lane	10,764
7	Sunday, May 26	3:00 p.m. BST	at Scottish Claymores	L 17–20	4–3	Murrayfield Stadium	13,116
8	Saturday, June 1	7:00 p.m. CET	Rhein Fire	L 8–31	4–4	Waldstadion	38,798
9	Saturday, June 8	7:00 p.m. CET	Barcelona Dragons	W 24–21	5–4	Waldstadion	33,115
10	Saturday, June 15	6:30 p.m. CET	at Amsterdam Admirals	W 28–20	6–4	Olympisch Stadion	14,062
World Bowl '96
11	Sunday, June 23	6:00 p.m. BST	at Scottish Claymores	L 27–32	6–5	Murrayfield Stadium	38,982

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Standings

World League of American Football
Team	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA	Startseite	Road	STK
Scottish Claymores	7	3	0	.700	233	190	5–0	2–3	L1
Frankfurt Galaxy	6	4	0	.600	221	220	3–2	3–2	W2
Amsterdam Admirals	5	5	0	.500	250	210	4–1	1–4	L1
Barcelona Dragons	5	5	0	.500	192	230	4–1	1–4	W1
London Monarchs	4	6	0	.400	161	192	3–2	1–4	W1
Rhein Fire	3	7	0	.300	176	191	2–3	1–4	L2

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Game summaries

Week 1: at Rhein Fire

Frankfurt Galaxy 27, Rhein Fire 21

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Frankfurt	10	0	7	10	27
Rhein	0	0	7	14	21

at Rheinstadion, Düsseldorf, Germany

Date: Saturday, April 13
Game time: 7:00 p.m. CET
Game attendance: 32,092

Week 2: vs London Monarchs

Frankfurt Galaxy 37, London Monarchs 3

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
London	0	3	0	0	3
Frankfurt	7	14	13	3	37

at Waldstadion, Frankfurt, Germany

Date: Saturday, April 20
Game time: 7:00 p.m. CET
Game attendance: 34,186

Week 3: at Barcelona Dragons

Frankfurt Galaxy 33, Barcelona Dragons 29

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Frankfurt	7	3	7	16	33
Barcelona	6	3	0	20	29

at Estadi Olímpic de Montjuïc, Barcelona, Spain

Date: Sunday, April 28
Game time: 6:00 p.m. CET
Game attendance: 17,503

Week 4: vs Amsterdam Admirals

Frankfurt Galaxy 40, Amsterdam Admirals 28

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Amsterdam	0	14	14	0	28
Frankfurt	14	20	0	6	40

at Waldstadion, Frankfurt, Germany

Date: Sunday, May 5
Game time: 7:00 p.m. CET
Game attendance: 28,627

Week 5: vs Scottish Claymores

Scottish Claymores 20, Frankfurt Galaxy 0

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Scotland	3	0	3	14	20
Frankfurt	0	0	0	0	0

at Waldstadion, Frankfurt, Germany

Date: Saturday, May 11
Game time: 7:00 p.m. CET
Game attendance: 32,126

Week 6: at London Monarchs

London Monarchs 27, Frankfurt Galaxy 7

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Frankfurt	0	0	0	7	7
London	14	6	0	7	27

at White Hart Lane, London, England

Date: Sunday, May 19
Game time: 3:00 p.m. BST
Game attendance: 10,764

Week 7: at Scottish Claymores

Scottish Claymores 20, Frankfurt Galaxy 17

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Frankfurt	7	0	3	7	17
Scotland	0	3	14	3	20

at Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh, Scotland

Date: Sunday, May 26
Game time: 3:00 p.m. BST
Game attendance: 13,116

Week 8: vs Rhein Fire

Rhein Fire 31, Frankfurt Galaxy 8

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Rhein	21	7	0	3	31
Frankfurt	0	0	0	8	8

at Waldstadion, Frankfurt, Germany

Date: Saturday, June 1
Game time: 7:00 p.m. CET
Game attendance: 38,798

Week 9: vs Barcelona Dragons

Frankfurt Galaxy 24, Barcelona Dragons 21

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Barcelona	14	0	0	7	21
Frankfurt	0	7	7	10	24

at Waldstadion, Frankfurt, Germany

Date: Saturday, June 8
Game time: 7:00 p.m. CET
Game attendance: 33,115

Week 10: at Amsterdam Admirals

Frankfurt Galaxy 28, Amsterdam Admirals 20

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Frankfurt	13	8	7	0	28
Amsterdam	7	7	0	6	20

at Olympisch Stadion, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Date: Saturday, June 15
Game time: 6:30 p.m. CET
Game attendance: 14,062

Statistics

Team statistics

	Frankfurt	Opponents
Total first downs
Rushing
Passing
Penalty
Third down: made / attempts
Third down percentage
Fourth down: made / attempts
Fourth down percentage
Possession average
Total net yards
Average per game
Total plays
Average per play
Net yards rushing
Average per game
Total rushes
Net yards passing
Average per game
Sacked / yards lost
Gross yards
Attempts / completions
Completion percentage
Had intercepted
Punts / average
Net punting average
Penalties / yards
Fumbles / ball lost
Touchdowns
Rushing
Passing
Returns

Score by periods	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT	Points
Team
Opponents

References

^ "1996 Round by Round Draft". The Official 1996 World League of American Football Fact Book. pp. 146–147.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Frankfurt Galaxy". The Official 1996 World League of American Football Fact Book. pp. 28–35.
^ ^a ^b "1996 Season In Review". The Official 1997 World League of American Football Fact Book. pp. 71–75.
^ "1996 WLAF Standings". The Football Database. Retrieved June 1, 2010.

Template:Frankfurt Galaxy seasons

[1] "1996 Round by Round Draft". The Official 1996 World League of American Football Fact Book. pp. 146–147.

[1996_WLAF_Fact_Book-2] "Frankfurt Galaxy". The Official 1996 World League of American Football Fact Book. pp. 28–35.

[1997_WLAF_Fact_Book-3] "1996 Season In Review". The Official 1997 World League of American Football Fact Book. pp. 71–75.

[4] "1996 WLAF Standings". The Football Database. Retrieved June 1, 2010.

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v t e Frankfurt Galaxy
Founded in 1991 Folded in 2007 Based in Frankfurt, Germany
Franchise	Franchise Coaches
Stadiums	Waldstadion (Commerzbank-Arena)
Head coaches	Jack Elway Ernie Stautner Dick Curl Doug Graber Mike Jones
World Bowl appearances (8)	'95 '96 '98 '99 XI XII XIV XV
League championships (4)	1995 1999 2003 2006
Seasons	1991 1992 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007