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1999

January 31, 1999

Denver Broncos win Super Bowl XXXIII in Miami, Florida, with seven NFLEL veterans on their roster.

February 22, 1999

NFL teams allocate a record 152 players to play in Europe in the upcoming season. Of the 31 NFL teams, 29 allocate players.  

April 17, 1999
1999 NFL Europe League season kicksoff with a record 150 NFL players on the rosters of the six teams


May 22, 1999
Scottish Claymores quarterback Dameyune Craig sets an NFL record for most passing yards in a game when he completes 27 of 37 passes for 611 yards and 5 touchdowns. The performance earns his game jersey and football a place in the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio

June 20, 1999

Barcelona Dragons running back Lawrence Phillips finishes season with league-record 1,021 rushing yards.


June 27, 1999
Frankfurt Galaxy becomes the first team to win a second championship after they beat the regular season winner Barcelona Dragons 38-24 in World Bowl '99 in Dusseldorf, Germany. Andy McCullough takes MVP honors with three touchdown catches. The Galaxy become the first franchise to win a second championship.

November 8, 1999

Bill Peterson, a nine-year veteran of American football in Europe and former GM of the Amsterdam Admirals, is named as President of NFL Europe. He succeeds Oliver Luck, who is to return to the US after four years as president.

November 14, 1999

Amsterdam Admirals announce they will change their shirt colors to orange, the traditional color of Dutch national sports teams, from the start of the 2000 season.

 

1999 Results & Standings

Week 1
Teams1st2nd3rd4thOTFinalDateAttendanceTime / Day / TV
Amsterdam Admirals
@ Barcelona Dragons		0
0		3
0		0
14		13
14		 16
28		04/17/9914,6248:00PM Local - 2:00PM ET / Saturday
on DIRECTV
Berlin Thunder
@ Frankfurt Galaxy		7
3		3
11		10
0		0
7		 20
21		04/17/9930,1277:00PM Local - 1:00PM ET / Saturday
on FOX Sports Net
Rhein Fire
@ Scottish Claymores		7
0		0
0		7
7		6
14		 20
21		04/18/999,0863:00PM Local - 10:00AM ET / Sunday
on DIRECTV
at Murrayfield
Week 2
Scottish Claymores
@ Berlin Thunder		14
7		21
0		3
7		10
0		 48
14		04/24/999,8177:00PM Local - 1:00PM ET / Saturday
on FSN
Frankfurt Galaxy
@ Amsterdam Admirals		3
0		0
3		10
7		0
7		 13
17		04/24/9914,5687:00PM Local - 1:00PM ET / Saturday
on DIRECTV
Barcelona Dragons
@ Rhein Fire		13
0		6
7		0
3		0
0		 19
10		04/25/9925,2814:00PM Local - 10:00AM ET / Sunday
on DIRECTV
Week 3
Berlin Thunder
@ Barcelona Dragons		0
7		10
14		0
14		0
7		 10
42		05/01/9913,6528:00PM Local - 2:00PM ET / Saturday
on DIRECTV
Amsterdam Admirals
@ Rhein Fire		0
14		0
3		7
10		13
3		 20
30		05/01/9923,8837:00PM Local - 1:00PM ET / Saturday
on FSN
Frankfurt Galaxy
@ Scottish Claymores		7
0		7
14		7
3		14
18		7
0		42
35		05/02/9910,1693:00PM Local - 10:00AM ET / Sunday
on DIRECTV
at Murrayfield
Week 4
Berlin Thunder
@ Amsterdam Admirals		0
14		9
14		14
14		0
7		 23
49		05/08/9910,2107:00PM Local - 1:00PM ET / Saturday
on DIRECTV
Rhein Fire
@ Frankfurt Galaxy		0
0		0
3		0
10		7
0		 7
13		05/08/9939,4857:00PM Local - 1:00PM ET / Saturday
on FSN
Barcelona Dragons
@ Scottish Claymores		0
7		14
7		0
10		7
7		 21
31		05/09/998,8643:00PM Local - 10:00AM ET / Sunday
on DIRECTV
at Murrayfield
Week 5
Frankfurt Galaxy
@ Barcelona Dragons		7
0		5
0		3
7		0
8		0
6		15
21		05/15/9914,8658:00PM Local - 2:00PM ET / Saturday
on DIRECTV
Amsterdam Admirals
@ Berlin Thunder		3
0		3
0		7
7		6
12		0
3		19
22		05/15/997,3427:00PM Local - 1:00PM ET / Saturday
on DIRECTV
Scottish Claymores
@ Rhein Fire		0
7		0
20		0
7		6
3		 6
37		05/15/9922,1717:00PM Local - 1:00PM ET / Saturday
on FSN
Week 6
Rhein Fire
@ Amsterdam Admirals		16
3		10
13		10
0		0
9		 36
25		05/22/9914,0567:00PM Local - 1:00PM ET / Saturday
on DIRECTV
Scottish Claymores
@ Frankfurt Galaxy		7
7		14
7		7
0		14
21		 42
35		05/22/9933,9157:00PM Local - 1:00PM ET / Saturday
on FSN
Barcelona Dragons
@ Berlin Thunder		10
7		3
10		7
3		0
7		 20
27		05/23/998,6677:00PM Local - 1:00PM ET / Sunday
on DIRECTV
Week 7
Barcelona Dragons
@ Amsterdam Admirals		0
7		7
3		7
7		14
0		 28
17		05/29/9910,2527:00PM Local - 1:00PM ET / Saturday
on FSN
Frankfurt Galaxy
@ Rhein Fire		7
7		3
0		0
10		11
3		 21
20		05/29/9940,1437:00PM Local - 1:00PM ET / Saturday
on DIRECTV
Berlin Thunder
@ Scottish Claymores		0
7		4
3		14
0		10
0		 28
10		05/30/999,1283:00PM Local - 10:00AM ET / Sunday
on DIRECTV
at Hampden Park, Glasgow
Week 8
Rhein Fire
@ Berlin Thunder		3
0		10
0		16
0		0
0		 29
0		06/05/9910,6837:00PM Local - 1:00PM ET / Saturday
on DIRECTV
Amsterdam Admirals
@ Frankfurt Galaxy		0
0		0
14		0
0		14
7		 14
21		06/05/9935,9817:00PM Local - 1:00PM ET / Saturday
on FSN
Scottish Claymores
@ Barcelona Dragons		7
3		21
7		7
10		0
22		 35
42		06/06/9910,6877:00PM Local - 1:00PM ET / Sunday
on FOX
Week 9
Rhein Fire
@ Barcelona Dragons		10
7		14
7		28
0		7
0		 59
14		06/12/9910,1557:00PM Local - 1:00PM ET / Saturday
on FSN
Amsterdam Admirals
@ Scottish Claymores		0
7		12
3		3
3		14
7		 29
20		06/13/9910,4153:00PM Local - 10:00AM ET / Sunday
on FOX
at Hampden Park, Glasgow
Frankfurt Galaxy
@ Berlin Thunder		6
0		5
3		0
10		21
6		 32
19		06/13/9910,7833:00PM Local - 9:00AM ET / Sunday
on DIRECTV
Week 10
Berlin Thunder
@ Rhein Fire		3
14		7
21		0
3		0
0		 10
38		06/19/9931,3507:00PM Local - 1:00PM ET / Saturday
on DIRECTV
Scottish Claymores
@ Amsterdam Admirals		0
6		7
7		7
3		8
14		 22
30		06/19/9912,3587:00PM Local - 1:00PM ET / Saturday
on FSN
Barcelona Dragons
@ Frankfurt Galaxy		13
14		12
0		0
6		3
6		 28
26		06/20/9942,1277:00PM Local - 1:00PM ET / Sunday
on FOX
World Bowl 1999 at Dusseldorf, Germany (Rhein)
Frankfurt Galaxy
vs Barcelona Dragons		3
10		14
0		7
7		14
7		 38
24		06/27/9939,6437:30 P.M. Local - 1:30PM ET / Sunday
on FOX

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