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Hamburg wins NFL Europa title

 

Sea Devils top Galaxy in highest-scoring World Bowl

 

07:03 PM CDT on Saturday, June 23, 2007

 

Associated Press

 

FRANKFURT, Germany – Casey Bramlet threw for 347 yards and four touchdowns Saturday, leading the Hamburg Sea Devils past the Frankfurt Galaxy 37-28 in the highest-scoring World Bowl.

Bramlet, allocated by the Washington Redskins, was honored as the MVP in sending Hamburg to its first NFL Europa championship.

"This is an awesome feeling," Sea Devils coach Vince Martino said. "It felt like a heavyweight title fight at times. We had to keep on fighting and the Galaxy kept coming back at us."

Bramlet set a record with scoring strikes to wide receivers Justin Jenkins, Marcus Maxwell (twice) and Josh Davis. Maxwell, of the San Francisco 49ers, caught five passes for 127 yards.

"We made some big plays, and once we got going we felt like we couldn't be stopped," Bramlet said.

J.T. O'Sullivan of the Chicago Bears threw for 299 yards and two touchdowns for the Galaxy before a crowd of 48,125 at Commerzbank Arena.

"We didn't do a good job defensively," Galaxy coach Mike Jones said. "We couldn't get off the field and Hamburg executed well and made a lot of plays. We weren't able to stop them."

Hamburg jumped ahead 13-0 in the first quarter, with Bramlet connecting with Jenkins from 3 yards out and with Maxwell on a 35-yard flea-flicker.

The Galaxy's first points came with 12:28 remaining in the half. O'Sullivan hit wide receiver Robert Ortiz in the end zone on a 24-yard scoring play.

 

Bramlet moved the Sea Devils back downfield with three completions for 26 yards, before British running back Jermaine Allen scored on a tackle-breaking 33-yard run.

Frankfurt's response was immediate. O'Sullivan completed a 36-yard pass to running back Sha-ron Edwards before scrambling for 14 yards to set up a 5-yard touchdown run by DeCori Birmingham, allocated by the New York Giants, with 4:28 remaining in the half.

The Sea Devils led 23-14 at halftime when Shane Andrus of the Indianapolis Colts converted a 24-yard field goal with three seconds to go.

Frankfurt pulled within 2 points on the opening drive of the second half as O'Sullivan lofted a 24-yard touchdown pass to Ortiz.

Hamburg built its lead as Bramlet faked a reverse to Jenkins before firing a 51-yard touchdown pass to Davis for 30-21. The Galaxy responded with a 2-yard scoring run by Edwards on the final play of the third quarter. Birmingham set up Frankfurt with a 40-yard kickoff return.

Bramlet threw his fourth touchdown pass with 10:59 left, a 10-yarder to Maxwell. Frankfurt had a chance to draw within one score with a little more than six minutes remaining but British kicker Rhys Lloyd's 45-yard field-goal attempt sailed right.

    NFL Europa - NFL Europa - World Bowl
  Winner
 
 DateRound HomeScoreAway 
 2007-06-23 World BowlFrankfurt Galaxy    28  -  37    Hamburg Sea Devils 
 
 
 
 NFL Europa - Regular Season
  
 
    Overall standings  Pts  MP  W  D  L  GF  GA  diff 
  2nd 1410703231176+55
 
 DateRound HomeScoreAway 
 2007-04-14 Week 1Hamburg Sea Devils (2)    18  -  24    Cologne Centurions (3) 
 2007-04-22 Week 2Berlin Thunder (6)    7  -  16    Hamburg Sea Devils (2) 
 2007-04-28 Week 3Frankfurt Galaxy (1)    20  -  17    Hamburg Sea Devils (2) 
 2007-05-06 Week 4Hamburg Sea Devils (2)    34  -  9    Rhein Fire (4) 
 2007-05-12 Week 5Hamburg Sea Devils (2)    24  -  17    Amsterdam Admirals (5) 
 2007-05-18 Week 6Amsterdam Admirals (5)    41  -  31    Hamburg Sea Devils (2) 
 2007-05-26 Week 7Hamburg Sea Devils (2)    17  -  7    Berlin Thunder (6) 
 2007-06-02 Week 8Cologne Centurions (3)    7  -  21    Hamburg Sea Devils (2) 
 2007-06-09 Week 9Hamburg Sea Devils (2)    36  -  31    Frankfurt Galaxy (1) 
 2007-06-16 Week 10Rhein Fire (4)    13  -  17    Hamburg Sea Devils (2)

Hamburg Sea Devils Roster 2007

Height

Weight

Birthdate

No.

Player

Pos

Ft/M

Lbs/Kg

Day/Mo/Yr

College

How Acquired

93

Adibi, Nathaniel

DE

6-3/1.91

254/115

25.01.1981

Virginia Tech

NFL Draft-1/Titans

21

Allen, Jermaine

RB

6-0/1.83

230/104

30.11.1983

Staffordshire U.

Nat/England

17

Anderson, Adam

P

6-0/1.83

188/85

28.06.1981

Western Michigan

NFL/Falcons

3

Andrus, Shane

K

5-10/1.78

190/86

02.10.1980

Murray State

NFL/Colts

77

Blomvall, Carl-Johan

C

6-2/1.88

326/148

06.08.1979

Temple

Nat/Sweden

5

Bramlet, Casey

QB

6-3/1.91

220/100

02.04.1981

Wyoming

NFL/Redskins

51

Bray, Trent

LB

6-1/1.85

239/108

28.09.1982

Oregon State

NFL/Texans

65

Brisiel, Mike

G

6-5/1.96

307/139

14.03.1983

Colorado State

NFL Draft-4/Texans

18

Chambers, Dwain**

WR

6-0/1.83

197/89

05.04.1978

None

Nat/England

82

Davis, Josh

WR

6-1/1.85

188/85

11.12.1980

Marshall

FA-2007

54

Durde, Aden

LB

6-2/1.88

231/105

07.10.1979

None

Nat/England

27

Durham, Robert

CB

5-11/1.80

202/92

01.06.1983

Tuskegee

FA Draft-19

70

Gibbons, Ryan

C

6-5/1.96

318/144

13.03.1983

Northeastern

NFL/Jaguars

95

Gibson, Gary

DT

6-3/1.91

285/129

05.05.1982

Rutgers

FA Draft-4

20

Griffin, Quentin

RB

5-8/1.72

195/88

12.01.1981

Oklahoma

FA Draft-1

36

Harden, Michael

CB

5-11/1.80

194/88

21.10.1981

Missouri

FA Draft-2

42

Hardmon, Byron

LB

6-1/1.85

232/105

07.01.1981

Florida

FA Draft-11/Protect

58

Hargrave, James

LB

5-11/1.80

226/102

21.10.1983

Connecticut

NFL/Lions

31

Hori, Ryota

S

6-1/1.85

198/90

12.05.1981

Intern. Christian

Nat/Japan

48

Hurtado, Jonathan

LB

6-0/1.83

216/98

25.11.1980

ITESM Toluca

Nat/Mexico

99

Ishola, Ben

DE

6-2/1.88

256/116

06.08.1980

Indiana

Nat/Germany

11

Jenkins, Justin

WR

5-11/1.80

210/95

10.12.1980

Mississippi State

FA Draft-17

85

Johnson, Teyo

TE

6-5/1.96

263/119

29.11.1981

Stanford

NFL/Broncos

92

Kurpeikis, Justin

DE

6-4/1.93

254/115

17.07.1977

Penn State

FA-2007

19

Maxwell, Marcus

WR

6-3/1.91

204/93

08.07.1983

Oregon

NFL/49ers

23

Mayer, Shawn

S

6-0/1.83

202/92

04.03.1979

Penn State

FA Draft-12/Protect

87

McCready, Scott

WR

6-1/1.85

214/97

01.02.1977

South Florida

Nat/England

16

McGann, Mike*

QB

6-5/1.96

225/102

15.09.1982

Temple

NFL/Colts

69

McMahon, Pete

G

6-7/2.02

324/147

15.10.1981

Iowa

NFL Draft-3/Jaguars

57

O’Connor, Adam

G

6-7/2.02

300/136

27.01.1983

William & Mary

FA Draft-18

73

Parquet, Jeremy

T

6-6/1.99

321/146

11.04.1982

Southern Mississippi

NFL/Rams

14

Parson, Rich

WR

5-10/1.78

180/82

16.05.1980

Maryland

NFL Draft-6/Raiders

86

Pinkard, Mike

TE

6-5/1.96

259/117

27.12.1979

Arizona State

FA Draft-9

24

Reid, Lamont

CB

6-0/1.83

195/88

04.05.1982

North Carolina State

NFL/Broncos

89

Rice, Jacob*

LS

6-2/1.88

252/114

15.05.1983

Oklahoma

FA-2007

56

Robertson, Barry

LB

6-0/1.83

243/110

30.11.1981

Louisiana Tech

NFL Draft-5/Giants

12

Rutherford, Rod

QB

6-2/1.88

223/101

12.12.1980

Pittsburgh

FA-2007

71

Sandidge, Tim

DT

6-1/1.85

299/136

12.06.1983

Virginia Tech

NFL/Rams

75

Sciullo, Steve

G

6-5/1.96

330/150

27.08.1980

Marshall

NFL/Panthers

98

Smith, Thomas

DT

6-3/1.91

300/136

08.06.1983

Pittsburgh

FA Draft-16

91

Verdon, Jimmy

DE

6-4/1.93

285/129

04.11.1981

Arizona State

NFL/Bengals

28

Walker, John

S

6-0/1.83

200/91

25.04.1983

Southern California

NFL Draft-2/Texans

79

Washburn, Cliff

T

6-5/1.96

305/138

25.01.1980

Citadel

FA Draft-3

33

Washington, John David

RB

5-9/1.75

208/94

28.07.1984

Morehouse

NFL/Rams

13

Wong, Juan

WR

5-11/1.80

179/81

05.06.1981

None

Nat/Mexico

29

Wyatt, Justin

CB

5-9/1.75

189/86

27.01.1984

Southern California

NFL/Cardinals

* League Active 

**Crossover Player 

Practice Squad 

Kern, Kenny

LB

5-11/1.80

230/104

01.02.1984

Delaware State

FA Draft-24

Olds, Rod

C

6-2/1.88

301/136

25.01.1983

Jacksonville State

FA Draft-9 / Cologne

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