1995 Scottish Claymores season

The 1995 Scottish Claymores season was the inaugural season for the franchise in the World League of American Football (WLAF). The team played its home games at Murrayfield Stadium in Edinburgh, Scotland. They finished the regular season in sixth place with a record of two wins and eight losses.

1995 Scottish Claymores season
General manager	Sandy Waters
Head coach	Jim Criner
Home stadium	Murrayfield Stadium
Results
Record	2–8
Division place	6th
Playoffs	did not qualify
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The Claymores, after a 5–0 record in the preseason, surprisingly fired their head coach, Larry Kuharich, five days before their WLAF kickoff because "his coaching philosophy did not mesh with the make-up of the team".^[1] Special teams coordinator Jim Criner became head coach.^[1]

Offseason

NFL allocations

Player name	Position	College	NFL team
Matt Blundin	QB	Virginia	Kansas City Chiefs
Jocelyn Borgella	CB	Cincinnati	Detroit Lions
Allen DeGraffenreid	WR	Ohio State	Kansas City Chiefs
Derrell Mitchell	WR	Texas Tech	New Orleans Saints
David Ware	T	Virginia	Kansas City Chiefs
Lee Williamson	QB	Presbyterian	Houston Oilers

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Personnel

Staff

1995 Scottish Claymores staff

	Front office General Manager – Sandy Waters Head coaches Head Coach – Jim Criner Offensive coaches Offensive Coordinator – Doug Williams National Coach – Mike Kenny			Defensive coaches Defensive Line – Bill Dutton

Roster

1995 Scottish Claymores roster

	Quarterbacks  7 Jim Ballard 14 Matt Blundin  4 Terry Karg 10 Lee Williamson Running backs 33 Lorenzo Graham 43 Joe Mickles 27 Siran Stacy 40 Markus Thomas Wide receivers 82 Tim Barnett 80 Allen DeGraffenreid 88 Lee Harris 86 Derrell Mitchell Tight ends 83 Dwayne Chandler		Offensive linemen 67 Rudy Barber G 69 Dennis Dahlke G/C 76 Andre Hewitt T 72 Tommy Holliday G 70 Hesham Ismail 68 Ernie Rogers T 64 Tim Ryan C/G Defensive linemen 95 Michael Brandon DE 99 Jerold Jeffcoat DT 96 Troy Ridgley DT 75 Jose Simon DT 59 David Webb DE 94 Alan Young DE		Linebackers 58 Ricky Andrews OLB 52 Tim Brown OLB 53 Brian Jones MLB 54 Mark Sander OLB Defensive backs 28 Jocelyn Borgella CB 34 George Coghill S 29 Corris Ervin 42 Darrell Lewis S 22 James Williams CB Special teams  3 Sean Conley K/P  1 Arden Czyzewski K/P		National players 41 Darren Chapman RB 81 Scott Couper WR 84 Andy Meikle WR 44 Ben Torriero RB Rookies in italics

Standings

World League of American Football
Team	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA	Home	Road	STK
Amsterdam Admirals	9	1	0	.900	246	152	5–0	4–1	W2
Frankfurt Galaxy	6	4	0	.600	279	202	3–2	3–2	W3
Barcelona Dragons	5	5	0	.500	237	247	2–3	3–2	L1
London Monarchs	4	6	0	.400	174	220	1–4	3–2	L2
Rhein Fire	4	6	0	.400	221	279	2–3	2–3	L3
Scottish Claymores	2	8	0	.200	153	210	0–5	2–3	W1

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Game summaries

Week 3: at Frankfurt Galaxy

Week Three: Scottish Claymores at Frankfurt Galaxy – Game summary

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Scotland	7	0	0	13	20
Frankfurt	0	0	7	7	14

at Waldstadion, Frankfurt, Germany

• Date: Saturday, 22 April
• Game time: 7:00 p.m. CEST
• Game attendance: 25,182
• Referee: Phil Luckett

Week 7: at Amsterdam Admirals

Week Seven: Scottish Claymores at Amsterdam Admirals – Game summary

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Scotland	7	6	0	0	13
Amsterdam	6	7	7	10	30

at Olympisch Stadion, Amsterdam, Netherlands

• Date: Saturday, 20 May
• Game time: 7:00 p.m. CEST
• Game attendance: 10,423