2001 Amsterdam Admirals season

The 2001 Amsterdam Admirals season was the seventh season for the franchise in the NFL Europe League (NFLEL). The team was led by head coach Bart Andrus in his first year, and played its home games at Amsterdam ArenA in Amsterdam, Netherlands. They finished the regular season in fifth place with a record of four wins and six losses.

2001 Amsterdam Admirals season
General manager	Ronald Buys
Head coach	Bart Andrus
Home stadium	Amsterdam ArenA
Results
Record	4–6
Division place	5th
Playoffs	Did not qualify
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Offseason

Free agent draft

2001 Amsterdam Admirals NFLEL free agent draft selections

Draft order			Player name	Position	College
Round	Choice	Overall
1	3	3	Robert Skapura	T	Louisiana Tech
2	3	9	Donta Kendrick	G	Southern California
3	4	16	Donnie Spragan	LB	Stanford
4	3	21	Clint Bendele	T	Southwest Texas State
5	4	28	Jamie Heiner	LB	Northern Colorado
6	3	33	Spencer George	RB	Rice
7	4	40	Roshaun Matthews	LB	Southern
8	3	45	Simod Covington	T	New Jersey City
9	4	52	Gerald Harris	WR	Washington
10	2	56	Tony Mainella	T	Fairmont State

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Personnel

Staff

2001 Amsterdam Admirals staff

	Front office General Manager – Ronald Buys Head coaches Head Coach/Offensive Coordinator – Bart Andrus Offensive coaches National Coach/Running Backs – John Leijten Wide Receivers/Tight Ends – Harry Justvig Offensive Line – Jeff Lewis			Defensive coaches Defensive Coordinator/Linebackers – Larry Owens Defensive Line – Darryl Sims Defensive Backs/Special Teams – Jeff Reinebold Strength and conditioning Strength and Conditioning – Joseph Benes

Roster

2001 Amsterdam Admirals roster

	Quarterbacks 10 Sean Keenan 13 Spergon Wynn Running backs 22 Spencer George 33 Jabari Jackson 21 Clarence Williams Wide receivers 80 Chris Coleman  1 Gerald Harris 12 Drew O'Conner 81 Kofi Shuck 19 Anthony Tucker Tight ends 85 James Hill 88 Kirk McMullen 87 Kawasak Penn 89 John Waerig		Offensive linemen 74 Mark Bristol T 65 Anthony Byrd G 71 Corey Hulsey T 70 Donta Kendrick G 72 Dennis O'Sullivan C 63 Brad Williams G 77 Joe Wong T Defensive linemen 57 John Eskridge DE 92 Winfield Garnett DT 93 Otis Grant DE 95 Jon Kirksey DT 99 Roshaun Matthews DE 91 Sean Powell DT 98 Matt Sweeney DE		Linebackers 50 Brendon Ayanbadejo MLB 59 Dwan Epps MLB 55 Jamie Heiner OLB 45 Al Rice OLB 51 Donnie Spragan OLB 52 Brennen Swanson OLB Defensive backs 20 Mikki Allen CB 36 Antonio Banks S 25 Kory Blackwell CB 26 Darwin Brown CB 36 Brian Gray CB 29 Armon Hatcher S 28 Marcus Hill S 35 Evan Howell CB 46 Brock McGrew S 20 Brandon Sanders CB 30 Jermaine Smith CB 43 Tim Strickland CB 26 Mark Tate CB Special teams 15 Jason Malecki P  8 Justin Skinner K		National players 23 Reyhan Agaoglu S 27 Fabian Baldwin RB 14 Silvio Diliberto K 24 Marlon Etnel S 84 Nobutaka Horie WR 58 Masafumi Kawaguchi LB 18 Niels Meijer WR 94 Bernard Rozic DT Rookies in italics

Schedule

Week	Date	Kickoff [n 1]	Opponent	Results		Game site	Attendance
				Final score	Team record
1	Saturday, April 21	7:00 p.m.	at Rhein Fire	L 20–24	0–1	Rheinstadion	31,437
2	Saturday, April 28	7:00 p.m.	Scottish Claymores	W 14–10	1–1	Amsterdam ArenA	12,516
3	Saturday, May 5	7:00 p.m.	Frankfurt Galaxy	W 28–14	2–1	Amsterdam ArenA	14,268
4	Saturday, May 12	5:00 p.m.	at Barcelona Dragons	L 14–31	2–2	Estadi Olímpic de Montjuïc	9,222
5	Saturday, May 19	7:00 p.m.	Barcelona Dragons	W 33–13	3–2	Amsterdam ArenA	11,873
6	Sunday, May 27	3:00 p.m.	at Scottish Claymores	L 7–17	3–3	Hampden Park	15,983
7	Saturday, June 2	7:00 p.m.	Rhein Fire	W 17–14	4–3	Amsterdam ArenA	13,823
8	Saturday, June 9	7:00 p.m.	at Frankfurt Galaxy	L 23–28	4–4	Waldstadion	29,587
9	Saturday, June 16	6:00 p.m.	at Berlin Thunder	L 10–41	4–5	Jahn-Sportpark	10,478
10	Sunday, June 24	6:00 p.m.	Berlin Thunder	L 28–34	4–6	Amsterdam ArenA	13,812

Standings

NFL Europe League
Team	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA	Home	Road	STK
Barcelona Dragons	8	2	0	.800	252	191	5–0	3–2	L1
Berlin Thunder	6	4	0	.600	270	239	4–1	2–3	W2
Rhein Fire	5	5	0	.500	174	179	4–1	1–4	L1
Scottish Claymores	4	6	0	.400	168	188	4–1	0–5	W1
Amsterdam Admirals	4	6	0	.400	194	226	4–1	0–5	L3
Frankfurt Galaxy	3	7	0	.300	199	234	3–2	0–5	W1

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Game summaries

Week 1: at Rhein Fire

Week One: Amsterdam Admirals at Rhein Fire – Game summary

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Amsterdam	13	0	7	0	20
Rhein	7	7	7	3	24

at Rheinstadion, Düsseldorf, Germany

• Date: Saturday, April 21
• Game time: 7:06 p.m. CEST
• Game attendance: 31,437
• Referee: Terry McAulay

Notes

1. All times local to where the game was played.