2003 Amsterdam Admirals season

The 2003 Amsterdam Admirals season was the ninth season for the franchise in the NFL Europe League (NFLEL). The team was led by head coach Bart Andrus in his third 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.

2003 Amsterdam Admirals season
General managerRonald Buys
Head coachBart Andrus
Home fieldAmsterdam ArenA
Results
Record4–6
Division place5th
Playoff finishDid not qualify

Offseason

Free agent draft
2003 Amsterdam Admirals NFLEL free agent draft selections
Draft order Player name Position College
Round Choice
1 2 Jonathan Brown DE Tennessee
2 8 Marcel Howard T Iowa State
3 17 Mawuko Tugbenyoh LB California
4 20 Damonte McKenzie DE Clemson
5 29 Kenny Jackson LB Nevada
6 32 Jordan Younger CB Connecticut
7 41 Seneca McMillan CB Nicholls State
8 44 Tony Ortiz LB Nebraska
9 53 Bennitte Waddell T Tuskegee
10 56 Ryan Collins TE St. Thomas
11 65 Rob Gatrell G Fresno State
12 68 Troy Grant CB Tennessee Tech
13 77 Carey Clayton C UTEP
14 80 Larry Austin CB Virginia Tech
15 89 Tito Simpson DT North Carolina
16 92 Damion Wright G Weber State
17 101 Pernell Griffin LB East Carolina
18 104 Dwan Epps LB Texas Southern
19 113 Billy Newman S Washington State
20 116 Matthew Hatchette WR Langston
21 120 Romaro Miller QB Mississippi

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Personnel

Staff
2003 Amsterdam Admirals staff
Front office
  • General Manager – Ronald Buys

Head coaches

Offensive coaches

  • Running Backs – Amp Lee
  • Wide Receivers/Tight Ends/Special Teams – Harry Justvig
  • Offensive Line – Jeff Lewis
 Defensive coaches
  • Defensive Coordinator/Inside Linebackers – Larry Owens
  • Defensive Line – Darryl Sims
  • National Coach/Outside Linebackers – John Leijten
  • Defensive Backs – Martin Bayless

Strength and conditioning

  • Strength and Conditioning – Joseph Benes

Roster
2003 Amsterdam Admirals roster
Quarterbacks

Running backs

  • 23 Raymonn Adams
  • 33 Tellis Redmon
  • 25 Jonathan Reese

Wide receivers

Tight ends

 Offensive linemen
  • 68 Rob Gatrell G
  • 65 Jeff Grzeskowiak T
  • 72 Thomas Moody G
  • 71 Craig Osika C
  • 75 Lawrence Smith T

Defensive linemen

  • 93 Jonathan Brown DE
  • 92 Mike Cecere DE
  • 99 Damonte McKenzie DT
  • 91 Scott Pospisil DT
 Linebackers
  • 59 Dwan Epps OLB
  • 57 Louis Green OLB
  • 56 Josh Hotchkiss ILB
  • 52 Tony Ortiz ILB
  • 53 Mawuko Tugbenyoh ILB

Defensive backs

Special teams

  • 11 Jeff Crowell P
  • 16 Jay O'Donnell K
 National players


Rookies in italics

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Schedule
Week Date Kickoff [n 1] Opponent Results Game site Attendance
Final score Team record
1 Saturday, April 5 7:00 p.m. at Rhein Fire W 17–15 1–0 Arena AufSchalke 28,206
2 Saturday, April 12 7:00 p.m. Barcelona Dragons L 7–10 1–1 Amsterdam ArenA 11,386
3 Saturday, April 19 5:30 p.m. at Barcelona Dragons L 17–35 1–2 Mini Estadi 4,716
4 Saturday, April 26 5:00 p.m. Frankfurt Galaxy W 20–16 2–2 Amsterdam ArenA 10,684
5 Sunday, May 4 4:00 p.m. at Berlin Thunder L 30–34 2–3 Olympic Stadium 8,934
6 Saturday, May 10 7:00 p.m. Rhein Fire L 27–34 2–4 Amsterdam ArenA 11,672
7 Saturday, May 17 7:00 p.m. at Frankfurt Galaxy W 27–24 3–4 Commerzbank-Arena 23,129
8 Saturday, May 24 7:00 p.m. Scottish Claymores L 20–31 3–5 Amsterdam ArenA 11,259
9 Saturday, May 31 7:00 p.m. Berlin Thunder W 51–43 4–5 Amsterdam ArenA 12,207
10 Sunday, June 8 3:00 p.m. at Scottish Claymores L 14–31 4–6 Hampden Park 10,497

Standings
NFL Europe League
Team W L T PCT PF PA Home Road STK
Frankfurt Galaxy 6 4 0 .600 252 182 4–1 2–3 L1
Rhein Fire 6 4 0 .600 189 188 4–1 2–3 W1
Scottish Claymores 6 4 0 .600 303 190 3–2 3–2 W4
FC Barcelona Dragons 5 5 0 .500 150 221 2–3 3–2 L3
Amsterdam Admirals 4 6 0 .400 230 273 2–3 2–3 L1
Berlin Thunder 3 7 0 .300 248 318 2–3 1–4 W1

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

References
  1. "Issa boogies to Barcelona in NFLEL free agent draft". NFL Europe League. February 5, 2003. Archived from the original on February 19, 2003. Retrieved October 6, 2012.
  2. "2003 Amsterdam Admirals roster". SI.com. June 6, 2003. Archived from the original on August 4, 2003. Retrieved October 6, 2012.
  3. "NFL Europe standings". SI.com. June 8, 2003. Archived from the original on August 4, 2003. Retrieved October 6, 2012.
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