1995 Scottish Claymores season

General manager| Sandy Waters
Head coach| Jim Criner
Home field| Murrayfield Stadium
Results
Record| 2–8
Division place| 6th
Playoff finish| did not qualify

* Scottish Claymores
* 1996 ->

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.

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

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### NFL allocations

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Player name  | Position  | College  | NFL team

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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

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### Staff

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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

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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 G/C/T
* 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

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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

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### Week 3: at Frankfurt Galaxy

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Week Three: Scottish Claymores at Frankfurt Galaxy – Game summary

Period | 1 | 2 | 3| 4| Total

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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

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Week Seven: Scottish Claymores at Amsterdam Admirals – Game summary

Period | 1 | 2 | 3| 4| Total

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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

## References

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1. ^ a b Tench, Matt (5 April 1995). "Coach of Claymores is no more". The Independent. Archived from the original on 1 May 2022. Retrieved 30 May 2014.
2. ^ Associated Press (23 February 1995). "NFL allocations to WLAF". European Stars and Stripes. p. 27. Retrieved 6 July 2012.
3. ^ "1995 WLAF Standings". The Football Database. Retrieved 6 July 2012.

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Scottish Claymores

* Founded in 1995
* Folded in 2004
* Based in Glasgow, Scotland

The Franchise|

* Franchise

Stadiums|

* Murrayfield Stadium
* Hampden Park

Head coaches|

* Jim Criner
* Gene Dahlquist
* Jack Bicknell

World Bowl appearances (2)|

* '96
* 2000

League championships (1)|

* 1996

Seasons|

* 1995
* 1996
* 1997
* 1998
* 1999
* 2000
* 2001
* 2002
* 2003
* 2004

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1995 WLAF season

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