1998 Scottish Claymores season

General manager| Dick Regan
Head coach| Jim Criner
Home field| Murrayfield Stadium
Hampden Park
Results
Record| 2–8
Division place| 6th
Playoff finish| Did not qualify

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* Scottish Claymores
* 1999 ->

The 1998 Scottish Claymores season was the fourth year of competition for the franchise in the NFL Europe League (NFLEL). The team was led by head coach Jim Criner in his fourth year, and played its home games at Murrayfield Stadium in Edinburgh (four) and Hampden Park in Glasgow, Scotland (one). They finished the regular season in sixth place with a record of two wins and eight losses.

## Offseason[edit]

### NFL Europe League draft[edit]

1998 Scottish Claymores NFLEL draft selections  Draft order  | Player name  | Position  | College

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Round  | Choice  | Overall
1  | 4  | 4  | J. J. Smith  | RB  | Kansas State
2  | 4  | 10  | Kerry Hicks  | DT  | Colorado
3  | 3  | 15  | Sam Manuel  | LB  | New Mexico State
3  | 6  | 18  | Kerry Mock  | LB  | North Carolina
4  | 4  | 22  | Eddie Cade  | S  | Arizona State
5  | 3  | 27  | Miles Macik  | WR  | Pennsylvania
6  | 4  | 34  | Tim Scharf  | LB  | Northwestern
7  | 3  | 39  | Eric Lynch  | RB  | Grand Valley State
8  | 4  | 46  | Cedric Samuel  | CB  | Alabama
9  | 3  | 51  | Phillip Riley | WR  | Florida State
10  | 4  | 58  | Shea Little  | WR  | Eastern Oregon
11  | 3  | 63  | Andy Jacobs  | LB  | California
12  | 4  | 70  | Chris Brantley | WR  | Rutgers
13  | 3  | 75  | Matt Calhoun  | RB  | Ohio State
14  | 4  | 82  | Ken Brown  | LB  | Virginia Tech
15  | 3  | 87  | Sean Boyd  | CB  | North Carolina
16  | 4  | 94  | Devin Kendall  | TE  | Arizona State
17  | 3  | 99  | Paul McCallum | K  | None
18  | 4  | 106  | Carey Bender | RB  | Coe College
19  | 3  | 111  | Larry Echols  | LB  | Stephen F. Austin
20  | 4  | 118  | Mike Ivey  | DT  | Wisconsin–LaCrosse
21  | 3  | 123  | James Williams  | CB  | Texas Southern
22  | 4  | 130  | Tom Beck  | QB  | Northern Colorado
23  | 3  | 135  | Adrian Ioja  | LB  | San Diego State
24  | 4  | 142  | James Johnson  | S  | Nevada
25  | 3  | 149  | Barry Sims | OT  | Utah

## Personnel[edit]

### Staff[edit]

1998 Scottish Claymores staff

| Front office

* General Manager – Dick Regan
* Assistant General Manager – Will Wilson

Head coaches

* Head Coach/Offensive Line – Jim Criner

Offensive coaches

* Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks – Jim Sochor
* Receivers – Vince Alcalde

|  |  | Defensive coaches

* Defensive Coordinator/Linebackers – Myrel Moore[1]
* Defensive Line – Stan Jones
* Defensive Backs – Richard Rodgers[1]

Special teams coaches

* National Coach/Special Teams Coordinator – Mike Kenny

### Roster[edit]

1998 Scottish Claymores roster

| Quarterbacks

* 13 Jim Ballard
* 14 Mark Grieb

Running backs

* 29 Carey Bender
* 25 Eric Lynch
* 24 Dino Philyaw
* 33 J. J. Smith
* 20 Vernon Turner

Wide receivers

* 00 Chris Brantley
* 15 Terence Davis
* 84 Miles Macik
* 80 Chris Miller
* 82 Jerry Reese

Tight ends

* 85 Willy Tate

|  | Offensive linemen

* 70 Joe Andruzzi G
* 79 Purvis Hunt G
* 73 Mike Rockwood T
* 66 Barry Stokes T
* 72 Emmett Zitelli C

Defensive linemen

* 94 Steve Brannon DT
* 57 John DeWitt DE
* 96 Kerry Hicks DE
* 92 Brad Keeney DT
* 99 Mark Lee

|  | Linebackers

* 59 Alan Campos
* 52 Sam Manuel
* 55 Kerry Mock

Defensive backs

* 39 Kory Blackwell CB
* 27 Eddie Cade S
* 22 Lee Cole
* 36 Kwame Ellis CB
* 28 Cedric Samuel S

Special teams

* 9 Jon Baker K

|  | National players

* 88 Nachi Abe TE
* 81 Scott Couper WR
* 86 Masato Itai WR
* 11 Gary Parker K
* 2 David Wing P

Rookies in italics

## Standings[edit]

NFL Europe League

Team  | W | L | T | PCT | PF | PA | Home | Road | STK
Frankfurt Galaxy | 7  | 3  | 0  | .700  | 177  | 163  | 3–2  | 4–1  | W4
Rhein Fire | 7  | 3  | 0  | .700  | 198  | 142  | 4–1  | 3–2  | L2
Amsterdam Admirals | 7  | 3  | 0  | .700  | 205  | 174  | 4–1  | 3–2  | W3
Barcelona Dragons | 4  | 6  | 0  | .400  | 185  | 200  | 3–2  | 1–4  | L3
England Monarchs | 3  | 7  | 0  | .300  | 158  | 205  | 2–3  | 1–4  | W2
Scottish Claymores | 2  | 8  | 0  | .200  | 153  | 192  | 2–3  | 0–5  | L3

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## Game summaries[edit]

### Week 9: at Frankfurt Galaxy[edit]

Week Nine: Scottish Claymores at Frankfurt Galaxy – Game summary

Period | 1 | 2 | 3| 4| Total

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Scotland | 0 | 7 | 3| 0| 10
Frankfurt | 7 | 0 | 0| 14| 21

at Waldstadion, Frankfurt, Germany

* Date: Sunday, 31 May
* Game time: 7:00 p.m. CEST
* Game attendance: 35,264
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## References[edit]

1. ^ a b "Sporting Digest: American football". The Independent. 18 December 1997. Archived from the original on 1 May 2022. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
2. ^ The Official 2001 NFL Europe League Fact Book.
3. ^ Associated Press (31 May 1998). "Galaxy 21, Claymores 10". APNewsArchive.com. Associated Press. Archived from the original on 31 August 2014. Retrieved 30 August 2014.

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

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* Murrayfield Stadium
* Hampden Park

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* Jim Criner
* Gene Dahlquist
* Jack Bicknell

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