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1997 Scottish Claymores season

{{short description|World League of American Football team season}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2015}}

{{Use British English|date=July 2015}}

{{Infobox NFL season

| team = Scottish Claymores

| year = 1997

| record = 5–5

| division_place = 3rd

| coach = Jim Criner

| general manager = Mike Keller

| stadium = Murrayfield Stadium

| playoffs = did not qualify

| uniform =

| previous = 1996

| next = 1998

}}

The 1997 Scottish Claymores season was the third season for the franchise in the World League of American Football (WLAF). The team was led by head coach Jim Criner in his third year, and played its home games at Murrayfield Stadium in Edinburgh, Scotland. They finished the regular season in third place with a record of five wins and five losses.

General manager Mike Keller resigned at the end of the season, wanting to pursue opportunities in the United States.{{cite news|title=Keller resigns at Claymores|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/american-football-keller-resigns-at-claymores-1257188.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/american-football-keller-resigns-at-claymores-1257188.html |archive-date=1 May 2022 |url-access=subscription|accessdate=29 May 2014|newspaper=The Independent|date=21 June 1997}}{{cbignore}}

Offseason

=World League draft=

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|+ 1997 Scottish Claymores World League draft selections

width="120" colspan="2" | Draft order

! width="160" rowspan="2" | Player name

! width="60" rowspan="2" | Position

! width="160" rowspan="2" | College

Round

! Choice

1

! 6

| Troy Bailey

| DE

| Oregon

2

! 12

| Keith Powe

| DE

| UTEP

3

! 13

| Jaime Fields

| LB

| Washington

4

! 24

| Ervin Collier

| NT

| Florida A&M

5

! 25

| Ron Childs

| LB

| Washington State

6

! 36

| Rickey Brady

| TE

| Oklahoma

7

! 37

| Sean Holcomb

| DE

| Texas A&M–Kingsville

8

! 48

| Ahmani Johnson

| LB

| Oregon State

9

! 49

| Kevin Scott

| CB

| Stanford

10

! 60

| Jeff Cummins

| DE

| Oregon

11

! 61

| Ron Moran

| LB

| Southern Illinois

12

! 72

| Cedric Saunders

| TE

| Ohio State

13

! 73

| Robert Bass

| LB

| Miami (Fla.)

14

! 84

| Burnell Roques

| WR

| Claremont

15

! 85

| Doug Terry

| S

| Kansas

16

! 96

| Larry Williams

| DT

| Mississippi State

17

! 97

| Demetrice Martin

| CB

| Michigan State

18

! 108

| Mu Tagoai

| C

| Arizona

19

! 109

| Steve Papin

| RB

| Penn State

20

! 120

| Chris Dausin

| C

| Texas A&M

{{cite web |title=1997 World League draft |url=http://www.worldleague.com/general/facts/00035926.html |work=WorldLeague.com |accessdate=30 June 2013 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/19970709131348/http://www.worldleague.com/general/facts/00035926.html |archivedate=9 July 1997}}

Personnel

=Staff=

{{NFLE staff

| year = 1997

| team = Scottish Claymores

| front_office =

| head_coach =

| offensive =

  • Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks – Jim Sochor
  • Receivers – Vince Alcalde
  • National Coach – Mike Kenny

| defensive =

  • Defensive Coordinator/Defensive Backs – Jimmy Carr
  • Defensive Line – Bill Dutton
  • Linebackers – Larry Owens

}}

=Roster=

{{NFLE roster

|Year=1997

|Team=Scottish Claymores

|BC1=#002244

|FC1=white

|BDC1=#A5ACAF

|Quarterbacks=

{{NFLplayer|12|Dave Barr|d=American football}}

{{NFLplayer|link=no|14|Spence Fischer}}

{{NFLplayer|10|Mark Hartsell}}

|Running Backs=

{{NFLplayer|23|Ron Dickerson, Jr.}}

{{NFLplayer|link=no|35|Jared Kaaiohelo|FB}}

{{NFLplayer|21|Steve Papin}}

{{NFLplayer|33|Mazio Royster}}

{{NFLplayer|27|Siran Stacy}}

{{NFLplayer|link=no|40|Markus Thomas}}

|Wide Receivers=

{{NFLplayer|80|Allen DeGraffenreid|d=wide receiver}}

{{NFLplayer|83|Yo Murphy}}

{{NFLplayer|82|Eric Smith|d=wide receiver}}

|Tight Ends=

{{NFLplayer|89|Rickey Brady}}

{{NFLplayer|85|Cedric Saunders}}

|Offensive Linemen=

{{NFLplayer|link=no|72|Randy Bierman|T}}

{{NFLplayer|70|Ron Florine|T}}

{{NFLplayer|link=no|79|Purvis Hunt|G}}

{{NFLplayer|77|Matt Joyce|d=American football|G/T}}

{{NFLplayer|link=no|75|Leslie Ratliffe|T}}

{{NFLplayer|63|Marco Rivera|G}}

{{NFLplayer|71|Bill Schultz|d=American football|G}}

{{NFLplayer|76|Jeff Smith|d=offensive lineman|C}}

|Defensive Linemen=

{{NFLplayer|link=no|94|Troy Bailey|DE}}

{{NFLplayer|link=no|96|David Barnard|DT}}

{{NFLplayer|link=no|94|Wilky Bazile|DE}}

{{NFLplayer|92|Brad Keeney|DT}}

{{NFLplayer|link=no|95|Jason Simmons|DE}}

{{NFLplayer|98|Keith Powe|DE}}

{{NFLplayer|link=no|99|Cornell Thomas|DE}}

{{NFLplayer|link=no|90|Larry Williams|DT}}

|Linebackers=

{{NFLplayer|link=no|58|Ron Childs|OLB}}

{{NFLplayer|55|Jaime Fields|OLB}}

{{NFLplayer|56|James Logan|d=American football|OLB}}

{{NFLplayer|53|Eric Unverzagt|MLB}}

|Defensive Backs=

{{NFLplayer|45|Israel Byrd|CB}}

{{NFLplayer|34|George Coghill|d=American football|S}}

{{NFLplayer|link=no|46|Fredric Ford|CB}}

{{NFLplayer|30|Demetrice Martin|CB/S}}

{{NFLplayer|38|Kevin Scott|d=American football|CB}}

{{NFLplayer|26|Charles Swann|d=American football|CB}}

{{NFLplayer|28|Doug Terry|S}}

|Special Teams=

{{NFLplayer|link=no| 5|Wayne Lammle|P/K}}

|National Players=

{{NFLplayer|link=no|88 {{flagicon|JPN|size=12px}}|Nachi Abe|TE}}

{{NFLplayer|link=no|84 {{flagicon|SCO|size=12px}}|Steven Branscombe|WR}}

{{NFLplayer|81 {{flagicon|SCO|size=12px}}|Scott Couper|WR}}

{{NFLplayer|link=no|91 {{flagicon|SCO|size=12px}}|Robert Flickinger|DE}}

{{NFLplayer|link=no| 3 {{flagicon|SCO|size=12px}}|Kari Gronroos|K}}

{{NFLplayer|link=no|11 {{flagicon|SCO|size=12px}}|Gary Parker|K}}

{{NFLplayer|link=no|57 {{flagicon|RUS|size=12px}}|Mikhail Sloutsky|LB}}

{{NFLplayer|link=no|51 {{flagicon|IRE|size=12px}}|Emmett Waldron|LB}}

}}

Schedule

class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%; text-align:center; width:66em"
rowspan="2" | Week

! rowspan="2" | Date

! rowspan="2" | Kickoff {{#tag:ref|All times local to where the game was played.|group="n"}}

! rowspan="2" | Opponent

! colspan="2" | Results

! rowspan="2" | Game site

! rowspan="2" | Attendance

Final score

! Team record

bgcolor="#DDFFDD"

! 1

| Saturday, 12 April

| 7:00 p.m.

| at Amsterdam Admirals

| W 16–3

| 1–0

| Amsterdam ArenA

| 16,185

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! 2

| Sunday, 20 April

| 3:00 p.m.

| Barcelona Dragons

| L 7–20

| 1–1

| Murrayfield Stadium

| 14,877

bgcolor="#FFDDDD"

! 3

| Sunday, 27 April

| 3:00 p.m.

| Rhein Fire

| L 10–23

| 1–2

| Murrayfield Stadium

| 11,166

bgcolor="#DDFFDD"

! 4

| Saturday, 3 May

| 7:00 p.m.

| at Frankfurt Galaxy

| W 9–3

| 2–2

| Waldstadion

| 32,690

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! 5

| Sunday, 11 May

| 3:00 p.m.

| at London Monarchs

| L 8–16

| 2–3

| Stamford Bridge

| 11,210

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! 6

| Sunday, 18 May

| 3:00 p.m.

| Amsterdam Admirals

| W 10–6

| 3–3

| Murrayfield Stadium

| 9,021

bgcolor="#DDFFDD"

! 7

| Sunday, 25 May

| 3:00 p.m.

| at Rhein Fire

| W 23–20

| 4–3

| Rheinstadion

| 20,498

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! 8

| Sunday, 1 June

| 3:00 p.m.

| Frankfurt Galaxy

| W 24–7

| 5–3

| Murrayfield Stadium

| 11,618

bgcolor="#FFDDDD"

! 9

| Sunday, 8 June

| 3:00 p.m.

| London Monarchs

| L 9–10

| 5–4

| Murrayfield Stadium

| 16,115

bgcolor="#FFDDDD"

! 10

| Saturday, 14 June

| 7:30 p.m.

| at Barcelona Dragons

| L 18–46

| 5–5

| Estadi Olímpic de Montjuïc

| 10,523

{{cite book |title=The Official 1998 NFL Europe League Fact Book |pages=218–222 |chapter=1997 Season in Review}}

{{cite news |url=https://newspaperarchive.com/european-stars-and-stripes/1997-04-14/page-26/ |title=Claymores 16, Admirals 3 |date=14 April 1997 |newspaper=European Stars and Stripes |page=27 |location=Darmstadt, Germany |accessdate=14 April 2013}}

{{cite web |url=https://apnews.com/39a1766adfe6ba02c6106278a250739e |title=Claymores 9, Galaxy 3 |author=Associated Press |date=3 May 1997 |work=APNewsArchive.com |publisher=Associated Press |accessdate=30 June 2013}}

{{cite web |url=https://apnews.com/60d7b0b2b78a2052ecde49b352f5e4c5 |title=Claymores 24, Galaxy 7 |author=Associated Press |date=1 June 1997 |work=APNewsArchive.com |publisher=Associated Press |accessdate=30 June 2013}}

Standings

{{1997 WLAF standings}}

Game summaries

=Week 1: at Amsterdam Admirals=

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| titlestyle = background:#F2F2F2; border:1px solid #AAAAAA; text-align:center;

| title = Week One: Scottish Claymores at Amsterdam Admirals – Game summary

| date = Saturday, 12 April

| time = 7:00 p.m. CEST

| road = Scotland

| R1 = 0

| R2 = 6

| R3 = 0

| R4 = 10

| home = Amsterdam

| H1 = 0

| H2 = 0

| H3 = 0

| H4 = 3

| stadium = Amsterdam ArenA, Amsterdam, Netherlands

| attendance = 16,185

| reference =

}}

=Week 3: vs Rhein Fire=

{{Americanfootballbox

| titlestyle = background:#F2F2F2; border:1px solid #AAAAAA; text-align:center;

| title = Week Three: Rhein Fire at Scottish Claymores – Game summary

| date = Sunday, 27 April

| time = 3:00 p.m. BST

| road = Rhein

| R1 = 13

| R2 = 0

| R3 = 7

| R4 = 3

| home = Scotland

| H1 = 0

| H2 = 0

| H3 = 3

| H4 = 7

| stadium = Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh, Scotland

| attendance = 11,166

| reference =

}}

=Week 4: at Frankfurt Galaxy=

{{Americanfootballbox

| titlestyle = background:#F2F2F2; border:1px solid #AAAAAA; text-align:center;

| title = Week Four: Scottish Claymores at Frankfurt Galaxy – Game summary

| date = Saturday, 3 May

| time = 7:00 p.m. CEST

| road = Scotland

| R1 = 3

| R2 = 0

| R3 = 0

| R4 = 6

| home = Frankfurt

| H1 = 0

| H2 = 3

| H3 = 0

| H4 = 0

| stadium = Waldstadion, Frankfurt, Germany

| attendance = 32,690

| referee = Walt Coleman

| reference =

}}

=Week 6: vs Amsterdam Admirals=

{{Americanfootballbox

| titlestyle = background:#F2F2F2; border:1px solid #AAAAAA; text-align:center;

| title = Week Six: Amsterdam Admirals at Scottish Claymores – Game summary

| date = Sunday, 18 May

| time = 3:00 p.m. BST

| road = Amsterdam

| R1 = 0

| R2 = 3

| R3 = 0

| R4 = 3

| home = Scotland

| H1 = 3

| H2 = 0

| H3 = 0

| H4 = 7

| stadium = Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh, Scotland

| attendance = 9,021

}}

=Week 7: at Rhein Fire=

{{Americanfootballbox

| titlestyle = background:#F2F2F2; border:1px solid #AAAAAA; text-align:center;

| title = Week Seven: Scottish Claymores at Rhein Fire – Game summary

| date = Sunday, 25 May

| time = 3:00 p.m. CEST

| road = Scotland

| R1 = 7

| R2 = 0

| R3 = 0

| R4 = 16

| home = Rhein

| H1 = 3

| H2 = 10

| H3 = 7

| H4 = 0

| stadium = Rheinstadion, Düsseldorf, Germany

| attendance = 20,498

}}

=Week 8: vs Frankfurt Galaxy=

{{Americanfootballbox

| titlestyle = background:#F2F2F2; border:1px solid #AAAAAA; text-align:center;

| title = Week Eight: Frankfurt Galaxy at Scottish Claymores – Game summary

| date = Sunday, 1 June

| time = 3:00 p.m. BST

| road = Frankfurt

| R1 = 0

| R2 = 0

| R3 = 0

| R4 = 7

| home = Scotland

| H1 = 0

| H2 = 3

| H3 = 14

| H4 = 7

| stadium = Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh, Scotland

| attendance = 11,618

| reference =

}}

Awards

After the completion of the regular season, the All-World League team was selected by members of the media.{{cite web|url=http://www.worldleague.com/general/news/allworld.html |title=1997 All-World League team |date=20 June 1997 |publisher=WorldLeague.com |accessdate=30 June 2013 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/19970709130411/http://www.worldleague.com/general/news/allworld.html |archivedate=9 July 1997}} Overall, Scotland had five players selected. The selections were:

Additionally, Simmons was selected defensive MVP by the six World League head coaches.{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/06/21/sports/rubley-and-simmons-honored.html |title=Rubley and Simmons Honored |date=21 June 1997 |work=The New York Times |accessdate=30 June 2013 |location=Manhattan, New York}}

Notes

{{Reflist|group="n"}}

References

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{{Scottish Claymores}}

{{1997 WLAF season by team}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:1997 Scottish Claymores season}}

Category:Scottish Claymores seasons