The
2006 Amsterdam Admirals season was the 12th season for the team in the
NFL Europe League.
The 2006 season of the
Amsterdam Admirals started off full of hope. The previous season headcoach
Bart Andrus and his team had managed to lay their hands on the coveted
World Bowl trophee - for the first time in the Admirals' history - after beating
Berlin Thunder 27 to 21 in
World Bowl XIII. Furthermore,
Gibran Hamdan had returned as starting quarterback after being injured halfway the 2005 season, ready to be the focal point of a passing offense.
After an initial loss in week 1 to their World Bowl XIII opponent Berlin Thunder, quarterback Gibran Hamdan, together with key players such as wide receivers
Skyler Fulton, Noriaki Kinoshita,
Chad Lucas and special teams players Glenn Pakulak and
Ryan Killeen, led the Admirals to 6 straight wins before suffering two broken ankles in week 7 against the
Hamburg Sea Devils. After that the well-oiled Admirals offense lost steam when second-string quarterback
Jared Allen took over. Despite this, Allen and his team managed to defeat the 2006
NFLE league number two team
Frankfurt Galaxy in week 9 on Galaxy home soil, resulting in the Amsterdam Admirals clinching their
World Bowl berth.
Finally the Admirals met Frankfurt Galaxy again in week 11 in Düsseldorf in
LTU Arena, the spot of World Bowl XIII. The hope from beating Galaxy in week 9, however, quickly dissipated when it became clear that the Admirals' offensive line without Hamdan was no match...
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