Season Recap
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 for Galaxy's rushing offensive line powered by running back Roger "the rabbit" Robinson. After four quarters the Admirals hadn't managed to claim their second World Bowl victory with a final score of 22 to just 7.
Despite the disappointment of losing, the season of 2006 also saw many highlight like when Skyler Fulton established a new league record by catching for 100+ yards in 6 out of 10 games. Fulton fell just 32 yards short of breaking the individual record for most yards gained in a season, set at 1023 yards in 1996 by Scottish Claymores wide receiver Sean LaChapelle (Fulton received for 992 yards). He would surely have broken this record if not for a hamstring injury towards the end of the season.
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