The 2002 Rhein Fire season was the eighth season for the team in the

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League (NFLEL). The team was led by head coach

Pete Kuharchek Peter C. Kuharchek (born November 12, 1947) is an American football coach and former player, whose coaching career spanned over 40 years at the high school, collegiate and professional levels. He was the head coach for the Rhein Fire of the NFL E ...

in his second year, and played its home games at Rheinstadion in

Düsseldorf Düsseldorf ( , , ; often in English sources; Low Franconian and Ripuarian: ''Düsseldörp'' ; archaic nl, Dusseldorp ) is the capital city of North Rhine-Westphalia, the most populous state of Germany. It is the second-largest city in th ...

, Germany. They finished the regular season in first place with a record of seven wins and three losses. In

World Bowl X World Bowl X was the 2002 championship game of the NFL Europe League. The game was played at Rheinstadion in Düsseldorf, Germany on Saturday, June 22, 2002. It would be the final event held at Rheinstadion before its demolition. In this game, th ...

, Rhein lost to the

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26–20.

Offseason

Free agent draft

Personnel

Staff

Roster

Standings

Game summaries

Week 1: at Amsterdam Admirals

World Bowl X

References

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Rhein Fire seasons