The 2007 Hamburg Sea Devils season was the third and final season for the franchise in the NFL Europa League (NFLEL). The team was led by head coach

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in his first year, and played its home games at

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, Germany. They finished the regular season in first place with a record of seven wins and three losses. Hamburg won the first championship in team history by defeating the Frankfurt Galaxy 37–28. The

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(NFL) announced the closure of its European branch on June 29.

Offseason

Free agent draft

Personnel

Staff

Roster

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makes an interception catch against

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Schedule

Standings

Game summaries

Week 1: vs Cologne Centurions

Week 2: at Berlin Thunder

Week 3: at Frankfurt Galaxy

Week 4: vs Rhein Fire

Week 5: vs Amsterdam Admirals

Week 6: at Amsterdam Admirals

Week 7: vs Berlin Thunder

Week 8: at Cologne Centurions

Week 9: vs Frankfurt Galaxy

Week 10: at Rhein Fire

World Bowl XV

Honors

Throughout the course of the 10-week regular season, eight players earned player of the week accolades: Adam Anderson (special teams, Week 7), Casey Bramlet (offense, Week 4), Gary Gibson (defense, Week 4), Byron Hardmon (defense, Week 5), Ben Ishola (national, Weeks 2 and 8), Justin Jenkins (offense, Week 3),

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(national, Weeks 1, 4 and 10), and Rich Parson (special teams, Week 3). After the completion of the regular season, the All-NFL Europa League team was selected by the NFLEL coaching staffs, members of a media panel and fans voting online at NFLEurope.com. Overall, Hamburg had eight players selected. The selections were: * Gary Gibson, defensive tackle * Ben Ishola, national defensive player * Justin Kurpeikis, defensive end *

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, safety *

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, wide receiver *

, national offensive player * Pete McMahon, guard * Jeremy Parquet, tackle Head coach

was named NFLEL Coach of the Year after leading his team to a first title game appearance in team history. Additionally, quarterback Casey Bramlet earned World Bowl

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honors.

Notes

References

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