On the Lions next drive, Drane completed 2 passes for 4 yards each to Palumbo, and the
Lions faced 4th and 2 from their own 28. Coach Ayub went for it, but Cohen made
no gain giving the Germans the ball in excellent field position. 6 plays later and Ulrich
hit Schöpf for their second TD, and with the PAT Germany led 14-0.
QB Drane led an excellent drive next up. From their own 35, a 15 yard pass to Bryne for
a first down, and then 28 yards to Cohen took the ball to the Germans 22. Two more passes
to Cohen for 14 and 13 yards moved the ball to Germanys 5 yard line, but 3
incomplete passes led to 4th and goal from the 10 after a penalty. Coach Ayub
went for it again, but Drane threw another incomplete pass and the Germans were off the
hook. As the clock wound down to the end of the first half, Germany tried to add some more
points to the board, but Biedenhapps 47 yard field was short. 14-0 to Germany at
half time.
The Lions started the 2nd half in confident fashion with Campbell moving the
ball to Germanys 37, but two penalties later and the Lions were forced to punt.
Germany then moved the ball 86 yards on just 6 plays ending with Poschmanns 14 yard
run to put the Germans 21-0 up. The Lions couldnt get things going, and after a sack
on Drane, the Lions went for it on 4th down again from Germanys 43, but
Dranes pass to Cohen was incomplete. Germany took over but were forced to punt after
some good pass defense from Brazier, Pennington and Roach.
The Lions had a 9 play drive next, but were forced to punt. Cohens 37 punt was
returned 38 yards by Duft and just 3 plays later Poschmann ran in from 26 yards to put
Germany 28-0 up. After 3 more incompletions, Cohen punted again, and with Germany running
out the clock, Poschmann ran in for his third TD from 21 yards.
Germany gained 447 yards of offense against GBs 143. Kofi Campbell led the way
for the Lions with 62 yards from 10 carries. Drane completed 9 of 27 for 107 yards. Cohen
5 catches for 71 yards. Long led the D with 5 tackles. For Germany, Joachim Ullrich was 18
of 21 for 160 yards and 2 TDs, and Poschmann gained 122 yards on just 14 carries and
carried off the MVP award. The loss moved GB into a bronze medal playoff with Finland (who
lost to Sweden in the other semi-final).
GB Squad
QB David Drane (London Olympians), Neil Canning (Birmingham Bulls)
RB Kofi Campbell (Birmingham Bulls), Stewart Muir (Kent Exiles), Steve Coles (Coventry
Jets), Marc Saunders (PA Knights), Chris Taylor (Bristol Aztecs)
WR Mark Squire (West Coast Trojans), Marc Cohen (Coventry Jets), Jeremy Simms, Clive
Palumbo, Tam Bryne (all London Olympians), Joe Black (Birmingham Bulls), Duncan Aldous
(London Blitz), Rodney Egerton (PA Knights)
TE Adam Newman (Oxford Saints), Philip Scales (Cologne Falcons)
OL David Carpenter, Mark Lockwood, Kevin Keohane (all PA Knights), Peter Jones, Rob Hardy,
Steve Hopkins, Charlie Wilson (both Bristol Aztecs), Matthew.Meyer (London
Olympians/Hertfordshire Hurricanes), Rab Beveridge (Clyde Valley Hawks)
DL Bernie Hackshaw, Saul Freer (Coventry Jets), Brian Long (Doncaster Mustangs), Peter
Fields, Gavin Collins (PA Knights), Sean Hopkins (Bristol Aztecs), ,
LB Paul Newey (Coventry Jets), Brendan Cunnane (Birmingham Bulls), Craig Pennington, Craig
McDowell (both ASAP Yorkshire Rams), Dale Powell (Southern Sundevils), Ryan Hunter
(Glasgow Tigers), Tom Proctor (Bristol Aztecs)
DB James Brazier (Berlin Adler), Wes Roach, Scott Rowe (both London Olympians), Ahmed
Hashim (Birmingham Bulls), Simon Kockelbergh (PA Knights), Dale Smart (Sussex Thunder)
K Duncan Aldous (London Blitz)
P Marc Cohen (Coventry Jets)