| Team: | Rhein Fire (NFL Europe) |
| Teamdisplay: | Rhein Fire |
| Year: | 2006 |
| Record: | 6–4 |
| Division Place: | 3rd |
| Coach: | Jim Tomsula |
| General Manager: | Sammy Schmale |
| Stadium: | LTU arena |
| Playoffs: | did not qualify |
| Previous: | 2005 |
| Next: | 2007 |
| Shortnavlink: | Rhein Fire |
The 2006 Rhein Fire season was the 12th season for the franchise in the NFL Europe League (NFLEL). The team was led by head coach Jim Tomsula in his first year, and played its home games at LTU arena in Düsseldorf, Germany. They finished the regular season in third place with a record of six wins and four losses.
| Draft order | Player name | Position | College | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Choice | ||||
| 1 | 1 | Ja'Waren Blair | DT | East Carolina | |
| 2 | 7 | CB | Virginia Tech | ||
| 3 | 18 | Brian Atkinson | LB | Northern Illinois | |
| 4 | 19 | Terrence Robinson | LB | Oklahoma State | |
| 5 | 30 | Guy Tuell | LB | Wyoming | |
| 6 | 31 | Sacha Lancaster | DE | Arkansas | |
| 7 | 42 | Derrick Strong | DE | Illinois | |
| 8 | 43 | Jameel Dumas | LB | Syracuse | |
| 9 | 54 | Johnathanio Conley | DL | Southeastern Louisiana | |
| Week | Date | Kickoff | Opponent | Results | Game site | Attendance | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Final score | Team record | |||||||
| 1 | Saturday, March 18 | 7:00 p.m. | Frankfurt Galaxy | W 10–6 | 1–0 | LTU arena | 22,827 | |
| 2 | Saturday, March 25 | 6:00 p.m. | at Berlin Thunder | W 22–0 | 2–0 | Olympic Stadium | 13,105 | |
| 3 | Sunday, April 2 | 4:00 p.m. | at Cologne Centurions | W 20–10 | 3–0 | RheinEnergieStadion | 16,961 | |
| 4 | Saturday, April 8 | 7:00 p.m. | Hamburg Sea Devils | W 31–21 | 4–0 | LTU arena | 18,224 | |
| 5 | Saturday, April 15 | 3:00 p.m. | at Amsterdam Admirals | L 31–35 | 4–1 | Amsterdam ArenA | 12,683 | |
| 6 | Saturday, April 22 | 7:00 p.m. | Amsterdam Admirals | L 21–30 | 4–2 | LTU arena | 20,118 | |
| 7 | Saturday, April 29 | 7:00 p.m. | Berlin Thunder | W 27–24 | 5–2 | LTU arena | 20,598 | |
| 8 | Saturday, May 6 | 7:00 p.m. | at Frankfurt Galaxy | L 14–16 | 5–3 | Commerzbank-Arena | 32,172 | |
| 9 | Sunday, May 14 | 4:00 p.m. | at Hamburg Sea Devils | L 10–13 | 5–4 | AOL Arena | 16,823 | |
| 10 | Saturday, May 20 | 7:00 p.m. | Cologne Centurions | W 21–10 | 6–4 | LTU arena | 28,334 | |
After the completion of the regular season, the All-NFL Europe League team was selected by the NFLEL coaching staffs, members of a media panel and fans voting online at NFLEurope.com.[13] Overall, Rhein had four players selected. The selections were: