Box Score
World Bowl '98
Sunday 14 June, 1998
Waldstadion, Frankfurt
Final Score : Fire 34 - 10 Galaxy

This game could be dubbed the battle of the backup quarterbacks as both starters, Frankfurt's Damon Huard and Mike Quinn of Rhein were forced out the game due to injury. Instead it was up to Chris Dittoe of Frankfurt and Jim Arellanes for the Fire to lead their respective teams to World Bowl glory.


Photo: Iain Carey
In the poring rain in Frankfurt, Rhein always held the upper hand and got on the scoresheet first thanks to Manny Burgsmullers 29 yard field goal. This was quickly followed up by a 15 yard touchdown pass from Jim Arellanes to Dialleo Burks for a 10-0 first quarter lead.

Frankfurt weren't about to give in that easily as they proved when Jermain Chaney went in from 3 yards to cut the deficit to 3.

The resurgence was shortlived as Arellanes and Burks hooked up again, this time from 20 yards just before half time for a 17-7 advantage.

Ralf Kleinmann booted a 41 yard field goal to give the Frankfurt faithful some hope but it was not enough as the fire ran out of control with Marcus Robinson latching onto a 74 yard pass from Arellanes for a score.

Burgsmuller added a 20 yard field goal before Jon Vaughn rounded out the scoring with a 15 yard run two minutes from time with a scoreline of 34-10.

Galen Hall got his World Bowl victory after coming so close in 1997, losing in the final to the Barcelona Dragons.

FINAL             1ST  2ND  3RD  4TH     TOTAL
                  ---  ---  ---  ---     -----
RHEIN              10    7    7   10      34
FRANKFURT           0    7    3    0      10


SCORING SUMMARY

1ST QUARTER: RHE - FG, MANFRED BURGSMULLER 29 YD, 4:13. RHEIN 3-0
             RHE - TD, DIALLEO BURKS 15 YD PASS FROM JIM ARELLANES
                           (MANFRED BURGSMULLER KICK), 12:29. RHEIN 10-0

2ND QUARTER: FRA - TD, JERMAINE CHANEY 3 YD RUN (RALF KLEINMANN KICK),
                           4:13. RHEIN 10-7
             RHE - TD, DIALLEO BURKS 20 YD PASS FROM JIM ARELLANES
                           (MANFRED BURGSMULLER KICK), 11:24. RHEIN 17-7

3RD QUARTER: FRA - FG, RALF KLEINMANN 41 YD, 2:22. RHEIN 17-10
             RHE - TD, MARCUS ROBINSON 74 YD PASS FROM JIM ARELLANES
                           (MANFRED BURGSMULLER KICK), 3:52. RHEIN 24-10

4TH QUARTER: RHE - FG, MANFRED BURGSMULLER 20 YD, 11:01. RHEIN 27-10
             RHE - TD, JON VAUGHN 15 YD RUN (MANFRED BURGSMULLER
                           KICK), 13:07. RHEIN 34-10

TEAM STATISTICS

                              RHE            FRA
                         --------       --------
FIRST DOWNS                    17             15
Rushing                         7              7
Passing                         8              5
Penalty                         2              3
3RD-DOWN EFFICIENCY          4-10           2-10
4TH-DOWN EFFICIENCY           0-0            0-1
TOTAL NET YARDS               421            198
Total plays                    51             53
Average gain                  8.3            3.7
NET YARDS RUSHING             158            112
Rushes                         33             23
Average per rush              4.8            4.9
NET YARDS PASSING             263             86
Completed-attempted         12-18          15-27
Yards per pass               14.6            2.9
Sacked-yards lost             0-0           3-25
Had intercepted                 0              2
PUNTS-AVERAGE              4-42.3         6-39.7
RETURN YARDAGE                100            121
Punts-returns                4-36           2-40
Kickoffs-returns             3-47           5-81
Interceptions-returns        2-17            0-0
PENALTIES-YARDS              5-46           3-35
FUMBLES-LOST                  4-0            1-0
TIME OF POSSESSION          31:30          28:30


PLAYER STATISTICS

Missed field goals:  None.

Rhein rushing: Jon Vaughn 11-89, Derrick Clark 17-69, Jim Arellanes
5-0. 

Frankfurt rushing: Jermaine Chaney 19-84, Ingo Seibert 3-28, Chris
Dittoe 1-0.

Rhein passing: Jim Arellanes 12-18 for 263 yards, 0 INT, 3 TD. 

Frankfurt passing: Chris Dittoe 15-27 for 111 yards, 2 INT, 0 TD.

Rhein receiving: Hayward Clay 3-63, Marcus Robinson 2-114, Dialleo
Burks 2-35, Derrick Clark 2-25, Harold Bishop 2-18, Kevin Lee 1-8. 

Frankfurt receiving: Jermaine Chaney 6-35, Vince Marrow 3-27, Mario
Bailey 2-31, Werner Hippler 2-13, Mitchell Galloway 2-5.

Attendance: 47,846.