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Final 1997 Standings

	W	L	Pct.	PF	PA
*Rhein	7	3	.700	206	146
Amsterdam	5	5	.500	156	160
Scotland	5	5	.500	134	154
*Barcelona	5	5	.500	236	209
Frankfurt	4	6	.400	147	142
London	4	6	.400	116	184

*Clinched World Bowl berth

1st Half Standings

	W	L	Pct.	PF	PA
*Barcelona	4	1	.800	122	89
Rhein	3	2	.600	93	72
Amsterdam	2	3	.400	91	89
Frankfurt	2	3	.400	53	53
Scotland	2	3	.400	50	65
London	2	3	.400	74	114

Note: The team that leads the standings after week 5 earns a bid and the right to host the World Bowl. The team which has the best overall record at the end of the season also qualifies for the World Bowl. If the host team also leads the standings after the second half of the season, the club with the second-best overall record qualifies for the World Bowl.

World Bowl '97

June 22, 1997 at Estadi Olimpic de Montjuic, Barcelona

(Att: 31,100)

Rhein (7-3)	3	14	0	7 —	24
Barcelona (5-5)	14	14	7	3 —	38

MVP: Jon Kitna, Barcelona, QB (23 for 31, 401 yards and 2 TDs.)

Passing Efficiency

	Att	Cmp	Cmp Pct	Yds	Avg Gain	TD	TD Pct	Long	Int	Int Pct	Rating
Jon Kitna, Bar	317	171	53.9	2448	7.72	22	6.9	96-td	15	4.7	82.6
Dave Barr, Scot	164	98	59.8	1118	6.82	3	1.8	50-td	4	2.4	76.2
T.J. Rubley, Rhe	218	117	53.7	1473	6.76	12	5.5	73-td	9	4.1	76.1
Chad May, Fran	184	86	46.7	1016	5.52	4	2.2	47-td	3	1.6	64.5
Spence Fischer, Scot	148	78	52.7	839	5.67	1	0.7	46-td	6	4.1	55.0

Scoring

Touchdowns	TD	Rus	Rec	Ret	Pts
Sheddrick Wilson, Bar	9	0	9	0	54
Derrick Clark, Rhe	9	9	0	0	54
Tyree Davis, Bar	7	0	6	1	42
Bobby Phillips, Fran	6	6	0	0	36
Bill Schroeder, Rhe	6	0	6	0	36

Kicking	PAT	FG/FGA	Lg	Pts
Ralf Kleinmann, Fran	12/13	13/21	47	51
Manfred Burgsmuller, Rhe	23/25	7/9	28	44
Jess Angoy, Bar	26/28	5/9	35	41
Oliver Quass, Ams	0/0	9/13	35	27
Kari Gronroos, Scot	2/2	8/10	35	26

Receptions	No	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
Yo Murphy, Sco	47	559	11.9	50-td	2
Tyree Davis, Bar	43	738	17.2	55	6
Bill Schroeder, Rhe	43	702	16.3	73-td	6
Sheddrick Wilson, Bar	41	633	15.4	53	9
Bryce Burnett, Bar	35	357	10.2	36	2

Rushing	Car	Yards	Avg	Long	TD
Siran Stacy, Sco	199	785	3.9	31	4
Bobby Phillips, Fran	144	760	5.3	65-td	6
Ontiwaun Carter, Rhe	120	587	4.9	50	2
Derrick Clark, Rhe	107	510	4.8	27	9
Terry Wilburn, Bar	107	429	4.0	24	1

Other Individual Leaders

Yards from Scrimmage	864	Siran Stacy, Sco
Punting Average	45.1	Wayne Lammle, Sco
Interceptions	6	Carlos Brooks, Bar
Sacks	9	Malcolm Showell, Lon & Herman Smith, Lon.
Punt Return Avg.	12.4	Vernon Turner, Fran
Kickoff Return Avg.	26.3	Eric Smith, Sco

Annual Awards

Offensive MVP	T.J. Rubley, Rhein, QB
Defensive MVP	Jason Simmons, Scotland,. DE
Coach of the Year	Galen Hall, Rhein

All-World League Team

The All-World League Team as selected by members of the World League media.

Pos	Player	Pos	Player
QB	T.J. Rubley, Rhein	DE	Malcolm Showell, London
RB	Bobby Phillips, Frankfurt	DT	La'Roi Glover, Barcelona
RB	Siran Stacy, Scotland	DT	Troy Ridgley, Amsterdam
WR	Bill Schroeder, Rhein	DE	Jason Simmons, Scotland
WR	Sheddrick Wilson, Barcelona	LB	Hillary Butler, Frankfurt
TE	Bryce Burnett, Barcelona	LB	Richard Newbill, London
TE	Ethan Brooks, Rhein	LB	Shawn Banks, Frankfurt
G	Mike Sheldon, Rhein	CB	Jack Kellogg, Frankfurt
C	Bob Kronenberg, Rhein	S	Johnny Dixon, Frankfurt
G	Tom Robsock, Barcelona	S	George Coghill, Scotland
T	Spence Folau, Rhein	CB	Cecil Doggette, Frankfurt

NFL Head Coaching Changes For 1997

1996-97 Season

Canadian Football League