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2021 Stuttgart Surge season

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2021 Stuttgart Surge season
Head coachGermany Martin Hanselmann
Home fieldGazi-Stadion auf der Waldau
Results
Record2–8
Uniform

The 2021 Stuttgart Surge season was the first season of Stuttgart Surge in the inaugural season of the European League of Football.[1]

Regular season

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Standings

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Pos Team GP W L PF PA Div Qualification
1 Germany Frankfurt Galaxy 10 9 1 357 132 6–0 Advance to playoffs
2 Germany Cologne Centurions 10 5 5 310 365 3–3
3 Spain Barcelona Dragons 10 3 7 237 277 2–4
4 Germany Stuttgart Surge 10 2 8 157 355 1–5

Source: europeanleague.football

With only two wins in ten games, the Surge finished with the worst record in the league. After their week 4 win against Berlin, they entered a six game losing streak, the longest of any team in the inaugural ELF season.

Schedule

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Week Date Time (CET) Opponent Result Record Venue TV[A] Recap
1 June 19 19:00 at Barcelona Dragons W 21–17 1–0 Estadi Municipal ran.de, Esport3 Recap
2 June 27 15:00 Frankfurt Galaxy L 20–42 1–1 Gazi-Stadion auf der Waldau More Than Sports TV Recap
3 July 4 15:00 at Berlin Thunder L 19–40 1–2 Amateurstadion Olympiapark Recap
4 July 11 15:00 Leipzig Kings W 27–24 2–2 Gazi-Stadion auf der Waldau ProSieben Maxx Recap
5 July 25 15:00 Cologne Centurions L 23–39 2–3 Gazi-Stadion auf der Waldau ProSieben Maxx Recap
6 August 1 15:00 at Frankfurt Galaxy L 3–57 2–4 PSD Bank Arena Recap
7 August 8 15:00 at Leipzig Kings L 23–49 2–5 Alfred-Kunze-Sportpark
8 August 15 15:00 Barcelona Dragons L 12–30 2–6 Gazi-Stadion auf der Waldau Esport3 Recap
9 August 28 15:00 at Cologne Centurions L 9–19 2–7 Ostkampfbahn Recap
10 September 5 15:00 Berlin Thunder L 0–38 2–8 Gazi-Stadion auf der Waldau Recap

Source: europeanleague.football

Transactions

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On June 29, starting QB Jacob Wright was released, following allegations that the player used a racial slur in the previous game.[2] A few days later, Stuttgart signed American QB Aaron Ellis, most recently from Danish team Sollerod Gold Diggers. [3]

Roster

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Stuttgart Surge roster
Quarterbacks
  •  2 Aaron Ellis
United States
  •  16 Michael Winterlik

Running backs

  •  7 Tom Edel
  •  22 Collins Kamara
  •  26 Ruben Pein
  •  41 Bryan Yankson
  •  34 Serdar Kiraz
  •  27 Samuel Shannon
  •  39 Dimitri Gfeller

Wide receivers

  •  4 Alexander Eitel
  •  12 Frederic Latour
  •  14 Louis Geyer
  •  17 Pascal Flöser
  •  18 Paul Steigerwald
  •  81 Fabian Weigel
  •  24 Finn Seibert
  •  85 Peter Weiblen
  •  87 Domenik Rofalski

Tight ends

  •  5 David Meza
United States
  •  88 Marvin Pludra
Offensive linemen
  •  56 Jens Walther
  •  73 Leon Häbich
  •  66 Marvin Röber
  •  68 Jason Kühn
  •  70 Maximilian Kempchen
  •  71 Jan Steiger
  •  75 Jai Jackson
England
  •  77 Marc Kuppinger
  •  51 Thomas Ghebrezherer
  •  78 Nicko Schuster

Defensive linemen

  •  72 Darko Pisaric
Croatia
  •  91 Paul Ziebart
  •  92 Tobias Burkhardt
  •  95 Felix Haufe
  •  96 Florian Breitenbach
  •  97 Philipp Ungericht
  •  98 Marcel Fürst
  •  99 Sercan Vardar
Linebackers
  •  20 Dale Warren
United States
  •  2 Danny Washington
  •  44 Japhet Mbala
  •  45 Nijaz Hamulic
  •  48 Tom Stickel
  •  51 Anthony Morris
  •  55 Dennis Gratza
  •  58 Lasse Rave
  •  54 Constantin Lässing
  •   Zachary Blair
United States

Defensive backs

  •  21 Julian Jakob CB
  •  23 Marcel Dabo CB/S
  •  31 Nick Wenzelburger S
  •  32 Julian Ludwig-Mayorga S
  •  33 Luca Siebert CB/S
  •  33 Ben Wenzler CB
  •  37 Kevin Bannasch S
  •  30 Till Becker CB
  •  8 Victor Ferrier S

Special teams

  •  10 Jens Hauser K
  •  3 Timo Bronn K
  •   Stefan Müller K


Rookies in italics
Roster updated 12 July 2021

Notes

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  1. ^ All games can also be watched live on ELF Gamepass

References

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  1. ^ "Pro football returns to Europe: European League of Football kicks off in 2021". AmericanFootballInternational.com. November 4, 2020. Retrieved November 4, 2020.
  2. ^ "ELF sends strong message with release of Stuttgart Surge QB Jacob Wright in response to racial slur". AmericanFootballInternational.com. June 29, 2021. Retrieved June 29, 2021.
  3. ^ "Nach Entlassung von Jacob Wright: Stuttgart Surge verpflichtet Quarterback Aaron Ellis" (in German). ran.de. July 2, 2021. Retrieved July 2, 2021.