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Former Racer Andrus Helps Team Win NFL Europe Championship
6/27/2007 5:00:00 AM | Football
Former Murray State All-American kicker Shane Andrus and his Hamburg Sea Devils captured the NFL Europe Championship with a 37-28 win over Frankfurt in World Bowl XV, held Saturday at Commerzbank Arena in Frankfurt, Germany.
“The World Bowl was a great time,” Andrus said. “Getting a championship is the ultimate goal in any sport, and when you achieve that, you feel really good. Getting another ring on my finger is something I am looking forward to.”
Andrus kicked a 24-yard field goal and four extra points in
He finished the 2007 season having made 15 of 19 field-goal attempts and 27 of 29 extra-point attempts. He averaged 61.7 yards on his 57 kickoffs.
His 79-percent field-goal conversion rate ranked first among league kickers with 10 or more attempts. Andrus finished second in the league in field goals made and second among kickers in scoring (72 points).
Andrus made all four of his field-goal attempts from the 40-49-yard range, including a season-long 47-yarder against
Andrus signed a three-year deal with the National Football League's Indianapolis Colts on Feb. 10. The
Andrus earned All-America honors as a junior at
With the NFL Europe season concluded, Andrus will spend a few weeks in
Training camp with the Colts begins on July 30 in
The 2007 Racers will open their season on Aug. 30 when they travel to
