1995 Cincinnati Bengals season

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1995 Cincinnati Bengals season
Cincinnati Bengals wordmark (1971-1996).png
Head coach Dave Shula
Home field Riverfront Stadium
Results
Record7–9
Division place2nd AFC Central
Playoff finishDid not qualify
Pro Bowlers QB Jeff Blake
WR Carl Pickens

The 1995 Cincinnati Bengals season was the team's 28th year in professional football and its 26th with the National Football League.

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With Jeff Blake firmly entrenched as the starting quarterback, the Bengals won their first two games. However, the Bengals would lose their next two, heading into a rematch with Don Shula and the Miami Dolphins, in which the Bengals also lost, 26–23. The Bengals went on to play fairly well the rest of the season, but could not avoid their fifth straight losing season, ending with a 7–9 win–loss record.

One of the season's biggest disappointments was running back Ki-Jana Carter who the Bengals took with first overall pick out of Penn State. Carter would suffer a knee injury in his first preseason game, forcing him to miss his entire rookie season. He would never fully recover, in an injury plagued career. [1]

Offseason

NFL Draft

1995 Cincinnati Bengals draft
RoundPickPlayerPositionCollegeNotes
11 Ki-Jana Carter   Running back Penn State
369 Melvin Tuten   Offensive tackle Syracuse
4102 Sam Shade   Defensive back Alabama
5139 David Dunn   Wide receiver Fresno State
6175 Ryan Grigson  Offensive tackle Purdue
7213 John Walsh   Quarterback BYU
      Made roster  

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Personnel

Staff

1995 Cincinnati Bengals staff

Front office

Head coaches

Offensive coaches

Defensive coaches

Special teams coaches

  • Special Teams – Joe Wessel

Strength and conditioning

  • Strength and Conditioning – Kim Wood

Roster

1995 Cincinnati Bengals roster
Quarterbacks

Running backs

Wide receivers

Tight ends

Offensive linemen

Defensive linemen

Linebackers

Defensive backs

Special teams

Reserve lists


Practice squad none

53 active, 7 inactive


Rookies in italics

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Regular season

Schedule

WeekDateOpponentResultRecordAttendance
1September 3, 1995at Indianapolis Colts W 24–21 (OT)1–0
42,445
2September 10, 1995 Jacksonville Jaguars W 24–172–0
48,318
3September 17, 1995at Seattle Seahawks L 21–242–1
39,492
4September 24, 1995 Houston Oilers L 28–382–2
46,332
5October 1, 1995 Miami Dolphins L 23–262–3
52,671
6October 8, 1995at Tampa Bay Buccaneers L 16–192–4
41,732
7Bye
8October 19, 1995at Pittsburgh Steelers W 27–93–4
56,684
9October 29, 1995 Cleveland Browns L 26–29 (OT)3–5
58,639
10November 5, 1995 Oakland Raiders L 17–203–6
51,265
11November 12, 1995at Houston Oilers W 32–254–6
32,998
12November 19, 1995 Pittsburgh Steelers L 31–494–7
54,636
13November 26, 1995at Jacksonville Jaguars W 17–135–7
68,249
14December 3, 1995at Green Bay Packers L 10–245–8
60,318
15December 10, 1995 Chicago Bears W 16–106–8
38,642
16December 17, 1995at Cleveland Browns L 10–266–9
55,875
17December 24, 1995 Minnesota Vikings W 27–247–9
34,568

Standings

AFC Central
WLTPCTPFPASTK
(2) Pittsburgh Steelers 1150.688407327L1
Cincinnati Bengals 790.438349374W1
Houston Oilers 790.438348324W2
Cleveland Browns 5110.313289356L1
Jacksonville Jaguars 4120.250275404W1

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Team leaders

Passing

PlayerAttCompYdsTDINTRating
Jeff Blake 5673263822281782.1

Rushing

PlayerAttYdsYPCLongTD
Harold Green 1716613.9232
Eric Bieniemy 983813.9273

Receiving

PlayerRecYdsAvgLongTD
Carl Pickens 99123412.56817

Defensive

PlayerTacklesSacksINTsFFFR
Steve Tovar 991.0120
John Copeland 619.0020
Bracy Walker 850.0412

Kicking and punting

PlayerFGAFGMFG%XPAXPMXP%Points
Doug Pelfrey 362980.6%3434100.0%121
PlayerPuntsYardsLongBlkdAvg.
Lee Johnson 68286161042.1

Special teams

PlayerKRKRYardsKRAvgKRLongKRTDPRPRYardsPRAvgPRLongPRTD
David Dunn 50109221.8450000.000
Corey Sawyer 25025.02809586.4210

Awards and records

Conference Leaders

Franchise Records

Milestones

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References

  1. ↑ Season summary and statistics at Sports E Cylclopedia
  2. ↑ "1995 Cincinnati Bengals Draftees". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved January 28, 2014.
  3. ↑ "1995 Cincinnati Bengals starters, roster, and players". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved October 17, 2014.
  4. ↑ NFL 2001 Record and Fact Book, Workman Publishing Co, New York,NY, ISBN   0-7611-2480-2, p. 291
  5. ↑ NFL 2001 Record and Fact Book, Workman Publishing Co, New York,NY, ISBN   0-7611-2480-2, p. 451
  6. 1 2 3 NFL 2001 Record and Fact Book, Workman Publishing Co, New York,NY, ISBN   0-7611-2480-2, p. 37
  7. ↑ NFL 2001 Record and Fact Book, Workman Publishing Co, New York,NY, ISBN   0-7611-2480-2, p. 440
  8. ↑ "David Dunn Career Stats". NFL.com .
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