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1995 Cincinnati Bengals season
Head coachDave Shula
Home fieldRiverfront Stadium
Results
Record7–9
Division place2nd AFC Central
Playoff finishDid not qualify
Pro BowlersQB 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.

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
Round Pick Player Position College Notes
1 1 Ki-Jana Carter  Running back Penn State
3 69 Melvin Tuten  Offensive tackle Syracuse
4 102 Sam Shade  Defensive back Alabama
5 139 David Dunn  Wide receiver Fresno State
6 175 Ryan Grigson  Offensive tackle Purdue
7 213 John Walsh  Quarterback BYU
      Made roster  

[2]

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 (QB)

Running backs (RB)

Wide receivers (WR)

Tight ends (TE)

Offensive linemen (OL)

Defensive linemen (DL)

Linebackers (LB)

Defensive backs (DB)

Special teams

Practice squad

none

53 active, 7 inactive Reserve


Rookies in italics

[3]

Regular season

Schedule

Week Date Opponent Result Record Attendance
1 September 3, 1995 at Indianapolis Colts W 24–21 (OT) 1–0
42,445
2 September 10, 1995 Jacksonville Jaguars W 24–17 2–0
48,318
3 September 17, 1995 at Seattle Seahawks L 21–24 2–1
39,492
4 September 24, 1995 Houston Oilers L 28–38 2–2
46,332
5 October 1, 1995 Miami Dolphins L 23–26 2–3
52,671
6 October 8, 1995 at Tampa Bay Buccaneers L 16–19 2–4
41,732
7 Bye
8 October 19, 1995 at Pittsburgh Steelers W 27–9 3–4
56,684
9 October 29, 1995 Cleveland Browns L 26–29 (OT) 3–5
58,639
10 November 5, 1995 Oakland Raiders L 17–20 3–6
51,265
11 November 12, 1995 at Houston Oilers W 32–25 4–6
32,998
12 November 19, 1995 Pittsburgh Steelers L 31–49 4–7
54,636
13 November 26, 1995 at Jacksonville Jaguars W 17–13 5–7
68,249
14 December 3, 1995 at Green Bay Packers L 10–24 5–8
60,318
15 December 10, 1995 Chicago Bears W 16–10 6–8
38,642
16 December 17, 1995 at Cleveland Browns L 10–26 6–9
55,875
17 December 24, 1995 Minnesota Vikings W 27–24 7–9
34,568

Season summary

Week 2: vs Jacksonville Jaguars

Week Two: Cincinnati Bengals vs Jacksonville Jaguars
Quarter 1 2 34Total
Jaguars 7 0 3717
Bengals 3 7 7724

at Riverfront Stadium, Cincinnati, Ohio

Game information

Week 16 at Cleveland Browns

Week 16: Cincinnati Bengals at Cleveland Browns
Quarter 1 2 34Total
Bengals 0 3 0710
Browns 0 17 6326

at Cleveland Municipal Stadium, Cleveland, Ohio

Game information

Standings

AFC Central
W L T PCT PF PA STK
(2) Pittsburgh Steelers 11 5 0 .688 407 327 L1
Cincinnati Bengals 7 9 0 .438 349 374 W1
Houston Oilers 7 9 0 .438 348 324 W2
Cleveland Browns 5 11 0 .313 289 356 L1
Jacksonville Jaguars 4 12 0 .250 275 404 W1

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Team leaders

Passing

Player Att Comp Yds TD INT Rating
Jeff Blake 567 326 3822 28 17 82.1

Rushing

Player Att Yds YPC Long TD
Harold Green 171 661 3.9 23 2
Eric Bieniemy 98 381 3.9 27 3

Receiving

Player Rec Yds Avg Long TD
Carl Pickens 99 1234 12.5 68 17

Defensive

Player Tackles Sacks INTs FF FR
Steve Tovar 99 1.0 1 2 0
John Copeland 61 9.0 0 2 0
Bracy Walker 85 0.0 4 1 2

Kicking and punting

Player FGA FGM FG% XPA XPM XP% Points
Doug Pelfrey 36 29 80.6% 34 34 100.0% 121
Player Punts Yards Long Blkd Avg.
Lee Johnson 68 2861 61 0 42.1

Special teams

Player KR KRYards KRAvg KRLong KRTD PR PRYards PRAvg PRLong PRTD
David Dunn 50 1092 21.8 45 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
Corey Sawyer 2 50 25.0 28 0 9 58 6.4 21 0

Awards and records

Conference Leaders

Franchise Records

Milestones

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. ^ a b c 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.