1995 Atlanta Falcons season

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1995 Atlanta Falcons season
Owner
Wild Card Playoffs
(at Packers) 20–37
Pro BowlersRB Craig Heyward
DE Chris Doleman
LB Jessie Tuggle
K Morten Andersen
ST Elbert Shelley

The 1995 Atlanta Falcons season was the franchise’s thirtieth season in the National Football League (NFL). The team finished with a 9–7 record, and qualified for the post-season as a wild card.

The Falcons’ pass defense gave up 4,541 yards through the air in 1995, which was a league record until 2011.[1][note 1] The Falcons’ defense faced a total of 650 pass attempts, the most all time.[note 2][2] The 405 passes completed against Atlanta in 1995 are fifth-most in NFL history.[3] Still, Atlanta's points surrendered was 19th in the league, and its point-differential for the season was +13.[4]

Falcons receivers

Terence Mathis became the third trio of teammates with over 1,000 receiving yards in the same season – a rare occurrence, with only five such trios in NFL history (as of 2021
).

Offseason

NFL draft

Main article: 1995 NFL draft
1995 Atlanta Falcons draft
Round Pick Player Position College Notes
1 26 Devin Bush 
Safety
 Florida State
2 41 Ron Davis  Cornerback Tennessee
3 77 Lorenzo Styles  Linebacker Ohio State
5 145 Roell Preston *  Wide receiver Mississippi
6 181 Travis Hall  Defensive tackle BYU
7 245 John Burrough  Defensive end Wyoming
      Made roster    *   Made at least one Pro Bowl during career

[5]

Personnel

Roster

1995 Atlanta Falcons roster
Quarterbacks

Running backs

Wide receivers

Tight ends

Offensive linemen

Defensive linemen

Linebackers

Defensive backs

Special teams

Reserve lists
  • 39
    IRTooltip Injured reserve)
  • 26
    IRTooltip Injured reserve)


Practice squad

53 active, 2 inactive. 2 practice squad


Rookies in italics

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Regular season

Schedule

Week Date Opponent Result Record Venue Attendance
1 September 3 Carolina Panthers W 23–20 (OT) 1–0 Georgia Dome 58,808
2 September 10 at San Francisco 49ers L 10–41 1–1 3Com Park 63,627
3 September 17 at New Orleans Saints W 27–24 (OT) 2–1
Louisiana Superdome
 57,442
4 September 24 New York Jets W 13–3 3–1 Georgia Dome 40,778
5 October 1 New England Patriots W 30–17 4–1 Georgia Dome 47,114
6 Bye
7 October 12 at St. Louis Rams L 19–21 4–2 Busch Memorial Stadium 59,700
8 October 22 at Tampa Bay Buccaneers W 24–21 5–2 Tampa Stadium 66,135
9 October 29 Dallas Cowboys L 13–28 5–3 Georgia Dome 70,089
10 November 5 Detroit Lions W 34–22 6–3 Georgia Dome 49,619
11 November 12 at Buffalo Bills L 17–23 6–4
Rich Stadium
 62,690
12 November 19 St. Louis Rams W 31–6 7–4 Georgia Dome 46,309
13 November 26 at Arizona Cardinals L 37–40 (OT) 7–5
Sun Devil Stadium
 35,147
14 December 3 at Miami Dolphins L 20–21 7–6
Joe Robbie Stadium
 63,395
15 December 10 New Orleans Saints W 19–14 8–6 Georgia Dome 54,603
16 December 17 at Carolina Panthers L 17–21 8–7 Memorial Stadium 53,833
17 December 24 San Francisco 49ers W 28–27 9–7 Georgia Dome 51,785
Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.

Standings

NFC West
W L T PCT PF PA STK
(2) San Francisco 49ers 11 5 0 .688 457 258 L1
(6) Atlanta Falcons 9 7 0 .563 362 349 W1
St. Louis Rams 7 9 0 .438 309 418 L3
Carolina Panthers 7 9 0 .438 289 325 L1
New Orleans Saints 7 9 0 .438 319 348 W1

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Playoffs

Week Date Opponent Result Record Attendance
Wild Card December 31 at Green Bay Packers L 37–20 9–8 60,453

Notes

  1. ^ Both the 2011 Packers and 2011 Patriots surrendered more passing yards.
  2. ^ As of the end of the 2011 season

References

  1. ^ Pro-Football-Reference.com: Team Game Finder Query Results – In a single season, from 1940 to 2011, in the regular season, sorted by descending opp Passing Yds
  2. ^ Pro-Football-Reference.com: In a single season, from 1978 to 2011, in the regular season, sorted by descending opp Passing Attempts
  3. ^ Pro-Football-Reference.com: In a single season, from 1978 to 2011, in the regular season, sorted by descending opp Passes Completed as of end of 2011 season
  4. ^ Pro-Football-Reference: 1995 Atlanta Falcons
  5. ^ "1995 Atlanta Falcons draftees". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved December 14, 2013.
  6. ^ "1995 Atlanta Falcons starters and roster". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved December 6, 2014.
  7. ISBN 0-7611-2480-2
    , p. 291

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