1995 Cincinnati Bengals season

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

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Personnel

Staff

1995 Cincinnati Bengals staff

Front office President – Mike Brown Head coaches Head Coach – Dave Shula Offensive coaches Offensive Coordinator – Bruce Coslet Quarterbacks – Ken Anderson Running Backs – Jim Anderson Tight Ends – Gary Moeller Offensive Line – Paul Alexander Offensive Assistant/Wide Receivers – John Garrett

Defensive coaches Defensive Coordinator – Larry Peccatiello Defensive Line – Bobby DePaul Linebackers – Joe Pascale Defensive Backs – Ron Meeks Defensive Assistant – Tim Krumrie Special teams coaches Special Teams – Joe Wessel Strength and conditioning Strength and Conditioning – Kim Wood

Roster

1995 Cincinnati Bengals roster

	Quarterbacks  8 Jeff Blake  7 David Klingler 10 John Walsh Running backs 21 Eric Bieniemy KR/PR 38 Jason Burns 46 Jeff Cothran FB 28 Harold Green 36 James Joseph Wide receivers 18 Thomas Bailey 80 David Dunn KR 84 Jeff Hill KR 81 Carl Pickens 16 David Rhodes 86 Darnay Scott Tight ends 82 Tony McGee 87 Troy Sadowski 88 Derek Ware		Offensive linemen 65 Darrick Brilz C 75 Anthony Brown G 72 Scott Brumfield G -- Ray Forsythe G 66 Dan Jones G/C 62 Todd Kalis G 76 Trent Pollard G 77 Kevin Sargent T 61 Melvin Tuten G/T 63 Joe Walter T Defensive linemen 92 John Copeland DE 98 Todd Kelly DE 96 Alfred Oglesby DT 95 Keith Rucker DT 70 Artie Smith DE 79 Ramondo Stallings DT/DE 67 Kimo von Oelhoffen DT 99 Dan Wilkinson DT		Linebackers 55 Andre Collins OLB 57 Kevin Jefferson MLB 56 Ricardo McDonald OLB 52 Randy Neal OLB 51 Steve Tovar MLB 91 Brett Wallerstedt MLB Defensive backs 45 Adrian Hardy CB 25 Rod Jones CB 24 Roger Jones CB 23 Corey Sawyer CB 35 Sam Shade SS 30 Chris Shelling CB 27 Bracy Walker SS 37 Leonard Wheeler CB/FS 31 Darryl Williams FS Special teams 11 Lee Johnson P  9 Doug Pelfrey K 59 Greg Truitt LS		Reserve lists 74 Rich Braham G/C (IRTooltip Injured reserve) 43 Mike Brim CB (IRTooltip Injured reserve) 32 Ki-Jana Carter RB (IRTooltip Injured reserve) 90 Gerald Collins LB (IRTooltip Injured reserve) 50 James Francis LB (IRTooltip Injured reserve) 64 Bruce Kozerski G (IRTooltip Injured reserve) 85 Tim McGee WR (IRTooltip Injured reserve) Practice squad none 53 active, 7 inactive Rookies in italics

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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

Standings

AFC Central
view talk edit	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

• Carl Pickens, Led AFC, Receptions, (99) ^[5]
• Carl Pickens, Led AFC, Touchdowns, (17)

Franchise Records

• Carl Pickens, Franchise Record, Most Touchdowns in One Season, (17),^[6]
• Doug Pelfrey, Franchise Record, Most Field Goals in One Season, (29),^[6]
• Doug Pelfrey, Franchise Record, Most Points in One Season, (121),^[6]

Milestones

• Carl Pickens, 2nd 1,000 yard receiving season (1,234 yards) ^[7]
• David Dunn, 1st 1,000-yard return season^[8]

References

External links

• Official website
• 1995 Cincinnati Bengals at Pro-Football-Reference.com