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.
Offseason NFL draft
Personnel Staff
Roster
Regular season
Schedule Week Date Opponent Result Record Venue Attendance 1 September 3, 1995 at Indianapolis Colts W 24–21 1–0 RCA Dome 2 September 10, 1995 Jacksonville Jaguars W 24–17 2–0 Riverfront Stadium 3 September 17, 1995 at Seattle Seahawks L 21–24 2–1 Kingdome 4 September 24, 1995 Houston Oilers L 28–38 2–2 Riverfront Stadium 5 October 1, 1995 Miami Dolphins L 23–26 2–3 Riverfront Stadium 6 October 8, 1995 at Tampa Bay Buccaneers L 16–19 2–4 Tampa Stadium 7 Bye 8 October 19, 1995 at Pittsburgh Steelers W 27–9 3–4 Three Rivers Stadium 9 October 29, 1995 Cleveland Browns L 26–29 3–5 Riverfront Stadium 10 November 5, 1995 Oakland Raiders L 17–20 3–6 Riverfront Stadium 11 November 12, 1995 at Houston Oilers W 32–25 4–6 Houston Astrodome 12 November 19, 1995 Pittsburgh Steelers L 31–49 4–7 Riverfront Stadium 13 November 26, 1995 at Jacksonville Jaguars W 17–13 5–7 Jacksonville Municipal Stadium 14 December 3, 1995 at Green Bay Packers L 10–24 5–8 Lambeau Field 15 December 10, 1995 Chicago Bears W 16–10 6–8 Riverfront Stadium 16 December 17, 1995 at Cleveland Browns L 10–26 6–9 Cleveland Municipal Stadium 17 December 24, 1995 Minnesota Vikings W 27–24 7–9 Riverfront Stadium
Season summary
Week 2: vs Jacksonville Jaguars
Week 16 at Cleveland Browns
Standings
NFL 2001 Record and Fact Book, Workman Publishing Co, New York, NY, , p. 291
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) NFL 2001 Record and Fact Book, Workman Publishing Co, New York, NY, , p. 451 Carl Pickens, Led AFC, Touchdowns, (17)
Franchise Records Carl Pickens, Franchise Record, Most Touchdowns in One Season, (17),NFL 2001 Record and Fact Book, Workman Publishing Co, New York, NY, , p. 37 Doug Pelfrey, Franchise Record, Most Field Goals in One Season, (29), Doug Pelfrey, Franchise Record, Most Points in One Season, (121),
Milestones Carl Pickens, 2nd 1,000 yard receiving season (1,234 yards) NFL 2001 Record and Fact Book, Workman Publishing Co, New York, NY, , p. 440 David Dunn, 1st 1,000-yard return season
References
External links
1995 Cincinnati Bengals at Pro-Football-Reference.com