The 1995 NFL season was the 36th overall season of the Houston Oilers and their 26th with the National Football League (NFL). Their 7–9 record bested their previous season's output of 2–14,1995 Houston Oilers but they failed to qualify for the playoffs for the second consecutive year.
The Oilers drafted quarterback Steve McNair with the third overall draft pick, but he started the season on the bench behind free agent signee Chris Chandler, who played solid football as the team showed improvement in their first full year under Jeff Fisher. The story of the season came on November 16 when owner Bud Adams announced plans to move the team to Nashville when the lease at the Astrodome expired in 1998. The Oilers were the debut opponent of the expansion Jacksonville Jaguars, just as they had been with the 1976 Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the NFL's previous expansion.
Offseason
NFL draft
Personnel
Staff / Coaches
Roster
Regular season
Schedule Week Date Opponent Result Record Venue Recap 1 September 3 at Jacksonville Jaguars W 10–31–0Jacksonville Municipal StadiumRecap 2 September 10 Pittsburgh Steelers L 17–341–1AstrodomeRecap 3 September 17 Cleveland BrownsL 7–141–2AstrodomeRecap 4 September 24 at Cincinnati Bengals W 38–28 2–2Riverfront StadiumRecap 5 October 1 Jacksonville Jaguars L 16–17 2–3AstrodomeRecap 6 October 8 at Minnesota Vikings L 17–23 2–4Hubert H. Humphrey MetrodomeRecap 7 Bye 8 October 22 at Chicago Bears L 32–352–5Soldier FieldRecap 9 October 29 Tampa Bay Buccaneers W 19–73–5AstrodomeRecap 10 November 5 at Cleveland Browns W 37–10 4–5Cleveland StadiumRecap 11 November 12 Cincinnati Bengals L 25–32 4–6AstrodomeRecap 12 November 19 at Kansas City Chiefs L 13–20 4–7Arrowhead StadiumRecap 13 November 26 Denver Broncos W 42–33 5–7 AstrodomeRecap 14 December 3 at Pittsburgh Steelers L 7–21 5–8Three Rivers StadiumRecap 15 December 10 Detroit Lions L 17–24 5–9 AstrodomeRecap 16 December 17 New York Jets W 23–6 6–9AstrodomeRecap 17 December 24 at Buffalo Bills W 28–17 7–9Rich StadiumRecap Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.
Game summaries Week 1: at Jacksonville Jaguars
Standings
References
External links 1995 Houston Oilers at Pro-Football-Reference.com