1995 CFL season
The
1995 Canadian Football League season is considered to be the 42nd season in modern-day
Canadian football, although it is officially the 38th Canadian Football League season.
Two more
U.S.-based teams were admitted in the
CFL with the
Birmingham Barracudas and the
Memphis Mad Dogs. In the off-season the
Sacramento Gold Miners moved to
San Antonio, to become the "Texans" for the
1995 season. The
San Antonio Texans would play their home games at the
Alamodome. In the previous season, the
Las Vegas Posse, after a terrible inaugural season, ceased operations and folded. The Baltimore Football Club finally found themselves a new nickname and christened themselves the Stallions at the beginning of the second week of the season.
With the admittance of
Birmingham and
Memphis, the CFL now had five U.S.-based teams in the newly-created "South Division", while having all eight
Canadian teams in the newly-created "North Division". 5 teams from the North division and 3 from the South made the playoffs. To make up for the disparity, the lowest ranking North division playoff team (which ended up being Winnipeg) played in the South division playoffs.
The city of
Regina played host to the
Grey Cup game for the first time. In the game, viewers at home and at
Taylor Field witnessed the
Baltimore Stallions defeat the
Calgary Stampeders, 37-20, becoming the first (and as of now, the only)
American team to win the Grey Cup.
Final regular season standings
Note: GP = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against, Pts = Points
*
Bold text means that they have clinched the playoffs.
Note: All dates in 1995Divisional Semi-Finals
Divisional Finals
Grey Cup Championship
OFFENCE
*QB -
Matt Dunigan, Birmingham Barracudas
*FB -
Mike Saunders, San Antonio Texans
*RB -
Mike Pringle, Baltimore Stallions
*SB -
Dave Sapunjis, Calgary Stampeders
*SB -
Allen Pitts, Calgary Stampeders
*WR -
Don Narcisse, Saskatchewan Roughriders
*WR -
Earl Winfield, Hamilton Tiger-Cats
*C -
Mike Kiselak, San Antonio Texans
*OG -
Jamie Taras, British Columbia Lions
*OG -
Mike Withycombe, Baltimore Stallions
*OT -
Rocco Romano, Calgary Stampeders
*OT -
Neal Fort, Baltimore Stallions
DEFENCE
*DT -
Bennie Goods, Edmonton Eskimos
*DT -
Jerald Baylis, Baltimore Stallions
*DE -
Tim Cofield, Memphis Mad Dogs
*DE -
Will Johnson, Calgary Stampeders
*LB -
Alondra Johnson, Calgary Stampeders
*LB -
O.J. Brigance, Baltimore Stallions
*LB -
Willie Pless, Edmonton Eskimos
*CB -
Eric Carter, Hamilton Tiger-Cats
*CB -
Irvin Smith, Baltimore Stallions
*DB -
Glenn Rogers Jr., Edmonton Eskimos
*DB -
Charles Anthony, Baltimore Stallions
*DS -
Anthony Drawhorn, Birmingham Barracudas
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CFL's Most Outstanding Player Award -
Mike Pringle (RB), Baltimore Stallions
*
CFL's Outstanding Canadian Award -
Dave Sapunjis (SB), Calgary Stampeders
*
CFL's Outstanding Defensive Player Award -
Willie Pless (LB), Edmonton Eskimos
*
CFL's Outstanding Offensive Lineman Award -
Mike Withycombe (OG), Baltimore Stallions
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CFL's Outstanding Rookie Award -
Shalon Baker (WR), Edmonton Eskimos
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CFLPA's Outstanding Community Service Award -
Mark McLoughlin (K), Calgary Stampeders
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CFL's Coach of the Year -
Don Matthews, Baltimore Stallions
