1995 Philadelphia Eagles season

NFL team season December 2013 March 2026 Philadelphia Eagles 1995 10–6 2nd NFC East Ray Rhodes Jon Gruden Emmitt Thomas Jeffrey Lurie Veterans Stadium 180px Won Wild Card Playoffs(vs. Lions) 58–37Lost Divisional Playoffs(at Cowboys) 11–30 Eagles seasons The 1995 Philadelphia Eagles season was the team's 63rd in the National Football League (NFL). The team improved upon their previous output of 7–9, going 10–6 under new head coach Ray Rhodes1995 Philadelphia Eagles and qualifying for the playoffs for the first time in three seasons. They lost to the Cowboys in the Divisional round, the second time in four years. Ricky Watters, signed as a free agent from the Super Bowl champion 49ers, came up short on a pass over the middle in the Eagles' season-opening 21–6 home loss to Tampa Bay. Following the contest, when asked why he did not commit to catching the ball and taking a hit, he replied "For who? For what?"July 2026 Three weeks later, the Eagles were beaten by 31 points against the Raiders in Oakland. However, the team then won four straight and seven of their next eight to get back in the playoff hunt. On a frigid December 10 at the Vet against the Cowboys, the Eagles defense twice stopped Emmitt Smith on 4th-and-1 in Dallas territory late in the fourth quarter of a 17–17 tie. The change of possession resulted in the game-winning field goal from Gary Anderson. A win over Arizona the next week clinched a playoff berth, but a loss against the Bears in Chicago in the season finale on Christmas Eve torpedoed any hopes of an NFC East crown, leaving the Eagles locked into the #4 seed in the NFC. The 1995 season marked the final year of the 1990s that the Eagles donned their trademark Kelly green uniforms. They were worn for one game in 2010 and would not be worn again after that until 2023. It was the final season with the Eagles for quarterback Randall Cunningham, who retired following the season before joining the Minnesota Vikings for the 1997 season. Off season The Eagles' training camp was held for 16th and final year at West Chester University of Pennsylvania's John A. Farrell Stadium in West Chester, Pennsylvania. The camp was about 20 miles from their home stadium in South Philadelphia. In 1996, the Eagles moved their training camp to Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, about 50 miles north of Philadelphia. NFL draft The 1995 NFL draft was held April 22–23, 1995.http://www.profootballhof.com/history/general/draft/1995.jsp Pro Football Draft History: 1995 September 26, 2008 Pro Football Hall of Fame https://web.archive.org/web/20081206033503/http://www.profootballhof.com/history/general/draft/1995.jsp December 6, 2008 live mdy The league also held a supplemental draft after the regular draft and before the regular season. With a 7–9 record in 1994, and tying with four other teams, the Eagles rotated picking between the 8th pick to the 12th pick in the seven rounds. They chose eight players in the five rounds they had picks. The Eagles made a trade with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, for draft picks to move from 12th to 7th on the first round. With their first pick in the draft, acquired from Tampa Bay, the Eagles chose Mike Mamula, a defensive end out of Boston College. The table shows the Eagles selections and what picks they had that were traded away and the team that ended up with that pick. It is possible the Eagles' pick ended up with this team via another team that the Eagles made a trade with. Not shown are acquired picks that the Eagles traded away. = Pro Bowler Players are identified as a Pro Bowler if they were selected for the Pro-Bowl at any time in their career.= Hall of Famer RdPICKPLAYERPOSCOLLEGE 1 7 Mike Mamula Pick Acquired from Tampa Bay Buccaneers Defensive EndBoston College 1 12 Pick Traded to Tampa Bay Buccaneers 2 50 Bobby TaylorCornerbackNotre Dame 2 58 Barrett BrooksOffensive TackleKansas State 3 72 Greg JeffersonDefensive endCentral Florida 3 78 Chris T. JonesWide receiverMiami (FL) 4 119 Dave BarrQuarterbackCalifornia 5 pick Made by Detroit Lions 6 Pick Made by Tampa Bay Buccaneers 7 210 Kevin BouiePick Acquired from Jacksonville Jaguars Running backMississippi State 7 248 Howard SmothersOffensive TackleBethune-Cookman Undrafted free agents + 1995 undrafted free agents of notePlayerPositionCollegeAndre AllenLinebackerNorthern Iowa Staff 1995 Philadelphia Eagles Owner – Jeffrey Lurie Vice-president – Joe Banner Director of football administration – Bob Ackles Director of college scouting – John Wooten Director of pro personnel – Chuck Banker Head coach – Ray Rhodes Offensive coordinator – Jon Gruden Running backs – Dick Jamieson Wide receivers – Gerald Carr Tight ends – Ted Williams Offensive line – Bill Callahan Offensive assistant – Juan Castillo Defensive coordinator – Emmitt Thomas Defensive line – Mike Trgovac Linebackers – Joe Vitt Defensive assistant – Chuck Knox Jr. Special teams – Danny Smith Strength and conditioning – Mike Wolf Assistant strength and conditioning – Paul Ricci Assistant strength and conditioning – Tom Kanavy Part-time strength and conditioning – Martin Streight http://articles.philly.com/1995-05-16/sports/25671509_1_personnel-decisions-personnel-matters-eagles https://web.archive.org/web/20141217090644/http://articles.philly.com/1995-05-16/sports/25671509_1_personnel-decisions-personnel-matters-eagles dead December 17, 2014 Ackles gets power position with Birds Mulligan Kevin May 16, 1995 Philadelphia Daily News November 8, 2014 Roster 1995 Philadelphia Eagles 12 Randall Cunningham 11 Jay Fiedler  9 Rodney Peete 30 Charlie Garner KR 41 Fred McCrary y FB 22 James Saxon American football 32 Ricky Watters 31 Derrick Witherspoon KR 86 Fred Barnett 81 Rob Carpenter wide receiver PR 82 Chris T. Jones y 83 Art Monk 17 Freddie Solomon American football, born 1972 89 Calvin Williams 87 Rickey Brady 88 Jimmie Johnson American football 80 Reggie Johnson American football 83 Ed West American football 69 Harry Boatswain G 76 Barrett Brooks y T 68 Frank Cornish C 78 Antone Davis T 65 Mo Elewonibi T 62 Guy McIntyre G 63 Raleigh McKenzie C 71 Mike Chalenski DE 90 Ronnie Dixon DT 95 William Fuller American football DE 96 Mark Gunn DT 91 Andy Harmon DT 97 Rhett Hall DT 94 Kevin Johnson defensive tackle DT 59 Mike Mamula y DE 93 Danny Stubbs DE 54 Kurt Gouveia MLB 58 Derrick Oden MLB 53 Bill Romanowski OLB 51 William Thomas linebacker OLB 50 James Willis American football MLB 57 Marc Woodard OLB 52 Sylvester Wright y OLB 23 Derrick Frazier CB 26 Jerome Henderson CB/S 47 Greg Jackson American football FS 29 Mark McMillian CB 21 Bobby Taylor American football y CB 42 David Whitmore FS 45 Barry Wilburn CB/S 27 Eric Zomalt SS 36 Mike Zordich SS  1 Gary Anderson placekicker K 66 John Hudson American football LS  4 Tom Hutton American football y P 35 Kevin Bouie y RB IR 20 Vaughn Hebron RB IR 73 Lester Holmes T IR 79 Greg Jefferson y DE IR 98 Tommy Jeter DT IR 84 Kelvin Martin American football WR IR 72 Joe Panos G IR 34 Kevin Turner running back RB IR 74 Bernard Williams gridiron football T Susp. 53 active, 9 inactive, 5 practice squad 55 Nate Dingle LB 75 Troy Drake y T 67 Alai Kalaniuvalu G 64 Joe Rudolph y G 77 Howard Smothers y T Regular season Schedule Week Date Opponent Result Record Attendance TV Time 1 September 3, 1995 Tampa Bay Buccaneers L 6–21 0–1 66,266 FOX 1:00ET 2 September 10, 1995 at Arizona Cardinals W 31–19 1–1 45,004 TNT 8:00ET 3 September 17, 1995 San Diego Chargers L 21–27 1–2 63,081 NBC 1:00ET 4 September 24, 1995 at Oakland Raiders L 17–48 1–3 48,875 FOX 4:00ET 5 October 1, 1995 at New Orleans Saints W 15–10 2–3 43,938 FOX 1:00ET 6 October 8, 1995 Washington Redskins W 37–34 (OT) 3–3 65,498 FOX 1:00ET 7 October 15, 1995 at New York Giants W 17–14 4–3 74,252 FOX 1:00ET 8 Bye 9 October 29, 1995 St. Louis Rams W 20–9 5–3 62,172 FOX 1:00ET 10 November 6, 1995 at Dallas Cowboys L 12–34 5–4 64,876 ABC 9:00ET 11 November 12, 1995 Denver Broncos W 31–13 6–4 60,842 ESPN 8:00ET 12 November 19, 1995 New York Giants W 28–19 7–4 63,562 FOX 1:00ET 13 November 26, 1995 at Washington Redskins W 14–7 8–4 50,539 FOX 1:00ET 14 December 3, 1995 at Seattle Seahawks L 14–26 8–5 39,893 FOX 4:00ET 15 December 10, 1995 Dallas Cowboys W 20–17 9–5 66,198 FOX 1:00ET 16 December 17, 1995 Arizona Cardinals W 21–20 10–5 62,076 FOX 1:00ET 17 December 24, 1995 at Chicago Bears L 14–20 10–6 52,391 FOX 1:00ET Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text. Game summaries Week 15 Cowboys 7 10 0 0 Eagles 3 3 8 6 December 10 Veterans Stadium, Philadelphia, PA 1:00 p.m. EST 23 F; wind 18 mph on Ed Hochuli Pat Summerall and John Madden Fox yes Q1 PHI Anderson 42 yard field goal PHI 3–0 Q1 DAL Smith 10 yard run (Boniol kick) DAL 7–3 Q2 DAL Boniol 21 yard field goal DAL 10–3 Q2 DAL Brown 65 yard interception return (Boniol kick) DAL 17–3 Q2 PHI Anderson 27 yard field goal DAL 17–6 Q3 PHI Watters 1 yard run (Barnett pass from Peete) DAL 17–14 Q4 PHI Anderson 38 yard field goal Tie 17–17 Q4 PHI Anderson 42 yard field goal PHI 20–17 yes Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2014-Jul-07. NFL Network selected this game as the #5 Moment at Home in Eagles' history. The game is known in Philadelphia as the "Groundhog Day" game. When the Cowboys did not make a first down on their second attempt at 4th and 1 from their own 29-yard line with less than two minutes left in the fourth quarter, Philadelphia radio announcer Merrill Reese exclaimed: "They give it to Smith and they stop him again! They stop him again! And this time they can't take it away from the Eagles!" Standings Postseason 1995–96 NFL playoffs Schedule Round Date Opponent (seed) Result Record Venue Recap Wild Card December 30, 1995 F j, Y Detroit Lions (5) W 58–37 1–0 Veterans Stadium Recap Divisional January 7, 1996 at Dallas Cowboys (1) L 11–30 1–1 Texas Stadium Recap Game summaries NFC Wild Card Playoffs: vs. (5) Detroit Lions text-align:center; Philadelphia Eagles 1995 2 NFC Wild Card Playoffs: (5) Detroit Lions at (4) Philadelphia Eagles – Game summary Lions 7 0 14 16 Eagles 7 31 13 7 Veterans Stadium, Philadelphia December 30, 1995 F j, Y 4:00 p.m. EST 38 °F °C, clear ABC Al Michaels, Frank Gifford, and Dan Dierdorf Ron Blum 66,099 First quarter PHI – Charlie Garner 15-yard run (Gary Anderson kick). Eagles 7–0. DET – David Sloan 32-yard pass from Scott Mitchell (Jason Hanson kick). Tied 7–7. Second quarter PHI – Gary Anderson 21-yard field goal. Eagles 10–7. PHI – Fred Barnett 22-yard pass from Rodney Peete (Gary Anderson kick). Eagles 17–7. PHI – Barry Wilburn 24-yard interception return (Gary Anderson kick). Eagles 24–7. PHI – Ricky Watters 1-yard run (Gary Anderson kick). Eagles 31–7. PHI – Rob Carpenter 43-yard pass from Rodney Peete (Gary Anderson kick). Eagles 38–7. Third quarter PHI – Ricky Watters 45-yard pass from Rodney Peete (Gary Anderson kick). Eagles 45–7. PHI – Gary Anderson 31-yard field goal. Eagles 48–7. PHI – Gary Anderson 39-yard field goal. Eagles 51–7. DET – Herman Moore 68-yard pass from Don Majkowski (Jason Hanson kick). Eagles 51–14. DET – Johnnie Morton 7-yard pass from Don Majkowski (Jason Hanson kick). Eagles 51–21. Fourth quarter PHI – William Thomas 30-yard interception return (Gary Anderson kick). Eagles 58–21. DET – David Sloan 2-yard pass from Don Majkowski (Ron Rivers run). Eagles 58–29. DET – Ron Rivers 1-yard run (Herman Moore pass from Don Majkowski). Eagles 58–37. Top passers DET – Don Majkowski – 14/23, 206 yards, 3 TD, 2 INT PHI – Rodney Peete – 17/25, 270 yards, 3 TD Top rushers DET – Barry Sanders – 10 rushes, 40 yards PHI – Charlie Garner – 12 rushes, 78 yards, 1 TD Top receivers DET – Herman Moore – 7 receptions, 133 yards, 1 TD PHI – Fred Barnett – 8 receptions, 109 yards, 1 TD NFC Divisional Playoffs: at (1) Dallas Cowboys text-align:center; Philadelphia Eagles 1995 2 NFC Divisional Playoffs: (4) Philadelphia Eagles at (1) Dallas Cowboys – Game summary Eagles 0 3 0 8 Cowboys 3 14 6 7 Texas Stadium, Irving, Texas January 7, 1996 12:30 p.m. EST/11:30 a.m. CST 32 °F °C, clear Fox Pat Summerall and John Madden Gerald Austin 64,371 First quarter DAL – Chris Boniol 24-yard field goal. Cowboys 3–0. Second quarter PHI – Gary Anderson 26-yard field goal. Tied 3–3. DAL – Deion Sanders 21-yard run (Chris Boniol kick). Cowboys 10–3. DAL – Emmitt Smith 1-yard run (Chris Boniol kick). Cowboys 17–3. Third quarter DAL – Chris Boniol 18-yard field goal. Cowboys 20–3. DAL – Chris Boniol 51-yard field goal. Cowboys 23–3. Fourth quarter DAL – Michael Irvin 9-yard pass from Troy Aikman (Chris Boniol kick). Cowboys 30–3. PHI – Randall Cunningham 4-yard run (Reggie Johnson pass from Randall Cunningham). Cowboys 30–11. Top passers PHI – Randall Cunningham – 11/26, 161 yards, INT DAL – Troy Aikman – 17/24, 253 yards, TD, INT Top rushers PHI – Ricky Watters – 13 rushes, 39 yards DAL – Emmitt Smith – 21 rushes, 99 yards, TD Top receivers PHI – Calvin Williams – 5 receptions, 56 yards DAL – Kevin Williams – 6 receptions, 124 yards References External links 1995 Philadelphia Eagles at Pro-Football-Reference.com Philadelphia Eagles Philadelphia Eagles Category:Philadelphia Eagles seasons