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1995 New Orleans Saints season
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29th season in franchise history
January 2025
March 2026
New Orleans Saints 1995 7–9 5th NFC West Jim Mora Carl Smith Monte Kiffin Tom Benson Bill Kuharich Louisiana Superdome Did not qualify T Willie RoafCB Eric Allen Saints seasons
The 1995 season was the New Orleans Saints' 29th season in the National Football League (NFL), the 21st to host games at the Louisiana Superdome and the tenth under head coach Jim Mora. The team matched on their 7–9 record from 1994, but missed the postseason for a third consecutive season and ended up in last place in the division for the first time since 1986.
Offseason
NFL draft
1995 NFL draft
1995
New Orleans Saints
1
13
Mark Fields
Linebacker
Washington State
yes
yes
2
44
Ray Zellars
Running back
Notre Dame
yes
3
75
Mike Verstegen
Guard
Wisconsin
4
108
Dameian Jeffries
Defensive end
Alabama
yes
5
148
William Strong
Defensive back
North Carolina State
6
184
Lee DeRamus
Wide receiver
Wisconsin
yes
7
242
Travis Davis
Defensive back
Notre Dame
yes
no
https://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/nor/1995_draft.htm 1995 New Orleans Saints Draftees Pro-Football-Reference.com January 3, 2014
Personnel
1995 New Orleans Saints Owner/general partner – Tom Benson
Executive vice-president of administration – Jim Miller
Vice-president of football operations – Bill Kuharich
Director of pro personnel – Chet Franklin
Director of college scouting – Bruce Lemmerman Vice-president/head coach – Jim E. Mora Offensive coordinator/quarterbacks – Carl Smith
Running backs – Jim Skipper
Wide receivers – Steve Walters
Tight ends – Larry Kennan
Offensive line – John Matsko Defensive coordinator – Monte Kiffin
Defensive line – Wayne Nunnely
Linebackers – Jim Haslett
Defensive backs – Jim L. Mora
Defensive assistant – Steve Trimble
Defensive assistant – Frank Warren Special teams – Joe Marciano Strength and conditioning – Russell Paternostro
All-Time Roster http://www.neworleanssaints.com/team/history/all-time-roster.html NewOrleansSaints.com February 28, 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20120618110940/http://www.neworleanssaints.com/team/history/all-time-roster.html 2012-06-18 dead
Roster
1995 New Orleans Saints 11 Jim Everett
14 Tommy Hodson
13 Doug Nussmeier 24 Mario Bates
20 Derek Brown running back
22 Lorenzo Neal
36 Derrick Ned
34 Ray Zellars y FB 87 Lee DeRamus y
89 Quinn Early
81 Michael Haynes wide receiver
84 Steve Rhem
83 Torrance Small 86 Kirk Botkin LS
82 Irv Smith Sr.
85 Wesley Walls 71 Richard Cooper American football T
72 Jim Dombrowski G
61 Ed King American football G
68 Alan Kline T
67 Andy McCollum G
60 Craig Novitsky C/T
77 Willie Roaf T
62 Jeff Uhlenhake C/LS
66 Mike Verstegen y G/T
63 Donald Willis y G 99 Willie Broughton DT
79 Tory Epps DT
91 Robert Goff American football DT
96 Dameian Jeffries y DE
94 Joe Johnson defensive end DE
93 Wayne Martin American football DT
74 Toddrick McIntosh DE
90 Israel Stanley DT
97 Renaldo Turnbull DE
51 Ron Childs y MLB
56 Ernest Dixon American football OLB
55 Mark Fields linebacker y OLB
52 Richard Harvey American football OLB
56 Brian Jones American football linebacker MLB
59 Rufus Porter American football OLB 21 Eric Allen CB
45 Israel Byrd CB
39 John Covington FS
33 Tyrone Hughes CB/KR/PR
43 Tyrone Legette CB
46 Sean Lumpkin SS
44 J. J. McCleskey FS
30 Anthony Newman American football SS
37 Jimmy Spencer American football CB
41 William Strong cornerback y CB 10 Doug Brien K
4 Klaus Wilmsmeyer P 26 Vince Buck S IR
28 Ralph Dawkins RB IR
35 Shane Pahukoa S IR
70 Chris Port G/T IR
3 Timm Rosenbach QB NF-Inj.
54 Winfred Tubbs LB IR
53 active, 6 inactive, 2 practice squad 98 Dunstan Anderson DE
95 Ernest Jones defensive lineman DE
Regular season
Schedule
Week Date Opponent Result Record Venue Attendance 1 September 3 San Francisco 49ers L 22–24 0–1 Louisiana Superdome 66,627 2 September 10 at St. Louis Rams L 13–17 0–2 Busch Memorial Stadium 59,335 3 September 17 Atlanta Falcons L 24–27 (OT) 0–3 Louisiana Superdome 57,442 4 September 24 at New York Giants L 29–45 0–4 Giants Stadium 72,619 5 October 1 Philadelphia Eagles L 10–15 0–5 Louisiana Superdome 43,938 6 Bye 7 October 15 Miami Dolphins W 33–30 1–5 Louisiana Superdome 55,628 8 October 22 at Carolina Panthers L 3–20 1–6 Memorial Stadium 55,484 9 October 29 at San Francisco 49ers W 11–7 2–6 3Com Park 65,272 10 November 5 St. Louis Rams W 19–10 3–6 Louisiana Superdome 43,120 11 November 12 Indianapolis Colts W 17–14 4–6 Louisiana Superdome 44,122 12 November 19 at Minnesota Vikings L 24–43 4–7 Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome 58,108 13 November 26 Carolina Panthers W 34–26 5–7 Louisiana Superdome 39,580 14 December 3 at New England Patriots W 31–17 6–7 Foxboro Stadium 59,876 15 December 10 at Atlanta Falcons L 14–19 6–8 Georgia Dome 54,603 16 December 16, 1995 Green Bay Packers L 23–34 6–9 Louisiana Superdome 50,132 17 December 24 at New York Jets W 12–0 7–9 Giants Stadium 28,885 Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.
Game summaries
Week 1: vs San Francisco 49ers
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Week 1: San Francisco 49ers at New Orleans Saints – Game summary
September 3
12:00 p.m. CDT
49ers
0 17 7 0
Saints
0 9 6 7
Louisiana Superdome, New Orleans, Louisiana
66,627
None (indoor stadium)
Recap
With the loss, the Saints started 0–1.
Week 2: at St. Louis Rams
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Week 2: New Orleans Saints at St. Louis Rams – Game summary
September 10
12:00 p.m. CDT
Saints
3 0 7 3
Rams
7 10 0 0
Busch Stadium, St. Louis
59,335
Sunny
Recap
With the loss, the Saints fell to 0–2.
Standings
Awards and records
Jim Everett, franchise record, most passing yards in one season, 3,970 yards NFL 2001 Record and Fact Book 2001 Workman Publishing Company 0-7611-2480-2 126 registration https://archive.org/details/officialnfl2001r0000unse/page/126
Jim Everett, franchise record, most touchdown passes in one season, 26 touchdown passes
References
External links
Saints on Pro Football Reference
Saints on jt-sw.com
New Orleans Saints Season, 1995
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