1995 Seattle Seahawks season

1995 Seattle Seahawks season
OwnerKen Behring
Head coachDennis Erickson
Home fieldKingdome
Results
Record8–8
Division place3rd AFC West
Playoff finishDid not qualify
Pro BowlersRB Chris Warren
DT Cortez Kennedy
AP All-ProsRB Chris Warren (2nd team)

The 1995 Seattle Seahawks season was the franchise's 20th season in the National Football League (NFL), the 20th playing their home games at the Kingdome and the first under head coach Dennis Erickson. They were able to improve on their 6–10 record and finished the season 8–8, however missing the playoffs for the seventh consecutive season.

Draft

1995 Seattle Seahawks Draft
Round Selection Player Position College
1 8 Joey Galloway Wide receiver Ohio State
2 39 Christian Fauria Tight end Colorado
4 126 Jason Kyle Linebacker Arizona State
6 180 Henry McMillian Defensive tackle Florida
230 Eddie Goines Wide Receiver North Carolina State
7 216 Keif Bryant Defensive Tackle Rutgers

Undrafted free agents

1995 undrafted free agents of note
Player Position College
Ernest Allen Defensive tackle Cincinnati
Kelvin Anderson Running back Southeast Missouri State
Robert Baldwin Fullback Duke
Judd Davis Kicker Florida
Bryan Heath Center Virginia
James McKeehan Tight end Texas A&M
Joe Pickens Quarterback Duke
Kris Pollack Guard USC
Anthony Shelman Running back Louisville
Manley Woods Wide receiver New Mexico

Personnel

Staff

1995 Seattle Seahawks staff

Front office

  • Owner – Ken Behring
  • President – David Behring
  • Executive vice president – Mickey Loomis
  • Vice president of football operations – Randy Mueller
  • Player personnel director – Mike Allman
  • Assistant player personnel director – Rick Thompson
  • College scouting director – Phil Neri

Head coaches

  • Head coach – Dennis Erickson
  • Assistant head coach/tight ends – Gregg Smith

Offensive coaches

Defensive coaches

Special teams coaches

Strength and conditioning

  • Strength and conditioning – Dana LeDuc


Final roster

1995 Seattle Seahawks roster
Quarterbacks (QB)

Running backs (RB)

Wide receivers (WR)

Tight ends (TE)

Offensive linemen (OL)

Defensive linemen (DL)

Linebackers (LB)

Defensive backs (DB)

Special teams

Practice squad

Reserve

Rookies in italics
53 active, 4 reserve, 5 practice squad

[1]

  • Starters in bold.
  • (*) Denotes players that were selected for the 1996 Pro Bowl.

Schedule

Preseason

Week Date Opponent Result Record Game site Recap
1 August 5 St. Louis Rams W 34–20 1–0 Kingdome Recap
2 August 12 Indianapolis Colts L 17–20 1–1 Kingdome Recap
3 August 20 at New Orleans Saints W 24–19 2–1 Louisiana Superdome Recap
4 August 26 at San Francisco 49ers L 7–17 2–2 3Com Park Recap
Source: Seahawks Media Guides[2][3]

Regular season

Week Date Opponent Result Record Game site Recap
1 September 3 Kansas City Chiefs L 10–34 0–1 Kingdome Recap
2 September 10 at San Diego Chargers L 10–14 0–2 Jack Murphy Stadium Recap
3 September 17 Cincinnati Bengals W 24–21 1–2 Kingdome Recap
4 Bye
5 October 1 Denver Broncos W 27–10 2–2 Kingdome Recap
6 October 8 at Oakland Raiders L 14–34 2–3 Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum Recap
7 October 15 at Buffalo Bills L 21–27 2–4 Rich Stadium Recap
8 October 22 San Diego Chargers L 25–35 2–5 Kingdome Recap
9 October 29 at Arizona Cardinals L 14–20 (OT) 2–6 Sun Devil Stadium Recap
10 November 5 New York Giants W 30–28 3–6 Kingdome Recap
11 November 12 at Jacksonville Jaguars W 47–30 4–6 Jacksonville Municipal Stadium Recap
12 November 19 at Washington Redskins W 27–20 5–6 RFK Stadium Recap
13 November 26 New York Jets L 10–16 5–7 Kingdome Recap
14 December 3 Philadelphia Eagles W 26–14 6–7 Kingdome Recap
15 December 10 at Denver Broncos W 31–27 7–7 Mile High Stadium Recap
16 December 17 Oakland Raiders W 44–10 8–7 Kingdome Recap
17 December 24 at Kansas City Chiefs L 3–26 8–8 Arrowhead Stadium Recap
Bold indicates division opponents.
Source: 1995 NFL season results[4]

Standings

AFC West
W L T PCT PF PA STK
(1) Kansas City Chiefs 13 3 0 .813 358 241 W2
(4) San Diego Chargers 9 7 0 .563 321 323 W5
Seattle Seahawks 8 8 0 .500 363 366 L1
Denver Broncos 8 8 0 .500 388 345 W1
Oakland Raiders 8 8 0 .500 348 332 L6

Game summaries

Preseason

Week P1: vs. St. Louis Rams

Preseason Week One: Seattle Seahawks vs. St. Louis Rams – Game summary
Quarter 1 2 34Total
Rams 3 7 3720
Seahawks 10 10 7734

at Kingdome, Seattle

Week P2: vs. Indianapolis Colts

Preseason Week Two: Seattle Seahawks vs. Indianapolis Colts – Game summary
Quarter 1 2 34Total
Colts 3 0 71020
Seahawks 0 0 31417

at Kingdome, Seattle

Week P3: at New Orleans Saints

Preseason Week Three: Seattle Seahawks at New Orleans Saints – Game summary
Quarter 1 2 34Total
Seahawks 7 10 0724
Saints 6 7 0619

at Superdome, New Orleans, Louisiana

Week P4: at San Francisco 49ers

Preseason Week Four: Seattle Seahawks at San Francisco 49ers – Game summary
Quarter 1 2 34Total
Seahawks 0 7 007
49ers 10 0 0717

at Candlestick Park, San Francisco

  • Date: August 26
  • Game time: 5:06 pm local
  • Game weather: clear, 67 °F (19 °C), 49% humidity, wind NW 20 miles per hour (32 km/h)
  • Game attendance: 53,280
  • Referee: Ron Blum
  • TV: Fox
  • Gamebook

Regular season

Week 1: vs. Kansas City Chiefs

Week One: Seattle Seahawks vs. Kansas City Chiefs – Game summary
Quarter 1 2 34Total
Chiefs 7 13 14034
Seahawks 3 0 0710

at Kingdome, Seattle

Game information

Week 2: at San Diego Chargers

Week Two: Seattle Seahawks at San Diego Chargers – Game summary
Quarter 1 2 34Total
Seahawks 0 7 3010
Chargers 7 0 0714

at San Diego Stadium, San Diego, California

  • Date: September 10
  • Game time: 1:01 pm local
  • Game weather: clear, 76 °F (24 °C), 71% humidity, wind WSW 11 miles per hour (18 km/h)
  • Game attendance: 54,420
  • Referee: Walt Coleman
  • TV: NBC
  • Gamebook
Game information

Week 3: vs. Cincinnati Bengals

Week Three: Seattle Seahawks vs. Cincinnati Bengals – Game summary
Quarter 1 2 34Total
Bengals 7 0 01421
Seahawks 7 10 0724

at Kingdome, Seattle

Game information

Week 5: vs. Denver Broncos

Week Five: Seattle Seahawks vs. Denver Broncos – Game summary
Quarter 1 2 34Total
Broncos 0 0 3710
Seahawks 0 10 71027

at Kingdome, Seattle

Game information

Week 6: at Oakland Raiders

Week Six: Seattle Seahawks at Oakland Raiders – Game summary
Quarter 1 2 34Total
Seahawks 0 0 7714
Raiders 3 10 14734

at Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum, Oakland, California

  • Date: October 8
  • Game time: 1:06 pm local
  • Game weather: clear, 61 °F (16 °C), 75% humidity, wind W 10 miles per hour (16 km/h)
  • Game attendance: 50,213
  • Referee: Ron Blum
  • TV announcers (NBC): Jim Lampley, Bob Golic
  • Gamebook
Game information

Week 7: at Buffalo Bills

Week Seven: Seattle Seahawks at Buffalo Bills – Game summary
Quarter 1 2 34Total
Seahawks 0 7 7721
Bills 0 10 14327

at Ralph Wilson Stadium, Orchard Park, New York

  • Date: October 15
  • Game time: 1:01 pm local
  • Game weather: partly cloudy, 52 °F (11 °C), 46% humidity, wind W 29 miles per hour (47 km/h)
  • Game attendance: 74,362
  • Referee: Tom White
  • TV announcers (NBC): Jim Lampley, Bob Golic
  • Gamebook
Game information

Week 8: vs. San Diego Chargers

Week Eight: Seattle Seahawks vs. San Diego Chargers – Game summary
Quarter 1 2 34Total
Chargers 6 19 01035
Seahawks 7 3 6925

at Kingdome, Seattle

Game information

Week 9: at Arizona Cardinals

Week Nine: Seattle Seahawks at Arizona Cardinals – Game summary
Quarter 1 2 34OTTotal
Seahawks 0 0 77014
Cardinals 14 0 00620

at Sun Devil Stadium, Tempe, Arizona

  • Date: October 29
  • Game time: 2:05 pm local
  • Game weather: clear, 82 °F (28 °C), 16% humidity, wind E 6 miles per hour (9.7 km/h)
  • Game attendance: 39,600
  • Referee: Red Cashion
  • TV: NBC
  • Gamebook
Game information

Week 10: vs. New York Giants

Week Ten: Seattle Seahawks vs. New York Giants – Game summary
Quarter 1 2 34Total
Giants 3 19 0628
Seahawks 21 0 3630

at Kingdome, Seattle

Game information

Week 11: at Jacksonville Jaguars

Week Eleven: Seattle Seahawks at Jacksonville Jaguars – Game summary
Quarter 1 2 34Total
Seahawks 14 7 71947
Jaguars 7 20 0330

at Jacksonville Municipal Stadium, Jacksonville, Florida

Game information

Week 12: at Washington Redskins

Week Twelve: Seattle Seahawks at Washington Redskins – Game summary
Quarter 1 2 34Total
Seahawks 3 7 71027
Redskins 3 7 01020

at RFK Stadium, Washington, D.C.

  • Date: November 19
  • Game time: 1:01 pm local
  • Game weather: clear, 49 °F (9 °C), 74% humidity, wind N 12 miles per hour (19 km/h)
  • Game attendance: 51,298
  • Referee: Mike Carey
  • TV: NBC
  • Gamebook
Game information

Week 13: vs. New York Jets

Week Thirteen: Seattle Seahawks vs. New York Jets – Game summary
Quarter 1 2 34Total
Jets 7 6 0316
Seahawks 0 0 10010

at Kingdome, Seattle

Game information

Week 14: vs. Philadelphia Eagles

Week Fourteen: Seattle Seahawks vs. Philadelphia Eagles – Game summary
Quarter 1 2 34Total
Eagles 0 7 0714
Seahawks 7 10 3626

at Kingdome, Seattle

Game information

Week 15 at Denver Broncos

Week Fifteen: Seattle Seahawks at Denver Broncos – Game summary
Quarter 1 2 34Total
Seahawks 0 3 72131
Broncos 10 10 0727

at Mile High Stadium, Denver, Colorado

  • Date: December 10
  • Game time: 1:00 pm local
  • Game weather: cloudy, 56 °F (13 °C), 26% humidity, wind NW 13 miles per hour (21 km/h)
  • Game attendance: 71,488
  • Referee: Gary Lane
  • TV announcers (NBC): Jim Lampley, Bob Golic
  • Gamebook
Game information

Week 16: vs. Oakland Raiders

Week Sixteen: Seattle Seahawks vs. Oakland Raiders – Game summary
Quarter 1 2 34Total
Raiders 3 0 0710
Seahawks 17 10 14344

at Kingdome, Seattle

Game information

Week 17: at Kansas City Chiefs

Week Seventeen: Seattle Seahawks at Kansas City Chiefs – Game summary
Quarter 1 2 34Total
Seahawks 0 3 003
Chiefs 13 7 3326

at Arrowhead Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri

  • Date: December 24
  • Game time: 1:00 pm local
  • Game weather: clear, 31 °F (−1 °C), 68% humidity, wind SW 10 miles per hour (16 km/h)
  • Game attendance: 75,784
  • Referee: Gordon McCarter
  • TV: NBC
  • Gamebook
Game information

References

  1. ^ "Home". pro-football-reference.com.
  2. ^ 1995 Seahawks Media Guide, accessed February 14, 2015.
  3. ^ 1996 Seahawks Media Guide, accessed February 14, 2015.
  4. ^ 1995 NFL season results, NFL.com, accessed February 14, 2015.