1995 CFL season

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The 1995 Canadian Football League season is 87th in CFL history.

Contents 1 CFL News in 1995 2 Regular Season Standings 2.1 Final regular season standings 3 Grey Cup playoffs 3.1 Playoff bracket 4 1995 CFL All-Stars 4.1 OFFENCE 4.2 DEFENCE 4.3 SPECIAL TEAMS 5 1995 Southern All-Stars 5.1 OFFENCE 5.2 DEFENCE 5.3 SPECIAL TEAMS 6 1995 Northern All-Stars 6.1 OFFENCE 6.2 DEFENCE 6.3 SPECIAL TEAMS 7 1995 CFL Awards

[edit] CFL News in 1995

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.

[edit] Regular Season Standings

[edit] Final regular season standings

Note: GP = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against, Pts = Points

North Division Team GP W L T PF PA Pts Calgary Stampeders 18 15 3 0 631 404 30 Edmonton Eskimos 18 13 5 0 599 359 26 British Columbia Lions 18 10 8 0 535 470 20 Hamilton Tiger-Cats 18 8 10 0 427 509 16 Winnipeg Blue Bombers 18 7 11 0 404 653 14 Saskatchewan Roughriders 18 6 12 0 422 451 12 Toronto Argonauts 18 4 14 0 376 519 8 Ottawa Rough Riders 18 3 15 0 348 685 6

South Division Team GP W L T PF PA Pts Baltimore Stallions 18 15 3 0 541 369 30 San Antonio Texans 18 12 6 0 630 457 24 Birmingham Barracudas 18 10 8 0 548 518 20 Memphis Mad Dogs 18 9 9 0 346 364 18 Shreveport Pirates 18 5 13 0 465 514 10

• Bold text means that they have clinched the playoffs.

[edit] Grey Cup playoffs

Main Article: 83rd Grey Cup

The Baltimore Stallions are the 1995 Grey Cup champions, defeating the Calgary Stampeders 37-20, at Regina's Taylor Field. The Stallions became the first and only American team to win the Grey Cup. The Stallions' Tracy Ham (QB) was named the Grey Cup's Most Valuable Player and Stampeders' Dave Sapunjis (SB) was the Grey Cup's Most Valuable Canadian.

[edit] Playoff bracket

November 4 & 5: Division Semifinals

November 11 & 12: Division Finals

November 19: 83rd Grey Cup @ Taylor Field - Regina, SK

S3

Birmingham Barracudas

9

S2

San Antonio Texans

52

S2

San Antonio Texans

11

South

S1

Baltimore Stallions

21

N5

Winnipeg Blue Bombers

21

S1

Baltimore Stallions

36

S1

Baltimore Stallions

37

N1

Calgary Stampeders

20

N3

British Columbia Lions

15

N2

Edmonton Eskimos

26

N2

Edmonton Eskimos

4

North

N1

Calgary Stampeders

37

N4

Hamilton Tiger-Cats

13

N1

Calgary Stampeders

30

[edit] 1995 CFL All-Stars

[edit] 1995 Southern All-Stars

[edit] 1995 Northern All-Stars

[edit] 1995 CFL Awards

• CFL's Most Outstanding Player Award - Mike Pringle (RB), Baltimore Stallions
• CFL's Most Outstanding Canadian Award - Dave Sapunjis (SB), Calgary Stampeders
• CFL's Most Outstanding Defensive Player Award - Willie Pless (LB), Edmonton Eskimos
• CFL's Most Outstanding Offensive Lineman Award - Mike Withycombe (OG), Baltimore Stallions
• CFL's Most Outstanding Rookie Award - Shalon Baker (WR), Edmonton Eskimos
• CFLPA's Most Outstanding Community Service Award - Mark McLoughlin (K), Calgary Stampeders
• CFL's Coach of the Year - Don Matthews, Baltimore Stallions

Preceded by 1994 CFL season

CFL seasons

Succeeded by 1996 CFL season

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