1995 Denver Broncos season

1995 Denver Broncos season
Owner	Pat Bowlen
General manager	John Beake and Mike Shanahan
President	Pat Bowlen
Head coach	Mike Shanahan
Offensive coordinator	Gary Kubiak
Defensive coordinator	Greg Robinson
Home field	Mile High Stadium
Results
Record	8–8
Division place	4th AFC West
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
Uniform

The 1995 Denver Broncos season was the franchise's 26th season in the National Football League, and the 36th overall. The season would be a turning point for the franchise, as being the first year that Mike Shanahan would be head coach, and that would include the drafting of future 2,000 yard rusher and Super Bowl MVP Terrell Davis.

Off season

NFL draft

Main article: 1995 NFL Draft

1995 Denver Broncos draft
Round	Pick	Player	Position	College	Notes
4	121	Jamie Brown	OT	Florida A&M
4	124	Ken Brown	LB	Virginia Tech
5	146	Phil Yeboah-Kodie	LB	Penn State
6	182	Fritz Fequeire	G	Iowa
6	196	Terrell Davis * †	RB	Georgia
7	218	Steve Russ	LB	Air Force
7	222	Byron Chamberlain *	Wide receiver	Wayne State (NE)
Made roster    †   Pro Football Hall of Fame    *   Made at least one Pro Bowl during career

Staff

1995 Denver Broncos staff

Front office President and chief executive officer – Pat Bowlen General manager – John Beake Director of player personnel – Bob Ferguson Director of college scouting – Jerry Frei Director of pro scouting – Jack Elway Administrative assistant/player personnel – Harold Richardson College Scout – Dave Gettleman College Scout – Ted Sundquist Head coaches Head coach – Mike Shanahan Assistant head coach/offensive line – Alex Gibbs Offensive coaches Offensive coordinator/quarterbacks – Gary Kubiak Running backs – Bobby Turner Wide receivers – Mike Heimerdinger Tight ends – Brian Pariani Assistant offensive line/Assistant Strength and Conditioning – Barney Chavous Offensive assistant – Rick Dennison

Defensive coaches Defensive coordinator – Greg Robinson Defensive line – George Dyer Linebackers – Frank Bush Defensive backs – Ed Donatell Defensive assistant/Assistant defensive backs – Alvin Reynolds Special teams coaches Special teams – Richard Smith Strength and conditioning Strength and conditioning – Rich Tuten Administrative Assistant/Strength and Conditioning – Greg Saporta

Roster

1995 Denver Broncos roster

Quarterbacks (QB)  7 John Elway 17 Hugh Millen 14 Bill Musgrave Running backs (RB) 29 Aaron Craver FB 30 Terrell Davis 45 Gary Downs FB 22 Glyn Milburn 38 Reggie Rivers FB Wide receivers (WR) 82 Vance Johnson 87 Ed McCaffrey 83 Anthony Miller 81 Mike Pritchard 80 Rod Smith Tight ends (TE) 89 Dwayne Carswell 86 Byron Chamberlain 84 Shannon Sharpe 85 Jeff Wilner

Offensive linemen (OL) 61 Eric Floyd G 75 Brian Habib G 68 Reggie McElroy T/G 66 Tom Nalen C 69 Mark Schlereth G 74 Bill Schultz T 64 Ralph Tamm C 76 Broderick Thompson T 65 Gary Zimmerman T Defensive linemen (DL) 99 Shane Dronett DT 73 Simon Fletcher DE 96 Harald Hasselbach DE 78 Larry Jackson DE 93 James Jones DT 97 Mike Lodish DT 95 Michael Dean Perry DT 94 Jeff Robinson 98 Maa Tanuvasa DT

Linebackers (LB) 57 Allen Aldridge OLB 55 Ken Brown OLB 56 Keith Burns MLB 59 Glenn Cadrez OLB 54 Britt Hager OLB 50 Ray Jacobs OLB 92 Dave Wyman MLB Defensive backs (DB) 27 Steve Atwater FS 34 Tyrone Braxton SS 39 Ray Crockett CB 37 Tim Hauck FS 28 Cliff Hicks CB 21 Randy Hilliard CB 31 Rondell Jones SS 26 Eric Thomas CB 48 Lionel Washington CB Special teams  1 Jason Elam K 16 Tom Rouen P

Practice squad 46 Bryce Burnett TE 63 David Diaz-Infante G/C 24 Jamal Ellis CB 52 Shane Jasper LB 53 active, 6 inactive, 4 practice squad Reserve 58 Elijah Alexander LB (IR) 23 Ronnie Bradford CB (IR) 70 Jamie Brown T (IR) 88 Jerry Evans TE (IR) 91 Willie Oshodin DE (IR) -- Steve Russ LB (Military) 90 Dan Williams DE (IR) Rookies in italics

Regular season

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Attendance	TV Time (MT)
1	September 3, 1995	Buffalo Bills	W 22–7	1–0	75,743	TNT 6:00 pm
2	September 10, 1995	at Dallas Cowboys	L 31–21	1–1	64,576	NBC 2:00 pm
3	September 17, 1995	Washington Redskins	W 38–31	2–1	71,930	Fox 2:00 pm
4	September 24, 1995	at San Diego Chargers	L 17–6	2–2	58,978	NBC 2:00 pm
5	October 1, 1995	at Seattle Seahawks	L 27–10	2–3	56,483	NBC 2:00 pm
6	October 8, 1995	at New England Patriots	W 37–3	3–3	60,074	TNT 6:00 pm
7	October 16, 1995	Oakland Raiders	W 27–0	4–3	75,491	ABC 6:00 pm
8	October 22, 1995	Kansas City Chiefs	L 21–7	4–4	71,044	NBC 2:00 pm
9	Bye
10	November 5, 1995	Arizona Cardinals	W 38–6	5–4	71,488	Fox 2:00 pm
11	November 12, 1995	at Philadelphia Eagles	L 31–13	5–5	60,842	ESPN 6:00 pm
12	November 19, 1995	San Diego Chargers	W 30–27	6–5	74,681	NBC 2:00 pm
13	November 26, 1995	at Houston Oilers	L 42–33	6–6	36,113	NBC 2:00 pm
14	December 3, 1995	Jacksonville Jaguars	W 31–23	7–6	72,231	NBC 2:00 pm
15	December 10, 1995	Seattle Seahawks	L 31–27	7–7	71,488	NBC 2:00 pm
16	December 17, 1995	at Kansas City Chiefs	L 20–17	7–8	75,061	NBC 2:00 pm
17	December 24, 1995	at Oakland Raiders	W 31–28	8–8	50,074	NBC 2:00 pm

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

Season summary

Week 1 vs Bills

Week One: Buffalo Bills (0–0) at Denver Broncos (0–0)

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Bills	7	0	0	0	7
Broncos	3	9	0	10	22

at Mile High Stadium, Denver, Colorado

• Date: September 3, 1995
• Game time: 8:00 p.m. EDT
• Game weather: Clear, 76 °F (24 °C)
• Game attendance: 75,157
• TV announcers (TNT): Verne Lundquist, Pat Haden, and Craig Sager
• Box Score, Box Score

Game information

First quarter DEN – Jason Elam 22-yard field goal, 12:32. Broncos 3–0. Drive: 5 plays, 51 yards. BUF – Andre Reed 34-yard pass from Jim Kelly (Steve Christie kick), 8:43. Bills 7–3. Drive: 7 plays, 70 yards. Second quarter DEN – Jason Elam 52-yard field goal, 14:55. Bills 7–6. Drive: 5 plays, 19 yards. DEN – Jason Elam 20-yard field goal, 8:25. Broncos 9–7. Drive: 10 plays, 42 yards. DEN – Jason Elam 38-yard field goal, 0:02. Broncos 12–7. Drive: 10 plays, 54 yards. Third quarter No scoring Fourth quarter DEN – Jason Elam 37-yard field goal, 10:23. Broncos 15–7. Drive: 11 plays, 59 yards. DEN – Terrell Davis 3-yard run (Jason Elam kick), 3:22. Broncos 22–7. Drive: 9 plays, 84 yards. Top passers BUF – Jim Kelly – 12/28, 154 yards, TD DEN – John Elway – 22/41, 317 yards, INT Top rushers BUF – Thurman Thomas – 17 rushes, 46 yards DEN – Terrell Davis – 20 rushes, 70 yards, TD Top receivers BUF – Russell Copeland – 6 receptions, 75 yards DEN – Shannon Sharpe – 10 receptions, 180 yards

This game was the Bills’ first game in Denver since 1977.

External links

• Denver Broncos – 1995 media guide
• Broncos on Pro Football Reference
• Broncos Schedule on jt-sw.com