1995 Cleveland Browns

1995 Cleveland Browns season
Head Coach	Bill Belichick
Home Field	Cleveland Stadium
Results
Record	5–11–0
Place	3rd AFC Central
Playoff Finish	did not qualify
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The 1995 Cleveland Browns season was the team's 46th season with the National Football League, and 50th overall. On November 6, then-owner Art Modell announced his intentions to move the team to Baltimore for the 1996 season. Among the notable players on this year's roster were Matt Stover (kicker) and Vinny Testaverde (QB).

See also: 1999 Cleveland Browns

Offseason

NFL Draft

Round	Player	Position	School/Club Team
1	Craig Powell	Linebacker	Ohio State
3	Eric Zeier	Quarterback	Georgia
3	Mike Frederick	Defensive End	Virginia
5	Tau Pupua	Defensive Tackle	Weber State
7	A.C. Tellison	Wide Receiver	Miami (FL)

Personnel

Staff

1995 Cleveland Browns staff
	Head Coaches Head Coach – Bill Belichick Offensive Coaches Offensive Coordinator – Steve Crosby Receivers – Mike Sheppard Offensive Line – Kirk Ferentz Special Assignment – Ernie Adams Offensive Assistant – John Settle			Defensive Coaches Defensive Coordinator – Rick Venturi Defensive Line – Jacob Burney Linebackers – Chuck Bresnahan Secondary – Jim Bates Special Teams Coaches Special Teams – Scott O'Brien Strength and Conditioning Strength and Conditioning – Jerry Simmons

Final roster

1995 Cleveland Browns roster
Quarterbacks 12 Vinny Testaverde 10 Eric Zeier Running backs 21 Earnest Byner 23 Earnest Hunter KR 22 Ricky Powers 44 Tommy Vardell FB 34 Lorenzo White Wide receivers 85 Derrick Alexander KR/PR 83 Michael Bates KR 86 Ray Ethridge 81 Michael Jackson 87 Keenan McCardell KR/PR 80 Andre Rison 84 Rico Smith Tight ends 89 Harold Bishop 48 Frank Hartley 88 Brian Kinchen		Offensive Linemen 70 Herman Arvie T 77 Orlando Brown T 72 Bob Dahl G 60 Jed DeVries T 61 Steve Everitt C 66 Tony Jones T 67 Quentin Neujahr C -- Lonnie Palelei G 63 Wally Williams G Defensive Linemen 90 Rob Burnett DE -- Chad Eaton DT 78 Dan Footman DE 94 Mike Frederick DT 73 Tim Goad DT 99 Rich McKenzie DE 98 Anthony Pleasant DE 75 Pio Sagapolutele DT 79 Larry Webster DT		Linebackers 58 Carl Banks OLB 56 Mike Caldwell OLB 51 Gerald Dixon OLB 52 Pepper Johnson MLB 54 Ed Sutter MLB Defensive backs 43 Vashone Adams FS 24 Donny Brady CB 26 Mike Davis CB 28 Don Griffin CB 25 Dana Hall FS 41 Tim Jacobs CB 38 Antonio Langham CB 27 Stevon Moore SS 42 Louis Riddick S 20 Johnny Thomas CB 37 Bennie Thompson SS Special Teams  3 Matt Stover K  7 Tom Tupa P		Reserve Lists 36 Issac Booth CB (IR) -- Elliott Fortune DE (IR) 33 Leroy Hoard RB (IR) 64 Sale Isaia G (IR) 95 Rick Lyle DE (IR) 59 Craig Powell OLB (IR) -- Tau Pupua DT (IR) 50 Frank Stams MLB (IR) 29 Eric Turner FS (IR) Practice squad -- Pulu Poumele T

Regular season

Schedule

The Browns' record was 4–5 on November 6, the day that owner Art Modell announced the team would be moving to Baltimore for the 1996 season. Cleveland ended the season losing six of their final seven games.

They did, however, win their final home game on December 17th, against long-time rival Cincinnati.

The 1995 season is, as of 2011, the last season in which the Browns didn't sell out some of their home games, thus being blacked out.

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Attendance
1	September 3, 1995	at New England Patriots	L 17–14	60,126
2	September 10, 1995	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	W 14–7	61,083
3	September 17, 1995	at Houston Oilers	W 14–7	36,077
4	September 24, 1995	Kansas City Chiefs	W 35–17	74,280
5	October 2, 1995	Buffalo Bills	L 22–19	76,211
6	October 8, 1995	at Detroit Lions	L 38–20	74,171
7	October 22, 1995	Jacksonville Jaguars	L 23–15	64,405
8	October 29, 1995	at Cincinnati Bengals	W 29–26	58,639
9	November 5, 1995	Houston Oilers	L 37–10	57,881
10	November 13, 1995	at Pittsburgh Steelers	L 20–3	58,675
11	November 19, 1995	Green Bay Packers	L 31–20	55,388
12	November 26, 1995	Pittsburgh Steelers	L 20–17	67,269
13	December 3, 1995	at San Diego Chargers	L 31–13	56,358
14	December 9, 1995	at Minnesota Vikings	L 27–11	47,984
15	December 17, 1995	Cincinnati Bengals	W 26–10	55,875
16	December 24, 1995	at Jacksonville Jaguars	L 24–21	66,007

Standings

Template:1995 AFC Central standings

Relocation to Baltimore

• Main article: Cleveland Browns relocation controversy

Modell announced on November 6, 1995, that he had signed a deal to relocate the Browns to Baltimore in 1996—a move which would return the NFL to Baltimore for the first time since the Colts relocated to Indianapolis after the 1983 season. The very next day, on November 7, 1995, Cleveland voters overwhelmingly approved an issue that had been placed on the ballot at Modell's request, before he made his decision to move the franchise, which provided $175 million in tax dollars to refurbish the outmoded and declining Cleveland Municipal Stadium. Modell's plan was later scrapped and taxpayers ultimately paid close to $300 million to demolish the old stadium and construct a new stadium for the Browns on the site of Municipal Stadium.

External links

• 1995 Cleveland Browns season article at Wikipedia
• 1995 Cleveland Browns at Pro Football Reference (Profootballreference.com)
• 1995 Cleveland Browns Statistics at jt-sw.com
• 1995 Cleveland Browns Schedule at jt-sw.com
• 1995 Cleveland Browns at DatabaseFootball.com