1995 Atlanta Falcons season
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The Template:NFL Year Atlanta Falcons season was the franchise’s thirtieth season in the National Football League (NFL). The team finished with a 9–7 record, and qualified for the post-season as a wild cards.
The Falcons’ pass defense gave up 4,541 yards through the air in 1995, which was a league record until 2011.[1][note 1] The Falcons’ defense faced a total of 650 pass attempts, the most all time.[note 2][2] The 405 passes completed against Atlanta in 1995 are fifth-most in NFL history.[3] Still, Atlanta's points surrendered was 19th in the league, and its point-differential for the season was +13.[4]
Falcons receivers Eric Metcalf, Bert Emanuel, and Terence Mathis became the third trio of teammates with over 1,000 receiving yards in the same season – a rare occurrence, with only five such trios in NFL history (as of 2021).
Offseason
NFL draft
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Personnel
Roster
Template:NFL season roster [6]
Regular season
Schedule
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| 1 | September 3 | Carolina Panthers | W 23–20 (OT)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | 1–0 | Georgia Dome | 58,808 | |
| 2 | September 10 | at San Francisco 49ers | L 10–41 | 1–1 | 3Com Park | 63,627 | |
| 3 | September 17 | at New Orleans Saints | W 27–24 (OT)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | 2–1 | Louisiana Superdome | 57,442 | |
| 4 | September 24 | New York Jets | W 13–3 | 3–1 | Georgia Dome | 40,778 | |
| 5 | October 1 | New England Patriots | W 30–17 | 4–1 | Georgia Dome | 47,114 | |
| 6 | Bye | ||||||
| 7 | Template:Dow tooltip | at St. Louis Rams | L 19–21 | 4–2 | Busch Memorial Stadium | 59,700 | |
| 8 | October 22 | at Tampa Bay Buccaneers | W 24–21 | 5–2 | Tampa Stadium | 66,135 | |
| 9 | October 29 | Dallas Cowboys | L 13–28 | 5–3 | Georgia Dome | 70,089 | |
| 10 | November 5 | Detroit Lions | W 34–22 | 6–3 | Georgia Dome | 49,619 | |
| 11 | November 12 | at Buffalo Bills | L 17–23 | 6–4 | Rich Stadium | 62,690 | |
| 12 | November 19 | St. Louis Rams | W 31–6 | 7–4 | Georgia Dome | 46,309 | |
| 13 | November 26 | at Arizona Cardinals | L 37–40 (OT)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | 7–5 | Sun Devil Stadium | 35,147 | |
| 14 | December 3 | at Miami Dolphins | L 20–21 | 7–6 | Joe Robbie Stadium | 63,395 | |
| 15 | December 10 | New Orleans Saints | W 19–14 | 8–6 | Georgia Dome | 54,603 | |
| 16 | December 17 | at Carolina Panthers | L 17–21 | 8–7 | Memorial Stadium | 53,833 | |
| 17 | December 24 | San Francisco 49ers | W 28–27 | 9–7 | Georgia Dome | 51,785 | |
| Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text. | |||||||
Standings
Template:1995 NFC West standings [7]
Playoffs
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| Wild Card | December 31 | at Green Bay Packers | L 37–20 | 9–8 | 60,453 |
Notes
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- ↑ Both the 2011 Packers and 2011 Patriots surrendered more passing yards.
- ↑ As of the end of the 2011 season
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References
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- ↑ Pro-Football-Reference.com: Team Game Finder Query Results – In a single season, from 1940 to 2011, in the regular season, sorted by descending opp Passing Yds
- ↑ Pro-Football-Reference.com: In a single season, from 1978 to 2011, in the regular season, sorted by descending opp Passing Attempts
- ↑ Pro-Football-Reference.com: In a single season, from 1978 to 2011, in the regular season, sorted by descending opp Passes Completed as of end of 2011 season
- ↑ Pro-Football-Reference: 1995 Atlanta Falcons
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- ↑ NFL 2001 Record and Fact Book, Workman Publishing Co, New York, NY, Template:ISBN, p. 291
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External links
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