1995 Houston Oilers season

The 1995 NFL season was the 36th overall season of the Houston Oilers and their 26th with the National Football League (NFL). Their 7–9 record bested their previous season's output of 2–14, but they failed to qualify for the playoffs for the second consecutive year.

The Oilers drafted quarterback Steve McNair with the third overall draft pick, but he started the season on the bench behind free agent signee Chris Chandler, who played solid football as the team showed improved in their first full year under Jeff Fisher. The story of the season came on November 16 when owner Bud Adams announced plans to move the team to Nashville when the lease at the Astrodome expired in 1998. The Oilers were the debut opponent of the expansion Jacksonville Jaguars, just as they had been with the 1976 Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the NFL's previous expansion.

Regular season

Schedule

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1	September 3	at Jacksonville Jaguars	W 10–3	1–0	Jacksonville Municipal Stadium	Recap
2	September 10	Pittsburgh Steelers	L 17–34	1–1	Astrodome	Recap
3	September 17	Cleveland Browns	L 7–14	1–2	Astrodome	Recap
4	September 24	at Cincinnati Bengals	W 38–28	2–2	Riverfront Stadium	Recap
5	October 1	Jacksonville Jaguars	L 16–17	2–3	Astrodome	Recap
6	October 8	at Minnesota Vikings	L 17–23 (OT)	2–4	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome	Recap
7	Bye
8	October 22	at Chicago Bears	L 32–35	2–5	Soldier Field	Recap
9	October 29	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	W 19–7	3–5	Astrodome	Recap
10	November 5	at Cleveland Browns	W 37–10	4–5	Cleveland Stadium	Recap
11	November 12	Cincinnati Bengals	L 25–32	4–6	Astrodome	Recap
12	November 19	at Kansas City Chiefs	L 13–20	4–7	Arrowhead Stadium	Recap
13	November 26	Denver Broncos	W 42–33	5–7	Astrodome	Recap
14	December 3	at Pittsburgh Steelers	L 7–21	5–8	Three Rivers Stadium	Recap
15	December 10	Detroit Lions	L 17–24	5–9	Astrodome	Recap
16	December 17	New York Jets	W 23–6	6–9	Astrodome	Recap
17	December 24	at Buffalo Bills	W 28–17	7–9	Rich Stadium	Recap
Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.

Game summaries

Week 1: at Jacksonville Jaguars

Week 1: Houston Oilers at Jacksonville Jaguars

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Oilers	7	0	3	0	10
Jaguars	0	0	0	3	3

at Jacksonville Municipal Stadium, Jacksonville, Florida

• Date: September 3, 1995
• Game time: 3:00 p.m. CST
• Game weather: Overcast,
• Game attendance: 72,363
• TV announcers (NBC): Don Criqui and Beasley Reece
• Recap

Game information

First quarter HOU – Haywood Jeffires 4-yard pass from Chris Chandler (Al Del Greco kick), 6:43. Oilers 7–0. Drive: 13 plays, 78 yards, 7:17. Second quarter No scoring plays. Third quarter HOU – Al Del Greco 19-yard field goal, 5:22. Oilers 10–0. Drive: 9 plays, 59 yards, 4:41. Fourth quarter JAC – Mike Hollis 26-yard field goal, 11:58. Oilers 10–3. Drive: 11 plays, 66 yards, 4:32. Top passers HOU – Chris Chandler – 9/14, 61 yards, TD JAC – Steve Beuerlein – 7/17, 54 yards Top rushers HOU – Gary Brown – 29 rushes, 101 yards JAC – James Stewart – 10 rushes, 36 yards Top receivers HOU – Derek Russell – 2 receptions, 24 yards JAC – Desmond Howard – 3 receptions, 33 yards

External links

• 1995 Houston Oilers at Pro-Football-Reference.com