1995 Denver Broncos season

1995 Denver Broncos season
Head coach	Mike Shanahan
General manager	John Beake
Owner	Pat Bowlen
Home field	Mile High Stadium
Results
Record	8–8
Division place	4th AFC West
Playoff finish	did not qualify

The 1995 Denver Broncos season was the team's 36th year in professional football and its 26th with the National Football League. The season would be noted as 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.

Personnel

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/Pro 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 – 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 Assistant Strength and Conditioning – Barney Chavous Administrative Assistant/Strength and Conditioning – Greg Saporta

Roster

1995 Denver Broncos roster
	Quarterbacks  7 John Elway 17 Hugh Millen 14 Bill Musgrave Running backs 33 Rod Bernstine 29 Aaron Craver FB 30 Terrell Davis 45 Gary Downs FB 22 Glyn Milburn 38 Reggie Rivers FB Wide receivers 82 Vance Johnson 87 Ed McCaffrey 83 Anthony Miller 81 Mike Pritchard 80 Rod Smith		Tight ends 89 Dwayne Carswell 86 Byron Chamberlain 88 Jerry Evans 84 Shannon Sharpe Offensive linemen 70 Jamie Brown T 75 Brian Habib G 68 Reggie McElroy G 66 Tom Nalen C 69 Mark Schlereth G 74 Bill Schultz G 64 Ralph Tamm G/C 76 Broderick Thompson T 65 Gary Zimmerman T		Defensive linemen 99 Shane Dronett DT 73 Simon Fletcher DE 96 Harald Hasselbach DE 50 Ray Jacobs DE 93 James Jones DT 97 Mike Lodish DT 91 Willie Oshodin DT 95 Michael Dean Perry DT 94 Jeff Robinson DE 98 Maa Tanuvasa DT 90 Dan Williams DE 91 Troy Wilson DE Linebackers 57 Allen Aldridge OLB 58 Elijah Alexander OLB 55 Ken Brown OLB 56 Keith Burns MLB 59 Glenn Cadrez OLB 52 Dave Garnett OLB 54 Britt Hager OLB 53 Dante Jones MLB 92 David Wyman MLB		Defensive backs 27 Steve Atwater FS 23 Ronnie Bradford CB 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 Rookies in italics

Regular season

Schedule

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

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

External links

• Broncos on Pro Football Reference
• Broncos Schedule on jt-sw.com