| Team: | Atlanta Falcons |
| Year: | 1995 |
| Record: | 9–7 |
| Division Place: | 2nd NFC West |
| Owner: | Rankin Smith |
| Coach: | June Jones |
| Stadium: | Georgia Dome |
| Playoffs: | Lost Wild Card Playoffs (at Packers) 20–37 |
| Pro Bowlers: | RB Craig Heyward DE Chris Doleman LB Jessie Tuggle K Morten Andersen ST Elbert Shelley |
| Shortnavlink: | Falcons seasons |
The 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] [2] The Falcons’ defense faced a total of 650 pass attempts, the most all time.[3] [4] The 405 passes completed against Atlanta in 1995 are fifth-most in NFL history.[5] Still, Atlanta's points surrendered was 19th in the league, and its point-differential for the season was +13.[6]
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).
See main article: 1995 NFL draft. [7]
| Week | Date | Opponent | Result | Record | Venue | Attendance | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | September 3 | Carolina Panthers | W 23–20 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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. | ||||||||