1995 Miami Dolphins season

The 1995 Miami Dolphins season was the franchise's 30th season as a professional football team, and 26th in the National Football League. This was coach Don Shula's last season as head coach before retiring. They lost the AFC Wild Card Playoffs to the Buffalo Bills 37-22.[1]

1995 Miami Dolphins season
Head coachDon Shula
Home fieldJoe Robbie Stadium
Results
Record9–7
Division place3rd AFC East
Playoff finishLost Wild Card Playoffs (at Bills) 22-37

Offseason

The Dolphins 1995 season was the final year for head coach Don Shula who had been with the team since the 1970 season, during his 25 years as head coach Shula had a 257-133-2 record, had the NFL's only perfect season in 1972 since the 1970 merger, appeared in five Super Bowls (1971, 1972, 1973, 1982, 1984), won two of them (1972, 1973), and made it to the playoffs 16 times. Shula retired with the most wins of any coach in NFL history and is considered as one of the best coaches of all time.

NFL Draft
1995 Miami Dolphins draft
Round Pick Player Position College Notes
1 25 Billy Milner  Tackle Houston
2 53 Andrew Greene  Guard Indiana
      Made roster    †   Pro Football Hall of Fame    *   Made at least one Pro Bowl during career

Roster
1995 Miami Dolphins final roster
Quarterbacks

Running backs

Wide receivers

Tight ends

 Offensive linemen

Defensive linemen

 Linebackers

Defensive backs

Special teams

 Reserve lists
  • 83 Scott Miller PR (IR)
  • 14 Shannon Myers WR (IR)


Practice squad


Rookies in italics
 active, inactive, practice squad

Regular season

Schedule
Week Date Opponent Result Attendance TV Time
1 September 3, 1995 New York Jets W 52–14
71,317
 NBC 4:05ET
2 September 10, 1995 at New England Patriots W 20–3
60,239
 NBC 1:00ET
3 September 18, 1995 Pittsburgh Steelers W 23–10
72,874
 ABC 9:00ET
4 Bye
5 October 1, 1995 at Cincinnati Bengals W 26–23
52,671
 NBC 1:00ET
6 October 8, 1995 Indianapolis Colts L 27–24
68,471
 NBC 4:05ET
7 October 15, 1995 at New Orleans Saints L 33–30
55,628
 NBC 1:00ET
8 October 22, 1995 at New York Jets L 17–16
67,228
 NBC 1:00ET
9 October 29, 1995 Buffalo Bills W 23–6
71,060
 NBC 4:05ET
10 November 6, 1995 at San Diego Chargers W 24–14
61,966
 ESPN 8:15ET
11 November 12, 1995 New England Patriots L 34–17
70,399
 NBC 1:00ET
12 November 20, 1995 San Francisco 49ers L 44–20
73,080
 ABC 9:00ET
13 November 26, 1995 at Indianapolis Colts L 36–28
60,414
 NBC 1:00ET
14 December 3, 1995 Atlanta Falcons W 21–20
63,395
 FOX 1:00ET
15 December 11, 1995 Kansas City Chiefs W 13–6
70,321
 ABC 9:00ET
16 December 17, 1995 at Buffalo Bills L 23–20
79,531
 NBC 1:00ET
17 December 24, 1995 at St. Louis Rams W 41–22
63,876
 NBC 1:00ET

Standings
AFC East
W L T PCT PF PA STK
(3) Buffalo Bills 10 6 0 .625 350 335 L1
(5) Indianapolis Colts 9 7 0 .563 331 316 W1
(6) Miami Dolphins 9 7 0 .563 398 332 W1
New England Patriots 6 10 0 .375 294 377 L2
New York Jets 3 13 0 .188 233 384 L4

Playoffs

AFC Wild Card Game
Buffalo Bills 37, Miami Dolphins 22
1 2 34Total
Dolphins 0 0 02222
Bills 10 14 31037

at Rich Stadium, Orchard Park, New York

Although Dolphins quarterback Dan Marino completed 33 out of 64 passes for 422 yards, he threw three interceptions amid two touchdowns. The Bills jumped to a 27–0 lead going into the fourth quarter, and rushed for an NFL playoff record 341 yards.

Don Shula's retirement

Don Shula retired at the end of the 1995 season ending one of the greatest coaching legacies in NFL history. He set numerous records during his 33 seasons as a head coach. He is first in most games coached (526), most consecutive seasons coached (33), greatest number of games won (347) and Super Bowl Appearances – six, appearing once with the 1968 Baltimore Colts and five times with the Miami Dolphins. Shula had a 2–4 record in his six Super Bowl appearances. Mr Shula is the first and to date the only head coach to lead a National Football League franchise to a perfect season, the 1972 Miami Dolphins, who finished with a perfect 14–0 win-loss record in the regular season and 3–0 in the postseason for a perfect 17–0, a 1.000 winning percentage.

Awards and honors
  • Dan Marino, AFC Pro Bowl Selection
  • Dan Marino, All-Pro Selection

Notes and references
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on October 26, 2016. Retrieved May 30, 2016.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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