1995 Arena Football League season

1995 Arena Football League season
League	Arena Football League
Sport	Arena football
Duration	May 12, 1995 – September 1, 1995
Regular season
Season MVP	Barry Wagner, ORL
ArenaBowl IX
Champions	Tampa Bay Storm
Runners-up	Orlando Predators
Finals MVP	George LaFrance, TB

Barnstormers

Mustangs

Pharaohs

Stampede

Rattlers

SaberCats

Sting

Hooters

Predators

Storm

Coyotes

Firebirds

Rage

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National: Eastern, Southern
American: Western, Central

The 1995 Arena Football League season was the ninth season of the Arena Football League (AFL). It was succeeded by 1996. The league champions were the Tampa Bay Storm, who defeated the Orlando Predators in ArenaBowl IX. The AFL realigned its divisions for the third straight year to two divisions per conference, a format that was then used until 2016.

Team movement

Five expansion teams formed in the league: the Connecticut Coyotes, Iowa Barnstormers, Memphis Pharaohs, St. Louis Stampede, and the San Jose SaberCats.

Meanwhile, both the Fort Worth Cavalry and the Massachusetts Marauders were suspended and the Cleveland Thunderbolts folded. The Denver Dynamite remained inactive.

Standings

Team	Overall			Division
	Wins	Losses	Percentage	Wins	Losses	Percentage
National Conference
Eastern Division
Albany Firebirds	7	5	0.583	3	1	0.750
Charlotte Rage	5	7	0.417	3	1	0.750
Connecticut Coyotes	1	11	0.083	0	4	0.000
Southern Division
Tampa Bay Storm	10	2	0.833	4	0	1.000
Orlando Predators	7	5	0.583	2	2	0.500
Miami Hooters	1	11	0.083	0	4	0.000
American Conference
Central Division
St. Louis Stampede	9	3	0.750	4	2	0.667
Iowa Barnstormers	7	5	0.583	4	2	0.667
Memphis Pharaohs	6	6	0.500	3	3	0.500
Milwaukee Mustangs	4	8	0.333	1	5	0.167
Western Division
San Jose SaberCats	8	4	0.667	2	2	0.500
Arizona Rattlers	7	5	0.583	3	1	0.750
Las Vegas Sting	6	6	0.500	1	3	0.250

• Green indicates clinched playoff berth
• Blue indicates division champion
• Grey indicates best regular season record

Source:^[1]

Playoffs

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					ArenaBowl IX
	1	Tampa Bay	53
	8	Memphis	41
						1	Tampa Bay	56
						7	Albany	49
	2	St. Louis	49
	7	Albany	51
											1	Tampa Bay[2]	48
											6	Orlando	35
	3	San Jose	37
	6	Orlando	55
						6	Orlando	56
						5	Iowa	49
	4	Arizona	52
	5	Iowa	56

All-Arena team

Position	First team	Second team
Quarterback	Jay Gruden, Tampa Bay	Mike Perez, Albany
Fullback/Linebacker	Les Barley, Connecticut	Cedric McKinnon, Tampa Bay
Wide receiver/Defensive back	Bernard Edwards, Miami Barry Wagner, Orlando	Amod Field, San Jose Darren Hughes, Memphis
Wide receiver/Linebacker	Darryl Hammond, St. Louis	Fred Gayles, Albany
Offensive specialist	Hunkie Cooper, Arizona	Titus Dixon, San Jose
Offensive lineman/Defensive lineman	Sam Hernandez, Las Vegas Ralph Jarvis, Milwaukee Kent Wells, Tampa Bay	Sylvester Bembery, Tampa Bay Robert Stewart, Charlotte Willie Wyatt, Tampa Bay
Defensive specialist	Patrick McGuirk, San Jose	Corey Dowden, Tampa Bay
Kicker	Mike Black, Iowa	Ian Howfield, Las Vegas

References

1. "1995 ARFL Season". ProFootballArchives.com. Retrieved February 9, 2023.
2. "1995 Arena Football League Schedule". ArenaFan.com. Retrieved February 9, 2023.