1995 CFL season

The 1995 Canadian Football League season is considered to be the 42nd season in modern-day Canadian football, although it is officially the 38th Canadian Football League season.

CFL News in 1995

Two more United States-based teams were admitted in the CFL with the Birmingham Barracudas and the Memphis Mad Dogs. In the off-season the Sacramento Gold Miners moved to San Antonio to become the San Antonio Texans. The Texans would play their home games at the Alamodome. In the previous season, the Las Vegas Posse, after a terrible inaugural season, ceased operations and folded. The Baltimore Football Club finally found themselves a new nickname and christened themselves the Stallions at the beginning of the second week of the season.

With the admittance of Birmingham and Memphis, the CFL undertook a realignment; the league would now consist of a North and South Division rather than an East and West Division. All five U.S.-based teams would play in the South Division, while all eight Canadian teams would compete in the North Division. Five teams from the North division and three from the South would qualify for the playoffs. To make up for the disparity, the lowest-seeded North Division playoff team (which ended up being Winnipeg) played in the South Division playoffs.

The city of Regina played host to the Grey Cup game for the first time. In the game, viewers at home and at Taylor Field witnessed the Baltimore Stallions defeat the Calgary Stampeders, 37–20, becoming the first (and as of now, the only) American team to win the Grey Cup.

Regular season standings

Final regular season standings

Note: GP = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against, Pts = Points. Teams in bold qualified for the playoffs.

Grey Cup playoffs

The Baltimore Stallions were the 1995 Grey Cup champions, defeating the Calgary Stampeders 37–20 at Regina's Taylor Field. The Stallions became the only American team to win the Grey Cup. The Stallions' Tracy Ham (QB) was named the Grey Cup's Most Valuable Player and the Stampeders' Dave Sapunjis (SB) was the Grey Cup's Most Valuable Canadian.

Playoff bracket

1995 CFL All-Stars

1995 Southern All-Stars

1995 Northern All-Stars

1995 CFL Awards

• CFL's Most Outstanding Player Award – Mike Pringle (RB), Baltimore Stallions
• CFL's Most Outstanding Canadian Award – Dave Sapunjis (SB), Calgary Stampeders
• CFL's Most Outstanding Defensive Player Award – Willie Pless (LB), Edmonton Eskimos
• CFL's Most Outstanding Offensive Lineman Award – Mike Withycombe (OG), Baltimore Stallions
• CFL's Most Outstanding Rookie Award – Shalon Baker (WR), Edmonton Eskimos
• CFLPA's Outstanding Community Service Award – Mark McLoughlin (K), Calgary Stampeders
• CFL's Coach of the Year – Don Matthews, Baltimore Stallions