1995 Miami Dolphins season

Infobox NFL_season

team = Miami Dolphins
year = 1995
record = 9-7
division_place = 3rd Place, AFC East
coach = Don Shula
stadium = Joe Robbie Stadium
playoffs = Lost AFC Wild Card Game

Offseason

NFL Draft

Regular Season

eason Schedule

eason Standings

[ NFL 2001 Record and Fact Book, Workman Publishing Co, New York,NY, ISBN 0-7611-2480-2, p. 291 ]

Don Shula's Retirement

Shula set numerous records in his 33 seasons as a head coach. He is first in most games coached (526), most consecutive seasons coached (33), and Super Bowl losses (4) (tied with Bud Grant, Dan Reeves and Marv Levy). His teams won seven NFL conference titles: 1964, 1968, 1971-73, 1982 and 1984. Shula's teams were consistently among the "least penalized" in the NFL, and Shula served on the Rules Committee, to help change the game to a more pass oriented league.

He is honored at the Don Shula Stadium at John Carroll University, and the Don Shula Expressway in Miami. Additionally, an annual college football game between South Florida schools Florida Atlantic University and Florida International University is named the Shula Bowl in his honor. The game's winner receives a traveling trophy named the Don Shula Award.

Postseason

AFC Wild Card Game

* Buffalo Bills 37, Miami Dolphins 22Linescore Amfootball
Road=Dolphins
R1=0
R2=0
R3=0
R4=22
RT=22
Home=Bills
H1=10
H2=14
H3=3
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"at Rich Stadium, Orchard Park, New York"

*Game time: 12:30 p.m. EST
*Game weather: convert|30|°F|°C, cloudy
*TV announcers (ABC): Brent Musburger and Dick Vermeil
*Referee: Red Cashion
*Game attendance: 73,103

Although Dolphins quarterback Dan Marino completed 33 out of 64 passes for 422 yards, the Bills jumped to a 27-0 lead going into the fourth quarter, and rushed for an NFL playoff record 341 yards.

Awards and Honors

* Dan Marino, AFC Pro Bowl Selection
* Dan Marino, All-Pro Selection

Notes and references

* [http://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/mia/1995.htm?redir Miami Dolphins on Pro Football Reference]
* [http://www.jt-sw.com/football/pro/results.nsf/Teams/1995-mia Miami Dolphins on jt-sw.com]