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1995 Carolina Panthers season
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The 1995 Carolina Panthers season was the franchise's inaugural season in the National Football League and the first under head coach Dom Capers. They went 7–9, the best debut year for any expansion franchise since the NFL's inception. The Panthers played their first season's home games at Clemson University because what would become Ericsson Stadium was still under construction after a deadline point in 1995 for scheduling Carolina's first set of NFL games.
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The Panthers were jokingly called "Buffalo Bills South" because of the large number of former Bills on the roster. Quarterback Frank Reich, wide receiver Don Beebe, tight end Pete Metzelaars and linebacker Carlton Bailey had played key roles in the Bills' run of four consecutive Super Bowls earlier in the 1990s and were on the Panthers' inaugural roster. Furthermore, the team's general manager was longtime Bills GM and executive Bill Polian. (See also the 2001 San Diego Chargers season, in which a similar situation arose when John Butler brought several former Bills with him to San Diego after being fired.)
Expansion draft
^ Made roster.[1]
NFL draft
Draft trades
- The Panthers traded a first-round selection (1st overall) to Cincinnati in exchange for first- and second-round selections (5th and 36th overall).
- The Panthers traded first-, third-, and sixth-round selections (32nd, 65th, and 173rd overall) to Green Bay in exchange for first- and sixth-round selections (22nd and 191st overall).
- The Panthers traded second-, third-, and fourth-round selections (34th, 98th, and 100th overall) to San Diego in exchange for a first-round selection (29th overall).
- The Panthers traded a 1996 sixth-round selection to Kansas City in exchange for a sixth-round selection (191st overall).
Undrafted free agents
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Roster
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Preseason
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Week 1: at Atlanta Falcons
Week One: Carolina Panthers at Atlanta Falcons
at Georgia Dome, Atlanta, Georgia
- Date: September 3
- Game time: 1:00 p.m. EDT
- Game weather: None (played indoors)
- Game attendance: 58,808
- TV announcers (FOX): Thom Brennaman, Ron Pitts
- Box score
Week 2: at Buffalo Bills
Week Two: Carolina Panthers at Buffalo Bills
at Rich Stadium, Orchard Park, New York
- Date: September 10
- Game time: 1:00 p.m. EDT
- Game weather: 53 °F (12 °C)
- Game attendance: 79,190
- TV announcers (FOX): Kenny Albert, Anthony Muñoz
- Box score
Week 3: vs. St. Louis Rams
Week Three: St. Louis Rams at Carolina Panthers
at Memorial Stadium, Clemson, South Carolina
- Date: September 17
- Game time: 1:00 p.m. EDT
- Game weather: 73 °F (23 °C)
- Game attendance: 54,060
- TV announcers (FOX): Kenny Albert, Anthony Muñoz
- Box score
Week 5: vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Week Five: Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Carolina Panthers
at Memorial Stadium, Clemson, South Carolina
- Date: October 1
- Game time: 1:00 p.m. EDT
- Game weather: 70 °F (21 °C)
- Game attendance: 50,076
- Box score
Week 6: at Chicago Bears
Week Six: Carolina Panthers at Chicago Bears
Week 7: vs New York Jets
Week Seven: New York Jets at Carolina Panthers
at Memorial Stadium, Clemson, South Carolina
- Date: October 15
- Game time: 4:00 p.m. EDT
- Game weather: 60 °F (16 °C)
- Game attendance: 52,613
- Referee: Mike Carey
- TV: NBC
- Box score
Players dumped Gatorade on Dom Capers after the win.[4]
Week 8: vs. New Orleans Saints
Week Eight: New Orleans Saints at Carolina Panthers
at Memorial Stadium, Clemson, South Carolina
- Date: October 22
- Game time: 1:00 p.m. EDT
- Game weather: 58 °F (14 °C)
- Game attendance: 55,484
- Box score
Week 9: at New England Patriots
Week Nine: Carolina Panthers at New England Patriots
at Foxboro Stadium, Foxborough, Massachusetts
- Date: October 29
- Game time: 1:00 p.m. CST
- Game weather: 54 °F (12 °C)
- Game attendance: 60,064
- Box score
Week 10: at San Francisco 49ers
Week Ten: Carolina Panthers at San Francisco 49ers
Week 11: at St. Louis Rams
Week Eleven: Carolina Panthers at St. Louis Rams
at TWA Dome, St. Louis, Missouri
- Date: November 12
- Game time: 1:00 p.m. EST/12:00 p.m. CST
- Game weather: None (played indoors)
- Game attendance: 65,598
- Box score
Week 12: vs. Arizona Cardinals
Week Twelve: Arizona Cardinals at Carolina Panthers
at Memorial Stadium, Clemson, South Carolina
- Date: November 19
- Game time: 1:00 p.m. EST
- Game weather: 55 °F (13 °C)
- Game attendance: 49,582
- Box score
Week 13: at New Orleans Saints
Week Thirteen: Carolina Panthers at New Orleans Saints
at Louisiana Superdome, New Orleans, Louisiana
- Date: November 26
- Game time: 8:00 p.m. EST/7:00 p.m. EST
- Game weather: None (played indoors)
- Game attendance: 39,580
- TV announcers (ESPN): Mike Patrick, Joe Theismann and Mark Malone
- Box score
Week 14: vs. Indianapolis Colts
Week Fourteen: Indianapolis Colts at Carolina Panthers
at Memorial Stadium, Clemson, South Carolina
- Date: December 3
- Game time: 1:00 p.m. CST
- Game weather: 54 °F (12 °C)
- Game attendance: 49,841
- Referee: Ed Hochuli
- TV announcers (NBC): Jim Lampley and Bob Golic
- Box score
Week 15: vs. San Francisco 49ers
Week Fifteen: San Francisco 49ers at Carolina Panthers
at Memorial Stadium, Clemson, South Carolina
- Date: December 10
- Game time: 1:00 p.m. EST
- Game weather: 33 °F (1 °C)
- Game attendance: 76,136
- Box score
Week 16: vs. Atlanta Falcons
Week Sixteen: Atlanta Falcons at Carolina Panthers
at Memorial Stadium, Clemson, South Carolina
- Date: December 17
- Game time: 1:00 p.m. EST
- Game weather: 50 °F (10 °C)
- Game attendance: 53,833
- Box score
Week 17: at Washington Redskins
Week Seventeen: Carolina Panthers at Washington Redskins
at Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium, Washington, D.C.
- Date: December 24
- Game time: 4:00 p.m. EST
- Game weather: 33 °F (1 °C)
- Game attendance: 42,903
- Box score
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Standings
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Records
- Most victories by an expansion team (7)[5]
- First expansion team to have a winning record at home (5–3)[5]
- First expansion team to have a four-game winning streak (weeks 7–10)[5]
- First expansion team to defeat a defending Super Bowl champion in its inaugural season (13–7 over the San Francisco 49ers in San Francisco)[5]
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