# 1995 Arena Football League season

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 | Overall | Overall | Division | Division | Division |
| Team | 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:

## Playoffs

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