1995 Birmingham Barracudas season explained
| Team: | Birmingham Barracudas |
| Year: | 1995 |
| Record: | 10–8 |
| Division Place: | 3rd, South |
| Owner: | Art Williams |
| Coach: | Jack Pardee |
| General Manager: | Roy Shivers |
| Stadium: | Legion Field |
| Playoffs: | Lost South Semi-Final |
| Uniform: | Image:CFL Jersey BIR 1995.png |
| Previous: | none |
| No Prevseason: | true |
| Next: | none |
| No Nextseason: | true |
| No Seasonslist: | true |
The 1995 Birmingham Barracudas season was the first and only season in their franchise history. The Barracudas finished third in the South Division with a 10–8 record. The Barracudas signed high-profile free agent Matt Dunigan as a free agent in 1995, and he set career bests with 362 completions on 643 attempts for 4,911 yards and 34 touchdown passes in only 15 games.[1] They lost in the South Division Semi-Final to the San Antonio Texans.
Preseason
Regular season
Season standings
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Season schedule
| Week | Game | Date | Opponent | Results | Venue | Attendance |
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| Score | Record |
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| 1 | Bye |
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| 2 | 1 | Tues, July 4 | at Winnipeg Blue Bombers | W 38–10 | 1–0 | Winnipeg Stadium | 22,208 |
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| 2 | 2 | Sat, July 8 | at Hamilton Tiger-Cats | L 13–31 | 1–1 | Ivor Wynne Stadium | 23,042 |
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| 3 | 3 | Sat, July 15 | Hamilton Tiger-Cats | W 51–28 | 2–1 | Legion Field | 31,185 |
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| 4 | 4 | Sat, July 22 | Saskatchewan Roughriders | W 24–14 | 3–1 | Legion Field | 25,321 |
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| 5 | 5 | Sat, July 29 | Baltimore Stallions | L 8–36 | 3–2 | Legion Field | 30,729 |
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| 6 | 6 | Thurs, Aug 3 | at BC Lions | L 23–30 | 3–3 | BC Place | 21,948 |
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| 7 | 7 | Sat, Aug 12 | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | W 50–24 | 4–3 | Legion Field | 17,328 |
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| 8 | 8 | Fri, Aug 18 | at Calgary Stampeders | W 31–28 | 5–3 | McMahon Stadium | 25,129 |
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| 9 | 9 | Sat, Aug 26 | Calgary Stampeders | L 14–37 | 5–4 | Legion Field | 19,652 |
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| 10 | 10 | Fri, Sept 1 | at Ottawa Rough Riders | W 56–46 | 6–4 | Frank Clair Stadium | 20,062 |
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| 11 | 11 | Sat, Sept 9 | at Baltimore Stallions | L 20–28 | 6–5 | Memorial Stadium | 29,013 |
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| 12 | 12 | Sun, Sept 17 | Ottawa Rough Riders | W 40–9 | 7–5 | Legion Field | 5,289 |
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| 13 | 13 | Sun, Sept 24 | at Memphis Mad Dogs | L 19–28 | 7–6 | Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium | 13,797 |
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| 14 | 14 | Sun, Oct 1 | Shreveport Pirates | W 34–20 | 8–6 | Legion Field | 6,314 |
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| 15 | 15 | Sun, Oct 8 | San Antonio Texans | W 38–28 | 9–6 | Legion Field | 6,859 |
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| 16 | 16 | Fri, Oct 13 | at Shreveport Pirates | W 29–28 | 10–6 | Independence Stadium | 21,117 |
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| 17 | 17 | Thurs, Oct 19 | Edmonton Eskimos | L 18–45 | 10–7 | Legion Field | 8,910 |
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| 18 | 18 | Sun, Oct 29 | at San Antonio Texans | L 42–48 | 10–8 | Alamodome | 19,025 | |
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[3] Player stats
Passing
| Player | Games played | Attempts | Completions | Yards | Pct. | Interceptions | Long | Touchdowns |
| Matt Dunigan | 18 | 643 | 362 | 4911 | 56.3 | 16 | 71 | 34 |
| Kelvin Simmons | 16 | 39 | 26 | 292 | 66.7 | 1 | N/A | 3 | |
Receiving
| Player | Games played | Receptions | Yards | Avg. | Long | Touchdowns |
| Eddie Britton | 15 | 49 | 681 | 13.9 | 71 | 4 |
| Marcus Grant | 18 | 84 | 1559 | 18.6 | 86 | 11 |
| Willie McClendon | 1 | 4 | 55 | 13.8 | 0 | 19 | |
Rushing
| Player | Games played | Rushes | Yards | Avg. | Long | Touchdowns |
| Kelvin Simmons | 16 | 17 | 136 | 8.0 | 24 | 3 |
| Willie McClendon | 1 | 6 | 43 | 7.2 | 20 | 1 | |
Kicking
Note: FGA = Field goals attempted; FGM = Field goals made; FG% = Field goal percentage; XPA = Extra points attempted; XPM = Extra points made; XP% = Extra points percentage
| Player | Games | FGA | FGM | FG % | XPA | XPM | XP % |
| 12 | 43 | 34 | 79.1% | 38 | 38 | 100.0% |
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Kickoff returns
| Player | Kickoff returns | Yards | Avg. | Touchdowns | Long |
| Eddie Britton | 24 | 401 | 16.7 | 0 | 29 |
| Willie McClendon | 6 | 43 | 7.2 | 20 | 1 | |
Playoffs
South Semi-Final
| Team | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Total |
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| ? | ? | ? | ? | 9 |
| ? | ? | ? | ? | 52 | |
Awards and honors
CFL All-Stars
CFL Southern All-Stars
Notes and References
- Web site: MATT DUNIGAN | CFL.ca | Official Site of the Canadian Football League . 2010-08-16 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120728224436/http://www.cfl.ca/page/hall-of-fame-matt-dunigan . 2012-07-28 .
- Web site: CFL.ca . https://web.archive.org/web/20090715074133/http://www.cfl.ca/standings/1995/reg . 2009-07-15 . dead . 2009-06-21 .
- Web site: Birmingham Barracudas All-Time Canadian Football League (CFL) Records . https://web.archive.org/web/20090312034843/http://michigan-football.com/cfl/f/birmingh.htm . 2009-03-12 . live . 2009-06-21 .
