1995 NAPA 500, Race report
Dale Earnhardt defeated Sterling Marlin by nearly four seconds after 22 lead changes during the event, with a record low of two safety car periods totaling eleven laps. Earnhardt started in 11th place and came back from behind to win this race, which set a new race record for fastest 500-mile Cup race at the circuit in 3 hours, 3 minutes, 3 seconds, with an average speed of 163.633 MPH, a record that still stands after the 2019 season at the circuit. Dale Earnhardt was able to dominate this race, as they set up a very aggressive engine package that would make him untouchable all race long, and the engine held up for the win.


1995 NAPA 500, Race report
Darrell Waltrip scored his 59th pole position with a qualifying time of 29.6099 seconds for an average speed of 185.046 miles per hour or 297.803 kilometres per hour, in what would be the final pole of his illustrious Hall of Fame career. Ken Schrader finished dead last in this race in a coincidental manner; his engine blew and that happened to be a situation that helped Jeff Gordon clinch his championship, as he was required to finish 41st or better to win. Ken had terrible luck all year in 1995.


1995 NAPA 500, Race report
The #26 of Hut Stricklin would be involved in an accident on the third turn. Billy Standridge, Jack Sprague, Mike Wallace, Shane Hall, Delma Cowart, and Eric Smith would fail to qualify for this race. Out of the 42-driver grid, only six of them would not finish the race. All 42 of the qualifying drivers were born in the United States of America.


1995 NAPA 500, Race report
Most of the field would have Chevrolet and Ford as their manufacturer while Pontiac would bring a limited number of vehicles. The average speed of the race was 163.632 miles per hour or 263.340 kilometres per hour. Jeff Gordon would go on to win the 1995 NASCAR Winston Cup Series championship after this race. Gordon went with the least aggressive engine package they had all season, wanting to take no chance that it wouldn't fire or that it would blow up on the warm up laps or as soon as the green flag dropped. The car was deemed terribly slow, analogous to a field filler, as his vehicle managed to cough up a meager 32nd-place finish. Junior Johnson would make his final appearance in this race as a car owner. He sold his #11 team to Brett Bodine during the off-season.


1995 NAPA 500, Race report
This was the final career race for owner Alan Dillard Jr., the owner of A.G. Dillard Motorsports. It was also the final career race for long time veteran owner D.K. Ulrich. The 1995 NAPA 500 was also the final race for Bobby Hillin in the #77, Michael Waltrip in the #30, Morgan Shepherd in the #21, Dick Trickle in the #15, Dale Jarrett in the #28, Jeff Burton in the #8, Hut Stricklin in the #26 and Todd Bodine in the #75.


1995 NAPA 500, Race report
Some of the more notable crew chiefs to fully participate in this race were Robin Pemberton, Andy Petree, Donnie Wingo, Cecil Gordon, Ray Evernham, Larry McReynolds, and Tim Brewer.


1995 NAPA 500, Race report
There was an opportunity for Dale Earnhardt to defeat Jeff Gordon by one point. Had Dale Earnhardt won the race and Jeff Gordon finished in 42nd place, Earnhardt would have won the championship.


1995 NAPA 500, Race report
Kenny Bernstein would retire from his career as a NASCAR team owner to spend more time with his family after this race.


1995 NASCAR Busch Series
The 1995 NASCAR Busch Series was held February 18 and ended November 5. Johnny Benson of BACE Motorsports won the championship.


1995 NASCAR Busch Series
This was the first season to utilize V8 engines after having used V6 engines since the series began in 1982.


1995 NASCAR Busch Series, Races, Goody's 300
The Goody's 300 was held February 18 at Daytona International Speedway. Michael Waltrip won the pole.


1995 NASCAR Busch Series, Races, Goodwrench 200
The Goodwrench 200 was held February 25 at North Carolina Speedway. David Green won the pole.


1995 NASCAR Busch Series, Races, Hardee's 250
The Hardee's 250 was held March 4 at Richmond International Raceway. Chad Little won the pole.


1995 NASCAR Busch Series, Races, Busch Light 300
The Busch Light 300 was held March 11 at Atlanta Motor Speedway. Mark Martin won the pole.


1995 NASCAR Busch Series, Races, Opryland USA 320
The Opryland USA 320 was held March 17 at Nashville Speedway USA. Darrell Waltrip won the pole.


1995 NASCAR Busch Series, Races, Mark III Vans 200
The Mark III Vans 200 was held March 25 at Darlington Raceway. Tim Fedewa won the pole.


1995 NASCAR Busch Series, Races, Goody's 250
The Goody's 250 was held April 1 at Bristol Motor Speedway. David Green won the pole.


1995 NASCAR Busch Series, Races, Sundrop 400
The Sundrop 400 was held April 15 at Hickory Motor Speedway. David Green won the pole.


1995 NASCAR Busch Series, Races, NE Chevy Dealers 250
The NE Chevy Dealers 250 was held May 13 at New Hampshire International Speedway. Mike McLaughlin won the pole.


1995 NASCAR Busch Series, Races, Meridian Advantage 200
The Meridian Advantage 200 was held May 21 at Nazareth Speedway. David Green won the pole.


1995 NASCAR Busch Series, Races, Red Dog 300
The Red Dog 300 was held May 27 at Charlotte Motor Speedway. Rich Bickle won the pole.


1995 NASCAR Busch Series, Races, GM Goodwrench/Delco 200
The GM Goodwrench/Delco 200 was held June 3 at Dover International Speedway. Tracy Leslie won the pole.


1995 NASCAR Busch Series, Races, Carolina Pride / Red Dog 250
The Carolina Pride / Red Dog 250 was held June 10 at Myrtle Beach Speedway. Jeff Green won the pole.


1995 NASCAR Busch Series, Races, Lysol 200
The Lysol 200 was held June 25 at Watkins Glen International. Terry Labonte won the pole.


1995 NASCAR Busch Series, Races, Sears Auto Center 250
The Sears Auto Center 250 was held July 2 at The Milwaukee Mile. Dennis Setzer won the pole.


1995 NASCAR Busch Series, Races, Humminbird Fishfinder 500K
The Humminbird Fishfinder 500K was held July 22 at Talladega Superspeedway. Jeff Purvis won the pole.


1995 NASCAR Busch Series, Races, Ford Credit 300
The Ford Credit 300 was held July 29 at South Boston Speedway. Curtis Markham won the pole.


1995 NASCAR Busch Series, Races, Kroger 200
The Kroger 200 was held August 4 at Indianapolis Raceway Park. Elton Sawyer won the pole.


1995 NASCAR Busch Series, Races, Detroit Gasket 200
The Detroit Gasket 200 was held August 19 at Michigan International Speedway. Dale Jarrett won the pole. Jarrett had led the most laps in the race and won, but was disqualified for a rules violation, giving the win to Mark Martin.


1995 NASCAR Busch Series, Races, Food City 250
The Food City 250 was held August 25 at Bristol Motor Speedway. Stevie Reeves won the pole.


1995 NASCAR Busch Series, Races, Gatorade 200
The Gatorade 200 was held September 2 at Darlington Raceway. Larry Pearson won the pole.


1995 NASCAR Busch Series, Races, Autolite 250
The Autolite 250 was held September 8 at Richmond International Raceway. Randy LaJoie won the pole.


1995 NASCAR Busch Series, Races, MBNA 200
The MBNA 200 was held September 16 at Dover International Speedway. Jason Keller won the pole.


1995 NASCAR Busch Series, Races, All Pro Bumper to Bumper 300
The All Pro Bumper to Bumper 300 was held October 7 at Charlotte Motor Speedway. Bobby Dotter won the pole.


1995 NASCAR Busch Series, Races, AC-Delco 200
The AC-Delco 200 was held October 21 at North Carolina Speedway. Johnny Benson won the pole.


1995 NASCAR Busch Series, Races, Jiffy Lube Miami 300
The inaugural Jiffy Lube Miami 300 was held November 5 at the Miami-Dade Homestead Motorsports Complex. Joe Nemechek won the pole.


1995 NASCAR Busch Series, Rookie of the Year
Jeff Fuller, driving for the first-year ST Motorsports was named the 1995 Busch Series Rookie of the Year, finishing in the top-ten six times. His closest runner-up was Curtis Markham, who finished 15th in the final standings. Buckshot Jones and David Bonnett were the only two contenders that season, both of whom ran limited schedules that season.


1995 NASCAR SuperTruck Series
The 1995 NASCAR SuperTruck Series presented by Craftsman was the inaugural season of the NASCAR SuperTruck Series. The season began on February 5, 1995, and ended on October 28. Mike Skinner of Richard Childress Racing won the championship.


1995 NASCAR SuperTruck Series
Prior to and after the season, NASCAR conducted seven exhibition races.


1995 NASCAR SuperTruck Series, Schedule
The 1995 SuperTruck Series presented by Craftsman schedule consisted of twenty races, at eighteen tracks in fifteen states. In addition, an exhibition race was run following the end of the season at the Homestead-Miami Speedway as a demonstration of the trucks' suitability for larger racetracks.


1995 NASCAR SuperTruck Series, Season summary
The Skoal Bandit Copper World Classic, the first SuperTruck race to be run, was an 80-lap race held February 5 at Phoenix International Raceway. The second race of the year at Tucson Raceway Park was the first Truck race to have a green–white–checker finish. Mike Skinner led the Maxx Race Cards 200 at Portland Speedway from flag to flag (all 200 laps), while the No. 58 of Wayne Jacks rolled over after hitting a large tractor tire that separated pit road from the race track.


1995 NASCAR SuperTruck Series, Season summary
In the Total Petroleum 200 at Colorado National Speedway, the  margin of victory by Butch Miller over Mike Skinner was officially .001 of a second. Replays during the telecast on CBS showed a virtual dead heat between Miller and Skinner at the checkered flag. In the following race at Heartland Park Topeka, the No. 51 of Kerry Teague was injured in a crash on lap 9 after the throttle hung on his Chevrolet. His truck then spun driver's side first into the wall, making the truck slightly airborne. Teague was airlifted to a local hospital for precautionary reasons.


1995 NASCAR SuperTruck Series, Season summary
At Indianapolis Raceway Park in the Action Packed Racing Cards 150, on the last lap of the race, the No. 77 of Gary St. Amant (who finished 11th) spun out off of turn 2 and hit a light pole in the infield, knocking out a cluster of lights in the process. The same exact lights were knocked out the next evening during the Busch Grand National race by Chris Diamond; Mike Skinner lead flag to flag again (all 150 laps). The Stevens Beil/Genuine Car Parts 150 at Flemington Speedway saw the race was lengthened to 151 laps due to a green–white–checker finish; the race was Jack Sprague's debut for Hendrick Motorsports.


1995 NASCAR SuperTruck Series, Season summary
The Lowe's 150 at North Wilkesboro Speedway on September 30 saw the Truck debut of Ernie Irvan, who had been out of racing for over a year because of critical injuries suffered in practice for the 1994 GM Goodwrench 400 at Michigan International Speedway. Irvan qualified his No. 28 on the outside pole and led 24 laps. However, his truck was unable to answer the call after the halftime break and was credited with a 30th-place finish.


1995 NASCAR SuperTruck Series, Season summary
The next day, Irvan made his comeback to the Winston Cup Series in a second Texaco/Havoline Ford for Robert Yates Racing, the No. 88. In the following race at Sears Point Raceway, Ray Daniels in the No. 34 truck flipped out of the course coming to rest on the tire wall after hitting the tires coming out of Turn 10. Daniels was uninjured. Ron Hornaday Jr. led all 40 laps en route to the win.


1995 NASCAR SuperTruck Series, Results and standings, Driver standings
Bold – Pole position awarded by time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or by practice speeds. * – Most laps led. 1 – Post entry, driver and owner did not score points. Note: DNQ data for this season is incomplete.


1995 NASCAR Winston Cup Series
The 1995 NASCAR Winston Cup Series was the 47th season of professional stock car racing in the United States and the 24th modern-era Cup series season. The season began on February 12 in Daytona Beach and concluded on November 12 at the Atlanta Motor Speedway. Jeff Gordon of Hendrick Motorsports won his first career championship.


1995 NASCAR Winston Cup Series, Overview
The major story heading into the 1995 season was Dale Earnhardt's attempt to make history. After winning his seventh Winston Cup Championship in 1994, Earnhardt tied Richard Petty's record for Cup Championships. Going into the 1995 season, Earnhardt had won four of the last five Winston Cup points titles, and was considered the favorite to win his eighth in 1995.


1995 NASCAR Winston Cup Series, Overview
As the season progressed, the race for the series championship became a battle between Earnhardt, Sterling Marlin and Jeff Gordon. The majority of the spotlight soon shifted on the 24-year-old Gordon. Gordon, who had won two of 1994’s biggest races (Coca-Cola 600 and the Inaugural Brickyard 400), visited victory lane in three of the first six races of 1995. Gordon would become the most consistent driver of the season. During one stretch of the season, he rattled off 14 straight top ten finishes, winning four times during that stretch.


1995 NASCAR Winston Cup Series, Overview
Despite a late season challenge by Earnhardt, Gordon would win the season’s championship by 34 points. In doing so, he became the youngest Winston Cup Champion of the modern era (post 1971). Gordon made light of this at the season ending banquet, toasting Earnhardt with a glass of milk instead of champagne.


1995 NASCAR Winston Cup Series, Races, Busch Clash
The 1995 Busch Clash, kicked off the season on February 12, at Daytona International Speedway. Geoff Bodine drew the pole. As an exhibition race, no points are awarded. The race was between 1994 Winston Cup pole winners. Also, in a first for the event, the driver who collected the most poles in the 1994 Busch Season was also invited. This honor went to David Green.


1995 NASCAR Winston Cup Series, Races, Busch Clash
Dale Earnhardt got the season off to a dominating start, leading 18 of 20 laps to collect his 6th Clash win. Aside from that, the most noteworthy event happened on the first lap, when Loy Allen Jr. made contact with Greg Sacks in turn 3, sending Sacks into the wall. Sacks also collected Mark Martin, ending Martin's day. Sterling Marlin finished second, Bill Elliott was third. Jeff Gordon and Todd Bodine rounded out the top five.


1995 NASCAR Winston Cup Series, Races, Gatorade 125s
The Gatorade 125s, the qualifying races for the Daytona 500, were held on Thursday, February 16, at Daytona International Speedway. The lineups for the 125s were determined by qualifying the previous Sunday. The first race would consist of drivers who qualified in odd-numbered positions (1st fastest, 3rd fastest, 5th fastest, etc. ), while the second race would be formed from even-numbered qualifiers. As the fastest driver, Dale Jarrett would start from the pole in the first race, and second-fastest driver Dale Earnhardt would lead the field in the second race.


1995 NASCAR Winston Cup Series, Races, Gatorade 125s
Sterling Marlin would dominate the first race, leading 44 of 50 laps. His victory would ensure the 1994 Daytona 500 winner the 3rd starting spot on Sunday. Good finishes for Dave Marcis (10th), Joe Nemechek (12th), and Joe Ruttman (14th) assured them spots in the 500.


1995 NASCAR Winston Cup Series, Races, Gatorade 125s
In race 2, Earnhardt made it two-for-two for his Speedweeks, edging out Jeff Gordon for the victory. The race also contained two crashes. The first, on lap 15, collected Jimmy Spencer, Billy Standridge, and Loy Allen Jr. Allen was forced to fall back on his qualifying time, while Spencer and Standridge went home. The second crash occurred on lap 42, and involved Chad Little, Phil Barkdoll, Phil Parsons, and Jim Sauter. Fortunately for Parsons, his qualifying time was good enough to get him into the 500. Little, Barkdoll, and Sauter weren't so lucky, and all three were forced to watch the 500 on TV.


1995 NASCAR Winston Cup Series, Races, Daytona 500
The 1995 Daytona 500 was held February 19 at Daytona International Speedway. Dale Jarrett won his first career Winston Cup pole.


1995 NASCAR Winston Cup Series, Races, Daytona 500
Failed to qualify: 20-Bobby Hillin Jr., 40-Greg Sacks, 14-Randy MacDonald, 95-Doug Heveron, 82-Terry Byers, 52-Gary Bradberry, 62-Ronnie Sanders, 81-Kenny Wallace, 73-Phil Barkdoll, 99-Shawna Robinson, 72-Jim Sauter, 51-Kerry Teague, 97-Chad Little, 68-Bob Strait, 23-Jimmy Spencer, 0-Delma Cowart, 47-Billy Standridge, 67-Ken Bouchard, 48-James Hylton, 53-Ritchie Petty, 32-Mike Chase, 65-Steve Seligman


1995 NASCAR Winston Cup Series, Races, Goodwrench 500
The Goodwrench 500 was held February 26 at North Carolina Speedway. Jeff Gordon won the pole.


1995 NASCAR Winston Cup Series, Races, Goodwrench 500
Failed to qualify (in order of speeds): 66-Ben Hess, 52-Gary Bradberry, 48-James Hylton, 47-Billy Standridge, 19-Phil Parsons


1995 NASCAR Winston Cup Series, Races, Pontiac Excitement 400
The Pontiac Excitement 400 was held March 5 at Richmond International Raceway. Jeff Gordon won the pole.


1995 NASCAR Winston Cup Series, Races, Pontiac Excitement 400
Failed to qualify: 32-Jimmy Hensley, 81-Kenny Wallace, 47-Billy Standridge, 78-Jay Hedgecock, 29-Steve Grissom, 52-Gary Bradberry, 66-Ben Hess, 49-Eric Smith, 77-Davy Jones


1995 NASCAR Winston Cup Series, Races, Purolator 500
The Purolator 500 was held March 12 at Atlanta Motor Speedway. Dale Earnhardt won the pole.


1995 NASCAR Winston Cup Series, Races, Purolator 500
Failed to qualify: 31-Ward Burton, 52-Gary Bradberry, 27-Loy Allen Jr., 67-Ken Bouchard, 76-Johnny Chapman, 66-Ben Hess, 81-Kenny Wallace, 78-Pancho Carter


1995 NASCAR Winston Cup Series, Races, TranSouth Financial 400
The TranSouth Financial 400 was held March 26 at Darlington Raceway. Jeff Gordon won the pole.


1995 NASCAR Winston Cup Series, Races, Food City 500
The Food City 500 was held April 2 at Bristol International Raceway. Mark Martin won the pole.


1995 NASCAR Winston Cup Series, Races, Food City 500
Failed to qualify: 98-Jeremy Mayfield, 87-Joe Nemechek, 26-Steve Kinser,47-Billy Standridge, 78-Hut Stricklin, 66-Butch Miller, 52-Brad Teague, 27-Loy Allen Jr., 90-Mike Wallace


1995 NASCAR Winston Cup Series, Races, First Union 400
The First Union 400 was held April 9 at North Wilkesboro Speedway. Jeff Gordon won the pole.


1995 NASCAR Winston Cup Series, Races, First Union 400
Failed to qualify: 98-Jeremy Mayfield,81-Kenny Wallace, 32-Chuck Bown, 78-Jay Hedgecock, 77-Davy Jones, 47-Billy Standridge, 27-Jeff Purvis, 26-Steve Kinser, 52-Randy MacDonald


1995 NASCAR Winston Cup Series, Races, Hanes 500
The Hanes 500 was held April 23 at Martinsville Speedway. Bobby Labonte won the pole.


1995 NASCAR Winston Cup Series, Races, Hanes 500
Failed to qualify: 75-Todd Bodine, 23-Jimmy Spencer, 32-Chuck Bown,78-Jay Hedgecock, 8-Jeff Burton, 22-Randy LaJoie, 77-Davy Jones


1995 NASCAR Winston Cup Series, Races, Winston Select 500
The Winston Select 500 was held April 30 at Talladega Superspeedway. The #5 of Terry Labonte won the pole.


1995 NASCAR Winston Cup Series, Races, Winston Select 500
Failed to qualify: 53-Ritchie Petty, 47-Billy Standridge, 87-Joe Nemechek, 65-Steve Seligman, 0-Delma Cowart


1995 NASCAR Winston Cup Series, Races, Save Mart Supermarkets 300
The Save Mart Supermarkets 300 was held May 7 at Sears Point Raceway. Ricky Rudd won the pole.


1995 NASCAR Winston Cup Series, Races, Save Mart Supermarkets 300
Failed to qualify: 40-Greg Sacks, 98-Jeremy Mayfield, 27-Elton Sawyer, 00w-Scott Gaylord, 64-Garrett Evans, 22w-St. James Davis, 19-Ernie Cope


1995 NASCAR Winston Cup Series, Races, Coca-Cola 600
The Coca-Cola 600 was held May 28 at Charlotte Motor Speedway. The #24 of Jeff Gordon won the pole.


1995 NASCAR Winston Cup Series, Races, Coca-Cola 600
Failed to qualify: 40-Greg Sacks, 20-Bobby Hillin Jr., 95-Jimmy Hensley, 77-Davy Jones, 44-Jeff Purvis, 67-Johnny Chapman


1995 NASCAR Winston Cup Series, Races, Miller Genuine Draft 500
The Miller Genuine Draft 500 was held June 4 at Dover Downs International Speedway. Jeff Gordon won the pole.


1995 NASCAR Winston Cup Series, Races, UAW-GM Teamwork 500
The UAW-GM Teamwork 500 was held June 11 at Pocono Raceway. Ken Schrader won the pole.


1995 NASCAR Winston Cup Series, Races, Miller Genuine Draft 400
The Miller Genuine Draft 400 was held June 18 at Michigan International Speedway. Jeff Gordon won the pole.


1995 NASCAR Winston Cup Series, Races, Pepsi 400
The Pepsi 400 was held July 1 at Daytona International Speedway. Dale Earnhardt won the pole.


1995 NASCAR Winston Cup Series, Races, Slick 50 300
The Slick 50 300 was held July 9 at New Hampshire International Speedway. Mark Martin won the pole.


1995 NASCAR Winston Cup Series, Races, Miller Genuine Draft 500
The Miller Genuine Draft 500 was held July 16 at Pocono Raceway. Bill Elliott won the pole.


1995 NASCAR Winston Cup Series, Races, DieHard 500
The DieHard 500 was held July 23 at Talladega Superspeedway. Sterling Marlin won the pole. The race was most remembered for Ken Schrader's wild end-over-end tumble in "The Big One" on lap 139, which collected 13 other cars. He was not injured, though.


1995 NASCAR Winston Cup Series, Races, Brickyard 400
The second Brickyard 400 was held Saturday, August 5, at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. The popular event returned for a second year, after the tremendous success of the first running. The weekend was expanded by the addition of practice on Wednesday afternoon.


1995 NASCAR Winston Cup Series, Races, Brickyard 400, Pole qualifying
Defending champion Jeff Gordon won the pole position on Thursday, August 3, with a track record speed of 172.536 mph. A hot day saw most speeds down, and Gordon was the only driver to break the existing track record. Bobby Hamilton put the fans on their feet when he put the popular Petty #43 STP Pontiac on the outside of the front row with a run of 172.222 mph.


1995 NASCAR Winston Cup Series, Races, Brickyard 400, Second round qualifying
On Friday, August 4, the remnants of Hurricane Erin overtook the midwest, and rain settled in for two days. Friday morning practice was lost, and second round qualifying was also rained out. As a result, all cars reverted to their time trials speed from the first round, and the field was filled accordingly. Without a chance in second round qualifying, A. J. Foyt notably failed to qualify, the first time he failed to qualify in a race he attempted at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway since 1958. The field managed a brief "happy hour" practice late Friday evening, and rain began to fall again.


1995 NASCAR Winston Cup Series, Races, Brickyard 400, Race recap
On Saturday, August 5, steady rain fell all morning, and threatened to wash out the day. The forecast was marginal for Sunday as well, threatening to washout the whole weekend. Many fans left the grounds as local media speculated (and some erroneously reported) that the race would be postponed. In an unexpected turn of events, at approximately 3:30 p.m. EST (4:30 p.m. EDT), the skies suddenly cleared, and track drying efforts began in earnest. The teams scrambled to get their cars prepared, and the field hastily lined up in the garage area.


1995 NASCAR Winston Cup Series, Races, Brickyard 400, Race recap
The Chevrolet C/K pace truck led them on to the track and the race began with many fans still scurrying to their seats. Many of the pit crews were also scrambling to get their equipment set up in the pit area. Some fans driving home on the interstate reportedly turned around and drove back to the track when the radio reported the race was starting.


1995 NASCAR Winston Cup Series, Races, Brickyard 400, Race recap
The green flag dropped at 4:25 p.m. EST (5:25 p.m. EDT) with live coverage only on the radio. ABC-TV had signed off before the race began, and it was instead aired on tape delay on Sunday morning on ESPN. It stands as one of the last NASCAR races not aired live on television.


1995 NASCAR Winston Cup Series, Races, Brickyard 400, Race recap
Dale Earnhardt beat Rusty Wallace to the finish line in a race slowed by only one caution for 4 laps. Jeff Burton spun off turn two right in front of eventual winner Earnhardt with 27 laps to go. The race was completed at 7:03 p.m. EST (8:03 p.m. EDT), shortly before sunset.


1995 NASCAR Winston Cup Series, Races, The Bud at The Glen
The Bud at The Glen was held August 12 at Watkins Glen International. Mark Martin won the pole.


1995 NASCAR Winston Cup Series, Races, GM Goodwrench 400
The GM Goodwrench 400 was held August 19 at Michigan International Speedway. Bobby Labonte won the pole.


1995 NASCAR Winston Cup Series, Races, GM Goodwrench 400
Failed to qualify: 40-Rich Bickle, 72-Tracy Leslie, 02-Tim Steele, 95-Loy Allen Jr.


1995 NASCAR Winston Cup Series, Races, Goody's 500
The Goody's 500 was held August 26 at Bristol International Raceway. Mark Martin won the pole. This race is likely the most memorable race of the entire 1995 season due to the infamous finish of the event where Dale Earnhardt ran Terry Labonte down from 3 seconds behind in the late stages of the race and tapped him coming off turn 4 on the last lap. This tap got Labonte loose, and then Labonte overcorrected (slightly grazing the #31 Chevrolet of Greg Sacks in the process). This put Labonte head on into the outside wall just beyond the start-finish line, still ahead of Earnhardt to claim the victory.


1995 NASCAR Winston Cup Series, Races, Goody's 500
Failed to qualify: 42-Kyle Petty, 95-Joe Ruttman, 81-Kenny Wallace, 32-Jimmy Hensley, 77-Bobby Hillin Jr., 75-Todd Bodine, 27-Elton Sawyer


1995 NASCAR Winston Cup Series, Races, Mountain Dew Southern 500
The Mountain Dew Southern 500 was held September 3 at Darlington Raceway. The #37 of John Andretti won the pole.


1995 NASCAR Winston Cup Series, Races, Miller Genuine Draft 400
The Miller Genuine Draft 400 was held September 9 at Richmond International Raceway. Dale Earnhardt won the pole.


1995 NASCAR Winston Cup Series, Races, Miller Genuine Draft 400
Failed to qualify: 32-Ed Berrier, 78-Jay Hedgecock, 40-Shane Hall, 29-Steve Grissom, 90-Mike Wallace, 49-Eric Smith


1995 NASCAR Winston Cup Series, Races, MBNA 500
The MBNA 500 was held September 17 at Dover Downs International Speedway. The #1 of Rick Mast won the pole.


1995 NASCAR Winston Cup Series, Races, MBNA 500
Failed to qualify: ? ?-Billy Standridge, 66-Terry Fisher, 31-Greg Sacks


1995 NASCAR Winston Cup Series, Races, Goody's 500
The Goody's 500 was held September 24 at Martinsville Speedway. Qualifying was rained out, so point leader Jeff Gordon was awarded with the pole position.


1995 NASCAR Winston Cup Series, Races, Goody's 500
Failed to qualify: 31-Jimmy Hensley, 32-Greg Sacks, 40-Rich Bickle, 71-Dave Marcis, 77-Bobby Hillin Jr., 81-Kenny Wallace


1995 NASCAR Winston Cup Series, Races, Tyson Holly Farms 400
The Tyson Holly Farms 400 was held October 1 at North Wilkesboro Speedway. The #16 of Ted Musgrave won the pole.


1995 NASCAR Winston Cup Series, Races, Tyson Holly Farms 400
Failed to qualify: 75-Todd Bodine, 32-Greg Sacks, 98-Jeremy Mayfield, 22-Ward Burton, 8-Jeff Burton, 90-Mike Wallace, 78-Jay Hedgecock


1995 NASCAR Winston Cup Series, Races, UAW-GM Quality 500
The UAW-GM Quality 500 was held October 8 at Charlotte Motor Speedway. Ricky Rudd won the pole.


1995 NASCAR Winston Cup Series, Races, UAW-GM Quality 500
Failed to qualify: 97-Chad Little, 81-Kenny Wallace, 44-Jeff Purvis, 0-Delma Cowart, 66-Billy Standridge


1995 NASCAR Winston Cup Series, Races, AC Delco 400
The AC Delco 400 was held October 22 at North Carolina Speedway. The #26 of Hut Stricklin won the pole.


1995 NASCAR Winston Cup Series, Races, AC Delco 400
Failed to qualify: 71-Dave Marcis, 88-Ernie Irvan, 19-Loy Allen Jr., 78-Jay Hedgecock, 84-Norm Benning, 70-Alan Russell, 14-Richard Brickhouse


1995 NASCAR Winston Cup Series, Races, Dura Lube 500
The Dura Lube 500 was held October 29 at Phoenix International Raceway. The #94 of Bill Elliott won the pole.


1995 NASCAR Winston Cup Series, Races, Dura Lube 500
Failed to qualify: 50-A. J. Foyt, 97-Chad Little, 08-Mike Bliss, 40-Shane Hall, 00w-Scott Gaylord, 58w-Wayne Jacks, 7w-L. J. Pryor, 36w-Rich Woodland Jr.


1995 NASCAR Winston Cup Series, Races, NAPA 500
The NAPA 500 was held November 12 at Atlanta Motor Speedway. The #17 of Darrell Waltrip won the pole.


1995 NASCAR Winston Cup Series, Races, NAPA 500
Failed to qualify: 66-Billy Standridge, 59-Jack Sprague, 90-Mike Wallace, 40-Shane Hall, 0-Delma Cowart, 49-Eric Smith


1995 NASCAR Winston Cup Series, Final points standings
Bold - Pole position awarded by time. Italics - Pole position set by owner's points standings. *- Most laps led.


1995 NASCAR Winston Cup Series, Rookie of the Year
29-year-old Ricky Craven from Newburgh, Maine received the 1995 Rookie of the Year award. Craven took the #41 Chevy owned by Sue and Larry Hedrick to four top-tens and finished 24th in the points. Runner-up was Craven's former Busch Series opponent Robert Pressley, posting one top-ten in the Leo Jackson Motorsports Chevy. The next runner-up, Randy LaJoie, began the year in the 22 car, but struggled and was released midway through the year.


1995 NASCAR Winston Cup Series, Rookie of the Year
Steve Kinser and Davy Jones, a pair of open-wheel veterans who struggled in their transition to stock cars, were both released from their rides before the season reached the one-third point, while Mike Chase was released by his team after failing to qualify for the Daytona 500. Gary Bradberry and Terry Byers filed for Rookie of the Year contention but only ran limited schedules.


1995 NBA All-Star Game
The 1995 NBA All-Star Game was the 45th edition of the All-Star Game. The Western Conference won 139-112. The city of Phoenix hosted the event for the second time (the only previous All-Star game there occurred in 1975). Mitch Richmond of the Sacramento Kings was voted MVP of the game.


1995 NBA All-Star Game
The 1995 NBA All-Star Game was broadcast by NBC the fifth consecutive year.


1995 NBA All-Star Game, Background information
Charles Barkley was the main host of the event. During a break in the game near the fourth quarter he even wanted to shoot himself out of a catapult, but his coach made sure he didn't do it because he did not want his star player to get injured.


1995 NBA All-Star Game, Background information
Grant Hill of the Detroit Pistons was the first rookie in NBA history to lead the league in votes for this year's All-Star game. Hakeem Olajuwon led the Western Conference voting. Karl Malone and David Robinson were both questionable for the game due to injuries but they ended up playing limited minutes. Dominique Wilkins and Clyde Drexler were not selected.


1995 NBA All-Star Game, Background information
Larry Johnson came back to the all-star lineup after missing last years game due to a serious back injury. It meant a lot for him to come back from the injury and make the all-star game the next season. He came back as a reserve this year. Penny Hardaway played his first game as a starter for the Eastern conference team this year. Cedric Ceballos was selected as a reserve, but did not play due to being injured beforehand by Dikembe Mutombo in a regular season game. Mutombo replaced Ceballos.


1995 NBA All-Star Game, Background information
Michael Jordan missed the game as he was still in the midst of his first retirement from basketball.


1995 NBA All-Star Game, Roster
Cedric Ceballos did not participate due to injury. Dikembe Mutombo replaced Cedric Ceballos.


1995 NBA Finals
The 1995 NBA Finals was the championship round of the 1994–95 National Basketball Association (NBA) season. The series pitted the Eastern Conference champion Orlando Magic against the defending NBA champion and  Western Conference champion Houston Rockets. The pre-series hype and buildup of the Finals was centered on the meeting of the two centers opposing each other: Shaquille O'Neal of the Magic and Hakeem Olajuwon of the Rockets. Going into the series the matchup was compared to the Bill Russell–Wilt Chamberlain matchup of the 1960s.


1995 NBA Finals
The Rockets became the first team in NBA history to beat four 50-win teams in a single postseason en route to the championship. The Rockets would win a playoff-record nine road games in the 1995 playoffs. It was the second NBA Finals sweep in the 2–3–2 Finals format (after the Detroit Pistons did so against the Los Angeles Lakers in 1989). The Rockets also became the first repeat NBA Champion in history to keep the title with a sweep.


1995 NBA Finals
In addition, the Rockets became the first team in NBA history to win the title without having home-court advantage in any of the four playoff rounds since the playoffs was expanded to a 16 team format in 1984. Coincidentally, this feat would also be achieved in the NHL by the New Jersey Devils that same year, when they won the Stanley Cup over the Detroit Red Wings.


1995 NBA Finals
The Orlando Magic, making their first NBA Finals appearance, began the series at home, hosting the defending champion Houston Rockets. With the Magic up 110–107 late in Game 1, Nick Anderson missed four consecutive free throws in the closing seconds of the game, and Kenny Smith hit a three-pointer, tying the game and sending it to overtime as well as setting a new record at the time, with the most three-pointers in an NBA Finals game with seven. The more experienced Rockets went on to win in overtime and eventually swept the Magic, winning their second consecutive NBA Championship.


1995 NBA Finals
In achieving this, they earned the distinction of being the only team to win both championships during Michael Jordan's first retirement (although Jordan did return in the closing months of the 1994–95 season), in addition to being the only team other than the Chicago Bulls to win multiple championships in the 1990s.


1995 NBA Finals
The season-ending documentary Double Clutch by Hal Douglas, was released by NBA Entertainment to coincide with the Rockets' championship season.


1995 NBA Finals, Background, Houston Rockets
The Rockets entered the 1994–95 season as defending champions. They have won the first eight games of the season, the first defending champions to have won their first eight games of their season since the 1987-88 Lakers. However, they struggled to maintain last season's form due to injuries and off-court-distractions. On February 14, the Rockets acquired Clyde Drexler from the Portland Trail Blazers, but the trade of a hometown hero (Drexler was a teammate of Olajuwon at the University of Houston) did not improve matters, and the Rockets settled for the sixth seed with a 47–35 record.


1995 NBA Finals, Background, Houston Rockets
However, Houston once again lived up to its Clutch City reputation come playoff time. En route to the Finals, the Rockets defeated three teams with 55 or more victories. They began by ousting the Utah Jazz in five games (the Rockets trailed 2–1 after three games), then repeating last season's comeback effort over the Phoenix Suns (wherein the Rockets trailed 3–1 after four games). In Game 7 of that series, Phoenix led Houston 51-42 after the first half before Houston mounted a comeback to get the series win, 115-114.


1995 NBA Finals, Background, Houston Rockets
After dispatching the Suns, the Rockets outclassed the top-seeded San Antonio Spurs in six games of the conference finals. They also became the first team in NBA History to have lost all their home games of the series but won all road games of that certain series thus advancing to the next round.


1995 NBA Finals, Background, Orlando Magic
The Magic were only in their sixth season of existence, but they were a team on the rise. Led by All-Stars Shaquille O'Neal and Penny Hardaway, new acquisition Horace Grant, and franchise cornerstones Nick Anderson and Dennis Scott, the Magic rolled through the Eastern Conference, winding up with a then-franchise best 57–25 mark.


1995 NBA Finals, Background, Orlando Magic
Orlando's road to the Finals began with a convincing 3–1 series win over the Boston Celtics. They followed it up with a six-game ouster of Michael Jordan (returning from an 18-month retirement) and the Chicago Bulls in the second round, and in the conference finals, they vanquished the Indiana Pacers in a tough seven-game series.


1995 NBA Finals, Background, Regular season series
The Orlando Magic won both games in the regular season series:


1995 NBA Finals, Series summary
This was one of only two NBA Finals in which the team who did not have home court advantage swept the series, (the other being the 1975 Finals, in which the Golden State Warriors swept the Washington Bullets).


1995 NBA Finals, Series summary, Game 1
Kenny Smith hit a then-Finals record seven 3-pointers, the last tying the game up at 110 with 1.6 seconds left following Nick Anderson's four straight missed foul shots. In overtime, Hakeem Olajuwon tips in a missed finger roll by Clyde Drexler with three-tenths of a second left to win the game. Hakeem Olajuwon finished the game with 31 points, 6 rebounds, 7 assists and 4 blocks while Kenny Smith recorded 23 points and 9 assists.


1995 NBA Finals, Series summary, Game 2
Hakeem Olajuwon records a double-double with 34 points and 11 rebounds to lead the Rockets to a 117-106 victory to take a 2-0 series lead. The Magic, on the other hand, becomes the 2nd team in NBA Finals history to lose the first two of their four home games.


1995 NBA Finals, Series summary, Game 3
Robert Horry hit a three-pointer to give Houston a 104-100 lead with 14.1 seconds left. Orlando's Anfernee Hardaway then missed a three-pointer, and the rebound deflected off Dennis Scott and out of bounds with 6.8 seconds left, turning the ball over to Houston. Clyde Drexler was immediately fouled. He missed his first free throw and made the second for a 105-100 Rockets lead with 5.9 seconds left. Nick Anderson hit a three-pointer with 2.7 seconds left to bring the Magic within two points, and then Sam Cassell was immediately fouled.


1995 NBA Finals, Series summary, Game 3
He needed to make both free throws to likely seal it, but missed the first. He made the second to give the Rockets a three-point lead with 2.2 seconds left. After a timeout to advance the ball to midcourt, the Magic had one last chance to tie the game and force overtime, but Hardaway missed a three-pointer as the buzzer sounded. The Rockets held on for a 106-103 win in Game 3 to take a 3-0 series lead and were one win away from their second consecutive NBA title.


1995 NBA Finals, Series summary, Game 4
At the end of the first half, the Magic had a 4-point advantage of the home team, Rockets. However, the Rockets have another notable comeback as they outscored the Magic 66-50 in the second half, thus winning their second consecutive NBA championship. Olajuwon outscores O'Neal by 10 points and caps off the sweep by hitting a memorable yet uncharacteristic 3-pointer in front of O'Neal.


1995 NBA Finals, Olajuwon v. O'Neal
Although both centers played well, Olajuwon is generally considered to have outplayed O'Neal. Olajuwon outscored O'Neal in every game of the series and became one of the few players in NBA history to score at least 30 points in every game of an NBA Finals series:


1995 NBA Finals, Olajuwon v. O'Neal
By winning his second straight NBA Finals MVP award, Hakeem Olajuwon became the sixth player to win the award on multiple occasions, joining Willis Reed, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Magic Johnson, Larry Bird, and Michael Jordan. Jordan and Olajuwon at the time were the only players to win the award consecutively.


1995 NBA Finals, Media coverage
In the United States, the NBA Finals was broadcast on NBC television, with Marv Albert, Matt Guokas and Bill Walton calling the action. Ahmad Rashād, Hannah Storm, and Jim Gray served as sideline reporters, and studio coverage was handled by Bob Costas, Julius Erving and Peter Vecsey.


1995 NBA Finals, Media coverage
National radio coverage was provided by the NBA Radio Network, with Joe McConnell and Wes Unseld on the call. After the season, NBA Radio was dissolved and subsequent national radio broadcasts of the NBA Finals would be handled by ESPN Radio.


1995 NBA Finals, Aftermath
The Rockets' title reign ended in 1996, when they were swept by the Seattle SuperSonics in the second round. The Sonics were also the last team to beat the Rockets in the playoffs prior to their championship run, having eliminated them in the second round in 1993. That year, the Rockets won 48 games and achieved the fourth seed. The following offseason, they acquired former NBA MVP Charles Barkley in a trade, but age and injuries would take its toll and the closest the Rockets would achieve after their two-year championship reign was a six-game loss to the Utah Jazz in the 1997 Western Conference Finals.


1995 NBA Finals, Aftermath
The Magic won a franchise-record 60 games in the 1995–96 NBA season, but were swept by the Chicago Bulls in the 1996 Eastern Conference Finals. During the offseason, Shaquille O'Neal signed with the Los Angeles Lakers, with whom he went on to win three championships; he later added a fourth title to his resume with the Miami Heat in 2006. The Magic would not return to the Finals until 2009, which they lost to the Lakers in five games.


1995 NBA draft
The 1995 NBA draft took place on June 28, 1995, at SkyDome in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It marked the first NBA draft to be held outside the United States and was the first draft for the two Canadian expansion teams, Toronto Raptors and Vancouver Grizzlies. Kevin Garnett, who was taken fifth in this draft, is notable for being the first player in two decades to be selected straight out of high school. Garnett ultimately gathered fifteen All Star selections, eight All-NBA selections (four of those being First-Teams), one NBA MVP award, and multiple other accolades. Rasheed Wallace and Jerry Stackhouse also had successful careers, being four-time and two-time All-Stars respectively. Wallace won an NBA championship in 2004 with the Detroit Pistons, while Stackhouse scored the most total points in the league in 2000, also with the Pistons.


1995 NBA draft
The other remaining top selections had relatively productive careers, but were considered to have never reached their full potential. Joe Smith put up solid, but unspectacular numbers throughout his career and is generally considered a disappointment for a first overall selection. He was also involved in a salary cap scandal with the Minnesota Timberwolves. Antonio McDyess was a one-time All-Star, but serious and continuing knee injuries decreased much of his effectiveness in the prime of his career.


1995 NBA draft
Damon Stoudamire was the 1995–96 NBA Rookie of the Year and had a solid career although he was arrested, suspended and fined several times for marijuana possession. Bryant Reeves impressed early in his career but a season after being granted a six-year, $61.8 million contract extension, his numbers went down due to weight and back problems and he retired after only playing six NBA seasons, all with the Vancouver Grizzlies.


1995 NBA draft
This draft was also notable for two storied NCAA players who failed to meet lofty expectations in the NBA, Ed O'Bannon and Shawn Respert. O'Bannon had received national accolades for leading the UCLA Bruins to the NCAA Championship, but only played two years in the NBA. Respert played only four seasons in the NBA, while secretly hiding that he was suffering from stomach cancer.


1995 NBA draft
The Vancouver Grizzlies and the Toronto Raptors were not able to win the NBA draft lottery since they were expansion teams they were not allowed to select first in this draft.


1995 NBA draft, Notable undrafted players
The following players went undrafted in the 1995 NBA Draft but later played in the NBA.


1995 NBA draft, Trades involving Draft picks, Draft-day trades
The following trades involving drafted players were made on the day of the draft.


1995 NBA expansion draft
The 1995 NBA Expansion Draft was the tenth expansion draft in the history of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The draft was held on June 24, 1995, so that the newly founded Toronto Raptors and Vancouver Grizzlies could acquire players for the upcoming 1995–96 season. Toronto was awarded an expansion team on September 30, 1993, while Vancouver was awarded the league's 29th franchise on April 27, 1994. They were the first NBA teams based in Canada since the 1946–47 season Toronto Huskies.


1995 NBA expansion draft
In an NBA expansion draft, new NBA teams are allowed to acquire players from the previously established teams in the league. Not all players on a given team are available during an expansion draft, since each team can protect a certain number of players from being selected. In this draft, each of the twenty-seven other NBA teams had protected eight players from their roster, and the Raptors and the Grizzlies selected fourteen and thirteen unprotected players respectively, one from each team.


1995 NBA expansion draft
Prior to the draft, the league conducted a coin flip between the Raptors and the Grizzlies to decide their draft order in this expansion draft and in the 1995 NBA draft. The Grizzlies won the coin flip and chose to have the higher pick in the 1995 Draft, allowing the Raptors to receive the first selection and the right to select fourteen players in the expansion draft.


1995 NBA expansion draft
The Raptors were formed and owned by a group headed by Toronto businessman John Bitove. Brendan Malone was hired as the franchise's first head coach. The Raptors used their first pick to select three-time NBA champion B. J. Armstrong from the Chicago Bulls. However, Armstrong refused to report for training and was traded to the Golden State Warriors for five other players. The Raptors' other selections included four-time NBA champion John Salley and six other former first-round picks, Doug Smith, Willie Anderson, Ed Pinckney, Acie Earl, B. J. Tyler and Oliver Miller. Seven players from the expansion draft joined the Raptors for their inaugural season, but only Miller, Earl and Žan Tabak played more than one season for the team. Tabak and Andrés Guibert were the only international players in the draft.


1995 NBA expansion draft
The Grizzlies were formed and owned by Vancouver sports magnate Arthur Griffiths. Former Atlanta Hawks assistant coach Brian Winters was hired as the franchise's first head coach. The Grizzlies used their first pick to select former first-round pick Greg Anthony from the New York Knicks. The Grizzlies' other selections included three-time NBA champion Byron Scott and three other former first-round picks, Benoit Benjamin, Doug Edwards and Blue Edwards. On draft day, the Grizzlies acquired a second-round draft pick from the Orlando Magic in exchange for selecting Rodney Dent, who had never played in the NBA. Eight players from the expansion draft joined the Grizzlies for their inaugural season, but only Anthony and Blue Edwards played more than one season for the team.


1995 NBA expansion draft, Trades
Prior to the day of the draft, the following trades were made and resulted in exchanges of future draft picks between the teams, along with a particular agreement in the expansion draft.


1995 NBA playoffs
The 1995 NBA playoffs was the postseason tournament of the National Basketball Association's 1994–95 season. The tournament concluded with the Western Conference champion Houston Rockets defeating the Eastern Conference champion Orlando Magic 4 games to 0 in the NBA Finals. Hakeem Olajuwon was named NBA Finals MVP for the second straight time.


1995 NBA playoffs
As of 2021, the 1995 Rockets are the lowest-seeded team to win the NBA Championship.


1995 NBA playoffs
Houston became the eighth team to win back-to-back titles (after the Minneapolis Lakers of 1949 and 1950, and again 1952–54, and the Celtics dynasty of 1959–66 and again in 1968–69, as the LA Lakers of 1987 and 1988, Pistons of 1989 and 1990 and Bulls of 1991, 1992 and 1993). It would go on to happen five more times, with the Bulls winning 3 more from 1996 to 1998, the Lakers from 2000–2002 and 2009–2010, the Miami Heat from 2012–13, and the Golden State Warriors from 2017–18.


1995 NBA playoffs
The Rockets championships were also part of a run that saw 4 teams win consecutive titles (The Lakers 1987–88, Pistons 1989–90, Bulls 1991–93 and 1996–98, Rockets 1994–95). That streak was stopped by a Spurs franchise, who like the Celtics of the 1980s, didn't win back-to-back titles, but did win numerous championships and is considered a dynasty.


1995 NBA playoffs
The sixth-seeded Rockets (47–35) took out 4 impressive opponents on their way to the title, defeating the 3rd-seeded Utah Jazz (60–22), 2nd-seeded Phoenix Suns (59–23), top-seeded San Antonio Spurs (62–20) and Eastern Conference champion Orlando Magic (57–25) in the NBA Finals. In the first round against the Utah Jazz, the Houston Rockets came back from a 1-2 series deficit, winning Game 5 in Utah. In the second round against the Suns, the Rockets came back from a 2–0 and 3–1 series deficit without home-court advantage, winning Games 5 and 7 in Phoenix. Rockets center Hakeem Olajuwon dominated league MVP David Robinson and Shaquille O'Neal in consecutive series to win the title. The Rockets 47 wins were the fewest by an NBA champion since the Washington Bullets tallied 44 in 1978.


1995 NBA playoffs
The 1995 Playoffs featured the first 3 playoff series victories in Magic history, as they beat the Boston Celtics, Chicago Bulls, and Indiana Pacers to win their first Eastern Conference title.


1995 NBA playoffs
It also featured the return of Michael Jordan to the playoffs after a year and a half absence, returning in March, and the only time the Bulls didn't win a title with him on the roster since they started their string of titles in 1991.


1995 NBA playoffs
Game 4 of the Celtics-Magic series was the last game played at Boston Garden. Boston returned to the playoffs in 2002, this time in the new FleetCenter (now TD Garden).


1995 NBA playoffs
Game 3 of the Blazers-Suns series was the last game played at the then-Memorial Coliseum (renamed the Veterans Memorial Coliseum as of 2012). The Blazers continued their playoff streak at Rose Garden (now Moda Center) for the next 7 years.


1995 NBA playoffs
Game 3 of the Spurs-Nuggets series was the final playoff game at McNichols Sports Arena; the Nuggets missed the playoffs in each of the arena's final four years. Denver returned to the playoffs in 2004, this time in the new Pepsi Center.


1995 NBA playoffs
The Pacers made the Eastern Conference Finals for the second straight year (and finally defeated the New York Knicks on their way to doing so), but found the Magic too powerful to overcome. Coincidentally, they met all 3 playoff opponents (Orlando, Atlanta, and New York) they had in 1994, just in a different order.


1995 NBA playoffs
Since the NBA playoffs expanded to 16 teams in 1984, the Jazz became the second team (along with the 1994 Sonics) to win at least 60 regular season games and lose in the first round, when they lost to the eventual NBA champion Rockets.


1995 NBA playoffs, First Round, Eastern Conference First Round, (1) Orlando Magic vs. (8) Boston Celtics
This was the first playoff meeting between the Celtics and the Magic.


1995 NBA playoffs, First Round, Eastern Conference First Round, (2) Indiana Pacers vs. (7) Atlanta Hawks
This was the third playoff meeting between these two teams, with each team winning one series apiece.


1995 NBA playoffs, First Round, Eastern Conference First Round, (3) New York Knicks vs. (6) Cleveland Cavaliers
This was the second playoff meeting between these two teams, with the Knicks winning the first meeting.


1995 NBA playoffs, First Round, Eastern Conference First Round, (4) Charlotte Hornets vs. (5) Chicago Bulls
This was the first playoff meeting between the Hornets and the Bulls.


1995 NBA playoffs, First Round, Western Conference First Round, (1) San Antonio Spurs vs. (8) Denver Nuggets
This was the fourth playoff meeting between these two teams, with the Spurs winning two of the first three meetings.


1995 NBA playoffs, First Round, Western Conference First Round, (2) Phoenix Suns vs. (7) Portland Trail Blazers
This was the fifth playoff meeting between these two teams, with each team winning two series apiece.


1995 NBA playoffs, First Round, Western Conference First Round, (3) Utah Jazz vs. (6) Houston Rockets
This was the third playoff meeting between these two teams, with each team winning one series apiece.


1995 NBA playoffs, First Round, Western Conference First Round, (4) Seattle SuperSonics vs. (5) Los Angeles Lakers
This was the sixth playoff meeting between these two teams, with the Lakers winning three of the first five meetings.


1995 NBA playoffs, Conference Semifinals, Eastern Conference Semifinals, (1) Orlando Magic vs. (5) Chicago Bulls
This was the first playoff meeting between the Bulls and the Magic.


1995 NBA playoffs, Conference Semifinals, Eastern Conference Semifinals, (2) Indiana Pacers vs. (3) New York Knicks
This was the third playoff meeting between these two teams, with the Knicks winning the first two meetings.


1995 NBA playoffs, Conference Semifinals, Western Conference Semifinals, (1) San Antonio Spurs vs. (5) Los Angeles Lakers
This was the fifth playoff meeting between these two teams, with the Lakers winning the first four meetings.


1995 NBA playoffs, Conference Semifinals, Western Conference Semifinals, (2) Phoenix Suns vs. (6) Houston Rockets
This was the second playoff meeting between these two teams, with the Rockets winning the first meeting.


1995 NBA playoffs, Conference Finals, Eastern Conference Finals, (1) Orlando Magic vs. (2) Indiana Pacers
This was the second playoff meeting between these two teams, with the Pacers winning the first meeting.


1995 NBA playoffs, Conference Finals, Western Conference Finals, (1) San Antonio Spurs vs. (6) Houston Rockets
This was the third playoff meeting between these two teams, with the Rockets winning the first two meetings.


1995 NBA playoffs, NBA Finals: (E1) Orlando Magic vs. (W6) Houston Rockets
This was the first playoff meeting between the Rockets and the Magic.


1995 NBL season
The 1995 NBL season was the 17th season of competition since its establishment in 1979. A total of 14 teams contest the league.


1995 NBL season, Regular Season
The 1995 Regular Season took place over 21 Rounds between 21 April 1995 and 16 September 1995.


1995 NBL season, Ladder
This is the ladder at the end of season, before the finals. The top 8 teams qualified for the finals series.


1995 NBL season, Ladder
The NBL tie-breaker system as outlined in the NBL Rules and Regulations states that in the case of an identical win-loss record, the results in games played between the teams will determine order of seeding.


1995 NBL season, Ladder
1Head-to-Head between South East Melbourne Magic and North Melbourne Giants (1-1). South East Melbourne Magic won For and Against (+12).


1995 NBL season, Ladder
2Head-to-Head between Adelaide 36ers and Newcastle Falcons (1-1). Adelaide 36ers won For and Against (+2).


1995 NC State Wolfpack football team
The 1995 NC State Wolfpack football team represented North Carolina State University during the 1995 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team's head coach was Mike O'Cain. NC State has been a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) since the league's inception in 1953. The Wolfpack played its home games in 1995 at Carter–Finley Stadium in Raleigh, North Carolina, which has been NC State football's home stadium since 1966.


1995 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament
The 1995 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament was played at the end of the 1995 NCAA Division I baseball season to determine the national champion of college baseball. The tournament concluded with eight teams competing in the College World Series, a double-elimination tournament in its forty ninth year. Eight regional competitions were held to determine the participants in the final event. Each region was composed of six teams, resulting in 48 teams participating in the tournament at the conclusion of their regular season, and in some cases, after a conference tournament. The forty-ninth tournament's champion was Cal State Fullerton, coached by Augie Garrido. The Most Outstanding Player was Mark Kotsay of Cal State Fullerton.


1995 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament, Regionals
The opening rounds of the tournament were played across eight regional sites across the country, each consisting of a six-team field. Each regional tournament is double-elimination, however region brackets are variable depending on the number of teams remaining after each round. The winners of each regional advanced to the College World Series.


1995 NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships
The 1995 NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships were the 57th annual NCAA Men's Division I Cross Country Championship and the 15th annual NCAA Women's Division I Cross Country Championship to determine the team and individual national champions of NCAA Division I men's and women's collegiate cross country running in the United States. In all, four different titles were contested: men's and women's individual and team championships.


1995 NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships
Held on November 20, 1995, the combined meet was hosted by Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa. The distance for the men's race was 10 kilometers (6.21 miles) while the distance for the women's race was 5 kilometers (3.11 miles).


1995 NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships
The men's team championship was won by Arkansas (100 points), their eighth overall title and first since winning four consecutive titles between 1990 and 1993. The women's team championship was won by Providence (88 points), their first.


1995 NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships
The two individual champions were Godfrey Siamusiye (Arkansas, 30:09) and Kathy Butler (Wisconsin, 16:51).


1995 NCAA Division I Field Hockey Championship
The 1995 NCAA Division I Field Hockey Championship was the 15th women's collegiate field hockey tournament organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association, to determine the top college field hockey team in the United States. The North Carolina Tar Heels won their first championship, defeating the Maryland Terrapins in the final The championship rounds were held at Kentner Stadium in Winston-Salem, North Carolina on the campus of Wake Forest University.


1995 NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships
The 1995 NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships were contested to determine the individual and team national champions of men's and women's NCAA collegiate indoor track and field events in the United States after the 1994–95 season, the 31st annual meet for men and 13th annual meet for women.


1995 NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships
The championships were again held at the RCA Dome in Indianapolis, Indiana.


1995 NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships
Eleven-time defending champions Arkansas again claimed the men's team title, the Razorbacks' twelfth overall.


1995 NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships
Two-time defending champions LSU again won the women's team title, the Lady Tigers' sixth.


1995 NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships, Qualification
All teams and athletes from Division I indoor track and field programs were eligible to compete for this year's individual and team titles.


1995 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship Game
The 1995 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship Game was the finals of the 1995 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament and it determined the national champion for the 1994-95 NCAA Division I men's basketball season  The 1995 National Title Game was played on April 3, 1995 at the Kingdome in Seattle, Washington. The 1995 National Title Game was played between the 1995 West Regional Champions, #1-seeded UCLA and the 1995 Midwest Regional Champions, #2-seeded Arkansas.


1995 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Championship Game
This was the last national championship game that was played in a western state until the 2017 National Title Game which was played at the University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Arizona due to the NCAA's preference for domed stadiums as well as the last Final Four in Seattle, a city which had hosted the event 4 times previously. Additionally this was the last time for the foreseeable future the Pacific Northwest hosted a Final Four or Regional Final after playing host to the aforementioned 4 in Seattle along with 1 in Portland.


1995 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament
The 1995 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament involved 64 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball. It began on March 16, 1995, and ended with the championship game on April 3 at the Kingdome in Seattle, Washington. A total of 63 games were played.


1995 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament
The Final Four consisted of UCLA, making their fifteenth appearance and first since the 1980 team that eventually saw their appearance vacated, Oklahoma State, making their fifth appearance and first since 1951, North Carolina, making their twelfth appearance and second in three years, and Arkansas, the defending national champions.


1995 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament
The championship game saw UCLA win their eleventh national championship and first (and only) national title under Jim Harrick by defeating Arkansas 89–78, foiling the Razorbacks' hopes of back to back national titles.


1995 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament
UCLA's Ed O'Bannon was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player.


1995 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament, Schedule and venues
The following are the sites that were selected to host each round of the 1995 tournament:


1995 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament, Schedule and venues
For the third and final time, the Kingdome served as the host venue for the Final Four. It would be the last tournament games at the multipurpose stadium, which was demolished in 2000 to make way for Lumen Field. The 1995 tournament saw four new host venues in three new cities. For the first time, the New York capital of Albany hosted tournament games at Knickerbocker Arena, the off-campus home of the Siena Saints men's basketball team.


1995 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament, Schedule and venues
Baltimore hosted its first and, to date, only tournament games at the Baltimore Arena, as did Tallahassee's Leon County Civic Center, the home of the Florida State Seminoles men's basketball team. To date, this marked the last time the tournament has been held in the state of Maryland. Tallahassee was the fourth new city in three years in the state of Florida. And for the second time, the tournament returned to Memphis, this time at the Pyramid Arena, the home to the Memphis Tigers men's basketball team. Future tournament games played in Seattle would be played at Key Arena up to the 2015; and likely Climate Pledge Arena thereafter.


1995 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament, Announcers, Television
Once again, CBS served as broadcasters on television for the tournament.


1995 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament, Announcers, Radio
CBS Radio was once again the radio home for the tournament.


1995 NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championship
The 1995 NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championships were contested at the 56th annual NCAA-sanctioned golf tournament for determining the individual and team national champions of men's collegiate golf at the Division I level in the United States.


1995 NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championship
The tournament was held at the Ohio State University Golf Club in Columbus, Ohio.


1995 NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championship
Oklahoma State won the team championship, the Cowboys' eighth NCAA title and first since 1991. Oklahoma State defeated defending champions Stanford in a play-off after the two teams finished tied atop the team standings (1,156–1,156).


1995 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
The 1995 NCAA Men's Division I Ice Hockey Tournament involved 12 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's  NCAA Division I college ice hockey. It began on March 24, 1995, and ended with the championship game on April 1. A total of 11 games were played. The top 2 seeds in each region received a bye into the tournament quarterfinals.


1995 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament, Qualifying teams
The at-large bids and seeding for each team in the tournament were announced after the conference tournaments concluded. The Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA) had four teams receive a berth in the tournament, the Central Collegiate Hockey Association (CCHA) and Hockey East each had three teams receive a berth in the tournament, while the ECAC had two berths.


1995 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship
The 1995 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Tournament was the 25th annual Division I NCAA Men's Lacrosse Championship tournament. Twelve NCAA Division I college men's lacrosse teams met after having played their way through a regular season, and for some, a conference tournament.


1995 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship
The championship game was played at Maryland's home field, Byrd Stadium, in front of 26,229 fans. The game saw Syracuse University defeat University of Maryland by the score of 13–9. Despite the loss, Maryland goalie Brian Dougherty was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player. Dougherty was outstanding in the semi-finals, showing why he earned the award as Division I goalie of the year, making 23 saves on 59 shots. In the first quarter, Hopkins' attack took 19 shots with Dougherty making 12 saves, allowing Maryland to take a 4-1 first-quarter lead.


1995 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship
In the finals, Maryland led 4 to 2 with a minute left in the first half before the Orange exploded to three straight goals to claim a 5-4 half time lead and that momentum led to the victory. Dougherty again had 23 saves in the finals.


1995 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship
Despite being on the losing side, Maryland goalie Brian Dougherty was named mostoutstanding player. Also honored on the All-Tournament team were Syracuse’s Mark Fietta, Nick Licameli, Rob Kavovit, Ric Beardsley and Casey Powell, as well as Dan Radebaugh, Matt Hahn, Peter Hilgartner and Rob Chomo for the Terrapins.


1995 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship
For the 25th Division I tournament, a 25th anniversary All-time team was selected. This team was nominated and selected based on the voting of all current and past Division I head coaches and all current and past members of the NCAA Men’s Lacrosse Committee.


1995 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship
The members of the team, followed by their last year of competition included: Scott Bacigalupo Princeton 1994, Tom Cafaro Army 1971, John DeTomasso Johns Hopkins 1986, Del Dressel Johns Hopkins 1986, Mike Federico Johns Hopkins 1980, Mike French Cornell 1976, Gary Gait Syracuse 1990, Paul Gait Syracuse 1990, Mark Greenberg Johns Hopkins 1980, Tom Haus North Carolina 1980, Chris Kane Cornell 1979, Brad Kotz Syracuse 1985, Richard Kowalchuk Johns Hopkins 1974, Dan MacKesey Cornell 1977, Eamon McEneaney Cornell 1977, David Morrow Princeton 1993, Tim Nelson Syracuse 1985, Mike O’Neill Johns Hopkins 1978, Dave Pietramala Johns Hopkins 1989, Larry Quinn Johns Hopkins 1985, Jonathan Reese Yale 1990, Brendan Schneck Johns Hopkins 1981, Tom Sears North Carolina 1983, Jack Thomas Johns Hopkins 1974, Frank Urso Maryland 1976.


1995 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship, Tournament boxscores
Brown scoring–Robin Prince 5, James Gaensbauer 3, David Evans 2, Alex Goodman, Thomas Collard, GregoryRozycki. Virginia scoring–Doug Knight 6, David Jones 3, Brad Hoag, Tim Whiteley, Michael Watson, Tony Nugent,Harmar Thompson, Sean Miller, Greg Traynor. Shots: Brown 56, Virginia 54. Saves: B–Greg Cattrano 17; V–Court Durling 12, Joe Wilson 2. Attendance: 2,314.


1995 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship, Tournament boxscores
LaVerghetta 2, Tony Nugent, Michael Watson, Sean Miller, Mark Dixon, Brad Hoag, David Jones, KurtMueller, Brian Birch, Ben Johnson


1995 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament
The 1995 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament was the 36th organized men's college soccer tournament by the National Collegiate Athletic Association, to determine the top college soccer team in the United States. The Wisconsin Badgers won their first national title by defeating the Duke Blue Devils in the championship game, 2–0. The semifinals, on December 8, 1995, and the final match, on December 10, 1995, were played in Richmond, Virginia at Richmond Stadium. All first, second and third round matches were played at the home field of the higher seeded team.


1995 NCAA Division I Men's Swimming and Diving Championships
The 1995 NCAA Division I Men's Swimming and Diving Championships were contested in March 1995 at the Indiana University Natatorium in Indianapolis, Indiana at the 72nd annual NCAA-sanctioned swim meet to determine the team and individual national champions of Division I men's collegiate swimming and diving in the United States.


1995 NCAA Division I Men's Swimming and Diving Championships
Michigan topped the team standings, finishing 86 points ahead of three-time defending champions Stanford. It was the Wolverines' eleventh title but their first since 1961. It was the first title for coach Jon Urbanchek.


1995 NCAA Division I Men's Tennis Championships
The 1995 NCAA Division I Tennis Championships were the 49th annual championships to determine the national champions of NCAA Division I men's singles, doubles, and team collegiate tennis in the United States.


1995 NCAA Division I Men's Tennis Championships
Stanford defeated Ole Miss in the championship final, 4–0, to claim the Cardinal's thirteenth team national title.


1995 NCAA Division I Men's Tennis Championships, Host sites
The men's tournaments were played at the Dan Magill Tennis Complex at the University of Georgia in Athens, Georgia.


1995 NCAA Division I Men's Tennis Championships, Host sites
The men's and women's tournaments would not be held at the same site until 2006.


1995 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships
The 1995 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships were contested May 31 – June 3 at Tom Black Track at LaPorte Stadium at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville, Tennessee in order to determine the individual and team national champions of men's and women's collegiate Division I outdoor track and field events in the United States.


1995 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships
These were the 73rd annual men's championships and the 14th annual women's championships. This was the Volunteers' second time hosting the event (although the first time hosting women's events) and first since 1969.


1995 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships
In a repeat of the previous three years' results, Arkansas and LSU topped the men's and women's team standings, respectively; it was the Razorbacks' fifth men's team title and the ninth for the Lady Tigers. This was the fourth of eight consecutive titles for Arkansas. The Lady Tigers, meanwhile, captured their ninth consecutive title and, ultimately, the ninth of eleven straight titles they won between 1987 and 1997.


1995 NCAA Division I Softball Tournament
The 1995 NCAA Division I Softball Tournament was the fourteenth annual tournament to determine the national champion of NCAA women's collegiate softball. Held during May 1995, thirty-two Division I college softball teams contested the championship. The tournament featured eight regionals of four teams, each in a double elimination format. The 1995 Women's College World Series was held in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma from May 25 through May 29 and marked the conclusion of the 1995 NCAA Division I softball season. UCLA won their eighth NCAA championship, and ninth overall, by defeating Arizona 4–2 in the final game. UCLA pitcher Tanya Harding was named Women's College World Series Most Outstanding Player, the first time the honor was awarded by the NCAA. The Bruins' participation and championship were later vacated by the NCAA.


1995 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament
The 1995 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament featured 64 teams. The Final Four consisted of Connecticut, Tennessee, Stanford, and Georgia. Connecticut defeated Tennessee 70-64 to win its first NCAA title and complete a 35-0 undefeated season.


1995 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament
The first two rounds were held at the home court of the top four seeds in each region (except for San Diego State, which hosted three games in the West region). The regional semifinals and finals were held at the University of Connecticut for the East region, UCLA for the West region, the University of Tennessee for the Mideast region, and Drake University for the Midwest region. The Final Four was played in Minneapolis, Minnesota.


1995 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament, Notable events
In a second-round game, 4 seed Alabama faced the 5 seed Duke. The game was close throughout the contest, with neither team leading the other by more than seven points. With time winding down in regulation, Alabama's Niesa Johnson hit a three-pointer to send the game to overtime. Not just one overtime, the game would eventually feature four overtimes. Johnson went on to hit two free throws at the end of the fourth overtime to give Alabama a 121–120 victory, setting records for the most overtimes, and the most points scored in an NCAA tournament game. At the time, it was called "the best women's basketball game in history".


1995 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament, Notable events
In the east regional semi-final involving Louisiana tech and Virginia, confusion reigned momentarily with both teams celebrating at the end of regulation. Louisiana Tech led early, with as much as a 13-point lead in the first half and a ten-point lead at halftime. The Cavaliers came back and had a 63–62 lead with seconds left in the game. With time running out, Louisiana Tech's Debra Williams went to the foul line for a one-and-one shot. She missed it, but the scorekeeper accidentally recorded it, so the scoreboard showed 63–63.


1995 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament, Notable events
Louisiana Tech tried and missed a last second shot, but thought they were headed to overtime based upon the score, while Virginia thought they had won, so both teams were celebrating. The referees met at the scores table to sort it out, then Dee Kantner emerged and pointed to the Virginia bench signaling victory.


1995 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament, Notable events
Georgia and Tennessee, both from the SEC, squared off in one of the Final Four match ups. Tennessee was a number 1 seed, while Georgia was a 3 seed, and upset top seed Colorado 82–79 in the Midwest Rational final. The two teams had faced each other in the final game of the regular season, when the Lady Vols beat the Lady Bulldogs by 22 points. Georgia coach Andy Landers complained about lack of effort in that game, but did not have the same complaints in the Final Four game, even though the final margin was identical. Tennessee's Pat Summitt emphasizes rebounds, and Tennessee out rebounded Georgia 51–33. While the Lady Bulldogs were able to get within seven points in the second half, they could get no closer and Tennessee prevailed 73–51, to send them into the champions ship game.


1995 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament, Notable events
Despite entering the game against Stanford with an undefeated record, some skeptics weren't convinced that Connecticut could win. Although UConn had beaten Tennessee earlier in the year, they then played in the Big East, which at the time wasn't a strong conference. The Big East earned just two invitations to the NCAA tournament, while eight other conferences had three or more teams in the tournament. Stanford was a representative of the Pacific-10 conference, which had five teams strong enough to earn bids.


1995 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament, Notable events
However, the Huskies jumped out to an early 16–4 lead, and ended the game with a 27-point margin, winning 87–60. Kara Wolters scored 31 points, a single point under her career high while Jamelle Elliott matched her career high with 21 points. Consensus national player of the year Rebecca Lobo added 17 points, prompting coach Auriemma to quip "The reason we're playing [in the final] is I've got these three players [and Tara VanDerveer doesn't.] "


1995 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament, Notable events
In the championship game, Tennessee had a small lead in the first half 28–25, but more importantly, two of UConn's All-Americans, Jennifer Rizzotti and Rebecca Lobo, had three fouls, while six foot seven inch Kara Wolters had two. Auriemma tried playing small, with six foot Jamelle Elliott the tallest Husky on the floor. The Tennessee lead extended, but only to six points at the half. In the second half, the lead was still four points in the Lady Vols favor when Wolters received her fourth foul. With twelve minutes left to go in the game, Lobo had but six points.


1995 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament, Notable events
Lobo then scored on four possessions, and with a steal by Rizzotti turned into a layup, the Tennessee nine point lead was down to a single point, prompting coach Summitt to call for a time-out. Jamelle Elliott tied the game with just over two minutes left, then Rizzotti made a play which would be talked about for years afterward. She grabbed a rebound, then drove the length of the court against Michelle Marciniak. Just before reaching the basket, she executed a cross-over dribble and sank a left-handed layup to take a lead that would never be relinquished. UConn  won the game 70–64, completing the first undefeated season in NCAA history since the 1986 Texas team, and winning the first national championship for the Connecticut Huskies team.


1995 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament, Qualifying teams - automatic
Sixty-four teams were selected to participate in the 1995 NCAA Tournament. Thirty-two conferences were eligible for an automatic bid to the 1995 NCAA Tournament .


1995 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament, Qualifying teams - at-large
Thirty-two additional teams were selected to complete the six-four invitations.


1995 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament, Bids by conference
Thirty-two conferences earned an automatic bid. In seventeen cases, the automatic bid was the only representative from the conference. Thirty-two additional at-large teams were selected from fifteen of the conferences.


1995 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament, First and second rounds
In 1995, the field remained at 64 teams. The teams were seeded, and assigned to four geographic regions, with seeds 1-16 in each region. In Round 1, seeds 1 and 16 faced each other, as well as seeds 2 and 15, seeds 3 and 14, seeds 4 and 13, seeds 5 and 12, seeds 6 and 11, seeds 7 and 10, and seeds 8 and 9. In the first two rounds, the top four seeds were given the opportunity to host the first-round game. In most cases, the higher seed accepted the opportunity. The exception:


1995 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament, First and second rounds
The following table lists the region, host school, venue and the sixteen first and second round locations:


1995 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament, Regionals and Final Four
The Regionals, named for the general location, were held from March 23 to March 25 at these sites:


1995 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament, Regionals and Final Four
Each regional winner advanced to the Final Four held April 1 and April 2 in Minneapolis, Minnesota at the  Target Center,


1995 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament, Bids by state
The sixty-four teams came from thirty-three states, plus Washington, D.C. California had the most teams with five bids. Seventeen states did not have any teams receiving bids.


1995 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament, Record by conference
Seventeen conferences had more than one bid, or at least one win in NCAA Tournament play:


1995 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament, Record by conference
Fifteen conferences went 0-1: Big South Conference, Big West Conference, Colonial, Ivy League, MAAC, Mid-Continent, MEAC, Midwestern Collegiate, North Atlantic Conference, Northeast Conference, Ohio Valley Conference,  Patriot League, Southern Conference, Southland, and SWAC


1995 NCAA Division I Women's Lacrosse Championship
The 1995 NCAA Division I Women's Lacrosse Championship was the 14th annual single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of Division I NCAA women's college lacrosse. The championship game was played at Lions Stadium in Trenton, New Jersey during May 1995. All NCAA Division I women's lacrosse programs were eligible for this championship; a total of 6 teams were invited to participate.


1995 NCAA Division I Women's Lacrosse Championship
Maryland defeated Princeton, 13–5, to win their third national championship. This would subsequently be the first of Maryland's record seven straight national titles (1995–2001). Furthermore, Maryland's championship secured an undefeated season (17–0) for the team.


1995 NCAA Division I Women's Lacrosse Championship
The leading scorer for the tournament, with 10 goals, was Cristi Samaras from Princeton. The Most Outstanding Player trophy was not awarded this year.


1995 NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Tournament
The 1995 NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Tournament was the 14th annual single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of NCAA Division I women's collegiate soccer. The semifinals and championship game were played at Fetzer Field in Chapel Hill, North Carolina during December 1995.


1995 NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Tournament
Notre Dame defeated Portland in the final, 1–0 (in three overtimes), to win their first national title. Coached by Chris Petrucelli, the Irish finished the season 21–2–2. This was the first championship since 1985 not won by North Carolina, whose record streak of nine consecutive national titles (1986–1994) was broken. This was also the first final match to not feature the Tar Heels.


1995 NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Tournament
The Most Outstanding Offensive Player was Cindy Daws from Notre Dame, and the Most Outstanding Defensive Player was Kate Sobrero, also from Notre Dame. Daws and Sobrero, were named to the All-tournament team.


1995 NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Tournament
The tournament's leading scorer, with 4 goals and 1 assist, was Danielle Garrett from SMU.


1995 NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Tournament, Qualification
All Division I women's soccer programs were eligible to qualify for the tournament. A total of 24 teams were invited to participate in this tournament.


1995 NCAA Division I Women's Swimming and Diving Championships
The 1995 NCAA Women's Division I Swimming and Diving Championships were contested at the 14th annual NCAA-sanctioned swim meet to determine the team and individual national champions of Division I women's collegiate swimming and diving in the United States.


1995 NCAA Division I Women's Swimming and Diving Championships
This year's events were hosted by the University of Texas at the Texas Swimming Center in Austin, Texas.


1995 NCAA Division I Women's Swimming and Diving Championships
Stanford once again topped the team standings, finishing 19 points ahead of Michigan. It was the Cardinal's fourth consecutive and seventh overall women's team title.


1995 NCAA Division I Women's Tennis Championships
The 1995 NCAA Division I Women's Tennis Championships were the 14th annual championships to determine the national champions of NCAA Division I women's singles, doubles, and team collegiate tennis in the United States, held during May 1995 in Malibu, California.


1995 NCAA Division I Women's Tennis Championships
Texas defeated Florida in the team championship, 5–4, to claim their second national title.


1995 NCAA Division I Women's Tennis Championships, Host
This year's tournaments were hosted by Pepperdine University at the Ralphs-Straus Tennis Center in Malibu, California. This was the first time the Waves hosted the women's championships.


1995 NCAA Division I Women's Tennis Championships, Host
The men's and women's NCAA tennis championships would not be held jointly until 2006.


1995 NCAA Division I Women's Volleyball Tournament
The 1995 NCAA Division I Women's Volleyball Tournament began with 48 teams and ended on December 16, 1995, when Nebraska defeated Texas 3 games to 1 in the NCAA championship match.


1995 NCAA Division I Women's Volleyball Tournament
Nebraska defeated Texas 11-15, 15-2, 15-7, 16-14. Nebraska was led by Katie Crnich and Billie Winsett who each had 25 kills. After losing its second match of the season to then-No. 1 Stanford, Nebraska reeled off 31 consecutive matches to claim the NCAA title and had the program's best season at 32-1 (.970%).


1995 NCAA Division I baseball rankings
The following polls make up the 1995 NCAA Division I baseball rankings. USA Today and ESPN began publishing the Coaches' Poll of 31 active coaches ranking the top 25 teams in the nation in 1992. Each coach is a member of the American Baseball Coaches Association. Baseball America began publishing its poll of the top 20 teams in college baseball in 1981. Beginning with the 1985 season, it expanded to the top 25. Collegiate Baseball Newspaper published its first human poll of the top 20 teams in college baseball in 1957, and expanded to rank the top 30 teams in 1961.


1995 NCAA Division I baseball rankings, USA Today/ESPN Coaches' Poll
Currently, only the final poll from the 1995 season is available.


1995 NCAA Division I baseball rankings, Baseball America
Currently, only the final poll from the 1995 season is available.


1995 NCAA Division I baseball rankings, Collegiate Baseball
Currently, only the final poll from the 1995 season is available.


1995 NCAA Division I baseball season
The 1995 NCAA Division I baseball season, play of college baseball in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) began in the spring of 1995. The season progressed through the regular season and concluded with the 1995 College World Series. The College World Series, held for the forty ninth time in 1995, consisted of one team from each of eight regional competitions and was held in Omaha, Nebraska at Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium as a double-elimination tournament. Cal State Fullerton claimed the championship for the second time.


1995 NCAA Division I baseball season, Conference winners
This is a partial list of conference champions from the 1995 season. The NCAA sponsored regional competitions to determine the College World Series participants. Each of the eight regionals consisted of six teams competing in double-elimination tournaments, with the winners advancing to Omaha. In order to provide all conference champions with an automatic bid, 12 conference champions participated in a play-in round. The six winners joined the other 18 conference champions with automatic bids, 24 teams earned at-large selections.


1995 NCAA Division I baseball season, College World Series
The 1995 season marked the forty-ninth NCAA Baseball Tournament, which culminated with the eight team College World Series. The College World Series was held in Omaha, Nebraska. The eight teams played a double-elimination format, with Cal State Fullerton claiming their third championship with an 11–5 win over Southern California in the final.


1995 NCAA Division I softball rankings
The following human polls make up the 1995 NCAA Division I women's softball rankings. The NFCA/ USA Today Poll is voted on by a panel of 32 Division I softball coaches and ranks to top 25 teams nationally.


1995 NCAA Division I softball season
The 1995 NCAA Division I softball season, play of college softball in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at the Division I level, began in February 1995. The season progressed through the regular season, many conference tournaments and championship series, and concluded with the 1995 NCAA Division I Softball Tournament and 1995 Women's College World Series. The Women's College World Series, consisting of the eight remaining teams in the NCAA Tournament and held in Oklahoma City at ASA Hall of Fame Stadium, ended on May 29, 1995.


1995 NCAA Division I softball season, Women's College World Series
The 1995 NCAA Women's College World Series took place from May 23 to May 26, 1995 in Oklahoma City.


1995 NCAA Division I softball season, Records
NCAA Division I season runs:101 – Jenny Dalton, Arizona Wildcats


1995 NCAA Division I softball season, Records
NCAA Division I season RBIs:128 – Laura Espinoza, Arizona Wildcats


1995 NCAA Division I softball season, Records
NCAA Division I season home runs:37 – Laura Espinoza, Arizona Wildcats


1995 NCAA Division I softball season, Records
NCAA Division I season total bases:232 – Laura Espinoza, Arizona Wildcats


1995 NCAA Division I softball season, Records
NCAA Division I single game RBIs:11 – Tiffany Whittall, Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns; April 15, 1995


1995 NCAA Division I softball season, Records
NCAA Division I single game SINGLE GAME runs:7 – Ellen Burns, Michelle Lafomara & Stephanie Riggins, Cornell Big Red; March 19, 1995


1995 NCAA Division I softball season, Records
Sophomore class single game hits:7 – Michelle Lafomara, Cornell Big Red; March 19, 1995


1995 NCAA Division I softball season, Records
Sophomore class consecutive games hit streak:35 – Robyn Yorke, Fresno State Bulldogs; February 12-April 1, 1995


1995 NCAA Division I-A football rankings
Two human polls comprised the 1995 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I-A football rankings. Unlike most sports, college football's governing body, the NCAA, does not bestow a national championship, instead that title is bestowed by one or more different polling agencies. There are two main weekly polls that begin in the preseason—the AP Poll and the Coaches' Poll.


1995 NCAA Division I-A football season
The 1995 NCAA Division I-A football season was the first year of the Bowl Alliance.


1995 NCAA Division I-A football season
Tom Osborne led Nebraska to its second straight national title with a victory over Florida in the Fiesta Bowl.


1995 NCAA Division I-A football season
This matchup was only possible because of the new Bowl Alliance. Under the old system, Nebraska would have been tied to the Orange Bowl and Florida to the Sugar Bowl. The Bowl Alliance created a national championship game which would rotate between the Orange, Sugar, and Fiesta Bowls free of conference tie-ins and featuring the No. 1 and No. 2 teams as chosen by the Bowl Alliance Poll. The Pac-10 and Big Ten chose not to participate, keeping their tie-ins with the Rose Bowl.


1995 NCAA Division I-A football season
Nebraska was a football dynasty, playing in its third consecutive national title game, and became the first school to claim back-to-back titles since the 1970s. This was a dominant Nebraska team, averaging 52 points per game and a 39-point average margin of victory, including a 62–24 victory over Florida. This lopsided victory came after Florida was picked by many sportswriters to win the game.


1995 NCAA Division I-A football season
Ohio State almost created a national title controversy, going into its final regular season game against Michigan undefeated and ranked No. 2 . Had they finished the season No. 2 the Bowl Alliance would have been unable to pit No. 1 vs. No. 2 as the Big Ten champ was tied to the Rose Bowl. However, Michigan upset Ohio State. Buckeye running back Eddie George still won the Heisman Trophy.


1995 NCAA Division I-A football season
Things were lively in the state of Florida, where the Florida Gators won their third straight SEC championship. Florida State started the season No. 1, but lost an ACC game for the first time ever when Virginia stopped a last-minute drive a few inches from the end zone, knocking them out of the national title race.


1995 NCAA Division I-A football season
However, Northwestern was able to steal the show as the year's Cinderella story. Its only regular season loss came against Miami-OH. Northwestern began the season with an upset of Notre Dame and went on to defeat Michigan and Penn State later in the season. Undefeated in the Big Ten after decades as a doormat, the Wildcats went on to face USC in the Rose Bowl. However, the Wildcats lost to the Trojans in what was a see-saw game until USC pulled away in the fourth quarter.


1995 NCAA Division I-A football season
Miami and Alabama had to sit the post season out, as they were on NCAA probation.


1995 NCAA Division I-A football season
The Southwest Conference played its final game ever, an 18–17 Houston win over Rice. Four of its members would join the Big 8 to form the Big 12; the other four were split between the WAC and the newly formed Conference USA.


1995 NCAA Division I-A football season
The Hall of Fame Bowl, originally played in Birmingham, then moved to Tampa, Florida gained corporate sponsorship, and was now known as the Outback Bowl. The Freedom Bowl was discontinued and the Holiday Bowl absorbed its WAC tie-in.


1995 NCAA Division I-A football season
The first ever Division I-A overtime game was played during the 1995 bowl season, the Las Vegas Bowl between Toledo and Nevada. Overtime would be adopted permanently for all games in 1996. Due to the adoption of overtime, the season-ending 3–3 game between Wisconsin and Illinois on November 25 is the last tied game in Division I-A.


1995 NCAA Division I-A football season, Conference and program changes
One team upgraded from Division I-AA prior to the season. As such, the total number of Division I-A schools increased to 108.


1995 NCAA Division I-A football season, No. 1 and No. 2 progress
+Ohio State, a Big Ten school, was not part of the Bowl Alliance. Florida was No. 3 during weeks 11 through 13.


1995 NCAA Division I-A football season, Heisman Trophy voting
The Heisman Memorial Trophy Award is given to the Most Outstanding Player of the year


1995 NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship Game
The 1995 NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship Game was a postseason college football game between the Marshall Thundering Herd and the Montana Grizzlies. The game was played on December 16, 1995, at Marshall University Stadium in Huntington, West Virginia. The culminating game of the 1995 NCAA Division I-AA football season, it was won by Montana, 22–20.


1995 NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship Game, Teams
The participants of the Championship Game were the finalists of the 1995 I-AA Playoffs, which began with a 16-team bracket. The site of the title game, Marshall University Stadium, had been determined in March 1994.


1995 NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship Game, Teams, Montana Grizzlies
Montana finished their regular season with a 9–2 record (6–1 in conference). One of their wins was over Eastern New Mexico of Division II, while one of their losses was to Washington State of Division I-A. Seeded sixth in the playoffs, the Grizzlies defeated 10-seed Eastern Kentucky, 14-seed Georgia Southern, and seventh-seed Stephen F. Austin to reach the final. This was the first appearance for Montana in a Division I-AA championship game.


1995 NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship Game, Teams, Marshall Thundering Herd
Marshall also finished their regular season with a 9–2 record (7–1 in conference). One of their losses was to NC State of Division I-A. The Thundering Herd, seeded fifth, defeated 12-seed Jackson State, 16-seed Northern Iowa, and top-seed McNeese State to reach the final. This was the fifth appearance for Marshall in a Division I-AA championship game, having one prior win (1992) and three prior losses (1987, 1991, and 1993).


1995 NCAA Division I-AA football rankings
The 1995 NCAA Division I-AA football rankings are from the Sports Network poll of Division I-AA head coaches, athletic directors, sports information directors and media members. This is for the 1995 season.


1995 NCAA Division I-AA football season
The 1995 NCAA Division I-AA football season, part of college football in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association at the Division I-AA level, began in August 1995, and concluded with the 1995 NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship Game on December 16, 1995, at Marshall University Stadium in Huntington, West Virginia. The Montana Grizzlies won their first I-AA championship, defeating the Marshall Thundering Herd by a score of 22−20.


1995 NCAA Division I-AA football season, Conference changes and new programs
One team upgraded to Division I-A and two new programs upgraded from Division II.


1995 NCAA Division I-AA football season, Conference champions
American West Conference – Sacramento StateBig Sky Conference – MontanaGateway Football Conference –  Eastern Illinois and Northern IowaIvy League – PrincetonMetro Atlantic Athletic Conference – DuquesneMid-Eastern Athletic Conference – Florida A&MOhio Valley Conference – Murray StatePatriot League – LehighPioneer Football League – DrakeSouthern Conference – Appalachian StateSouthland Conference – McNeese StateSouthwestern Athletic Conference – Jackson StateYankee Conference – Delaware


1995 NCAA Division I-AA football season, Postseason
The site of the title game, Marshall University Stadium, had been determined in March 1994.


1995 NCAA Division II Men's Basketball Tournament
The 1995 NCAA Division II Men's Basketball Tournament involved 48 schools playing in a single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division II college basketball as a culmination of the 1994-95 NCAA Division II men's basketball season. It was won by the University of Southern Indiana and UC Riverside's William Wilson was the Most Outstanding Player.


1995 NCAA Division II Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
The 1995 NCAA Men's Division II Ice Hockey Tournament involved 2 schools playing in a best of three game series to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division II college ice hockey. A total of 2 games were played, hosted by Mercyhurst University.


1995 NCAA Division II Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
Bemidji State, coached by Bob Peters, won the national title over Mercyhurst, two games to none.


1995 NCAA Division II Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
Eric Fulton & Jude Boulianne, of Bemidji State, were the high scorers of the tournament with five points.