Player Profile: Michael Irvin (1995)
From the Cowboys*96 Media Guide
(July, 1996)
1995: In helping the Cowboys to their third Super Bowl
title in four years, Irvin enjoyed the finest season of his career,
establishing several Dallas single-season and career receiving
records while also setting an NFL record for 100-yard receiving
games in a season with 11 Irvin set new team single-season marks
for receptions (111), receiving yardage (1,603), consecutive
100-yard receiving games (7) and most 100-yard receiving games
(11).
In the Cowboys career records department, 1995 was a landmark
season for Irvin as the eight-year veteran established the following
Dallas all-time standards; receptions, 527 (breaking Drew Pearson's
old mark of 489); receiving yardage, 8.538 (breaking Tony Hill's
previous mark of 7.988); consecutive games with a reception,
81 (Hill, 72) and 100-yard receiving games, 36 (Hill, 26). During
the playoffs, Irvin also set new Dallas postseason records for
career receptions (74) and yardage (1,158).
His 10 regular-season touchdown receptions in 1995 were not a
club record, but the total did represent an Irvin career-best
mark and the most by a Dallas receiver since Lance Rentzel had
12 in 1969. Irvin was selected to his fifth consecutive Pro Bowl,
the most ever by a Dallas receiver, and he was also a finalist
for the Miller Lite NFL Player of the Year Award. His 111 receptions
placed him fifth in the final NFL standings, and his 1,603 receiving
yards were fourth best in the NFL (fifth best single season total
in NFL history).
Irvin also tied Drew Pearson Club mark by leading the team in
receiving for the fifth consecutive year. Also, 88 of his 111
catches went for a first down in 1995. In the Cowboys 27-17 win
over Pittsburgh (1/28/96) in Super Bowl XXX, Irvin ties for the
team lead with five receptions for a team-high 76 yards. He moved
past Pearson's club mark of 1,105 career postseason receiving
yards in the title game.
In the NFC Championship Game against Green Bay (1/14/96), he
caught seven passes for 100 yards and two first quarter scores,
marking his fifth career 100-yard receiving day in postseason.
During that 38.27 title game win over the Packers, he also became
the club's all-time leader in postseason receptions, passing
Pearson's record of 67, while also tying Pearson's club mark
for touchdown receptions in the postseason with eight.
Irvin set the NFL record for 100-yard receiving games in a season
in the 13th game of the year (vs. Washington - 12/3) with 101
yards on 10 catches. The previous mark of 10 100-yard receiving
games was set by Charlie Hennigan of the Houston Oilers in 1961.
In that loss to the Redskins, Irvin also broke his own team record
for catches in a single season of 93 (in 1991). He established
the Cowbows career record for receiving yards in the loss to
San Francisco (11/12).
He also saw his streak of seven straight 100-yard games come
to an end in the loss to the 49ers - tying the NFL record for
consecutive 100-yard games with Charlie Hennigan and Bill Groman
who both established the mark while playing for Houston during
the 1961 season. Against Philadelphia (11/6)., he had tied that
record with eight catches for 115 yards, his seventh-straight
100-yard game, and in the Cowboys 34-21 win at Oakland (11/19).
Irvin eclipsed Pearson's club record for career receptions (489).
In the season opener at New York (9/4)., he tied Tony Hill's
club record for career 100-yard games (26), by registering seven
catches for 109 yards.
Two weeks later at Minnesota (9/17), Irvin established a new
club record for career 100-yard games (27) with eight catches
for 107 yards. Against Green Bay (10/8), he had eight catches
for a season-high 150 yards, while also establishing a new Dallas
record for consecutive 100-yard games by picking up his fourth
straight. Irvin previously shared that record with Rentzel. Against
Kansas City (11/23), Irvin registered a season-high 11 catches,
and his 121 yards vs. the Chiefs gave him his NFL record-typing
10th 100-yard receiving game of the season.
Irvin's previous career best mark and the club record for 100-yard
games in a season was seven in 1991. In the win over the Chiefs,
Irvin also established a new person-best for touchdown receptions
in a season with nine, and he finished the year with 10. His
previous career-high mark was eight touchdowns in 1991. In Atlanta
(10/29). Irvin set a new team record for consecutive games with
at least one reception (73), and he finished the season with
that streak intack at 81. He closed the season by becoming the
only player in Dallas history to record five consecutive seasons
with over 50 receptions (199-95).
Irvin's Seasons: 1994,
1992-93, 1991,
1988-90
Irvin's College/Game Starts
Irvin's Personal Data
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