1995 All-Southwest Conference football team

The 1995 All-Southwest Conference football team consists of American football players chosen by various organizations for All-Southwest Conference teams for the 1995 NCAA Division I-A football season. The selectors for the 1995 season included the Associated Press (AP). The 1995 team was the final All-Southwest Conference football team due to the conference's dissolution in 1996.[1]

Five teams placed multiple players on the All-Southwest Conference first team as follows:

  • Conference champion Texas was ranked No. 14 in the final AP Poll placed six players on the first team: quarterback and SWC Offensive Player of the Year James Brown, tight end Pat Fitzgerald, wide receive Mike Adams, offensive lineman Dan Neil, defensive back Chris Carter, and defensive lineman Tony Brackens.[1]
  • Texas A&M was ranked No. 15 in the final AP Poll and also placed six players on the first team: running back and SWC All-Purpose Player of the Year Leeland McElroy, wide receiver Albert Connell, offensive lineman Hunter Goodwin, linebacker Reggie Brown, defensive back Ray Mickens, and defensive lineman Brandon Mitchell[1]
  • Texas Tech was ranked No. 23 in the final AP Poll and placed three players on the first team: running back Byron Hanspard, linebacker and SWC Defensive Player of the Year Zach Thomas, and defensive back Marcus Coleman.[1]
  • Fourth-place Baylor placed four players on the first team: running back and return specialist Jerod Douglas, offensive lineman Fred Miller, defensive lineman Daryl Gardner, linebacker LaCurtis Jones, and defensive back Adrian Robinson.[1]
  • Fifth-place TCU placed three players on the first team: offensive lineman Ryan Tucker, defensive lineman Chris Piland, and placekicker Michael Reeder.[1]

Offensive selections

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Quarterbacks

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Running backs

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Tight ends

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Wide receivers

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Offensive linemen

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Defensive selections

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Defensive lineman

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Linebackers

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Defensive backs

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Special teams

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Place-kickers

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Punters

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  • Tucker Phillips, Rice (AP-1)
  • Sean Terry, Texas A&M (AP-2)

Return specialists

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  • Jerod Douglas, Baylor (AP-1)

Miscellaneous

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Key

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AP = Associated Press[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f "SWC goes quietly into the night as the Big 12 arrives". The Palm Beach Post. January 2, 1996. p. 9C.
  2. ^ "1995 AP All-Southwest Conference football team". Longview (TX) News-Journal. December 10, 1995. p. 5C.