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The 1995 National Football League expansion draft was held on February 15, 1995. [1] The two new expansion teams, the Carolina Panthers and the Jacksonville Jaguars , alternated picks from lists of unprotected players from existing franchises.
The Carolina Panthers' history formally dates back to 1993, when the NFL awarded the franchise to Charlotte, North Carolina. The Panthers, along with the Jacksonville Jaguars, began play in the 1995 NFL season as expansion teams. They have played in Charlotte since 1996, winning six division titles and two NFC Championships.
The 1995 Carolina Panthers season was the franchise's inaugural season in the National Football League and the first under head coach Dom Capers.They went 7–9, the best debut year for any expansion franchise since the NFL's inception.
Before he became the Carolina Panthers’ head coach, Frank Reich was the team’s first starting QB on the Panthers’ 1995 expansion team.
The Carolina Panthers inaugural season was in 1995, where team played as members of the NFC West division. Dom Capers was the franchise's first head coach. In their first season, they recorded a record of 7–9, the best record for an expansion team in NFL history. [4]
The 1995 NFL expansion draft was held on February 15, 1995. [3] The Jacksonville Jaguars held the first pick overall, while the Carolina Panthers were second, alternating picks as the existing teams made six players available for selection. [4] The Panthers ultimately picked 35 players, while the Jaguars picked 31.
The draft was the first with the expansion Carolina Panthers and Jacksonville Jaguars franchises, who each received two extra picks between the first and second rounds. The Panthers, having selected second in the 1995 NFL Expansion Draft , were awarded the first overall pick in the main draft and the Jaguars, who held the first pick in the ...
The Falcons–Panthers rivalry or I-85 rivalry is a National Football League (NFL) rivalry between the Atlanta Falcons and the Carolina Panthers. The rivalry began in 1995 when the Panthers joined as an expansion team. The two teams have been in the same division since the Panthers joined the league, and thus play each other twice a year.