1995 Southwest Missouri State Bears football team
{{short description|American college football season}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}}
{{Infobox college sports team season
| year = 1995
| team = Southwest Missouri State Bears
| sport = football
| image =
| image_size =
| conference = Gateway Football Conference
| short_conf = GFC
| record = 4–7
| conf_record = 1–5
| head_coach = Del Miller
| hc_year = 1st
| captain =
| stadium = Plaster Sports Complex
}}
{{1995 Gateway Football Conference standings}}
The 1995 Southwest Missouri State Bears football team represented Southwest Missouri State University (now known as Missouri State University) as a member of the Gateway Football Conference (GFC) during the 1995 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Led by first-year head coach Del Miller, the Bears compiled an overall record of 4–7, with a mark of 1–5 in conference play, and finished seventh in the GFC.
Schedule
{{CFB schedule
| rankyear = 1995
| rankdivision = NCAA Division I-AA
| poll = The Sports Network
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 2
| w/l = l
| nonconf = y
| opponent = McNeese State
| opprank = 3
| site_stadium = Plaster Sports Complex
| site_cityst = Springfield, MO
| score = 2–31
| attend = 13,794
| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/120230492/millers-debut-a-disaster/|work=The Springfield News-Leader|title=Miller's debut a disaster|date=September 3, 1995|accessdate=June 30, 2024|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 9
| w/l = w
| nonconf = y
| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1995|team=Northeast Missouri State Bulldogs|title=Northeast Missouri State}}
| site_stadium = Plaster Sports Complex
| site_cityst = Springfield, MO
| score = 30–17
| attend = 12,237
| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-springfield-news-leader-miller-bear/150376663/|work=The Springfield News-Leader|title=Miller, Bears get No. 1|date=September 10, 1995|accessdate=June 30, 2024|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 16
| w/l = l
| away = y
| nonconf = y
| opponent = Oklahoma State
| site_stadium = Lewis Field
| site_cityst = Stillwater, OK
| score = 7–35
| attend = 37,350
| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-oklahoman-at-last-a-w/150376860/|work=The Daily Oklahoman|title=At last, a 'W'|date=September 17, 1995|accessdate=June 30, 2024|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 23
| w/l = l
| away = y
| opponent = Eastern Illinois
| site_stadium = O'Brien Field
| site_cityst = Charleston, IL
| score = 7–9
| attend =
| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-springfield-news-leader-the-more-thi/150377155/|work=The Springfield News-Leader|title=The more things change, the more . . .|date=September 24, 1995|accessdate=June 30, 2024|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 30
| w/l = l
| opponent = Illinois State
| site_stadium = Plaster Sports Complex
| site_cityst = Springfield, MO
| score = 17–20
| overtime = OT
| attend =
| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-pantagraph-kurz-field-goal-in-ot-giv/150377390/|work=The Pantagraph|title=Kurz field goal in OT gives ISU win|date=October 1, 1995|accessdate=June 30, 2024|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 7
| w/l = l
| opponent = Indiana State
| site_stadium = Plaster Sports Complex
| site_cityst = Springfield, MO
| score = 9–16
| attend = 11,614
| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-indianapolis-star-rb-wright-rumbles/150377574/|work=The Indianapolis Star|title=RB Wright rumbles for Indiana State|date=October 8, 1995|accessdate=June 30, 2024|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 14
| w/l = l
| away = y
| opponent = Southern Illinois
| site_stadium = McAndrew Stadium
| site_cityst = Carbondale, IL
| score = 30–33
| overtime = OT
| attend = 12,100
| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/92782897/southern-illinoisan/|work=Southern Illinoisan|title=SIU jolts Bears|date=October 15, 1995|accessdate=June 30, 2024|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 25
| w/l = w
| away = y
| opponent = Western Illinois
| site_stadium = Hanson Field
| site_cityst = Macomb, IL
| score = 13–7
| attend =
| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/st-louis-post-dispatch-leathernecks-fod/150378084/|work=St. Louis Post-Dispatch|title=Leathernecks fodder for SW Missouri, Cannon|date=October 22, 1995|accessdate=June 30, 2024|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 28
| w/l = l
| opponent = Northern Iowa
| opprank = 11
| site_stadium = Plaster Sports Complex
| site_cityst = Springfield, MO
| score = 17–19
| attend = 10,906
| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-des-moines-register-with-no-time-lef/150378423/|work=The Des Moines Register|title=With no time left, UNI trails, then wins|date=October 29, 1995|accessdate=June 30, 2024|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 11
| w/l = w
| away = y
| nonconf = y
| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1995|team=Southeast Missouri State Indians|title=Southeast Missouri State}}
| site_stadium = Houck Stadium
| site_cityst = Cape Girardeau, MO
| score = 39–3
| attend =
| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-springfield-news-leader-frustrated-b/150378640/|work=The Springfield News-Leader|title=Frustrated Bears make Indians pay|date=November 12, 1995|accessdate=June 30, 2024|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 18
| w/l = w
| nonconf = y
| opponent = Jacksonville State
| site_stadium = Plaster Sports Complex
| site_cityst = Springfield, MO
| score = 49–14
| attend = 5,004
| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-anniston-star-no-finale-fireworks-fo/150378859/|work=The Anniston Star|title=No finale fireworks for JSU|date=November 19, 1995|accessdate=June 30, 2024|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
}}
References
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