1995 Baltimore Stallions season

The 1995 Baltimore Stallions season was the second in the history of the Baltimore CFL franchise. It would be the final season in Baltimore as the team relocated to Montreal, Quebec. The team ended its existence with a victory in the Grey Cup. The Stallions were the first American based football team to win the Grey Cup. Despite the Stallions success, attendance dropped. The club only sold 9,000 season tickets.

Regular season

 * After the 1994 season, a name-the-team fan poll was held to decide a new team name. After the team's first week of the season being known as the Baltimore Football Club, the fan poll ended and Jim Speros announced to the Baltimore faithful that their team would be known as the Baltimore Stallions.


 * Mike Pringle's rushing totals were 1,791 yards. Compared to his stats in the 1994 season, his yards-per-carry fell by .6 from 6.4 to 5.8. Despite the reduction, his statistics were still the best any back posted in the CFL that year.

Playoffs
Mike Pringle ran for 484 playoff yards and four touchdowns in three games. The result was that the Baltimore Stallions made their second straight appearance in the Grey Cup.

Grey Cup
The 83rd Grey Cup was played between the Baltimore Stallions and the Calgary Stampeders at Taylor Field in Regina, Saskatchewan. The Stallions won the game by a score of 37-20. It marked the only time that an American-based team won the Grey Cup. Not one television station from Baltimore sent a crew to Regina to cover the Grey Cup game. Only 200 fans showed up for the Stallions Grey Cup celebration.

Awards and honors
After the season, other Baltimore Stallions' received awards and accomplishments in the CFL, which are:

Divisional Awards
 * Most Valuable Player of the East Division - Mike Pringle (RB)
 * Most Outstanding Rookie of the East Division - Chris Wright (WR)
 * Most Outstanding Offensive Lineman Award of the East Division - Mike Withycombe (OG)

CFL Awards
 * CFL's Most Outstanding Player Award - Mike Pringle (RB)
 * CFL's Most Outstanding Offensive Lineman Award - Mike Withycombe (OG)
 * CFL's Coach of the Year - Don Matthews
 * Grey Cup's Most Valuable Player - Tracy Ham (QB)

1995 Southern All-Stars

Offense
 * Mike Pringle (RB)
 * Chris Armstrong (SB)
 * Mike Withycombe (OG)
 * Shar Pourdanesh (OT)
 * Neal Fort (OT)

Defense
 * Jerald Baylis (DT)
 * Elfrid Payton (DE)
 * Tracy Gravely (LB)
 * O. J. Brigance (LB)
 * Irvin Smith (CB)
 * Charles Anthony (DB)

Special Teams
 * Josh Miller (P)
 * Chris Wright (ST)

1995 CFL All-Stars

Offense
 * Mike Pringle (RB)
 * Mike Withycombe (OG)
 * Neal Fort (OT)

Defense
 * Jerald Baylis (DT)
 * O. J. Brigance (LB)
 * Irvin Smith (CB)
 * Charles Anthony (DB)

Special Teams
 * Josh Miller (P)
 * Chris Wright (ST)

Relocation to Montreal
In late 1995, Cleveland Browns owner Art Modell announced his intention to relocate his NFL club to Baltimore, where they would be rechristened the Baltimore Ravens. This would have made the Stallions the only CFL club ever to directly compete with the NFL, whose season overlaps with the last three months of the CFL season.

In late November, Jim Speros had a Save our Stallions campaign, with January 5 as the deadline to sell 20,000 season tickets. It was revealed that the team was $800,000 in debt.

Stallions owner Jim Speros realized that despite the Stallions' popularity, they could not possibly compete with the NFL. After deals with Norfolk, Virginia and Houston fell through, Speros moved the Stallions to Montreal and revived the old Alouettes name for the 1996 season.