The 1995 All-Southwest Conference football team consists of

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players chosen by various organizations for All-

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teams for the

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. The selectors for the 1995 season included the

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(AP). The 1995 team was the final All-Southwest Conference football team due to the conference's dissolution in 1996. Five teams placed multiple players on the All-Southwest Conference first team as follows: * Conference champion

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was ranked No. 14 in the final

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placed six players on the first team: quarterback and SWC Offensive Player of the Year

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, tight end Pat Fitzgerald, wide receive Mike Adams, offensive lineman Dan Neil, defensive back Chris Carter, and defensive lineman Tony Brackens. *

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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

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, wide receiver Albert Connell, offensive lineman Hunter Goodwin, linebacker Reggie Brown, defensive back

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, and defensive lineman Brandon Mitchell *

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was ranked No. 23 in the final AP Poll and placed three players on the first team: running back

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, linebacker and SWC Defensive Player of the Year

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, and defensive back

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. * 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. * Fifth-place TCU placed three players on the first team: offensive lineman Ryan Tucker, defensive lineman Chris Piland, and placekicker Michael Reeder.

Offensive selections

Quarterbacks

, Texas (AP-1)

Running backs

, Texas Tech (AP-1) *

, Texas A&M (AP-1) * Jerod Douglas, Baylor (AP-1)

Tight ends

* Pat Fitzgerald, Texas (AP-1)

Wide receivers

* Mike Adams, Texas (AP-1) * Albert Connell, Texas A&M (AP-1)

Offensive linemen

* Dan Neil, Texas (AP-1) * Jimmy Herndon, Houston (AP-1) * Fred Miller, Baylor (AP-1) * Hunter Goodwin, Texas A&M (AP-1) * Ryan Tucker, TCU (AP-1)

Defensive selections

Defensive lineman

* Tony Brackens, Texas (AP-1) * Brandon Mitchell, Texas A&M (AP-1) * Daryl Gardner, Baylor (AP-1) * Chris Piland, TCU (AP-1)

Linebackers

, Texas Tech (AP-1) * Reggie Brown, Texas A&M (AP-1) * LaCurtis Jones, Baylor (AP-1)

Defensive backs

* Chris Carter, Texas (AP-1) *

, Texas A&M (AP-1) *

, Texas Tech (AP-1) * Adrian Robinson, Baylor (AP-1)

Special teams

Place-kickers

* Michael Reeder, TCU (AP-1)

Punters

* Tucker Phillips, Rice (AP-1)

Return specialists

* Jerod Douglas, Baylor (AP-1)

Miscellaneous

* All purpose:

, Texas A&M (AP) * Offensive Player of the Year:

, Texas (AP) * Defensive Player of the Year:

, Texas Tech (AP) * Coach of the Year:

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, Texas (AP)

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