1995 Bowman Football Box Break, Review and Breakdown

1995 Bowman Football’s base checklist features a nice, round 357 cards. You know how Bowman Baseball has become known for prospects? Well, 1995 Bowman Football kind of had the same vibe. Out of the 357 cards on the checklist, 114 of those are Rookie Cards. Among them are a handful of Hall of Famers including Tony Boselli, Derrick Brooks, Ty Law, Curtis Martin and Warren Sapp. 

There are a couple of parallels to chase, but no real inserts. 27 first round draft picks have foil stamped parallels falling a couple times in each box. There are also Gold Foil versions of the Expansion Team subset cards. These also fall a couple of times per box. But, that’s it. 

1995 Bowman Football Box Break

Cards per pack: 10
Packs per box: 24
Price paid: $30

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Pack 1 highlights:

Tony Boselli Diffraction Foil First Round Draft Pick (1 in every 12 packs) & Mike Hollis Silver Foil Expansion Team (1:2 packs)

The Silver Foil Expansion Team cards are subset cards and not technically inserts. 

Pack 2:

Marcus Allen, Steve McNair RC, Kyle Brady Diffraction Foil First Round Draft Pick (1:12 packs) & Desmond Howard Silver Foil Expansion Team (1:2 packs)

Pack 3:

Mo Lewis & Kevin Carter RC

Pack 4:

Randall Cunningham & Don Beebe Silver Foil Expansion Team (1:2 packs)

Pack 5:

Barry Sanders

Barry finished fifth in Offensive Player of the Year voting. He was behind Brett Favre, Emmitt Smith, Jerry Rice, and, you guessed it, teammate Herman Moore.

Pack 6:

Kevin Carter RC, Darion Connor Silver Foil Expansion Team (1:2 packs), Bruce Smith & Napoleon Kaufman

Pack 7:

Ken Norton, Steve McNair RC & Brent Jones

Pack 8:

Jeff George, Keith Goganious Gold Foil Expansion Team (1:12 packs) & Jeff Lageman Silver Foil Expansion Team (1:2 packs)

Pack 9:

Greg Lloyd, Edgar Bennett & Willie McGinest

Check out that face mask!

Pack 10:

Jason Elam, Natrone Means, Warren Moon & Brett Maxie Silver Foil Expansion Team (1:2 packs)

Pack 11:

Carl Pickens, Charlie Garner & Warren Sapp RC

Pack 12:

Trent Dilfer, Andre Rison & Shawn Bouwens Silver Foil Expansion Team (1:2 packs)

Pack 13:

Jeff George, Ki-Jana Carter RC & Rod Woodson

Carter was the first overall pick in the 1995 draft out of Penn State. He never rushed for more than 464 yards in an NFL season. 

Pack 14:

Marshall Faulk, Mickey Washington Silver Foil Expansion Team (1:2 packs) & Tommy Barnhardt Gold Foil Expansion Team (1:12 packs)

Pack 15:

Ty Law RC

Pack 16:

Steve Young & Derrick Graham Silver Foil Expansion Team (1:2 packs)

Pack 17:

Boomer Esiason

Esiason can still be seen on your televisions on Sundays working as an analyst. 

Pack 18:

Willie McGinest, Eric Metcalf RC & James Williams Silver Foil Expansion Team (1:2 packs)

Pack 19:

Jerome Bettis, Warren Moon & Aeneas Williams

Pack 20:

Marshall Faulk

Pack 21:

J.J. Stokes, Derrick Brooks RC, Herman Moore & Bryan Cox

How good was Moore’s 1995 season? He racked up 1,686 receiving yards and 14 touchdowns while leading the NFL with 123 receptions. 

Pack 22:

Warren Sapp RC

Pack 23:

Aeneas Williams, Jim Harbaugh & Mike Dumas Silver Foil Expansion Team (1:2 packs)

Pack 24:

Chris Warren & Kordell Stewart RC

Lastly, the Kordell card back. The scouting reports on the rookies are a nice touch.

As can often be the case, many of the cards were damaged from sticking together. It happens all too often and something you need to be ready for if you are ripping a product that has been sitting around for a long time. Unfortunately, the Expansion Team checklist isn’t all that impressive, even if the cards look great.

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