This video game is similar to the previous, NFL Football '94 Starring Joe Montana, except in this version, there is no play by play commentary, the lineups of the football teams are updated to reflect the 1994 NFL season, and there are more plays for the player's football team to perform on offense and defense. Once again, Joe Montana appears on the title screen.

The game contains a standard Exhibition mode as well as a Season mode where players can manipulate trades, sign free agents and store records for up to seven different users thanks to the games battery backup system, which was also used to track league leaders in thirteen different categories.