1993_Buffalo_Bills_season

1993 Buffalo Bills season

1993 Buffalo Bills season

34th season in franchise history, fourth straight Super Bowl appearance and loss


The 1993 Buffalo Bills season was the 34th season for the team in the National Football League (NFL). The Buffalo Bills finished the National Football League's 1993 season with a record of 12 wins and 4 losses, and finished first in the AFC East division.

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The Bills qualified for their fourth straight Super Bowl, where they faced the Dallas Cowboys in a rematch of the previous season's Super Bowl. However, just like with the previous Super Bowl, the Bills would lose to the Cowboys, this time by a score of 30–13. Until the 2020 season, this Bills squad was the last to reach the AFC Championship Game.

Season summary

Despite the many jokes about the Bills having lost three straight Super Bowls—a fan pleaded with head coach Marv Levy for the team to not return to the Super Bowl: "I can't take it. I can't go to work on Monday if we don't win the game. It's tearing me up. I can't handle it"—Don Beebe recalled that "I've got to be honest with you. We thrived in it. We enjoyed it. We were going to go to four ... I think that comes a lot from the Winston Churchill poems and the speeches that we would get from Marv". Dan Patrick reported that "Buffalo players have been wearing t-shirts reading something along the lines of 'Let's Tick Them Off and Go for Four'".[1] The team qualified for another Super Bowl; they became the first franchise to win four consecutive conference championships, as well as the first to appear in four consecutive Super Bowls.

Defensive end Bruce Smith was named NEA Defensive Player of the Year, and tied for the league lead with 13.5 sacks. Smith, linebacker Darryl Talley and special teams gunner Steve Tasker were named to the 1993 All-Pro team. The Bills' 47 defensive takeaways in 1993 is the third-highest total of the 1990s.[2]

Running back Thurman Thomas led the AFC with 1,315 rushing yards.[3]

NFL Draft

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Undrafted Free Agents

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Personnel

1993 Buffalo Bills staff

Front office

  • Owner/President – Ralph Wilson
  • Vice President of Administration/general manager – John Butler
  • Vice President of Football Operations – Marv Levy
  • Assistant general manager/Director of Pro Personnel – Bob Ferguson
  • Director of player personnel – John Butler
  • Assistant director/Collegiate Scouting – A. J. Smith
  • Director of Player Development/Alumni Relations - Jerry Butler

Head coaches

  • Head coach – Marv Levy
  • Assistant head coach – Elijah Pitts
  • Administrative Assistant to the Head Coach – Chuck Lester

Offensive coaches

Defensive coaches
  • Defensive coordinatorr/Linebackers – Walt Corey
  • Defensive line – Dan Sekanovich
  • Defensive backs – Dick Roach
  • Defensive Quality Control / Administrative Assistant – Chuck Lester

Special teams coaches

Strength and conditioning

Roster

1993 Buffalo Bills roster
Quarterbacks

Running backs

Wide receivers

Tight ends

Offensive linemen

Defensive linemen

Linebackers

Defensive backs

Special teams

Reserve lists


Practice squad

53 active, 12 inactive, 5 practice squad


Rookies in italics

Regular season

Schedule

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Game summaries

Week 1

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Week One: New England Patriots at Buffalo Bills Game summary

at Rich Stadium, Orchard Park, New York

  • Date: September 5
  • Game time: 1:00 p.m.
  • Game weather: 66 °F (19 °C), wind 12 mph (19 km/h)
  • Referee: Gerald Austin
  • TV announcers (NBC): Tom Hammond and Cris Collinsworth
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Week 2

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Week 3

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Week 5

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Week Five: New York Giants (3–0) at Buffalo Bills (2–1)

at Rich StadiumOrchard Park, New York

  • Date: October 3
  • Game time: 8:00 p.m. EST
  • Game weather: 47 °F (8 °C) • 15 miles per hour (24 km/h; 13 kn)
  • Game attendance: 79,283
  • Referee: Gordon McCarter
  • TV announcers (TNT): Gary Bender and Pat Haden
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Week 6

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Week 8

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Week 9

November 1, 1993.

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Week 12

Week 13

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Week 14

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Week 15

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Week 16

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Standings

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Playoffs

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Super Bowl XXVIII

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at Georgia Dome, Atlanta, Georgia

  • Date: January 30, 1994

Scoring Summary

  • DAL – FG: Eddie Murray 41 yards 3–0 DAL
  • BUF – FG: Steve Christie 54 yards 3–3 tie
  • DAL – FG: Eddie Murray 24 yards 6–3 DAL
  • BUF – TD: Thurman Thomas 4 yard run (Steve Christie kick) 10–6 BUF
  • BUF – FG: Steve Christie 28 yards 13–6 BUF
  • DAL – TD: James Washington 46 yard fumble return (Eddie Murray kick) 13–13 tie
  • DAL – TD: Emmitt Smith 17 yard run (Eddie Murray kick) 20–13 DAL
  • DAL – TD: Emmitt Smith 1 yard run (Eddie Murray kick) 27–13 DAL
  • DAL – FG: Eddie Murray 20 yards 30–13 DAL

Awards and records


References

  1. "Four Falls of Buffalo". 30 for 30. Season 3. December 12, 2015. ESPN.
  2. Neft, David S.; Cohen, Richard M.; and Korch, Rich The Sports Encyclopedia: Pro Football, 12th Edition, p. 680, Martin's Press, August 1994, ISBN 0-312-11073-1
  3. Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2013-Dec-14.
  4. Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2021-Jun-06.

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