1993_Pittsburgh_Steelers_season

1993 Pittsburgh Steelers season
1993 Pittsburgh Steelers season
Owner	The Rooney Family
General manager	Tom Donahoe
Head coach	Bill Cowher
Home field	Three Rivers Stadium
Results
Record	9–7
Division place	2nd AFC Central
Playoff finish	Lost Wild Card Playoffs; (at Chiefs) 24–27 (OT)
Pro Bowlers	6 PK Gary Anderson; C Dermontti Dawson; RB Barry Foster; TE Eric Green; OLB Greg Lloyd; CB Rod Woodson;
AP All-Pros	3 Dermontti Dawson (1st team); Greg Lloyd (1st team); Rod Woodson (1st team);
Team MVP	Rod Woodson
Team ROY	Chad Brown
	← 1992; Steelers seasons; 1994 →;

1993 Pittsburgh Steelers season

Pittsburgh Steelers 61st US football season

The 1993 Pittsburgh Steelers season was the franchise's 61st season as a professional sports franchise and as a member of the National Football League.

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The Steelers looked to continue the progress made under second year head coach Bill Cowher. However, the team would take a slight step backwards, finishing 9–7 (three games behind the eventual AFC Central champion Houston Oilers). Despite that, the Steelers clinched a wild card spot, making the playoffs for the second consecutive year. The team would lose to the Kansas City Chiefs 27–24 in overtime in the AFC Wild Card Round of the playoffs, in what is considered one of the best playoff games in NFL history even though the Steelers were on the losing end.

In the second week of the season, the Steelers suffered a shutout loss to the Los Angeles Rams 27–0, in one of the team's last visits to the Los Angeles area in the foreseeable future. The day was highlighted by the emergence of Rams rookie Jerome Bettis running over the Steelers defense. Though no one knew it at the time, it would foreshadow what was to come with Bettis' career—as a member of the Steelers, who would acquire Bettis in a draft day trade with the Rams three years later.

1993 was also the season in which the Steelers began their policy of "blacking out" regular season contract negotiations. Early in the season the Steelers had reached contract extensions with Rod Woodson and Barry Foster and continued negotiations with other players. However, this led to discord in the locker room, and management felt that contract talk was taking the team's focus off of winning. At mid-season the Steelers broke off all contract negotiations and have refused to negotiate contracts during the regular season since.^[1]

Staff

**1993 Pittsburgh Steelers staff**
	Front office President – Daniel M. Rooney Vice president – John R. McGinley Vice president – Arthur J. Rooney, Jr. Secretary & counsel – Arthur J. Rooney II Administration advisor – Chuck Noll Director of communications – Joe Gordon Public relations coordinator – Dan Edwards PR Assistant/Community Relations – Ron Miller Controller – Michael J. Hagan Assistant controller – Dan Ferens Assistant controller – Jim Ellenberger Ticket sales manager – Geraldine Glenn Football operations Director of football operations – Tom Donahoe Football business manager – James A. Boston Player development coordinator – Anthony Griggs Scouting staff Director of scouting – Tom Modrak Pro personnel coordinator – Charles Bailey Administrative – Ralph Berlin College scout – Phil Kreidler BLESTO College Scout – Bob Lane College scout – Max McCartney College scout – Bob Schmitz Head coaches Head coach – Bill Cowher Offensive coaches Offensive coordinator – Ron Erhardt Offensive backfield – Dick Hoak Wide receivers – Bob Harrison Tight ends – Pat Hodgson Offensive line – Kent Stephenson			Defensive coaches Defensive coordinator – Dom Capers Defensive line – Steve Furness Linebackers – Marvin Lewis Defensive backs – Dick LeBeau Special teams coaches Special teams – John Guy Strength and conditioning Conditioning coordinator – Chet Fuhrman Medical staff Ophthalmologist – Dr. Randy Beatty Physician, orthopedic – Dr. James P. Bradley Neurological surgery consultant – Dr. Joseph Maroon Physician, M.D. – Dr. Richard Rydze Physician, consultant – Dr. Abraham J. Twerski Physician, M.D. – Dr. Anthony P. Yates Training staff Head trainer – John Norwig Assistant trainer – Rick Burkholder Equipment manager – Anthony Parisi Field manager – Rodgers Freyvogel Video coordinator – Bob McCartney Video assistant – Pat Dolan Photographers – Mike Fabus, Bill Amatucci ^[2]

Notable additions include Chad Brown, Kevin Greene and Willie Williams

Regular season

Game summaries

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Round	Pick	Player	Position	College	Notes
1993 Pittsburgh Steelers draft
1	23	Deon Figures	Cornerback	Colorado
2	44	Chad Brown *	Linebacker	Colorado
3	76	Andre Hastings	Wide receiver	Georgia
4	108	Kevin Henry	Defensive end	Mississippi State
5	135	Lonnie Palelei	Guard	UNLV
5	140	Marc Woodard	Linebacker	Mississippi State	from Dallas
6	162	Willie Williams	Cornerback	Western Carolina
7	185	Jeff Zgonina	Defensive tackle	Purdue	from Washington
7	189	Craig Keith	Tight end	Lenoir–Rhyne
8	216	Alex Van Pelt	Quarterback	Pittsburgh
Made roster


	Quarterbacks 14 Neil O'Donnell 11 Rick Strom 18 Mike Tomczak Running backs 42 Randy Cuthbert 33 Merril Hoge FB 30 Victor Jones 34 Leroy Thompson Wide receivers 80 Charles Davenport 81 Jeff Graham 88 Andre Hastings KR 89 Ernie Mills 20 Dwight Stone KR 82 Yancey Thigpen Tight ends 87 Adrian Cooper 86 Eric Green 84 Tim Jorden 85 Craig Keith		Offensive linemen 63 Dermontti Dawson C 77 Carlton Haselrig G 65 John Jackson T 67 Duval Love G 68 Lonnie Palelei G 72 Leon Searcy T 69 Ariel Solomon C/T 73 Justin Strzelczyk G Defensive linemen 64 Kenny Davidson DE 66 Donald Evans DE 79 Mike Finn DE 76 Kevin Henry DE 93 Joel Steed NT 96 Ricky Sutton DE/NT 98 Gerald Williams DE/NT 97 Jeff Zgonina NT		Linebackers 50 Reggie Barnes ILB 94 Chad Brown ILB 91 Kevin Greene OLB 53 Bryan Hinkle OLB 54 Dave Hoffmann ILB 99 Levon Kirkland ILB 95 Greg Lloyd OLB 56 Rico Mack OLB Defensive backs 21 Deon Figures CB 22 Larry Griffin SS 28 Alan Haller CB 44 D. J. Johnson CB 25 Gary Jones FS 37 Carnell Lake SS 39 Darren Perry FS 27 Willie Williams CB 26 Rod Woodson CB/KR/PR Special teams 1 Gary Anderson K 60 Kendall Gammon LS 3 Mark Royals P		Reserve lists 29 Barry Foster RB (IRTooltip Injured reserve) 55 Jerry Olsavsky ILB (IRTooltip Injured reserve) 24 Richard Shelton S (IRTooltip Injured reserve) Practice squad 23 Chuckie Dukes RB 36 Fred Foggie S 83 Leslie Shepherd WR 61 Tim Simpson G/C ^[3] ^[4] ^[5] ^[6] Rookies in italics 53 active, 3 inactive, 4 practice squad

Week	Date	Opponent	Game site	Kickoff (ET)	TV	Result	Record
1	Sun. Aug. 1	vs. San Francisco 49ers	Estadi Olímpic (Barcelona, Spain)	1:00 p.m.	NBC	L 21–14	0–1
2	Sat. Aug. 7	New York Jets	Three Rivers Stadium	6:00 p.m.	WPXI	W 17–13	1–1
3	Sat. Aug. 14	at New York Giants	Giants Stadium	8:00 p.m.	WPXI	W 23–17	2–1
4	Sun. Aug. 22	Washington Redskins	Three Rivers Stadium	8:00 p.m.	TNT	L 10–3	2–2
5	Thu. Aug. 26	at Minnesota Vikings	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome	8:00 p.m.	ESPN	L 30–13	2–3

Week	Date	Opponent	Game site	Kickoff (ET)	TV	Result	Record
1	Sun. Sep. 5	San Francisco 49ers	Three Rivers Stadium	1:00 p.m.	CBS	L 24–13	0–1
2	Sun. Sep. 12	at Los Angeles Rams	Anaheim Stadium	4:00 p.m.	NBC	L 27–0	0–2
3	Sun. Sep. 19	Cincinnati Bengals	Three Rivers Stadium	1:00 p.m.	NBC	W 34–7	1–2
4	Mon. Sep. 27	at Atlanta Falcons	Georgia Dome	9:00 p.m.	ABC	W 45–17	2–2
5	Sun. Oct. 3	Bye
6	Sun. Oct. 10	San Diego Chargers	Three Rivers Stadium	4:00 p.m.	NBC	W 16–3	3–2
7	Sun. Oct. 17	New Orleans Saints	Three Rivers Stadium	1:00 p.m.	CBS	W 37–14	4–2
8	Sun. Oct. 24	at Cleveland Browns	Cleveland Municipal Stadium	4:00 p.m.	NBC	L 28–23	4–3
9	Sun. Oct. 31	Bye
10	Sun. Nov. 7	at Cincinnati Bengals	Riverfront Stadium	1:00 p.m.	NBC	W 24–16	5–3
11	Mon. Nov. 15	Buffalo Bills	Three Rivers Stadium	9:00 p.m.	ABC	W 23–0	6–3
12	Sun. Nov. 21	at Denver Broncos	Mile High Stadium	4:00 p.m.	NBC	L 37–13	6–4
13	Sun. Nov. 28	at Houston Oilers	Astrodome	8:00 p.m.	ESPN	L 23–3	6–5
14	Sun. Dec. 5	New England Patriots	Three Rivers Stadium	1:00 p.m.	NBC	W 17–14	7–5
15	Mon. Dec. 13	at Miami Dolphins	Joe Robbie Stadium	9:00 p.m.	ABC	W 21–20	8–5
16	Sun. Dec. 19	Houston Oilers	Three Rivers Stadium	1:00 p.m.	NBC	L 26–17	8–6
17	Sun. Dec. 26	at Seattle Seahawks	Kingdome	4:00 p.m.	NBC	L 16–6	8–7
18	Sun. Jan. 2	Cleveland Browns	Three Rivers Stadium	1:00 p.m.	NBC	W 16–9	9–7

AFC Central
view talk edit	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA	STK
⁽²⁾ Houston Oilers	12	4	0	.750	368	238	W11
⁽⁶⁾ Pittsburgh Steelers	9	7	0	.563	308	281	W1
Cleveland Browns	7	9	0	.438	304	307	L1
Cincinnati Bengals	3	13	0	.188	187	319	L1

1993_Pittsburgh_Steelers_season

1993 Pittsburgh Steelers season

Offseason

NFL draft

Staff

Roster

Preseason

Schedule

Regular season

Schedule

Standings

Game summaries

Week 1 (Sunday September 5, 1993): vs. San Francisco 49ers

Week 2 (Sunday September 12, 1993): at Los Angeles Rams

Week 3 (Sunday September 19, 1993): vs. Cincinnati Bengals

Week 4 (Monday September 27, 1993): at Atlanta Falcons

Week 5 (Sunday October 3, 1993): Bye Week

Week 6 (Sunday October 10, 1993): vs. San Diego Chargers

Week 7 (Sunday October 17, 1993): vs. New Orleans Saints

Week 8 (Sunday October 24, 1993): at Cleveland Browns

Week 9 (Sunday October 31, 1993): Bye Week

Week 10 (Sunday November 7, 1993): at Cincinnati Bengals

Week 11 (Monday November 15, 1993): vs. Buffalo Bills

Week 12 (Sunday November 21, 1993): at Denver Broncos

Week 13 (Sunday November 28, 1993): at Houston Oilers

Week 14 (Sunday December 5, 1993): vs. New England Patriots

Week 15 (Monday December 13, 1993): at Miami Dolphins

Week 16 (Sunday December 19, 1993): vs. Houston Oilers

Week 17 (Sunday December 26, 1993): at Seattle Seahawks

Week 18 (Sunday January 2, 1994): vs. Cleveland Browns

Playoffs

Game summary

AFC Wild Card Playoff (Saturday January 8, 1994): at Kansas City Chiefs

References

External links

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	1	2	3	4	Total
49ers	10	7	0	7	24
Steelers	0	3	10	0	13

	1	2	3	4	Total
Steelers	0	0	0	0	0
Rams	0	14	3	10	27

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bengals	0	7	0	0	7
Steelers	7	10	10	7	34

	1	2	3	4	Total
Steelers	7	17	7	14	45
Falcons	14	3	0	0	17