1993 Buffalo Bills

1993 Buffalo Bills season
Head Coach	Marv Levy
Home Field	Rich Stadium
Results
Record	12-4
Place	1st in AFC East
Playoff Finish	Won Divisional Playoffs (vs. Raiders) 29–23 Won AFC Championship (vs. Chiefs) 30–13 Lost Super Bowl XXVIII (vs. Cowboys) 13–30
Timeline
Previous Season	Next Season
1992	1994

The 1993 Buffalo Bills season was the 34th season for the Buffalo, New York team in the National Football League. 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 East division.

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 13–30. 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'". 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.

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

NFL Draft

1993 Buffalo Bills draft
Round	Pick	Player	Position	College	Notes
1	28	Thomas Smith	CB	North Carolina
2	55	John Parrella	DT	Nebraska
4	111	Russell Copeland	WR	Memphis
5	136	Mike Devlin	C	Iowa
5	139	Sebastian Savage	CB	NC State
5	167	Corbin Lacina	OT	Augustana
7	195	Willie Harris	WR	Mississippi State
8	223	Chris Leuneberg	OT	West Chester (PA)
Made roster    †   Pro Football Hall of Fame    *   Made at least one Pro Bowl during career

Standings

1993 AFC East standings
Team	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA	Streak
(1) Buffalo Bills	12	4	0	.750	329	242	W4
Miami Dolphins	9	7	0	.563	349	351	L5
New York Jets	8	8	0	.500	270	247	L3
New England Patriots	5	11	0	.313	238	286	W4
Indianapolis Colts	4	12	0	.250	189	378	L4

Personnel

Staff/Coaches

1993 Buffalo Bills staff

Front Office President – Ralph Wilson Vice President of Administration/General Manager – Bill Polian Assistant General Manager/Director of Pro Personnel – Bob Ferguson Director of Player Personnel – John Butler Assistant Director/Collegiate Scouting – A. J. Smith Summer Intern - Tom Telesco Coaching Staff Vice President for Football Operations/Head Coach – Marv Levy Assistant Head Coach - Elijah Pitts Administrative Assistant to the Head Coach – Chuck Lester Offensive Coaches Offensive Coordinator/Offensive Line – Tom Breshnhan Quarterbbacks - Jim Shofner Running Backs – Elijah Pitts Receivers – Charlie Joiner Offensive Quality Control/Tight Ends – Don Lawrence Defensive Coaches Defensive Coordinator/Linebackers – Walt Corey Defensive Line – Don Sekanovich Defensive Backs – Dick Roach Linebackers Coach - Walt Corey Assistant Linebackers Coach – Chuck Lester Special Teams Special Teams – Bruce DeHaven Strength & Conditioning Strength and Conditioning Coordinator – Rusty Jones

Roster

1993 Buffalo Bills roster
Quarterbacks 7 Gale Gilbert 12 Jim Kelly 14 Frank Reich Running Backs 23 Kenneth Davis 33 Eddie Fuller 34 Thurman Thomas 35 Carwell Gardner FB Wide Receivers 86 Mike Alexander 82 Don Beebe 80 Bill Brooks 81 Brad Lamb 83 Andre Reed 87 Chris Walsh 89 Steve Tasker Tight Ends 84 Keith McKeller 88 Pete Metzelaars 86 Rob Awalt		Offensive Linemen 75 Howard Ballard T 65 John Davis OL 59 Mitch Frerotte G 60 Tom Myslynski G 67 Kent Hull C 74 Glenn Parker G 51 Jim Ritcher G 70 John Fina G 69 Will Wolford T Defensive Linemen 99 James Patton DE/LB 94 Mark Pike LB/DE 90 Phil Hansen DE 73 Mike Lodish DT 77 Oliver Barnett DE/DT 97 John Parella DE 78 Bruce Smith DE 91 Jeff Wright NT		Linebackers 52 Richard Harvey LB 54 Carlton Bailey LB 52 David Bavaro LB 97 Cornelius Bennett ILB 95 Keith Goganious 55 Mark Maddox LB 53 Marvcus Patton LB 56 Darryl Talley OLB Defensive Backs 27 Clifford Hicks DB 27 Kirby David Pool DB 20 Henry Jones S 38 Mark Kelso S 37 Nate Odomes CB 28 Chris Oldham DB 24 Kurt Schultz 29 James Williams CB		Special Teams 63 Adam Lingner LS  9 Chris Mohr P 2 Steve Christie K
*Note: Rookies in italics

External links

• 1993 Buffalo Bills season article at Wikipedia