| 1993 Buffalo Bills season | |
|---|---|
| Head Coach | Marv Levy |
| Home Field | Rich Stadium |
| Results | |
| Record | 12-4 |
| Place | 1st in AFC East |
| Playoff Finish | W AFC Divisional W AFC Championship L Super Bowl XXVIII |
| 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 AFC East division.
Season summary
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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 DraftEdit
| 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 | |||||
StandingsEdit
| 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 |
PersonnelEdit
Staff/CoachesEdit
| 1993 Buffalo Bills staff[4] | ||||||
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Front Office
Coaching Staff
Offensive Coaches
Defensive Coaches
Special Teams
Strength & Conditioning
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RosterEdit
ReferencesEdit
- ↑ Template:Cite episode
- ↑ Pro-Football-Reference.com: In a single season, from 1990 to 1999, in the regular season, sorted by descending Takeaways, behind the 1991 Eagles and 1991 Saints.
- ↑ Neft, David S.; Cohen, Richard M.; and Korch, Rich The Sports Encyclopedia: Pro Football, 12th Edition, p. 680, Martin's Press, August 1994, Template:ISBN
- ↑ 1993 -Buffalo Bills Media Guide. pp. 2–23.
External linksEdit
- 1993 Buffalo Bills season article at Wikipedia
