1993 Denver Broncos season

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1993 Denver Broncos season
Denver Broncos wordmark (1968 - 1996).png
Owner Pat Bowlen
General managerJohn Beake
Head coach Wade Phillips
Home field Mile High Stadium
Results
Record9–7
Division place3rd AFC West
Playoff finishLost Wild Card Playoffs
(at Raiders) 24–42
Uniform
Broncos 1968-96 uniforms.png

The 1993 Denver Broncos season was the team's 34th year in professional football and its 24th with the National Football League.

Contents

1993 was the first year for new head coach Wade Phillips, who had been the team's defensive coordinator since 1989. John Elway was the quarterback for the Denver Broncos in which he passed for 4,030 yards. This team also had two hall of fame players in Shannon Sharpe and Steve Atwater. Their season finished in an AFC Wild Card Playoff loss against the Los Angeles Raiders by the score of 42–24.

Offseason

After the 1992 season, Broncos owner Pat Bowlen fired head coach Dan Reeves, who had helmed the franchise for 12 years. The team promoted defensive coordinator Wade Phillips son of former Oilers and Saints coach Bum Phillips to head coach. [1]

NFL draft

1993 Denver Broncos draft
RoundPickPlayerPositionCollegeNotes
111 Dan Williams   Defensive end Toledo from Cleveland [2]
243 Glyn Milburn  *  Running back Stanford
369 Rondell Jones   Safety North Carolina
370 Jason Elam  *  Kicker Hawaii
498 Jeff Robinson   Defensive end Idaho
5126 Kevin Williams   Running back UCLA
6154 Melvin Bonner   Wide receiver Baylor
7169 Clarence Williams   Tight end Washington State
7182 Tony Kimbrough   Wide receiver Jackson State
8210 Brian Stablein   Wide receiver Ohio State
      Made roster    *   Made at least one Pro Bowl during career

Personnel

Staff

1993 Denver Broncos staff

Front office

Head coaches

Offensive coaches

Defensive coaches

Special teams coaches

Strength and conditioning

[3]

Roster

1993 Denver Broncos roster
Quarterbacks

Running backs

Wide receivers

Tight ends

Offensive linemen

Defensive linemen

Linebackers

Defensive backs

Special teams

Reserve lists


Practice squad

53 active, 2 inactive, 2 practice squad


Rookies in italics

[4]

Regular season

Schedule

WeekDateOpponentResultRecordAttendance
1September 5at New York Jets W 26-201-068,130
2September 12 San Diego Chargers W 34–172-075,074
3September 20at Kansas City Chiefs L 7–152-178,453
4Bye
5October 3 Indianapolis Colts W 35–133-174,953
6October 10at Green Bay Packers L 27–303-258,943
7October 18 Los Angeles Raiders L 20–233-375,712
8Bye
9October 31 Seattle Seahawks W 28–174-373,644
10November 7at Cleveland Browns W 29–145-377,818
11November 14 Minnesota Vikings L 23–265-467,329
12November 21 Pittsburgh Steelers W 37–136-474,840
13November 28at Seattle Seahawks W 17–97-457,812
14December 5at San Diego Chargers L 10–137-560,233
15December 12 Kansas City Chiefs W 27–218-575,822
16December 18at Chicago Bears W 13–39-553,056
17December 26 Tampa Bay Buccaneers L 10–179-673,434
18January 2, 1994at Los Angeles Raiders L 30–33 (OT)9-766,904

Season summary

Week 1

1234Total
• Broncos6713026
Jets0601420
  • Date: September 5
  • Location: Giants Stadium
  • Game start: 1:00 p.m. EST
  • Game attendance: 68,130
  • Game weather: 76 °F (24 °C); wind 7 mph (11 km/h)
Scoring summary
Q1DEN Elam 28 yard field goalDEN 3–0
Q1DENElam 30 yard field goalDEN 6–0
Q2NYJ Blanchard 22 yard field goalDEN 6–3
Q2NYJBlanchard 43 yard field goalTie 6–6
Q2DEN Tillman 3 yard pass from Elway (Elam kick)DEN 13–6
Q3DEN Milburn 25 yard pass from Elway (Elam kick)DEN 20–6
Q3DENElam 30 yard field goalDEN 23–6
Q3DENElam 41 yard field goalDEN 26–6
Q4NYJ Mitchell 5 yard pass from Esiason (Blanchard kick)DEN 26–13
Q4NYJ Moore 6 yard pass from Esiason (Blanchard kick)DEN 26–20

[5]

Standings

AFC West
WLTPCTPFPASTK
(3) Kansas City Chiefs 1150.688328291W1
(4) Los Angeles Raiders 1060.625306326W1
(5) Denver Broncos 970.563373284L2
San Diego Chargers 880.500322290W2
Seattle Seahawks 6100.375280314L1

Postseason

Playoff roundDateOpponentResultRecordGame siteGame
recap
AFC Wild Card January 9, 1994 Los Angeles Raiders (4)L 42-240–1 Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Recap

AFC wild card game

Awards and records

Milestones

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References

  1. ↑ Phillips was fired after the 1994 season after finishing with a 7–9 record.
  2. ↑ No 11: Cleveland → Denver. Cleveland traded its first-round selection (11th) to Denver in exchange for Denver's first- and third-round selections (14th and 83rd)
  3. ↑ 1993 Denver Broncos Media Guide. pp. 5–26.
  4. ↑ "1993 Denver Broncos starters and roster". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved November 20, 2014.
  5. ↑ Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2015-Sep-24.
  6. ↑ NFL 2001 Record and Fact Book, Workman Publishing Co, New York,NY, ISBN   0-7611-2480-2, p. 44
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