1993 Denver Broncos season

1993 Denver Broncos season
Owner	Pat Bowlen
General manager	John Beake
Head coach	Wade Phillips
Offensive coordinator	Jim Fassel
Defensive coordinator	Charlie Waters
Home stadium	Mile High Stadium
Results
Record	9–7
Division place	3rd AFC West
Playoffs	Lost Wild Card Playoffs (at Raiders) 24–42
Uniform
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The 1993 Denver Broncos season was the team's 34th year in professional football and its 24th with the National Football League.

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

Main article: 1993 NFL draft

1993 Denver Broncos draft
Round	Pick	Player	Position	College	Notes
1	11	Dan Williams	Defensive end	Toledo	from Cleveland [2]
2	43	Glyn Milburn *	Running back	Stanford
3	69	Rondell Jones	Safety	North Carolina
3	70	Jason Elam *	Kicker	Hawaii
4	98	Jeff Robinson	Defensive end	Idaho
5	126	Kevin Williams	Running back	UCLA
6	154	Melvin Bonner	Wide receiver	Baylor
7	169	Clarence Williams	Tight end	Washington State
7	182	Tony Kimbrough	Wide receiver	Jackson State
8	210	Brian Stablein	Wide receiver	Ohio State
Made roster    *   Made at least one Pro Bowl during career

Personnel

Staff

1993 Denver Broncos staff

Front office President and Chief Executive Officer – Pat Bowlen General Manager – John Beake Director of Football Operations/Player Personnel – Bob Ferguson Assistant Director of Player Personnel – Ronnie Hill Director of College Scouting – Jeff Smith College Scout – Cornell Green Pro Scout – Jack Elway Pro Scout – Jerry Frei Player Personnel Assistant – Ted Sundquist Head coaches Head Coach – Wade Phillips Special Assistant to Head Coach/Offense – Harold Richardson Offensive coaches Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks – Jim Fassel Running Backs – Bishop Harris Wide Receivers – Mo Forte Tight Ends – Les Steckel Offensive Line – John Levra

Defensive coaches Defensive Coordinator/Defensive Backs – Charlie Waters Defensive Line – Ernie Stautner Linebackers – John Paul Young Assistant Defensive Backs/Quality Control – Alvin Reynolds Special teams coaches Special Teams/Linebackers – Richard Smith Strength and conditioning Strength/Conditioning – Vernon Banks Assistant Strength/Conditioning and Assistant Defensive Line – Barney Chavous

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Roster

1993 Denver Broncos roster

Quarterbacks (QB)  7 John Elway  8 Tommy Maddox 12 Shawn Moore Running backs (RB) 39 Robert Delpino KR 37 Anthony Lynn 22 Glyn Milburn 38 Reggie Rivers Wide receivers (WR) 83 Melvin Bonner 80 Tony Kimbrough 86 Arthur Marshall 81 Barry Rose 85 Derek Russell KR 42 Kitrick Taylor 87 Cedric Tillman Tight ends (TE) 88 Jerry Evans 89 Reggie Johnson 84 Shannon Sharpe

Offensive linemen (OL) 68 Russell Freeman T 75 Brian Habib G 72 Keith Kartz C 78 Don Maggs T 61 Bob Meeks C 64 Jon Melander G 76 Kirk Scrafford T 79 Dave Widell 65 Gary Zimmerman T Defensive linemen (DL) 99 Shane Dronett DE 97 Darren Drozdov NT 71 Greg Kragen NT 91 Willie Oshodin DE 94 Jeff Robinson DE 95 Alphonso Taylor NT 90 Dan Williams DE

Linebackers (LB) 58 Elijah Alexander ILB 51 Mike Croel OLB 54 Mitch Donahue OLB 73 Simon Fletcher OLB 59 Tim Lucas OLB 77 Karl Mecklenburg ILB 52 Jeff Mills OLB 57 Dave Wyman ILB Defensive backs (DB) 27 Steve Atwater FS 23 Ronnie Bradford CB 34 Tyrone Braxton CB 29 Charles Dimry CB 40 Darryl Hall SS 31 Rondell Jones FS 21 Le-Lo Lang CB 47 David Pool CB 36 Frank Robinson CB 49 Dennis Smith SS Special teams (ST)  1 Jason Elam K 16 Tom Rouen P

Practice squad 74 Olaf Hampel T -- Greg Primus WR 53 active, 2 inactive, 2 practice squadReserve 33 Rod Bernstine RB (IR) 82 Vance Johnson WR (IR) Rookies in italics

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Regular season

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Attendance
1	September 5	at New York Jets	W 26-20	1-0	68,130
2	September 12	San Diego Chargers	W 34–17	2-0	75,074
3	September 20	at Kansas City Chiefs	L 7–15	2-1	78,453
4	Bye
5	October 3	Indianapolis Colts	W 35–13	3-1	74,953
6	October 10	at Green Bay Packers	L 27–30	3-2	58,943
7	October 18	Los Angeles Raiders	L 20–23	3-3	75,712
8	Bye
9	October 31	Seattle Seahawks	W 28–17	4-3	73,644
10	November 7	at Cleveland Browns	W 29–14	5-3	77,818
11	November 14	Minnesota Vikings	L 23–26	5-4	67,329
12	November 21	Pittsburgh Steelers	W 37–13	6-4	74,840
13	November 28	at Seattle Seahawks	W 17–9	7-4	57,812
14	December 5	at San Diego Chargers	L 10–13	7-5	60,233
15	December 12	Kansas City Chiefs	W 27–21	8-5	75,822
16	December 18	at Chicago Bears	W 13–3	9-5	53,056
17	December 26	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	L 10–17	9-6	73,434
18	January 2, 1994	at Los Angeles Raiders	L 30–33 (OT)	9-7	66,904

Season summary

Week 1

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
• Broncos	6	7	13	0	26
Jets	0	6	0	14	20

• 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

Q1		DEN	Elam 28 yard field goal	DEN 3–0
Q1		DEN	Elam 30 yard field goal	DEN 6–0
Q2		NYJ	Blanchard 22 yard field goal	DEN 6–3
Q2		NYJ	Blanchard 43 yard field goal	Tie 6–6
Q2		DEN	Tillman 3 yard pass from Elway (Elam kick)	DEN 13–6
Q3		DEN	Milburn 25 yard pass from Elway (Elam kick)	DEN 20–6
Q3		DEN	Elam 30 yard field goal	DEN 23–6
Q3		DEN	Elam 41 yard field goal	DEN 26–6
Q4		NYJ	Mitchell 5 yard pass from Esiason (Blanchard kick)	DEN 26–13
Q4		NYJ	Moore 6 yard pass from Esiason (Blanchard kick)	DEN 26–20

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Standings

AFC West
view talk edit	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA	STK
(3) Kansas City Chiefs	11	5	0	.688	328	291	W1
(4) Los Angeles Raiders	10	6	0	.625	306	326	W1
(5) Denver Broncos	9	7	0	.563	373	284	L2
San Diego Chargers	8	8	0	.500	322	290	W2
Seattle Seahawks	6	10	0	.375	280	314	L1

Postseason

See also: 1993–94 NFL playoffs

Playoff round	Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Game site	Game recap
AFC Wild Card	January 9, 1994	Los Angeles Raiders (4)	L 42-24	0–1	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum	Recap

Awards and records

• John Elway, franchise record, most passing yards in one season, 4,030 Yards ^[6]

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

External links

• Denver Broncos – 1993 media guide
• 1993 Denver Broncos on Pro Football Reference
• Broncos Schedule on jt-sw.com