1993 Pittsburgh Steelers season | |
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Owner | The Rooney Family |
General manager | Tom Donahoe |
Head coach | Bill Cowher |
Home stadium | Three Rivers Stadium |
Results | |
Record | 9–7 |
Division place | 2nd AFC Central |
Playoffs | Lost Wild Card Playoffs (at Chiefs) 24–27 (OT) |
All-Pros | 3
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Pro Bowlers | 6
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Team MVP | Rod Woodson |
Team ROY | Chad Brown |
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.
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 the team's penultimate visit to the Los Angeles area until 2019. 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]
Additions | Subtractions |
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QB Mike Tomczak (Browns) | QB Bubby Brister (Eagles) |
LB Kevin Greene (Rams) | LB Jerrol Williams (Chargers) |
OL David Viaene (Packers) | LB Hardy Nickerson (Buccaneers) |
LB Louis Cooper (Chiefs) | T Tunch Ilkin (Packers) |
LB Greg Clark (Seahawks) | DE Aaron Jones (Patriots) |
WR Louis Lipps (Saints) | RB Warren Williams (Colts) |
1993 Pittsburgh Steelers draft | |||||
Round | Pick | Player | Position | College | Notes |
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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 |
Player | Position | College |
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Reggie Barnes | Linebacker | Oklahoma |
Randy Cuthbert | Running back | Duke |
Boris Graham | Linebacker | West Virginia |
Martin Houston | Fullback | Alabama |
Toby Lawrence | Guard | Kansas State |
Gary Reid | Defensive linemen | Cincinnati |
Tim Samec | Center | Virginia |
Ricky Sutton | Defensive linemen | Auburn |
Front office
Head coaches
Offensive coaches
| Defensive coaches
Special teams coaches
Strength and conditioning
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Notable additions include Chad Brown, Kevin Greene and Willie Williams
Week | Date | Opponent | Game site | Kickoff (ET) | TV | Result | Record |
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1 | August 1 | vs. San Francisco 49ers | Estadi Olímpic (Barcelona, Spain) | 1:00 p.m. | NBC | L 21–14 | 0–1 |
2 | August 7 | New York Jets | Three Rivers Stadium | 6:00 p.m. | WPXI | W 17–13 | 1–1 |
3 | August 14 | at New York Giants | Giants Stadium | 8:00 p.m. | WPXI | W 23–17 | 2–1 |
4 | August 22 | Washington Redskins | Three Rivers Stadium | 8:00 p.m. | TNT | L 10–3 | 2–2 |
5 | August 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 |
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1 | September 5 | San Francisco 49ers | Three Rivers Stadium | 1:00 p.m. | CBS | L 24–13 | 0–1 |
2 | September 12 | at Los Angeles Rams | Anaheim Stadium | 4:00 p.m. | NBC | L 27–0 | 0–2 |
3 | September 19 | Cincinnati Bengals | Three Rivers Stadium | 1:00 p.m. | NBC | W 34–7 | 1–2 |
4 | September 27 | at Atlanta Falcons | Georgia Dome | 9:00 p.m. | ABC | W 45–17 | 2–2 |
5 | October 3 | Bye | |||||
6 | October 10 | San Diego Chargers | Three Rivers Stadium | 4:00 p.m. | NBC | W 16–3 | 3–2 |
7 | October 17 | New Orleans Saints | Three Rivers Stadium | 1:00 p.m. | CBS | W 37–14 | 4–2 |
8 | October 24 | at Cleveland Browns | Cleveland Municipal Stadium | 4:00 p.m. | NBC | L 28–23 | 4–3 |
9 | October 31 | Bye | |||||
10 | November 7 | at Cincinnati Bengals | Riverfront Stadium | 1:00 p.m. | NBC | W 24–16 | 5–3 |
11 | November 15 | Buffalo Bills | Three Rivers Stadium | 9:00 p.m. | ABC | W 23–0 | 6–3 |
12 | November 21 | at Denver Broncos | Mile High Stadium | 4:00 p.m. | NBC | L 37–13 | 6–4 |
13 | November 28 | at Houston Oilers | Astrodome | 8:00 p.m. | ESPN | L 23–3 | 6–5 |
14 | December 5 | New England Patriots | Three Rivers Stadium | 1:00 p.m. | NBC | W 17–14 | 7–5 |
15 | December 13 | at Miami Dolphins | Joe Robbie Stadium | 9:00 p.m. | ABC | W 21–20 | 8–5 |
16 | December 19 | Houston Oilers | Three Rivers Stadium | 1:00 p.m. | NBC | L 26–17 | 8–6 |
17 | December 26 | at Seattle Seahawks | Kingdome | 4:00 p.m. | NBC | L 16–6 | 8–7 |
18 | January 2 | Cleveland Browns | Three Rivers Stadium | 1:00 p.m. | NBC | W 16–9 | 9–7 |
AFC Central | |||||||
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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 |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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49ers | 10 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 24 |
Steelers | 0 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 13 |
at Three Rivers Stadium, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Scoring drives:
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Steelers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Rams | 0 | 14 | 3 | 10 | 27 |
at Anaheim Stadium, Anaheim, California
Scoring drives:
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Bengals | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
Steelers | 7 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 34 |
at Three Rivers Stadium, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Scoring drives:
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Steelers | 7 | 17 | 7 | 14 | 45 |
Falcons | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
at Georgia Dome, Atlanta
Scoring drives:
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Chargers | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Steelers | 3 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 16 |
at Three Rivers Stadium, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Scoring drives:
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Saints | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 14 |
Steelers | 14 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 37 |
at Three Rivers Stadium, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Scoring drives:
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Steelers | 0 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 23 |
Browns | 0 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 28 |
at Cleveland Municipal Stadium, Cleveland, Ohio
Scoring drives:
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Steelers | 0 | 14 | 0 | 10 | 24 |
Bengals | 3 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
at Riverfront Stadium, Cincinnati
Scoring drives:
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Bills | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Steelers | 7 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 23 |
at Three Rivers Stadium, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Scoring drives:
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Steelers | 0 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 13 |
Broncos | 10 | 10 | 14 | 3 | 37 |
at Mile High Stadium, Denver, Colorado
Scoring drives:
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Steelers | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Oilers | 0 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 23 |
Scoring drives:
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Patriots | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
Steelers | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
at Three Rivers Stadium, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Scoring drives:
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Steelers | 0 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 |
Dolphins | 3 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 20 |
at Joe Robbie Stadium, Miami, Florida
Scoring drives:
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Oilers | 14 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 26 |
Steelers | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 17 |
at Three Rivers Stadium, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Scoring drives:
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Steelers | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
Seahawks | 7 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 16 |
at Kingdome, Seattle, Washington
Scoring drives:
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Browns | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
Steelers | 0 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 16 |
at Three Rivers Stadium, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Scoring drives:
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | Total | |
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Steelers | 7 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 24 |
Chiefs | 7 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 3 | 27 |
at Arrowhead Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri
Scoring drives: