1993 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season

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1993 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season
Owner Hugh Culverhouse
General manager Rich McKay
Head coach Sam Wyche
Home field Tampa Stadium
Results
Record5–11
Division place5th NFC Central
Playoff finishDid not qualify
Pro Bowlers MLB Hardy Nickerson
AP All-Pros MLB Hardy Nickerson
Team MVPMLB Hardy Nickerson

The 1993 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season was the franchise's 18th season in the National Football League (NFL). The Buccaneers wore the initial Mr. C on the right side of the sleeve ends of the jerseys in honor of their owner Hugh Culverhouse who was battling cancer who then died after the 1993 season.

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1993 was mostly seen as a rebuilding year for coach Sam Wyche [1] who moved on without Vinny Testaverde and went with young quarterback Craig Erickson, another University of Miami alumnus who won a national championship as their quarterback. He had a solid 3,054 passing yards. The Buccaneers lost five of their first six games on the way to a 5–11 season.

The 1993 Buccaneers have the distinction of being the only team in NFL history to have played eleven games against teams that would go on to make the playoffs; [lower-alpha 1] the Buccaneers were 3–8 in these games.

In his first season with the team, Hardy Nickerson set a NFL record with 214 tackles.

Offseason

NFL Draft

Prior to the season they drafted John Lynch who would become one of the most popular players of all time in Tampa.

PickRoundPlayerPositionSchool
6Round 1 Eric Curry Defensive End Alabama
34Round 2 Demetrius DuBose Linebacker Notre Dame
60Round 3 Lamar Thomas Wide Receiver Miami
82Round 3 John Lynch Defensive Back Stanford
91Round 4 Rudy Harris Running Back Clemson
104Round 4 Horace Copeland Wide ReceiverMiami
145Round 6 Chidi Ahanotu Defensive Tackle California
176Round 7 Tyree Davis Wide Receiver Central Arkansas
220Round 8Darrick BranchWide Receiver Hawaii
224Round 8 Daron Alcorn Kicker Akron

Daron Alcorn was the last player selected in the draft, commonly referred to as "Mr. Irrelevant".

Personnel

Staff

1993 Tampa Bay Buccaneers staff

Front office

Head coaches

  • Head coach/director of football operations – Sam Wyche

Offensive coaches

 

Defensive coaches

Special teams coaches

  • Special teams/tight ends – George Stewart

Strength and conditioning

  • Strength and conditioning – Brad Roll

[3]

Roster

1993 Tampa Bay Buccaneers final roster
Quarterbacks

Running backs

Wide receivers

Tight ends

Offensive linemen

Defensive linemen

Linebackers

Defensive backs

Special teams

Reserve lists


Practice squad


Rookies in italics
53 active, 10 inactive

Regular season

Schedule

Regular season
WeekDateOpponentResultGame siteAttendanceRecord
1September 5 Kansas City Chiefs L 27–3 Tampa Stadium 63,378*0–1
2September 12at New York Giants L 23–7 Giants Stadium 75,8910–2
3Bye
4September 26at Chicago Bears L 47–17 Soldier Field 58,3290–3
5October 3 Detroit Lions W 27–10Tampa Stadium40,794*1–3
6October 10at Minnesota Vikings L 15–0 Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome 54,2151–4
7Bye
8October 24 Green Bay Packers L 37–14Tampa Stadium47,354*1–5
9October 31at Atlanta Falcons W 31–24 Georgia Dome 50,6472–5
10November 7at Detroit Lions L 23–0 Pontiac Silverdome 65,2952–6
11November 14 San Francisco 49ers L 45–21Tampa Stadium43,835*2–7
12November 21 Minnesota Vikings W 23–10Tampa Stadium40,848*3–7
13November 28at Green Bay Packers L 13–10 Lambeau Field 56,9953–8
14December 5 Washington Redskins L 23–17Tampa Stadium49,035*3–9
15December 12 Chicago Bears W 13–10Tampa Stadium56,667*4–9
16December 19at Los Angeles Raiders L 27–20 Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum 40,5324–10
17December 26at Denver Broncos W 17–10 Mile High Stadium 73,4345–10
18January 2 San Diego Chargers L 32–17Tampa Stadium35,587*5–11
Notes: Division opponents are in bold text
* = blacked out locally

Standings

NFC Central
WLTPCTPFPASTK
(3) Detroit Lions 1060.625298292W2
(5) Minnesota Vikings 970.563277290W3
(6) Green Bay Packers 970.563340282L1
Chicago Bears 790.438234230L4
Tampa Bay Buccaneers 5110.313237376L1

Notes

  1. Tampa Bay played Detroit, Minnesota and Green Bay twice each, as well as the Giants, 49ers, Chiefs, Raiders and Broncos [2]

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  2. "In a single season, from 1940 to 2011, in the regular season, in games against playoff teams only, sorted by most games in season matching criteria". Pro-Football-Reference.com.
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