1993 Buffalo Bills season

Season summary

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'". 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.

Running back Thurman Thomas led the AFC with 1,315 rushing yards.

Offseason

NFL draft

Undrafted free agents

Personnel

• Owner/President – Ralph Wilson

• Vice President of Administration/general manager – John Butler

• Vice President of Football Operations – Marv Levy

• Assistant general manager/Director of Pro Personnel – Bob Ferguson

• Director of player personnel – John Butler

• Assistant director/Collegiate Scouting – A. J. Smith

• Director of Player Development/Alumni Relations - Jerry Butler

• Head coach – Marv Levy

• Assistant head coach – Elijah Pitts

• Administrative Assistant to the Head Coach – Chuck Lester

• Offensive coordinator/Offensive Line – Tom Bresnahan

• Quarterbacks – Jim Shofner

• Running Backs – Elijah Pitts

• Receivers – Charlie Joiner

• Offensive Quality Control/Tight Ends – Don Lawrence

• Defensive coordinatorr/Linebackers – Walt Corey

• Defensive line – Dan Sekanovich

• Defensive backs – Dick Roach

• Defensive Quality Control / Administrative Assistant – Chuck Lester

• Special teams – Bruce DeHaven

• Strength and conditioning Coordinator – Rusty Jones

Roster

53 active, 3 inactive, 5 practice squad

Regular season

Schedule

Game summaries

Week 1

Patriots

• Drew Bledsoe – 14/30, 148 yards, 2 TD, INT
• Leonard Russell – 23 rush, 81 yards
• Leonard Russell – 4 receptions, 20 yards

Bills

• Jim Kelly – 13/22, 167 yards, 4 TD, INT
• Thurman Thomas – 24 rush, 114 yards
• Andre Reed – 6 receptions, 110 yards, 3 TD

Week 2

Week 3

Week 5

;Giants

• Phil Simms 12/28, 160 Yds, 2 TD, 3 INT
• Rodney Hampton 32 Rush, 86 Yds
• Dave Meggett 2 Rec, 37 Yds
• Mike Sherrard 2 Rec, 37 Yds ;Bills
• Jim Kelly 14/25, 142 Yds, TD, INT
• Thurman Thomas 26 Rush, 122 Yds
• Pete Metzelaars 6 Rec, 44 Yds, TD

Week 6

Week 8

Week 9

November 1, 1993.

Week 12

Week 13

Week 14

Week 15

Week 16

Week 17

Standings

Playoffs

Super Bowl XXVIII

Main article: Super Bowl XXVIII

Scoring Summary

• DAL – FG: Eddie Murray 41 yards 3–0 DAL
• BUF – FG: Steve Christie 54 yards 3–3 tie
• DAL – FG: Eddie Murray 24 yards 6–3 DAL
• BUF – TD: Thurman Thomas 4 yard run (Steve Christie kick) 10–6 BUF
• BUF – FG: Steve Christie 28 yards 13–6 BUF
• DAL – TD: James Washington 46 yard fumble return (Eddie Murray kick) 13–13 tie
• DAL – TD: Emmitt Smith 17 yard run (Eddie Murray kick) 20–13 DAL
• DAL – TD: Emmitt Smith 1 yard run (Eddie Murray kick) 27–13 DAL
• DAL – FG: Eddie Murray 20 yards 30–13 DAL

Awards and records

• Nate Odomes, Tied NFL Lead, 9 Interceptions
• Bruce Smith, Newspaper Enterprise Association Defensive Player of the Year Award
• Thurman Thomas, AFC Leader, 1,315 Rushing Yards

References

• Bills on Pro Football Reference
• Bills on jt-sw.com
• Bills Stats on jt-sw.com

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