1993 Cincinnati Bengals season
Head coachDave Shula
Home fieldRiverfront Stadium
Results
Record3–13
Division place4th AFC Central
Playoff finishDid not qualify
Pro BowlersNone

The 1993 Cincinnati Bengals season was the team's 26th year in professional football and its 24th with the National Football League. This for the first time since 1979, Anthony Muñoz was not on the opening day roster and for the first time since 1983, Boomer Esiason was not on the opening day roster. The David Klingler experiment at starting quarterback got off to a poor start, as the Bengals lost their first ten games for the second of three 0–8 starts in four seasons.

The Bengals would finally get their first win against the Los Angeles Raiders 16–10, at Riverfront Stadium, but were the last winless team for the first of two consecutive years.[1] This ignominy would not be suffered subsequently by any NFL franchise until division rivals the Cleveland Browns went 1–31 in 2016 and 2017. After dropping their next two games, the Bengals closed the season by winning twice before losing their closer to a disappointing Saints outfit to finish with their second 3–13 season in three years.[2]

The late-season win over the Raiders was their first win against a team that finished with a winning record since the 1990-91 AFC Wild Card win over the Oilers (41-14, January 6, 1991). This was the only such regular-season win from 1991-1994 and would be the last such win until week 1 of 1995 (Indianapolis). The win was one of only four against teams with winning records in head coach David Shula's tenure with the team.

Offseason

NFL Draft

Main article: 1993 NFL Draft
1993 Cincinnati Bengals draft
Round Pick Player Position College Notes
1 5 John Copeland  Defensive end Alabama
2 37 Tony McGee  Tight end Michigan
3 59 Steve Tovar  Linebacker Ohio State
3 63 Ty Parten  Defensive tackle Arizona
4 90 Marcello Simmons  Defensive back SMU
5 117 Forey Duckett  Defensive back UNLV
6 148 Tom Scott  Offensive tackle East Carolina
7 175 Lance Gunn  Defensive back Texas
8 202 Doug Pelfrey  Placekicker Kentucky
      Made roster  

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Personnel

Staff

1993 Cincinnati Bengals staff

Front office

  • President – John Sawyer
  • Vice President/General Manager – Mike Brown
  • Director of Player Personnel – Pete Brown

Head coaches

Offensive coaches

Defensive coaches

Special teams coaches

  • Special Teams – Marv Braden

Strength and conditioning

  • Strength – Kim Wood

Roster

1993 Cincinnati Bengals roster
Quarterbacks

Running backs

Wide receivers

Tight ends

Offensive linemen

Defensive linemen

Linebackers

Defensive backs

Special teams

Reserve lists


Practice squad none

53 active, 10 inactive


Rookies in italics

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Regular season

Schedule

Week Date Opponent Result Record Venue Attendance
1 September 5 at Cleveland Browns L 14–27 0–1 Cleveland Municipal Stadium 75,508
2 September 12 Indianapolis Colts L 6–9 0–2 Riverfront Stadium 50,299
3 September 19 at Pittsburgh Steelers L 7–34 0–3 Three Rivers Stadium 53,682
4 September 26 Seattle Seahawks L 10–19 0–4 Riverfront Stadium 46,880
5 Bye
6 October 10 at Kansas City Chiefs L 15–17 0–5 Arrowhead Stadium 75,394
7 October 17 Cleveland Browns L 17–28 0–6 Riverfront Stadium 55,647
8 October 24 at Houston Oilers L 12–28 0–7 Houston Astrodome 50,039
9 Bye
10 November 7 Pittsburgh Steelers L 16–24 0–8 Riverfront Stadium 51,202
11 November 14 Houston Oilers L 3–38 0–9 Riverfront Stadium 42,347
12 November 21 at New York Jets L 12–17 0–10 Giants Stadium 64,264
13 November 28 Los Angeles Raiders W 16–10 1–10 Riverfront Stadium 43,272
14 December 5 at San Francisco 49ers L 8–21 1–11 Candlestick Park 60,039
15 December 12 at New England Patriots L 2–7 1–12 Foxboro Stadium 29,794
16 December 19 Los Angeles Rams W 15–3 2–12 Riverfront Stadium 36,612
17 December 26 Atlanta Falcons W 21–17 3–12 Riverfront Stadium 27,014
18 January 2, 1994 at New Orleans Saints L 13–20 3–13 Louisiana Superdome 58,036

Standings

AFC Central
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

Team leaders

Passing

Player Att Comp Yds TD INT Rating
David Klingler 343 190 1935 6 9 66.6

Rushing

Player Att Yds YPC Long TD
Harold Green 215 589 2.7 25 0
Derrick Fenner 121 482 4.0 26 1

Receiving

Player Rec Yds Avg Long TD
Jeff Query 56 654 11.7 51 4
Carl Pickens 43 565 13.1 36 6

Defensive

Player Tackles Sacks INTs FF FR
Darryl Williams 123 2.0 2 1 1
Danny Stubbs 24 5.0 0 0 1
Michael Brim 49 0.0 3 1 1

Kicking and punting

Player FGA FGM FG% XPA XPM XP% Points
Doug Pelfrey 31 24 77.4% 16 13 81.3% 85
Player Punts Yards Long Blkd Avg.
Lee Johnson 90 3954 60 0 43.9

Special teams

Player KR KRYards KRAvg KRLong KRTD PR PRYards PRAvg PRLong PRTD
Patrick Robinson 30 567 18.9 42 0 43 305 7.1 36 0

Awards and records

References

  1. ^ "Last Winless NFL Team(s) in Each Season". Archived from the original on January 11, 2013. Retrieved February 1, 2013.
  2. ^ Season summary and statistics at Sports E Cylclopedia
  3. ^ "1993 NFL Transactions: Trades - March". nfl.com. Retrieved November 30, 2020.
  4. ^ "1993 Cincinnati Bengals Draftees". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved January 28, 2014.
  5. ^ "1993 Cincinnati Bengals starters, roster, and players". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved October 17, 2014.

External links

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