1993 Denver Broncos season
OwnerPat Bowlen
General managerJohn Beake
Head coachWade Phillips
Home fieldMile High Stadium
Results
Record9–7
Division place3rd AFC West
Playoff finishLost Wild Card Playoffs
(at Raiders) 24–42
Uniform

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

Head coaches

Offensive coaches

Defensive coaches

Special teams coaches

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

Running backs

Wide receivers

Tight ends

Offensive linemen

Defensive linemen

Linebackers

Defensive backs

Special teams

Reserve lists


Practice squad

53 active, 2 inactive, 2 practice squad


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

1 234Total
• Broncos 6 7130 26
Jets 0 6014 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
Q1DENElam 28 yard field goalDEN 3–0
Q1DENElam 30 yard field goalDEN 6–0
Q2NYJBlanchard 22 yard field goalDEN 6–3
Q2NYJBlanchard 43 yard field goalTie 6–6
Q2DENTillman 3 yard pass from Elway (Elam kick)DEN 13–6
Q3DENMilburn 25 yard pass from Elway (Elam kick)DEN 20–6
Q3DENElam 30 yard field goalDEN 23–6
Q3DENElam 41 yard field goalDEN 26–6
Q4NYJMitchell 5 yard pass from Esiason (Blanchard kick)DEN 26–13
Q4NYJMoore 6 yard pass from Esiason (Blanchard kick)DEN 26–20

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Standings

AFC West
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

AFC wild card game

Awards and records

Milestones

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

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