1993 Denver Broncos season

1993 Denver Broncos season
Head coach	Wade Phillips
General manager	John Beake
Owner	Pat Bowlen
Home field	Mile High Stadium
Results
Record	9–7
Division place	3rd AFC West
Playoff finish	Lost Wild Card Playoffs (Raiders) 24–42

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.

Offseason

After the 1992 season, Broncos owner Pat Bowlen fired head coach Dan Reeves, who had helmed the franchise for a dozen years. The team promoted defensive coordinator Wade Phillips—son of former Oilers and Saints coach Bum Phillips—to head coach.^[1]

Personnel

Staff

1993 Denver Broncos staff

Front office

President and Chief Executive Officer – Pat Bowlen
General Manager – John Beake
Director of Football Operations/Player Personnel – Bob Ferguson
Assistant Director of Player Personnel – Ronnie Hill
Director of College Scouting – Jeff Smith
College Scout – Cornell Green
Pro Scout – Jack Elway
Pro Scout – Jerry Frei
Player Personnel Assistant – Ted Sundquist

Head coaches

Head Coach – Wade Phillips

Offensive coaches

Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks – Jim Fassel
Running Backs – Bishop Harris
Wide Receivers – Mo Forte
Tight Ends – Les Steckel
Offensive Line – John Levra
Special Assistant to the Head Coach/Offense – Harold Richardson

Defensive coaches

Defensive Coordinator/Defensive Backs – Charlie Waters
Defensive Line – Ernie Stautner
Defensive Line Assistant – Barney Chavous
Linebackers – John Paul Young
Linebackers – Richard Smith
Assistant Defensive Backs/Quality Control – Alvin Reynolds

Special teams coaches

Special Teams – Richard Smith

Strength and conditioning

Strength and Conditioning – Vernon Banks
Strength and Conditioning Assistant – Barney Chavous

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Roster

1993 Denver Broncos roster

Quarterbacks

Running backs

Wide receivers

83 Melvin Bonner
82 Vance Johnson
80 Tony Kimbrough
86 Arthur Marshall
81 Barry Rose
85 Derek Russell
42 Kitrick Taylor
87 Cedric Tillman

Tight ends

Offensive linemen

68 Russell Freeman T
75 Brian Habib G
72 Keith Kartz C
78 Don Maggs T
61 Bob Meeks C
64 Jon Melander G
76 Kirk Scrafford T
79 Dave Widell G/C
65 Gary Zimmerman T

Defensive linemen

99 Shane Dronett DE
97 Darren Drozdov NT
71 Greg Kragen NT
91 Willie Oshodin DE
94 Jeff Robinson DE
95 Alphonso Taylor NT
90 Dan Williams DE

Linebackers

58 Elijah Alexander ILB
51 Mike Croel OLB
54 Mitch Donahue ILB
73 Simon Fletcher OLB
59 Tim Lucas OLB
77 Karl Mecklenburg ILB
52 Jeff Mills OLB
57 Dave Wyman ILB

Defensive backs

27 Steve Atwater FS
23 Ronnie Bradford CB
34 Tyrone Braxton CB
29 Charles Dimry CB
40 Darryl Hall SS
31 Rondell Jones FS
21 Le-Lo Lang CB
36 Frank Robinson CB
49 Dennis Smith SS

Special teams

1 Jason Elam K
16 Tom Rouen P

Rookies in italics

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Regular season

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Attendance
1	September 5, 1993	at New York Jets	W 26-20	68,130
2	September 12, 1993	San Diego Chargers	W 34–17	75,074
3	September 20, 1993	at Kansas City Chiefs	L 15–7	78,453
4	Bye
5	October 3, 1993	Indianapolis Colts	W 35–13	74,953
6	October 10, 1993	at Green Bay Packers	L 30–27	58,943
7	October 18, 1993	Los Angeles Raiders	L 23–20	75,712
8	Bye
9	October 31, 1993	Seattle Seahawks	W 28–17	73,644
10	November 7, 1993	at Cleveland Browns	W 29–14	77,818
11	November 14, 1993	Minnesota Vikings	L 26–23	67,329
12	November 21, 1993	Pittsburgh Steelers	W 37–13	74,840
13	November 28, 1993	at Seattle Seahawks	W 17–9	57,812
14	December 5, 1993	at San Diego Chargers	L 13–10	60,233
15	December 12, 1993	Kansas City Chiefs	W 27–21	75,822
16	December 18, 1993	at Chicago Bears	W 13–3	53,056
17	December 26, 1993	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	L 17–10	73,434
18	January 2, 1994	at Los Angeles Raiders	L 33–30	66,904

Season summary

Week 1

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Broncos	6	7	13	0	26
Jets	0	6	0	14	20

Date: September 5
Location: Giants Stadium
Game start: 1:00 p.m. EST
Game attendance: 68,130
Game weather: 76°F; wind 7

Scoring summary

Q1	DEN	Elam 28 yard field goal	DEN 3–0

Q1	DEN	Elam 30 yard field goal	DEN 6–0

Q2	NYJ	Blanchard 22 yard field goal	DEN 6–3

Q2	NYJ	Blanchard 43 yard field goal	Tie 6–6

Q2	DEN	Tillman 3 yard pass from Elway (Elam kick)	DEN 13–6

Q3	DEN	Milburn 25 yard pass from Elway (Elam kick)	DEN 20–6

Q3	DEN	Elam 30 yard field goal	DEN 23–6

Q3	DEN	Elam 41 yard field goal	DEN 26–6

Q4	NYJ	Mitchell 5 yard pass from Esiason (Blanchard kick)	DEN 26–13

Q4	NYJ	Moore 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

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Attendance
Wild-Card	January 9, 1994	at Los Angeles Raiders	L 42–24	65,314

Awards and records

John Elway, Franchise Record, Most Passing Yards in One Season, 4,030 Yards ^[5]

References

↑ Phillips was fired after the 1994 season after finishing with a 7–9 record.
↑ 1993 Denver Broncos Media Guide. pp. 5–26.
↑ "1993 Denver Broncos starters and roster". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved November 20, 2014.
↑ Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2015-Sep-24.
↑ 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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Stadiums	Mile High Stadium Sports Authority Field at Mile High

Key personnel	Owner Pat Bowlen President/CEO Joe Ellis Executive Vice President/General Manager John Elway Head Coach Gary Kubiak

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Rivalries	Kansas City Chiefs Oakland Raiders San Diego Chargers Manning vs. Brady

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Current league affiliations	League: National Football League (1970–present) Conference: American Football Conference Division: West Division

Former league affiliation	League: American Football League (1960–1969)

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Championship seasons in bold

Denver Broncos seasons

1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Bold indicates Super Bowl victory Italics indicates Super Bowl appearance

1993 NFL season

East	Central	West	East	Central	West
Buffalo	Cincinnati	Denver	Dallas	Chicago	Atlanta
Indianapolis	Cleveland	Kansas City	NY Giants	Detroit	LA Rams
Miami	Houston	LA Raiders	Philadelphia	Green Bay	New Orleans
New England	Pittsburgh	San Diego	Phoenix	Minnesota	San Francisco
NY Jets		Seattle	Washington	Tampa Bay

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