1993 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season

1993 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season
Head coach Sam Wyche
General manager Rich McKay
Owner Hugh Culverhouse
Home field Tampa Stadium
Results
Record 5–11
Division place 5th NFC Central
Playoff finish did not qualify
Pro Bowlers MLB Hardy Nickerson
AP All-Pros MLB Hardy Nickerson
Team MVP MLB Hardy Nickerson

The 1993 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season began with the team trying to improve on an 5–11 season.

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 3054 passing yards. The Bucs 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;[2] the Buccaneers were 3–8 in these games.

Offseason

NFL Draft

Main article: 1993 NFL Draft

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

Pick Round Player Position School
6Round 1Eric CurryDefensive EndAlabama
34Round 2Demetrius DuBoseLinebackerNotre Dame
60Round 3Lamar ThomasWide ReceiverMiami
82Round 3John LynchDefensive BackStanford
91Round 4Rudy HarrisRunning BackClemson
104Round 4Horace CopelandWide ReceiverMiami
145Round 6Chidi AhanotuDefensive TackleCalifornia
176Round 7Tyree DavisWide ReceiverCentral Arkansas
220Round 8Darrick BranchWide ReceiverHawaii
224Round 8Daron AlcornKickerAkron

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]

Regular season

Schedule

Regular season
Week Date Opponent Result Kickoff[a] Game site TV Attendance Record
1 September 5, 1993 Kansas City Chiefs L 27–3 1:00 Tampa Stadium NBC 63,378* 0–1
2 September 12, 1993 at New York Giants L 23–7 1:00 Giants Stadium CBS 75,891 0–2
3 Bye
4 September 26, 1993 at Chicago Bears L 47–17 1:00 Soldier Field CBS 58,329 0–3
5 October 3, 1993 Detroit Lions W 27–10 1:00 Tampa Stadium CBS 40,794* 1–3
6 October 10, 1993 at Minnesota Vikings L 15–0 1:00 Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome CBS 54,215 1–4
7 Bye
8 October 24, 1993 Green Bay Packers L 37–14 1:00 Tampa Stadium CBS 47,354* 1–5
9 October 31, 1993 at Atlanta Falcons W 31–24 1:00 Georgia Dome CBS 50,647 2–5
10 November 7, 1993 at Detroit Lions L 23–0 1:00 Pontiac Silverdome CBS 65,295 2–6
11 November 14, 1993 San Francisco 49ers L 45–21 1:00 Tampa Stadium CBS 43,835* 2–7
12 November 21, 1993 Minnesota Vikings W 23–10 8:00 Tampa Stadium ESPN 40,848* 3–7
13 November 28, 1993 at Green Bay Packers L 13–10 1:00 Lambeau Field CBS 56,995 3–8
14 December 5, 1993 Washington Redskins L 23–17 1:00 Tampa Stadium CBS 49,035* 3–9
15 December 12, 1993 Chicago Bears W 13–10 1:00 Tampa Stadium CBS 56,667* 4–9
16 December 19, 1993 at Los Angeles Raiders L 27–20 4:00 Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum CBS 40,532 4–10
17 December 26, 1993 at Denver Broncos W 17–10 4:00 Mile High Stadium CBS 73,434 5–10
18 January 2, 1994 San Diego Chargers L 32–17 4:00 Tampa Stadium NBC 35,587* 5–11

Notes:

a All times in North American Eastern Time. (UTC–4 and UTC–5 during Standard Time)

Standings

NFC Central
W L T PCT PF PA STK
(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

References

  1. ↑ Williams, Charean (6 December 1994). "Victories Have Wyche Wishing For More Time". Orlando Sentinel. Retrieved 7 December 2013.
  2. ↑ Tampa Bay played Detroit, Minnesota and Green Bay twice each, as well as Giants, 49ers, Chiefs, Raiders and Broncos: Pro-Football-Reference.com: 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
  3. ↑ 2009 Tampa Bay Buccaneers Media Guide. pp. 44–46. Retrieved 2010-04-12.
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