1993 Phoenix Cardinals season

1993 Phoenix Cardinals season
Owner	Bill Bidwill
General manager	Larry Wilson
Head coach	Joe Bugel
Home field	Sun Devil Stadium
Results
Record	7–9
Division place	4th NFC East
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
Pro Bowlers	None

The 1993 Phoenix Cardinals season was the franchise's 95th season, 74th season in the National Football League, their 6th in Arizona, and their last as the Phoenix Cardinals (becoming the Arizona Cardinals the following season). The team improved upon their previous output of 4–12, winning seven games. Despite the improvement, the Cardinals failed to qualify to the playoffs for the eleventh straight season. It was not enough for head coach Joe Bugel to keep his job; he was fired 23 days following the season finale.

The Cardinals outscored their opponents by 57 points (326–269), the last time they would finish with a positive scoring margin until 2007. The only season since 1994 in which Arizona had a better point differential than 1993 was in 2015, when it went 13–3 and compiled a franchise record plus-176 margin.

Offseason

NFL Draft

Main article: 1993 NFL Draft

1993 Phoenix Cardinals draft
Round	Pick	Player	Position	College	Notes
1	3	Garrison Hearst *	Running back	Georgia
1	18	Ernest Dye	Offensive tackle	South Carolina
2	32	Ben Coleman	Guard	Wake Forest
4	87	Ronald Moore	Running back	Pittsburg State
6	143	Brett Wallerstedt	Linebacker	Arizona State
7	172	Will White	Defensive back	Florida
8	199	Chad Brown	Defensive end	Mississippi
8	215	Stevie Anderson	Wide receiver	Grambling State
Made roster    *   Made at least one Pro Bowl during career

Personnel

Staff

1993 Phoenix Cardinals staff

Front office President – Bill Bidwill Vice president and general manager – Larry Wilson Director of pro personnel – Erik Widmark Director of college scouting – Bob Ackles Head coaches Head coach – Joe Bugel Offensive coaches Offensive coordinator – Jerry Rhome Running backs – Bobby Jackson Receivers – LeCharls McDaniel Tight ends – Ted Plumb Offensive line – John Matsko

Defensive coaches Defensive coordinator – Fritz Shurmur Defensive line – Ted Cottrell Inside linebackers/quality control – Mike Murphy Outside linebackers – Joe Pascale Defensive secondary – Jim Johnson Special teams coaches Special teams – Pete Rodriguez Strength and conditioning Strength and conditioning – Bob Rogucki

Roster

1993 Phoenix Cardinals roster

Quarterbacks (QB)  7 Steve Beuerlein 17 Chris Chandler  2 Will Furrer 19 Tony Sacca Running backs (RB) 20 Johnny Bailey 25 Eric Blount 37 Larry Centers 30 Ronald Moore Wide receivers (WR) 83 Anthony Edwards 84 Gary Clark 81 Randal Hill 87 Ricky Proehl Tight ends (TE) 89 Pat Beach 80 Chad Fann 86 Walter Reeves 82 Butch Rolle

Offensive linemen (OL) 62 Ben Coleman G 59 Ed Cunningham C 67 Rick Cunningham T 65 Ernest Dye T 73 Mark May G 67 Luis Sharpe T 61 Lance Smith G 71 Mark Tucker C 68 Joe Wolf T Defensive linemen (DL) 63 Michael Bankston DE 78 Chad Brown DE 93 Reuben Davis DT 72 Chuck Johnson DT 75 Mike Jones DE 79 Keith Rucker DE

Linebackers (LB) 54 David Braxton OLB 56 Ken Harvey OLB 58 Eric Hill ILB 97 Steve Hyche 53 Garth Jax 55 Jock Jones 94 David Merritt 50 Freddie Joe Nunn OLB 90 Tyronne Stowe OLB Defensive backs (DB) 42 John Booty SS 26 Chuck Cecil FS 22 Dave Duerson SS 31 Odie Harris 28 Steve Lofton CB 29 Lorenzo Lynch CB 40 Robert Massey CB 26 Chris Oldham SS 35 Aeneas Williams CB 38 Mike Zordich FS Special teams 16 Rich Camarillo P  5 Greg Davis K

Practice squad –– Mark Moody T –– Chris Perez T Reserve 70 Rob Baxley T (IR) 23 Garrison Hearst RB (IR) 98 Eric Swann DT (IR) 52 Brett Wallerstedt MLB (IR) Rookies in italics

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Venue	Attendance	Recap
1	September 5	at Philadelphia Eagles	L 17–23	0–1	Veterans Stadium	59,831	Recap
2	September 12	at Washington Redskins	W 17–10	1–1	RFK Stadium	53,525	Recap
3	September 19	Dallas Cowboys	L 10–17	1–2	Sun Devil Stadium	73,025	Recap
4	September 26	at Detroit Lions	L 20–26	1–3	Pontiac Silverdome	57,180	Recap
5	Bye
6	October 10	New England Patriots	L 21–23	1–4	Sun Devil Stadium	36,115	Recap
7	October 17	Washington Redskins	W 36–6	2–4	Sun Devil Stadium	48,143	Recap
8	October 24	at San Francisco 49ers	L 14–28	2–5	Candlestick Park	62,020	Recap
9	October 31	New Orleans Saints	L 17–20	2–6	Sun Devil Stadium	36,778	Recap
10	November 7	Philadelphia Eagles	W 16–3	3–6	Sun Devil Stadium	41,634	Recap
11	November 14	at Dallas Cowboys	L 15–20	3–7	Texas Stadium	64,224	Recap
12	Bye
13	November 28	at New York Giants	L 17–19	3–8	Giants Stadium	59,979	Recap
14	December 5	Los Angeles Rams	W 38–10	4–8	Sun Devil Stadium	33,964	Recap
15	December 12	Detroit Lions	L 14–21	4–9	Sun Devil Stadium	39,393	Recap
16	December 19	at Seattle Seahawks	W 30–27 (OT)	5–9	Kingdome	45,737	Recap
17	December 26	New York Giants	W 17–6	6–9	Sun Devil Stadium	53,414	Recap
18	January 2, 1994	at Atlanta Falcons	W 27–10	7–9	Georgia Dome	44,360	Recap
Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.

Standings

NFC East
	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA	STK
(1) Dallas Cowboys	12	4	0	.750	376	229	W5
(4) New York Giants	11	5	0	.688	288	205	L2
Philadelphia Eagles	8	8	0	.500	293	315	W3
Phoenix Cardinals	7	9	0	.438	326	269	W3
Washington Redskins	4	12	0	.250	230	345	L2

External links

• 1993 Phoenix Cardinals at Pro-Football-Reference.com