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1993 New England Patriots season
OwnerJames Orthwein
Head coachBill Parcells
Home fieldFoxboro Stadium
Results
Record5–11
Division place4th AFC East
Playoff finishdid not qualify
Pro Bowlersnone
AP All-Prosnone
Uniform

The New England Patriots finished the National Football League's 1993 season with a record of five wins and eleven losses, and finished fourth in the AFC East Division.

Season summary

Amid year-long rumors that the team would move to St. Louis and become the Stallions (even to the point of a team logo being unveiled and hats being printed), the Patriots ran through the year, the first for coach Bill Parcells, who'd been a linebackers coach in Foxboro in 1980 under Ron Erhardt. The Patriots drafted Drew Bledsoe as the #1 pick and he was named starter.

Sweeping changes had been made in the organization before the season. All coaches from the 1992 season with the exception of Dante Scarnecchia and Bobby Grier were fired and replaced with new ones. Scarnecchia would become a special assistant while Grier would move to the front office. The roster had undergone substantial changes; among the holdovers from the 1992 season were Marv Cook, Ben Coates, Kevin Turner, Michael Timpson, Sam Gash, Greg McMurtry, Vincent Brown, Maurice Hurst, Leonard Russell, Bruce Armstrong, Mike Arthur, and Pat Harlow. The 1993 season was also the first season the current Patriots logo and font was used (though the current variation would undergo a color change in 2000).

The Patriots lost their first four games, even after forcing overtime against the Lions and seeing a last-minute field goal attempt against Seattle bounce off the crossbar. In Week 5 Bledsoe was injured, Scott Secules was named the starting quarterback, and won the game with two passing touchdowns passing and one rushing score in the team's 23–21 win over the Cardinals. Scott Secules was then benched after a 28–14 loss to the Oilers. Bledsoe started for the Patriots then lost seven straight before eking out a 7–2 win against the Bengals (it was the last occurrence until the 2013 Jaguars of a team scoring only a safety in a game).[1] This win led to a 20–17 win over the Cleveland Browns coached by Parcells' longtime assistant Bill Belichick and a 38–0 massacre of the Indianapolis Colts in brutal windchill.

The season ended on January 2, 1994 with many in the sellout crowd at Foxboro Stadium believing it would be the final ever game for the New England Patriots before moving to St. Louis; unknown to most, though, was that stadium owner Robert Kraft was working to force the selling of the team to him, and his control of the team's lease ensured no move could take place until 2002 at the earliest.

The season finale itself became one of the most dramatic games in the club's history. The Patriots were hosting the Dolphins, who'd fallen to 9–6 with starter Dan Marino out for the year after Week Five and needing a win to make the playoffs. The Patriots led 10–7 at halftime and twice stopped the Dolphins on downs, but early in the third a Bledsoe fumble led to a Dolphins field goal. A blocked punt by the Dolphins' Darrell Malone led to a touchdown by Scott Mitchell to Mark Ingram. The game lead tied or changed five times in the fourth quarter. In the fourth the Dolphins completed a drive ending in a Terry Kirby touchdown run, this despite Andre Tippett's sack of Mitchell for a ten-yard loss – it was the 100th career sack for the future Hall Of Fame linebacker.

In the final 3:40 Bledsoe drove the Patriots down to a Ben Coates touchdown catch, but the Dolphins forced overtime on a Pete Stoyanovich field goal. In the overtime the Dolphins punted after Chris Slade forced a fumble, then Bledsoe was picked off by J.B. Brown before the Dolphins had to punt again. Vincent Brisby caught a ten-yard pass but fumbled; teammate Leonard Russell recovered the ball and ran 22 yards; Bledsoe then absorbed a Dolphins blitz and launched a 36-yard touchdown to Michael Timpson, ending a wild 33–27 Patriots win and finishing their season at 5–11, but with four straight wins to close it out and subsequently eliminated the Dolphins from the playoffs.

Several weeks later owner James Orthwein completed sale of the team to Robert Kraft.

Offseason

1993 NFL Draft

Main article: 1993 NFL Draft
1993 New England Patriots Draft Selections
Round Overall Player Position College
1 1 Drew Bledsoe Quarterback Washington State
2 31 Chris Slade Defensive end Virginia
2 51 Todd Rucci Tackle Penn State
2 56 Vincent Brisby Wide receiver N.E. Louisiana
4 86 Kevin Johnson Defensive tackle Texas Southern
4 110 Corwin Brown Strong Safety Michigan
5 113 Scott Sisson Kicker Georgia Tech
5 138 Rich Griffith Tight end Arizona
6 142 Lawrence Hatch Cornerback Florida
8 198 Troy Brown Wide receiver Marshall

Personnel

Staff

1993 New England Patriots staff

Front office

  • Chairman of the Board – James Orthwein
  • Vice Chairman of the Board – Michael O'Hallaron
  • Executive Vice President of Football Operations – Patrick Forte
  • Vice President – Bucko Kilroy
  • Director of College Scouting – Charley Armey
  • Director of Pro Scouting – Bobby Grier

Head coaches

Offensive coaches

Defensive coaches

Special teams coaches

  • Special Teams – Mike Sweatman

Strength and conditioning

  • Strength and Conditioning – Johnny Parker


[2]

Roster

1993 New England Patriots roster
Quarterbacks (QB)

Running backs (RB)

  • 40 Scott Lockwood

Wide receivers (WR)

Tight ends (TE)

Offensive linemen (OL)
  • 63 Todd Jones T

Defensive linemen (DL)

  • 91 Chris Gannon DE
  • 98 Mario Johnson NT
 Linebackers (LB)
  • 51 David White ILB

Defensive backs (DB) {{{defensive_back}}}

Special teams


Rookies in italics

[3]

Regular season

Schedule

Week Date Opponent Result Attendance
1 September 5, 1993 at Buffalo Bills L 38–14
79,751
2 September 12, 1993 Detroit Lions L 16–19 (OT)
54,151
3 September 19, 1993 Seattle Seahawks L 14–17
50,392
4 September 26, 1993 at New York Jets L 7–45
64,836
5 Bye
6 October 10, 1993 at Phoenix Cardinals W 23–21
36,115
7 October 17, 1993 Houston Oilers L 14-28
51,037
8 October 24, 1993 at Seattle Seahawks L 9-10
56,526
9 October 31, 1993 at Indianapolis Colts L 6-9
46,522
10 November 7, 1993 Buffalo Bills L 10-13
54,326
11 Bye
12 November 21, 1993 at Miami Dolphins L 13-17
59,982
13 November 28, 1993 New York Jets L 0-6*
42,810
14 December 5, 1993 at Pittsburgh Steelers L 14-17
51,358
15 December 12, 1993 Cincinnati Bengals W 7–2
29,794
16 December 19, 1993 at Cleveland Browns W 20–17
48,618
17 December 26, 1993 Indianapolis Colts W 38–0
26,571
18 January 2, 1994 Miami Dolphins W 33–27 (OT)
53,883
* Last shutout at home until 2016 Buffalo Bills Shutout the Patriots 16-0 without 1st string Quarterback Tom Brady due to suspension and 2nd string Jimmy Garoppolo due to injury.

Standings

AFC East
W L T PCT PF PA STK
(1) Buffalo Bills 12 4 0 .750 329 242 W4
Miami Dolphins 9 7 0 .563 349 351 L5
New York Jets 8 8 0 .500 270 247 L3
New England Patriots 5 11 0 .313 238 286 W4
Indianapolis Colts 4 12 0 .250 189 378 L4

References

  1. ^ All Game Scores in Pro Football History
  2. ^ "1993 Club Directory, Administration, and Coaching Staff". 1993 New England Patriots Media Guide. pp. 2, 4–20.
  3. ^ "1993 New England Patriots starters and roster". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved November 22, 2014.
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