1993 San Diego Chargers season

1993 San Diego Chargers season
Owner	Alex Spanos
General manager	Bobby Beathard
Head coach	Bobby Ross
Home field	Jack Murphy Stadium
Results
Record	8–8
Division place	4th AFC West
Playoff finish	did not qualify

The 1993 San Diego Chargers season began with the team trying to improve on their 11–5 record in 1992. They missed the playoffs by one game.

Personnel

Staff

1993 San Diego Chargers staff

Front office Chairman of the Board and President – Alex Spanos Vice Chairman – Dean Spanos General Manager – Bobby Beathard Assistant General Manager – Dick Daniels Director of Player Personnel – Billy Devaney Director of Pro Personnel – Rudy Feldman Director of College Scouting – John Hinek Coordinator of Football Operations – Marty Hurney Head coaches Head Coach – Bobby Ross Offensive coaches Quarterbacks/Passing Game Coordinator – Jack Reilly Tight Ends/H-Backs/Running Game Coordinator – Ralph Friedgen Offensive Backs – Sylvester Croom Wide Receivers – Jerry Sullivan Offensive Line – Carl Mauck Quality Control – John Misciagna

Defensive coaches Defensive Coordinator – Bill Arnsparger Defensive Line – George O'Leary Linebackers – Dale Lindsey Secondary – John Fox Special teams coaches Special Teams – Chuck Priefer Strength and conditioning Strength and Conditioning – John Dunn Strength and Conditioning Assistant – Chip Morton

Regular season

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Attendance
1	September 5, 1993	Seattle Seahawks	W 18–12	58,039
2	September 12, 1993	at Denver Broncos	L 34–17	75,074
3	September 19, 1993	Houston Oilers	W 18–17	58,519
4	Bye
5	October 3, 1993	at Seattle Seahawks	L 31–14	54,778
6	October 10, 1993	at Pittsburgh Steelers	L 16–3	55,264
7	October 17, 1993	Kansas City Chiefs	L 17–14	60,729
8	Bye
9	October 31, 1993	at Los Angeles Raiders	W 30–23	45,122
10	November 7, 1993	at Minnesota Vikings	W 30–17	55,527
11	November 14, 1993	Chicago Bears	L 16–13	58,459
12	November 21, 1993	Los Angeles Raiders	L 12–7	60,615
13	November 29, 1993	at Indianapolis Colts	W 31–0	54,110
14	December 5, 1993	Denver Broncos	W 13–10	60,233
15	December 12, 1993	Green Bay Packers	L 20–13	57,930
16	December 19, 1993	at Kansas City Chiefs	L 28–24	74,778
17	December 27, 1993	Miami Dolphins	W 45–20	60,311
18	January 2, 1994	at Tampa Bay Buccaneers	W 32–17	35,587

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

Game summaries

Week 8

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Chiefs	7	3	0	7	17
Chargers	0	7	0	7	14

at Jack Murphy Stadium, San Diego, California

• Date: October 17
• Game time: 1:00 p.m. PDT
• Game weather: Sunny, 64 °F, wind 9 mph
• Referee: Jerry Markbreit
• TV: NBC
• Pro-Football-Reference.com

Game information

First Quarter KC – Marcus Allen 15 yard pass from Joe Montana (Nick Lowery kick) – Chiefs 7–0 Second Quarter SD – Natrone Means 7 yard run (John Carney kick) – Tied 7–7 KC – Nick Lowery 37 yard field goal – Chiefs 10–7 Fourth Quarter SD – Anthony Miller 4 yard pass from John Friesz (John Carney kick) – Chargers 14–10 KC – Marcus Allen 1 yard run (Nick Lowery kick) – Chiefs 17–14 Chiefs Joe Montana 21/39, 284 Yds, TD, INT Marcus Allen 13 Rush, 46 Yds, TD Willie Davis 4 Rec, 77 Yds Chargers John Friesz 18/35, 218 Yds, TD, INT Marion Butts 11 Rush, 38 Yds Anthony Miller 6 Rec, 105 Yds, TD

Week 13

1 2 3 4 Total • Chargers 0 14 3 14 31 Colts 0 0 0 0 0 Date: November 29 Location: Hoosier Dome, Indianapolis, Indiana Game start: 9:00 p.m. EST Game weather: Indoors (dome) Television network: ABC

Scoring summary Q2 SD Shawn Jefferson 39 yard pass from Stan Humphries (John Carney kick) SD 7–0 Q2 SD Nate Lewis 8 yard pass from Stan Humphries (John Carney kick) SD 14–0 Q3 SD John Carney 36 yard field goal SD 17–0 Q4 SD Marion Butts 1 yard run (John Carney kick) SD 24–0 Q4 SD Eric Bieniemy 4 yard run (John Carney kick) SD 31–0