1993 Denver Broncos season

1993 Denver Broncos season
Owner	Pat Bowlen
General manager	John Beake
Head coach	Wade Phillips
Home field	Mile High Stadium
Results
Record	9–7
Division place	3rd AFC West
Playoff finish	Lost AFC Wild Card Playoff (at 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 12 years. The team promoted defensive coordinator Wade Phillips—son of former Oilers and Saints coach Bum Phillips—to head coach.

NFL Draft

Main article: 1993 NFL Draft

1993 Denver Broncos draft
Round	Pick	Player	Position	College	Notes
1	11	Dan Williams	Defensive End	Toledo	from Cleveland
2	43	Glyn Milburn *	Running Back	Stanford
3	69	Rondell Jones	Safety	North Carolina
3	70	Jason Elam *	Kicker	Hawaii
4	98	Jeff Robinson	Defensive End	Idaho
5	126	Kevin Williams	Running Back	UCLA
6	154	Melvin Bonner	Wide Receiver	Baylor
7	169	Clarence Williams	Tight End	Washington State
7	182	Tony Kimbrough	Wide Receiver	Jackson State
8	210	Brian Stablein	Wide Receiver	Ohio State
Made roster    *   Made at least one Pro Bowl during career

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

Defensive coaches Defensive Coordinator – Charlie Waters Defensive Line – Ernie Stautner Assistant Defensive Line – Barney Chavous Linebackers – John Paul Young Assistant Defensive Backs/Quality Control – Alvin Reynolds Special teams coaches Special Teams/Assistant Linebackers – Richard Smith Strength and conditioning Strength and Conditioning – Vernon Banks Strength Assistant – Barney Chavous

Roster

1993 Denver Broncos roster

Quarterbacks (QB)  7 John Elway  8 Tommy Maddox 12 Shawn Moore Running backs (RB) 33 Rod Bernstine 39 Robert Delpino 37 Anthony Lynn 22 Glyn Milburn 38 Reggie Rivers Wide receivers (WR) 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 (TE) 88 Jerry Evans 89 Reggie Johnson 81 Shannon Sharpe

Offensive linemen (OL) 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 (DL) 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 (LB) 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 (DB) {{{defensive_back}}} Special teams  1 Jason Elam K 16 Tom Rouen P

Practice squad -- Greg Primus WR Rookies in italics

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

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

External links

• Broncos on Pro Football Reference
• Broncos Schedule on jt-sw.com