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1993 New England Patriots season
Head Coach Bill Parcells
Home Field Foxboro Stadium
Results
Record 5–11
Place 4th AFC East
Playoff Finish did not qualify
Pro Bowlers none
Uniform
AFC-1993-Uniform-NE
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1992 1994

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.

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, and Bledsoe was injured, Scott Secules was named the starting quarterback and won the game with two touchdowns passing and one rushing in the team's 23–21 win over the Cardinals. Scott Secules was then benched the next game and would remained benched. Drew Bledsoe started for the Patriots then lost seven straight before eking out a 7–2 win against the Bengals in the last occurrence to date 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 on 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.

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

Staff[]

New England Patriots 1993 staff
Front Office
  • Chairman – James Orthwein
  • Vice Chairman – Michael O'Hallaron
  • President – Fran Murray
  • Vice President – Bucko Kilroy
  • Executive Vice President of Football Operations – Patrick Forte
  • Director of College Scouting – Charley Armey
  • Director of Pro Scouting – Bobby Grier

Head Coaches

Offensive Coaches

 

Defensive Coaches

Special Teams Coaches

Strength and Conditioning

Offseason[]

NFL Draft[]

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 19–16 (OT)
54,151
3 September 19, 1993 Seattle Seahawks L 17–14
50,392
4 September 26, 1993 at New York Jets L 45–7
64,836
5 Bye
6 October 10, 1993 at Phoenix Cardinals W 23–21
36,115
7 October 17, 1993 Houston Oilers L 28–14
51,037
8 October 24, 1993 at Seattle Seahawks L 10–9
56,526
9 October 31, 1993 at Indianapolis Colts L 9–6
46,522
10 November 7, 1993 Buffalo Bills L 13–10
54,326
11 Bye
12 November 21, 1993 at Miami Dolphins L 17–13
59,982
13 November 28, 1993 New York Jets L 6–0
42,810
14 December 5, 1993 at Pittsburgh Steelers L 17–14
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

Standings[]

AFC East
view · talk · edit W L T PCT PF PA
Buffalo Bills 12 4 0 .750 329 242
Miami Dolphins 9 7 0 .563 349 351
New York Jets 8 8 0 .500 270 247
New England Patriots 5 11 0 .313 238 286
Indianapolis Colts 4 12 0 .250 189 378

Roster[]

New England Patriots 1993 roster
Quarterbacks

Running Backs

Wide Receivers

Tight Ends

Offensive Linemen

Defensive Linemen

Linebackers

Defensive Backs

Special Teams

References[]

See also[]

  • New England Patriots seasons
AFC East Central West East Central West NFC
Buffalo Cincinnati Denver Dallas Chicago Atlanta
Indianapolis Cleveland Kansas City NY Giants Detroit LA Rams
Miami Houston LA Raiders Philadelphia Green Bay New Orleans
New England Pittsburgh San Diego Phoenix Minnesota San Francisco
NY Jets Seattle Washington Tampa Bay
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