1993 Denver Broncos season

1993 Denver Broncos season
Head coach	Wade Phillips
General manager	John Beake
Owner	Pat Bowlen
Home field	Mile High Stadium
Results
Record	9–7
Division place	3rd AFC West
Playoff finish	Lost AFC Wild Card

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 a dozen years. The team promoted defensive coordinator Wade Phillips—son of former Oilers and Saints coach Bum Phillips—to head coach.^[1]

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 Offensive coaches Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks – Jim Fassel Running Backs – Bishop Harris Wide Receivers – Mo Forte Tight Ends – Les Steckel Offensive Line – John Levra Special Assistant to the Head Coach/Offense – Harold Richardson			Defensive coaches Defensive Coordinator/Defensive Backs – Charlie Waters Defensive Line – Ernie Stautner Defensive Line Assistant – Barney Chavous Linebackers – John Paul Young Linebackers – Richard Smith Assistant Defensive Backs/Quality Control – Alvin Reynolds Special teams coaches Special Teams – Richard Smith Strength and conditioning Strength and Conditioning – Vernon Banks Strength and Conditioning Assistant – Barney Chavous

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Roster

1993 Denver Broncos roster
	Quarterbacks  7 John Elway  8 Tommy Maddox 12 Shawn Moore Running backs 33 Rod Bernstine 39 Robert Delpino 37 Anthony Lynn 22 Glyn Milburn 38 Reggie Rivers Wide receivers 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 88 Jerry Evans 89 Reggie Johnson 81 Shannon Sharpe Offensive linemen 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 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 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 David Wyman ILB		Defensive backs 27 Steve Atwater FS 23 Ronnie Bradford CB 34 Tyrone Braxton CB 29 Charles Dimry CB 40 Darryl Hall SS 31 Rondell Jones FS 21 Le-Lo Lang CB 36 Frank Robinson CB 49 Dennis Smith SS Special teams  1 Jason Elam K 16 Tom Rouen P Rookies in italics

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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

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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 ^[5]

References

1. Phillips was fired after the 1994 season after finishing with a 7–9 record.
2. 1993 Denver Broncos Media Guide. pp. 5–26.
3. "1993 Denver Broncos starters and roster". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved November 20, 2014.
4. Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2015-Sep-24.
5. NFL 2001 Record and Fact Book, Workman Publishing Co, New York,NY, ISBN 0-7611-2480-2, p. 44

External links

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