1993 Philadelphia Eagles season

1993 Philadelphia Eagles season
Owner	Norman Braman
Head coach	Rich Kotite
Home field	Veterans Stadium
Results
Record	8–8
Division place	3rd NFC East
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
Uniform

The 1993 Philadelphia Eagles season was their 61st in the National Football League (NFL). The team failed to improve upon their previous output of 11–5, winning only eight games and failed to qualify for the playoffs for only the second time in six seasons. Ten of their sixteen games were decided by a touchdown or less. The team was without future hall of fame defensive end Reggie White, who had signed via free agency with the Green Bay Packers.

The downturn was directly related to the twin losses of QB Randall Cunningham (broken leg) and WR Fred Barnett (ACL tear) to season-ending injuries in a 35–30 win against the New York Jets on October 3. Though the Eagles won their first four, following that game, lost six straight to fall out of playoff contention. Bubby Brister was only able to do so much in a starting role, but the club rallied to win their final three games, including their first road win in San Francisco in 10 years.

Offseason

The Eagles held training camp at West Chester University of Pennsylvania for the 14th consecutive year.

NFL draft

Main article: 1993 NFL draft

The 1993 NFL draft was held April 25–26, 1993. The draft was reduced to eight rounds, down from 12. Because the Eagles tied with five other teams at 11–5 in 1992, they rotated in picking 20th to 25th in the eight rounds. There were 224 players taken in this draft by the NFL. The Eagles had two first round picks at number 19 and 24 overall. With those, they chose Lester Holmes, an offensive tackle out of Jackson State, and Leonard Renfro, a defensive tackle out of Colorado.

1993 Philadelphia Eagles draft
Round	Pick	Player	Position	College	Notes
1	19	Lester Holmes	Offensive tackle	Jackson State
1	24	Leonard Renfro	Defensive tackle	Colorado
2	50	Victor Bailey	Wide receiver	Missouri
3	75	Derrick Frazier	Cornerback	Texas A&M
3	77	Mike Reid	Defensive back	North Carolina State
6	163	Derrick Oden	Linebacker	Alabama
7	190	Joey Mickey	Tight end	Oklahoma
8	217	Doug Skene	Offensive tackle	Michigan
Made roster

Personnel

Staff

1993 Philadelphia Eagles staff

Front office Owner – Norman Braman President/chief operating officer – Harry Gamble Director of player personnel – Joe Woolley Head coaches Head coach – Rich Kotite Offensive coaches Offensive coordinator/quarterbacks – Zeke Bratkowski Running backs – Dick Wood Receivers/tight ends – Lew Carpenter Offensive line – Bill Muir Offensive assistant – Bobby Hammond

Defensive coaches Defensive coordinator/secondary – Bud Carson Defensive line – Dale Haupt Linebackers – Jim Vechiarella Defensive assistant – Peter Giunta Special teams coaches Special teams coordinator – Larry Pasquale Special teams assistant – Bobby Hammond Strength and conditioning Strength and conditioning – Jim Williams

Roster

1993 Philadelphia Eagles roster

Quarterbacks (QB)  6 Bubby Brister 12 Randall Cunningham  8 Preston Jones  7 Ken O'Brien Running backs (RB) 45 Vaughn Hebron 32 James Joseph 23 Heath Sherman 22 Vai Sikahema 46 Markus Thomas 34 Herschel Walker KR Wide receivers (WR) 82 Victor Bailey 80 James Lofton 81 Paul Richardson 89 Calvin Williams 83 Mike Young Tight ends (TE) 84 Mark Bavaro 87 Maurice Johnson

Offensive linemen (OL) 72 David Alexander C 62 Brian Baldinger G/T 78 Antone Davis T 65 Ron Hallstrom G 73 Lester Holmes G 68 Tom McHale T 79 Mike Schad G 76 Broderick Thompson T Defensive linemen (DL) 71 Mike Chalenski DE 95 Mike Flores DE 91 Andy Harmon DT/DE 98 Tommy Jeter DE 77 Keith Millard DT 90 William Perry DT 94 Leonard Renfro DT 96 Clyde Simmons DE

Linebackers (LB) 52 Louis Cooper OLB 56 Byron Evans MLB 54 Britt Hager MLB 59 Seth Joyner OLB 58 Derrick Oden MLB 53 John Roper OLB 51 William Thomas OLB Defensive backs (DB) 21 Eric Allen CB 24 Corey Barlow CB 33 William Frizzell SS 48 Wes Hopkins FS 29 Mark McMillian CB 38 Rich Miano FS 42 Mike Reid FS 26 Ben Smith CB 30 Otis Smith CB 20 Andre Waters SS Special teams  5 Jeff Feagles P 66 John Hudson LS  9 Roger Ruzek K

Practice squad 64 Curt Brown DT 19 Reggie Lawrence WR 88 Mike McKenzie TE 57 Marc Woodard LB Reserve 86 Fred Barnett WR (IR) 39 Tony Brooks RB (PUP) 61 Eric Floyd G (IR) 37 Derrick Frazier CB (IR) 97 Tim Harris DE (IR) 55 Ken Rose LB (IR) 75 Rob Selby G (IR) 85 Jeff Sydner WR (IR) Rookies in italics 53 active, 8 reserve, 4 practice squad

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Venue	Attendance
1	September 5	Phoenix Cardinals	W 23–17	1–0	Veterans Stadium	59,831
2	September 12	at Green Bay Packers	W 20–17	2–0	Lambeau Field	59,061
3	September 19	Washington Redskins	W 34–31	3–0	Veterans Stadium	65,435
4	Bye
5	October 3	at New York Jets	W 35–30	4–0	Giants Stadium	72,593
6	October 10	Chicago Bears	L 6–17	4–1	Veterans Stadium	63,601
7	October 17	at New York Giants	L 10–21	4–2	Giants Stadium	76,050
8	Bye
9	October 31	Dallas Cowboys	L 10–23	4–3	Veterans Stadium	61,912
10	November 7	at Phoenix Cardinals	L 3–16	4–4	Sun Devil Stadium	41,634
11	November 14	Miami Dolphins	L 14–19	4–5	Veterans Stadium	64,213
12	November 21	New York Giants	L 3–7	4–6	Veterans Stadium	62,928
13	November 28	at Washington Redskins	W 17–14	5–6	RFK Stadium	46,663
14	December 6	at Dallas Cowboys	L 17–23	5–7	Texas Stadium	64,521
15	December 12	Buffalo Bills	L 7–10	5–8	Veterans Stadium	60,769
16	December 19	at Indianapolis Colts	W 20–10	6–8	Hoosier Dome	44,952
17	December 26	New Orleans Saints	W 37–26	7–8	Veterans Stadium	50,085
18	January 3, 1994	at San Francisco 49ers	W 37–34 (OT)	8–8	Candlestick Park	61,653
Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.

Game summaries

Week 1

1 2 3 4 Total Cardinals 0 3 7 7 17 • Eagles 7 7 2 7 23 Date: September 5 Location: Veterans Stadium, Philadelphia Game start: 1:00 p.m. EST Game attendance: 59,831 Game weather: 86 °F (30 °C) (Sunny); wind 10 mph (16 km/h) Referee: Larry Nemmers TV announcers (CBS): Jim Nantz & Randy Cross

Week 2

The Eagles spoiled Reggie White's Lambeau Field debut as a member of the Packers. White carved out a Hall of Fame career in eight seasons (1985-92) with the Eagles before signing with Green Bay as a free agent in April 1993.

1 2 3 4 Total • Eagles 0 7 0 13 20 Packers 7 3 7 0 17 Date: September 12 Location: Lambeau Field, Green Bay, Wisconsin Game start: 12:00 p.m. CST Game attendance: 59,061 Game weather: 64 °F (18 °C); wind 12 mph (19 km/h) Referee: Jerry Markbreit TV announcers (CBS): Verne Lundquist & John Madden

Week 3

1 2 3 4 Total Redskins 0 14 7 10 31 • Eagles 3 7 7 17 34 Date: September 19 Location: Veterans Stadium, Philadelphia Game start: 1:00 p.m. Game attendance: 65,435 Game weather: 70 °F (21 °C) (Partly Cloudy); wind 12 mph (19 km/h) Referee: Tom White TV announcers (CBS): Pat Summerall & John Madden

Week 5

The victory was costly for the Eagles when Randall Cunningham went down with a season-ending injury, the second time in three seasons Philadelphia would have to play the majority of a campaign without its offensive leader.

1 2 3 4 Total • Eagles 0 14 7 14 35 Jets 14 7 7 2 30 Date: October 3 Location: Giants Stadium, East Rutherford, New Jersey Game start: 4:00 p.m. Game attendance: 72,593 Game weather: 61 °F (16 °C); wind 17 mph (27 km/h) Referee: Ron Blum TV announcers (CBS): Pat Summerall & John Madden

Scoring summary 1 NYJ James Thornton 7 yard pass from Boomer Esiason (Cary Blanchard kick) NYJ 7–0 1 NYJ Johnny Mitchell 14 yard pass from Boomer Esiason (Cary Blanchard kick) NYJ 14–0 2 NYJ Johnny Mitchell 12 yard pass from Boomer Esiason (Cary Blanchard kick) NYJ 21–0 2 PHI Herschel Walker 8 yard run (Matt Bahr kick) NYJ 21–7 2 PHI Mark Bavaro 10 yard pass from Bubby Brister (Matt Bahr kick) NYJ 21–14 3 NYJ Johnny Mitchell 65 yard pass from Boomer Esiason (Cary Blanchard kick) NYJ 28–14 3 PHI Calvin Williams 11 yard pass from Bubby Brister (Matt Bahr kick) NYJ 28–21 4 PHI Vaughn Hebron 1 yard run (Matt Bahr kick) Tie 28–28 4 NYJ Safety, intentional grounding by Brister in end zone NYJ 30–28 4 PHI Eric Allen 94 yard interception return (Matt Bahr kick) PHI 35–30

Week 6

1 2 3 4 Total • Bears 10 7 0 0 17 Eagles 0 0 0 6 6 Date: October 10 Location: Veterans Stadium, Philadelphia Game start: 1:00 p.m. Game attendance: 63,601 Game weather: 52 °F (11 °C) (Sunny); wind 18 mph (29 km/h) Referee: Dale Hamer TV announcers (CBS): Verne Lundquist & Dan Fouts

Week 7

1 2 3 4 Total Eagles 0 3 0 7 10 • Giants 0 14 0 7 21 Date: October 17 Location: Giants Stadium, East Rutherford, New Jersey Game start: 1:00 p.m. Game attendance: 76,050 Game weather: 60 °F (16 °C); wind 9 mph (14 km/h) Referee: Bernie Kukar TV announcers (CBS): Verne Lundquist & Dan Fouts

Week 9

1 2 3 4 Total • Cowboys 3 7 3 10 23 Eagles 0 7 0 3 10 Date: October 31 Location: Veterans Stadium, Philadelphia Game start: 4:00 p.m. Game attendance: 61,912 Game weather: 45 °F (7 °C) (Light Rain & Fog); wind 17 mph (27 km/h) Referee: Johnny Grier TV announcers (CBS): Jim Nantz & Randy Cross

Week 10

The Eagles suffered their first loss at Sun Devil Stadium after five consecutive victories.

1 2 3 4 Total Eagles 3 0 0 0 3 • Cardinals 3 13 0 0 16 Date: November 7 Location: Sun Devil Stadium, Tempe, Arizona Game start: 2:00 p.m. Game attendance: 41,634 Game weather: 64 °F (18 °C); wind 4 mph (6.4 km/h) Referee: Gerald Austin TV announcers (CBS): Verne Lundquist & Dan Fouts

Week 11

Miami's Don Shula became the NFL's all-time leader in coaching victories with his 326th, surpassing the Chicago Bears' legendary George Halas. The winning quarterback was future Eagles coach Doug Pederson, substituting for the injured Scott Mitchell. Mitchell became the Dolphins' starter when Dan Marino suffered a season-ending injury in week 6.

1 2 3 4 Total • Dolphins 6 7 3 3 19 Eagles 0 14 0 0 14 Date: November 14 Location: Veterans Stadium, Philadelphia Game start: 1:00 p.m. Game attendance: 64,213 Game weather: 70 °F (21 °C) (Cloudy); wind 10 mph (16 km/h) Referee: Gordon McCarter TV announcers (NBC): Tom Hammond & Cris Collinsworth

Week 12

The Giants earned their first win at Veterans Stadium since 1987.

1 2 3 4 Total • Giants 0 0 0 7 7 Eagles 0 0 3 0 3 Date: November 21 Location: Veterans Stadium, Philadelphia Game start: 4:00 p.m. Game attendance: 62,928 Game weather: 48 °F (9 °C) (Sunny); wind 12 mph (19 km/h) Referee: Ed Hochuli TV announcers (CBS): Pat Summerall & John Madden

Week 13

1 2 3 4 Total • Eagles 3 7 0 7 17 Redskins 0 0 0 14 14 Date: November 28 Location: RFK Stadium, Washington, D.C. Game start: 1:00 p.m. Game attendance: 46,663 Game weather: 58 °F (14 °C); wind 14 mph (23 km/h) Referee: Gary Lane TV announcers (CBS): Tim Ryan & Matt Millen

Week 14

1 2 3 4 Total Eagles 0 3 7 7 17 • Cowboys 7 9 0 7 23 Date: December 6 Location: Texas Stadium, Irving, Texas Game start: 8:00 p.m. Game attendance: 64,521 Game weather: 50 °F (10 °C); wind 8 mph (13 km/h) Referee: Howard Roe TV announcers (ABC): Al Michaels, Frank Gifford, and Dan Dierdorf

Week 15

1 2 3 4 Total • Bills 0 0 0 10 10 Eagles 0 0 7 0 7 Date: December 12 Location: Veterans Stadium, Philadelphia Game start: 1:00 p.m. Game attendance: 60,769 Game weather: 36 °F (2 °C) (Sunny); wind 21 mph (34 km/h) Referee: Johnny Grier TV announcers (NBC): Marv Albert & Paul Maguire

Week 16

1 2 3 4 Total • Eagles 10 0 7 3 20 Colts 3 0 0 7 10 Date: December 19 Location: Hoosier Dome, Indianapolis, Indiana Game start: 8:00 p.m. Game attendance: 44,952 Game weather: indoors (dome) Referee: Dale Hamer TV announcers (ESPN): Mike Patrick & Joe Theismann

Week 17

The Saints, who began the season 5–0, saw their slim playoff hopes extinguished.

1 2 3 4 Total Saints 9 3 7 7 26 • Eagles 0 18 6 13 37 Date: December 26 Location: Veterans Stadium, Philadelphia Game start: 1:00 p.m. Game attendance: 50,085 Game weather: 23 °F (−5 °C) (Cloudy); wind 23 mph (37 km/h) Referee: Tom White TV announcers (CBS): Tim Ryan & Matt Millen

Week 18

1 2 3 4 OT Total • Eagles 10 14 10 0 3 37 49ers 3 7 14 10 0 34 Date: January 3 Location: Candlestick Park, San Francisco, California Game start: 6:00 p.m. Game attendance: 61,653 Game weather: 50 °F (10 °C); wind 10 mph (16 km/h) Referee: Gerald Austin TV announcers (ABC): Al Michaels, Frank Gifford, and Dan Dierdorf

Standings

NFC East
	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA	STK
(1) Dallas Cowboys	12	4	0	.750	376	229	W5
(4) New York Giants	11	5	0	.688	288	205	L2
Philadelphia Eagles	8	8	0	.500	293	315	W3
Phoenix Cardinals	7	9	0	.438	326	269	W3
Washington Redskins	4	12	0	.250	230	345	L2

External links

• 1993 Philadelphia Eagles at Pro-Football-Reference.com