1993 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season

1993 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season
Head coach	Sam Wyche
General manager	Rich McKay
Owner	Hugh Culverhouse
Home field	Tampa Stadium
Results
Record	5–11
Division place	5th NFC Central
Playoff finish	did not qualify
Pro Bowlers	MLB Hardy Nickerson
AP All-Pros	MLB Hardy Nickerson
Team MVP	MLB Hardy Nickerson

The 1993 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season began with the team trying to improve on an 5–11 season.

1993 was mostly seen as a rebuilding year for coach Sam Wyche^[1] who moved on without Vinny Testaverde and went with young quarterback Craig Erickson, another University of Miami alumnus who won a national championship as their quarterback. He had a solid 3054 passing yards. The Bucs lost five of their first six games on the way to a 5-11 season.

The 1993 Buccaneers have the distinction of being the only team in NFL history to have played eleven games against teams that would go on to make the playoffs;^[2] the Buccaneers were 3–8 in these games.

Offseason

NFL Draft

Prior to the season they drafted John Lynch who would become one of the most popular players of all time in Tampa.

Pick	Round	Player	Position	School
6	Round 1	Eric Curry	Defensive End	Alabama
34	Round 2	Demetrius DuBose	Linebacker	Notre Dame
60	Round 3	Lamar Thomas	Wide Receiver	Miami
82	Round 3	John Lynch	Defensive Back	Stanford
91	Round 4	Rudy Harris	Running Back	Clemson
104	Round 4	Horace Copeland	Wide Receiver	Miami
145	Round 6	Chidi Ahanotu	Defensive Tackle	California
176	Round 7	Tyree Davis	Wide Receiver	Central Arkansas
220	Round 8	Darrick Branch	Wide Receiver	Hawaii
224	Round 8	Daron Alcorn	Kicker	Akron

Daron Alcorn was the last player selected in the draft, commonly referred to as "Mr. Irrelevant".

Personnel

Staff

1993 Tampa Bay Buccaneers staff
Front Office Owner – Hugh Culverhouse President – Gay Culverhouse Vice President of Football Administration – Rich McKay Director of Player Personnel – Jerry Angelo Director of College Scouting – Tim Ruskell Head Coaches Head Coach/Director of Football Operations – Sam Wyche Offensive Coaches Quarterbacks – Turk Schonert Running Backs – Willie Peete Wide Receivers – Harold Jackson Offensive Line – Bob Wylie Offensive Assistant – Jeff FitzGerald			Defensive Coaches Defensive Coordinator – Floyd Peters Defensive Line – Eddie Khayat Linebackers – Maxie Baughan Defensive Backs – Steve Shafer Defensive Assistant – Jeff FitzGerald Special Teams Coaches Special Teams/Tight Ends – George Stewart Strength and Conditioning Strength and Conditioning – Brad Roll

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Regular season

Schedule

Regular season
Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Kickoff^[a]	Game site	TV	Attendance	Record
1	September 5, 1993	Kansas City Chiefs	L 27–3	1:00	Tampa Stadium	NBC	63,378*	0–1
2	September 12, 1993	at New York Giants	L 23–7	1:00	Giants Stadium	CBS	75,891	0–2
3	Bye
4	September 26, 1993	at Chicago Bears	L 47–17	1:00	Soldier Field	CBS	58,329	0–3
5	October 3, 1993	Detroit Lions	W 27–10	1:00	Tampa Stadium	CBS	40,794*	1–3
6	October 10, 1993	at Minnesota Vikings	L 15–0	1:00	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome	CBS	54,215	1–4
7	Bye
8	October 24, 1993	Green Bay Packers	L 37–14	1:00	Tampa Stadium	CBS	47,354*	1–5
9	October 31, 1993	at Atlanta Falcons	W 31–24	1:00	Georgia Dome	CBS	50,647	2–5
10	November 7, 1993	at Detroit Lions	L 23–0	1:00	Pontiac Silverdome	CBS	65,295	2–6
11	November 14, 1993	San Francisco 49ers	L 45–21	1:00	Tampa Stadium	CBS	43,835*	2–7
12	November 21, 1993	Minnesota Vikings	W 23–10	8:00	Tampa Stadium	ESPN	40,848*	3–7
13	November 28, 1993	at Green Bay Packers	L 13–10	1:00	Lambeau Field	CBS	56,995	3–8
14	December 5, 1993	Washington Redskins	L 23–17	1:00	Tampa Stadium	CBS	49,035*	3–9
15	December 12, 1993	Chicago Bears	W 13–10	1:00	Tampa Stadium	CBS	56,667*	4–9
16	December 19, 1993	at Los Angeles Raiders	L 27–20	4:00	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum	CBS	40,532	4–10
17	December 26, 1993	at Denver Broncos	W 17–10	4:00	Mile High Stadium	CBS	73,434	5–10
18	January 2, 1994	San Diego Chargers	L 32–17	4:00	Tampa Stadium	NBC	35,587*	5–11

Notes:

^a All times in North American Eastern Time. (UTC–4 and UTC–5 during Standard Time)

• = blacked out locally

Standings

NFC Central
	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA	STK
^(3) Detroit Lions	10	6	0	.625	298	292	W2
^(5) Minnesota Vikings	9	7	0	.563	277	290	W3
^(6) Green Bay Packers	9	7	0	.563	340	282	L1
Chicago Bears	7	9	0	.438	234	230	L4
Tampa Bay Buccaneers	5	11	0	.313	237	376	L1

References

1. Williams, Charean (6 December 1994). "Victories Have Wyche Wishing For More Time". Orlando Sentinel. Retrieved 7 December 2013.
2. Tampa Bay played Detroit, Minnesota and Green Bay twice each, as well as Giants, 49ers, Chiefs, Raiders and Broncos: Pro-Football-Reference.com: In a single season, from 1940 to 2011, in the regular season, in games against playoff teams only, sorted by most games in season matching criteria
3. 2009 Tampa Bay Buccaneers Media Guide. pp. 44–46. Retrieved 2010-04-12.