1993 Buffalo Bills season

1993 Buffalo Bills season
Head coach	Marv Levy
General manager	John Butler
Owner	Ralph Wilson
Home field	Rich Stadium
Results
Record	12–4
Division place	1st AFC East
Playoff finish	Lost Super Bowl XXVIII (Cowboys) 13–30
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1 2 3 4 Total • Bills 7 3 0 3 13 Cowboys 0 3 0 7 10 Date: September 12 Location: Texas Stadium, Irving, Texas Game start: 3:00 p.m. Game weather: 85°F, wind 16 mph

Scoring summary 1 BUF Carwell Gardner 10 yard pass from Jim Kelly (Steve Christie kick) Bills 7–0 2 BUF Steve Christie 48 yard field goal Bills 10–0 2 DAL Lin Elliott 43 yard field goal Bills 10–3 4 DAL Kevin Williams 5 yard run (Lin Elliott kick) Tie 10–10 4 BUF Steve Christie 35 yard field goal Bills 13–10

Scoring summary
1		BUF	Carwell Gardner 10 yard pass from Jim Kelly (Steve Christie kick)	Bills 7–0
2		BUF	Steve Christie 48 yard field goal	Bills 10–0
2		DAL	Lin Elliott 43 yard field goal	Bills 10–3
4		DAL	Kevin Williams 5 yard run (Lin Elliott kick)	Tie 10–10
4		BUF	Steve Christie 35 yard field goal	Bills 13–10

1 2 3 4 Total Oilers 7 0 0 0 7 • Bills 7 21 0 7 35 Date: October 11 Location: Rich Stadium, Orchard Park, New York Game start: 9:00 p.m. EST Game weather: 41°F; wind 9 Television network: ABC

Scoring summary Q1 BUF Don Beebe 34 yard pass from Jim Kelly (Steve Christie kick) BUF 7–0 Q1 HOU Leonard Harris 17 yard pass from Warren Moon (Al Del Greco kick) Tie 7–7 Q2 BUF Andre Reed 24 yard pass from Jim Kelly (Steve Christie kick) BUF 14–7 Q2 BUF Andre Reed 39 yard pass from Jim Kelly (Steve Christie kick) BUF 21–7 Q2 BUF Thurman Thomas 7 yard run (Steve Christie kick) BUF 28–7 Q4 BUF Kenneth Davis 3 yard run (Steve Christie kick) BUF 35–7

Scoring summary
Q1		BUF	Don Beebe 34 yard pass from Jim Kelly (Steve Christie kick)	BUF 7–0
Q1		HOU	Leonard Harris 17 yard pass from Warren Moon (Al Del Greco kick)	Tie 7–7
Q2		BUF	Andre Reed 24 yard pass from Jim Kelly (Steve Christie kick)	BUF 14–7
Q2		BUF	Andre Reed 39 yard pass from Jim Kelly (Steve Christie kick)	BUF 21–7
Q2		BUF	Thurman Thomas 7 yard run (Steve Christie kick)	BUF 28–7
Q4		BUF	Kenneth Davis 3 yard run (Steve Christie kick)	BUF 35–7

The 1993 Buffalo Bills season was the 34th season for the Buffalo, New York team in the National Football League. The Buffalo Bills finished the National Football League's 1993 season with a record of 12 wins and 4 losses, and finished first in the AFC East division.

Despite the many jokes about the Bills having lost three straight Super Bowls—a fan pleaded with head coach Marv Levy for the team to not return to the Super Bowl: "I can't take it. I can't go to work on Monday if we don't win the game. It's tearing me up. I can't handle it"—Don Beebe recalled that "I've got to be honest with you. We thrived in it. We enjoyed it. We were going to go to four ... I think that comes a lot from the Winston Churchill poems and the speeches that we would get from Marv". Dan Patrick reported that "Buffalo players have been wearing t-shirts reading something along the lines of 'Let's Tick Them Off and Go for Four'". The team qualified for another Super Bowl; they became the first franchise to win four consecutive conference championships, as well as the first team in major professional sports to lose four consecutive championship games.

Defensive end Bruce Smith was named NEA Defensive Player of the Year, and tied for the league lead with 13.5 sacks. Smith, linebacker Darryl Talley and special teams gunner Steve Tasker were named to the 1993 All-Pro team. The Bills' 47 defensive takeaways in 1993 is the third-highest total of the 1990s.

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