1993 Cleveland Browns season

48th season in franchise history

The 1993 Cleveland Browns season was the team's 44th season with the National Football League. This season was notable for coach Bill Belichick deciding to bench, and then ultimately release, longtime starting quarterback Bernie Kosar in favor of Vinny Testaverde. Kosar resurfaced during the season with the Dallas Cowboys, when he was part of the eventual Super Bowl champions as a fill-in for injured quarterback Troy Aikman. The Browns get off to a 5–2 start despite the quarterback controversy. Prior to the start of the season the Browns signed free agent quarterback Vinny Testaverde. Originally Testaverde was supposed to back-up his former University of Miami teammate Kosar. However, when Testaverde performed better when given the opportunity to play some felt there should be a change at the quarterback position. However, the Browns went beyond that by unceremoniously releasing Kosar in the middle of the season. The Browns lost their next four games and seven of their last nine to finish with a 7–9 record.

NFL Draft

  • Traded 1x11 to Denver Broncos for 1x14 and 3x83[1]
  • 1x14: C Steve Everitt
  • 2x42: DE Dan Footman
  • Traded 3rd Rounder to Detroit Lions for DT Jerry Ball
  • 3x83: LB Mike Caldwell
  • Traded 4th Rounder to Chicago Bears for C Jay Hilgenberg
  • 5x124: OT Herman Arvie
  • 6x153: LB Rich McKenzie
  • 7x180: LB Travis Hill
  • Traded 8th Rounder to Los Angeles Rams for LB Frank Stams

Personnel

Staff

1993 Cleveland Browns staff

Front office

  • Owner and president – Art Modell
  • Director of player personnel – Michael Lombardi
  • Director of College Scouting – Dom Anile

Head coaches

Offensive coaches

  • Running backs – Steve Crosby
  • Wide receivers – Richard Mann
  • Tight ends – Mike Sheppard
  • Offensive line – Kirk Ferentz
  • Assistant offensive line/tight ends - Pat Hill
  • Offensive assistant – Ernie Adams
 Defensive coaches

Special teams coaches

  • Special teams – Scott O'Brien
  • Coaching Assistant – Kevin Spencer

Strength and conditioning

  • Strength and conditioning – Jerry Simmons
  • Assistant strength/pass rush consultant - Joe Kim

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Roster

1993 Cleveland Browns roster
Quarterbacks

Running backs

Wide receivers

Tight ends

Offensive linemen

Defensive linemen

Linebackers

Defensive backs

Special teams

Reserve lists
  • 77 Orlando Brown T (IRTooltip Injured reserve)
  • 52 Richard Brown LB (IRTooltip Injured reserve)
  • 38 Bernard Ellison CB (IRTooltip Injured reserve)
  • 93 Travis Hill LB (PUPTooltip Physically unable to perform)
  • 24 Terry Taylor CB (IRTooltip Injured reserve)
  • 85 Lawyer Tillman WR (IRTooltip Injured reserve)


Practice squad

  • -- Greg Briggs S
  • 71 Jerome Brown DT
  •  2 Kerry Ferrell WR

53 active, 6 inactive, 3 practice squad


Rookies in italics

Schedule

Week Date Opponent Result Record Venue Attendance
1 September 5 Cincinnati Bengals W 27–14 1–0 Cleveland Municipal Stadium 75,508
2 September 13 San Francisco 49ers W 23–13 2–0 Cleveland Municipal Stadium 78,218
3 September 19 at Los Angeles Raiders W 19–16 3–0 Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum 48,617
4 September 26 at Indianapolis Colts L 10–23 3–1 Hoosier Dome 59,654
5 Bye
6 October 10 Miami Dolphins L 14–24 3–2 Cleveland Municipal Stadium 78,138
7 October 17 at Cincinnati Bengals W 28–17 4–2 Riverfront Stadium 55,647
8 October 24 Pittsburgh Steelers W 28–23 5–2 Cleveland Municipal Stadium 78,118
9 Bye
10 November 7 Denver Broncos L 14–29 5–3 Cleveland Municipal Stadium 77,818
11 November 14 at Seattle Seahawks L 5–22 5–4 Kingdome 54,622
12 November 21 Houston Oilers L 20–27 5–5 Cleveland Municipal Stadium 71,668
13 November 28 at Atlanta Falcons L 14–17 5–6 Georgia Dome 54,510
14 December 5 New Orleans Saints W 17–13 6–6 Cleveland Municipal Stadium 60,388
15 December 12 at Houston Oilers L 17–19 6–7 Houston Astrodome 58,720
16 December 19 New England Patriots L 17–20 6–8 Cleveland Municipal Stadium 48,618
17 December 26 at Los Angeles Rams W 42–14 7–8 Anaheim Stadium 34,155
18 January 2, 1994 at Pittsburgh Steelers L 9–16 7–9 Three Rivers Stadium 49,208

Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.

Season summary

Week 3 at Raiders

Week Three: Cleveland Browns (2–0) at Los Angeles Raiders (2–0)
Period 1 2 34Total
Browns 0 0 01919
Raiders 10 3 0316

at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, California

  • Date: September 19, 1993
  • Game time: 4:00 p.m. EDT
  • Game weather: Sunny, 66 °F (19 °C)
  • Game attendance: 48,617
  • TV announcers (NBC): Marv Albert and Paul Maguire
  • Box Score, Box Score
Team Category Player Statistics
Browns Passing Vinny Testaverde 10/22, 159 Yds, TD, INT
Rushing Tommy Vardell 14 Rush, 104 Yds
Receiving Mark Carrier 5 Rec, 73 Yds
Raiders Passing Jeff Hostetler 11/25, 94 Yds, TD
Rushing Greg Robinson 18 Rush, 59 Yds
Receiving Steve Smith 4 Rec, 42 Yds
Scoring summary
Quarter Time Drive Team Scoring information Score
Plays Yards TOP CLE LA
1 9:22 Raiders Andrew Glover 2-yard touchdown reception from Jeff Hostetler, Jeff Jaeger kick good 0 7
1 1:07 Raiders 24-yard field goal by Jeff Jaeger 0 10
2 12:12 Raiders 27-yard field goal by Jeff Jaeger 0 13
4 8:23 Browns 32-yard field goal by Matt Stover 3 13
4 4:58 Raiders 53-yard field goal by Jeff Jaeger 3 16
4 2:26 Browns Lawyer Tillman 12-yard touchdown reception from Vinny Testaverde, Matt Stover kick good 10 16
4 1:41 Raiders Safety, Jeff Gossett ran out of end zone 12 16
4 0:02 Browns Eric Metcalf 1-yard touchdown run, Matt Stover kick good 19 16
"TOP" = time of possession. For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football. 19 16

Week 7

1 234Total
Steelers 0 1463 23
• Browns 0 1477 28
Scoring summary
Q2CLEMichael Jackson 62 yard pass from Vinny Testaverde (Matt Stover kick)CLE 7–0
Q2CLEEric Metcalf 91 yard punt return (Matt Stover kick)CLE 14–0
Q2PITBarry Foster 4 yard run (Gary Anderson kick)CLE 14–7
Q2PITBarry Foster 1 yard run (Gary Anderson kick)Tie 14–14
Q3PITGary Anderson 30 yard field goalPIT 17–14
Q3CLERon Wolfley 4 yard pass from Vinny Testaverde (Matt Stover kick)CLE 21–17
Q3PITGary Anderson 46 yard field goalCLE 21–20
Q4PITGary Anderson 30 yard field goalPIT 23–21
Q4CLEEric Metcalf 75 yard punt return (Matt Stover kick)CLE 28–23

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Week 13: at Atlanta

Week 13: Cleveland Browns at Atlanta Falcons – Game summary
Period 1 2 34Total
Browns 0 0 7714
Falcons 10 7 0017

at Georgia Dome, Atlanta

  • Date: November 28
  • Game time: 1:00 p.m. EST
  • Game weather: indoors
  • Game attendance: 54,510
  • TV announcers (NBC): Drew Goodman (play–by–play) and Beasley Reece (color commentator)
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Game information

First quarter

  • ATL (3:25) – Johnson 51 yard field goal
    Falcons 3, Browns 0
  • ATL (14:23) – Rison 14 yard pass from Hebert (Johnson kick)
    Falcons 10, Browns 0

Second quarter

Third quarter

Fourth quarter

  • CLE (11:29) – Philcox 3 yard rush (Stover kick)
    Falcons 17, Browns 14

Top passers

Top rushers

Top receivers

Turnovers

  • CLE – 1
  • ATL – 1

Standings

AFC Central
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 W L T PCT PF PA STK
(2) Houston Oilers 12 4 0 .750 368 238 W11
(6) Pittsburgh Steelers 9 7 0 .563 308 281 W1
Cleveland Browns 7 9 0 .438 304 307 L1
Cincinnati Bengals 3 13 0 .188 187 319 L1

References

  1. ^ "Cleveland Browns | Draft History 1990s". Archived from the original on April 22, 2014. Retrieved April 21, 2014.
  2. ^ "All-Time Assistant Coaches". ClevelandBrowns.com. Archived from the original on May 22, 2008. Retrieved February 5, 2009.
  3. ^ Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2014-Mar-27.

External links

  • 1993 Cleveland Browns at Pro Football Reference (Profootballreference.com)
  • 1993 Cleveland Browns Statistics at jt-sw.com
  • 1993 Cleveland Browns Schedule at jt-sw.com
  • 1993 Cleveland Browns at DatabaseFootball.com
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