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 got 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 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
Roster
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 7
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Week 13: at Atlanta
Standings
References
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 at DatabaseFootball.com