The 1993 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season was the franchise's 18th season in the National Football League (NFL). The Buccaneers wore the initial Mr. C on the right side of the sleeve ends of the jerseys in honor of their owner Hugh Culverhouse who was battling cancer who then died after the 1993 season.
1993 was mostly seen as a rebuilding year for coach Sam Wyche 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 3,054 passing yards. The Buccaneers 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; the Buccaneers were 3–8 in these games.
In his first season with the team, Hardy Nickerson set an NFL record with 214 tackles.
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 School6Round 1Eric CurryDefensive EndAlabama34Round 2Demetrius DuBoseLinebackerNotre Dame60Round 3Lamar ThomasWide ReceiverMiami82Round 3John LynchDefensive BackStanford91Round 4Rudy HarrisRunning BackClemson104Round 4Horace CopelandWide ReceiverMiami145Round 6Chidi AhanotuDefensive TackleCalifornia176Round 7Tyree DavisWide ReceiverCentral Arkansas220Round 8Darrick BranchWide ReceiverHawaii224Round 8Daron AlcornKickerAkron
Daron Alcorn was the last player selected in the draft, commonly referred to as "Mr. Irrelevant".
Personnel Staff 1993 Tampa Bay Buccaneers staffFront 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
Roster
Regular season Schedule Regular seasonWeekDateOpponentResultGame siteAttendanceRecord 1 September 5 Kansas City Chiefs L 27–3 Tampa Stadium 63,378* 0–1 2 September 12 at New York Giants L 23–7 Giants Stadium 75,891 0–2 3 Bye 4 September 26 at Chicago Bears L 47–17 Soldier Field 58,329 0–3 5 October 3 Detroit Lions W 27–10 Tampa Stadium 40,794* 1–3 6 October 10 at Minnesota Vikings L 15–0 Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome 54,215 1–4 7 Bye 8 October 24 Green Bay Packers L 37–14 Tampa Stadium 47,354* 1–5 9 October 31 at Atlanta Falcons W 31–24 Georgia Dome 50,647 2–5 10 November 7 at Detroit Lions L 23–0 Pontiac Silverdome 65,295 2–6 11 November 14 San Francisco 49ers L 45–21 Tampa Stadium 43,835* 2–712 November 21 Minnesota Vikings W 23–10 Tampa Stadium 40,848* 3–7 13 November 28 at Green Bay Packers L 13–10 Lambeau Field 56,995 3–8 14 December 5 Washington Redskins L 23–17 Tampa Stadium 49,035* 3–9 15 December 12 Chicago Bears W 13–10 Tampa Stadium 56,667* 4–9 16 December 19 at Los Angeles Raiders L 27–20 Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum 40,532 4–10 17 December 26 at Denver Broncos W 17–10 Mile High Stadium 73,434 5–10 18 January 2 San Diego Chargers L 32–17 Tampa Stadium 35,587* 5–11Notes: Division opponents are in bold text* = blacked out locally
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