The 1993 Buffalo Bills season was the 34th season for the team in the National Football League (NFL). 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.

The Bills qualified for their fourth straight Super Bowl, where they faced the Dallas Cowboys in a rematch of the previous season's Super Bowl. However, the Bills once again fell to the Cowboys, this time by a score of 30–13, marking their fourth straight Super Bowl loss.

Until the 2020 season, this Bills squad was the last to reach the AFC Championship Game. The Bills' four consecutive Super Bowl appearances remains unmatched as of , with no other team having even so much as played in four out of five consecutive Super Bowls until the New England Patriots did so from 2014 through 2018 and later the Kansas City Chiefs from 2019 through 2024. This is also the last Super Bowl appearance for the Bills overall as of 2026.

Season summary 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 to appear in four consecutive Super Bowls.

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.Pro-Football-Reference.com: In a single season, from 1990 to 1999, in the regular season, sorted by descending Takeaways, behind the 1991 Eagles and 1991 Saints.

Running back Thurman Thomas led the AFC with 1,315 rushing yards.Neft, David S.; Cohen, Richard M.; and Korch, Rich The Sports Encyclopedia: Pro Football, 12th Edition, p. 680, Martin's Press, August 1994,

Offseason Additions SubtractionsWR Bill Brooks (Colts) LB Shane Conlan (Rams)CB Mickey Washington (Redskins) WR James Lofton (Rams) CB Cliff Hicks (Jets) G Mitch Frerotte (Seahawks)

NFL draft

Undrafted free agents + 1993 undrafted free agents of notePlayerPositionCollegeKurt BloedornPunterCal State FullertonMonty BrownLinebackerFerris StatePhil BryantRunning backVirginia TechJason CarthenLinebackerOhio StateMalcolm EveretteSafetyYoungstown StateAnthony FieldingsLinebackerMorningsideBob GordonWide receiverNebraska-OmahaDean JonesDefensive endMorningsideYonel JourdainRunning backSouthern IllinoisKevin O'BrienLinebackerBowling GreenTom SvobodnyTackleMorehead StateDavid WhiteLinebackerNebraska

Personnel

Roster

Regular season

Schedule Week Date Opponent Result Record Venue Attendance 1 September 5 New England Patriots W 38–14 1–0 Rich Stadium 79,751 2 September 12 at Dallas Cowboys W 13–10 2–0 Texas Stadium 63,226 3 Bye 4 September 26 Miami Dolphins L 13–22 2–1 Rich Stadium 79,635 5 October 3 New York Giants W 17–14 3–1 Rich Stadium 79,283 6 October 11 Houston Oilers W 35–7 4–1 Rich Stadium 79,613 7 Bye 8 October 24 at New York Jets W 19–10 5–1 Giants Stadium 9 November 1 Washington Redskins W 24–10 6–1 Rich Stadium 79,106 10 November 7 at New England Patriots W 13–10 (OT) 7–1 Foxboro Stadium 54,326 11 November 15 at Pittsburgh Steelers L 0–23 7–2 Three Rivers Stadium 60,265 12 November 21 Indianapolis Colts W 23–9 8–2 Rich Stadium 79,101 13 November 28 at Kansas City Chiefs L 7–23 8–3 Arrowhead Stadium 74,452 14 December 5 Los Angeles Raiders L 24–25 8–4 Rich Stadium 79,478 15 December 12 at Philadelphia Eagles W 10–7 9–4 Veterans Stadium 60,769 16 December 19 at Miami Dolphins W 47–34 10–4 Joe Robbie Stadium 71,597 17 December 26 New York Jets W 16–14 11–4 Rich Stadium 70,817 18 January 2, 1994 at Indianapolis Colts W 30–10 12–4 Hoosier Dome 43,028

Game summaries

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Week 8

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Week 9 November 1, 1993.

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Standings

Playoffs Round Date Opponent Game Site Final score Attendance Divisional January 15, 1994 Los Angeles Raiders (4) Rich Stadium W 29–23 AFC Championship January 23, 1994 Kansas City Chiefs (3) Rich Stadium W 30–13 Super Bowl January 30, 1994 vs. Dallas Cowboys (N1) Georgia Dome L 13–30

Super Bowl XXVIII

With the loss, the Bills secured an NFL record 4 consecutive Super Bowl losses, with 3 out of 4 being multi-possession losses. As of 2025, this remains the Bills last Super Bowl appearance.

Scoring Summary DAL – FG: Eddie Murray 41 yards 3–0 DAL BUF – FG: Steve Christie 54 yards 3–3 tie DAL – FG: Eddie Murray 24 yards 6–3 DAL BUF – TD: Thurman Thomas 4 yard run (Steve Christie kick) 10–6 BUF BUF – FG: Steve Christie 28 yards 13–6 BUF DAL – TD: James Washington 46 yard fumble return (Eddie Murray kick) 13–13 tie DAL – TD: Emmitt Smith 17 yard run (Eddie Murray kick) 20–13 DAL DAL – TD: Emmitt Smith 1 yard run (Eddie Murray kick) 27–13 DAL DAL – FG: Eddie Murray 20 yards 30–13 DAL

Awards and records Nate Odomes, Tied NFL Lead, 9 Interceptions Bruce Smith, Newspaper Enterprise Association Defensive Player of the Year Award Thurman Thomas, AFC Leader, 1,315 Rushing Yards

References

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