The 1993 Cincinnati Bengals season was the team's 26th year in professional football and its 24th with the National Football League. This for the first time since 1979, Anthony Muñoz was not on the opening day roster and for the first time since 1983, Boomer Esiason was not on the opening day roster. The David Klingler experiment at starting quarterback got off to a poor start, as the Bengals lost their first ten games for the second of three 0–8 starts in four seasons.

The Bengals would finally get their first win against the Los Angeles Raiders 16–10, at Riverfront Stadium, but were the last winless team for the first of two consecutive years. This ignominy would not be suffered subsequently by any NFL franchise until division rivals the Cleveland Browns went 1–31 in 2016 and 2017. After dropping their next two games, the Bengals closed the season by winning twice before losing their closer to a disappointing Saints outfit to finish with their second 3–13 season in three years.

The late-season win over the Raiders was their first win against a team that finished with a winning record since the 1990–91 AFC Wild Card win over the Oilers (41–14, January 6, 1991). This was the only such regular-season win from 1991–1994 and would be the last such win until week 1 of 1995 (Indianapolis). The win was one of only four against teams with winning records in head coach David Shula's tenure with the team. The Bengals failed to win a single game on the road.

Offseason March 17, 1993: The Cincinnati Bengals traded Boomer Esiason to the New York Jets. NFL draft

Personnel Staff

Roster

Regular season

Schedule Week Date Opponent Result Record Venue Attendance 1 September 5 at Cleveland Browns L 14–27 0–1 Cleveland Municipal Stadium 75,508 2 September 12 Indianapolis Colts L 6–9 0–2 Riverfront Stadium 50,299 3 September 19 at Pittsburgh Steelers L 7–34 0–3 Three Rivers Stadium 53,682 4 September 26 Seattle Seahawks L 10–19 0–4 Riverfront Stadium 46,880 5 Bye 6 October 10 at Kansas City Chiefs L 15–17 0–5 Arrowhead Stadium 75,394 7 October 17 Cleveland Browns L 17–28 0–6 Riverfront Stadium 55,647 8 October 24 at Houston Oilers L 12–28 0–7 Houston Astrodome 50,039 9 Bye 10 November 7 Pittsburgh Steelers L 16–24 0–8 Riverfront Stadium 51,202 11 November 14 Houston Oilers L 3–38 0–9 Riverfront Stadium 42,347 12 November 21 at New York Jets L 12–17 0–10 Giants Stadium 64,264 13 November 28 Los Angeles Raiders W 16–10 1–10 Riverfront Stadium 43,272 14 December 5 at San Francisco 49ers L 8–21 1–11 Candlestick Park 60,039 15 December 12 at New England Patriots L 2–7 1–12 Foxboro Stadium 29,794 16 December 19 Los Angeles Rams W 15–3 2–12 Riverfront Stadium 36,612 17 December 26 Atlanta Falcons W 21–17 3–12 Riverfront Stadium 27,014 18 January 2, 1994 at New Orleans Saints L 13–20 3–13 Louisiana Superdome 58,036

Standings

Team leaders Passing Player Att Comp Yds TD INT Rating David Klingler 343 190 1935 6 9 66.6 Rushing Player Att Yds YPC Long TD Harold Green 215 589 2.7 25 0 Derrick Fenner 121 482 4.0 26 1 Receiving Player Rec Yds Avg Long TD Jeff Query 56 654 11.7 51 4 Carl Pickens 43 565 13.1 36 6 Defensive Player Tackles Sacks INTs FF FR Darryl Williams 123 2.0 2 1 1 Danny Stubbs 24 5.0 0 0 1 Michael Brim 49 0.0 3 1 1 Kicking and punting Player FGA FGM FG% XPA XPM XP% Points Doug Pelfrey 31 24 77.4% 16 13 81.3% 85 Player Punts Yards Long Blkd Avg. Lee Johnson 90 3954 60 0 43.9 Special teams Player KR KRYards KRAvg KRLong KRTD PR PRYards PRAvg PRLong PRTD Patrick Robinson 30 567 18.9 42 0 43 305 7.1 36 0

Awards and records Against the New England Patriots in Week 15, the Bengals became the first NFL team since the Minnesota Vikings against the Detroit Lions in Week 14 of 1983, to score only a safety in a game. The next occurrence in the regular season was in the opening week of the 2013 Jacksonville Jaguars season against the Chiefs (the Atlanta Falcons were limited to a safety by the New York Giants in a 2011 NFC wild card playoff game).

References

External links 1993 Cincinnati Bengals at Pro-Football-Reference.com