The 1993 Philadelphia Eagles season was their 61st in the National Football League (NFL). The team failed to improve upon their previous output of 11–5, winning only eight games1993 Philadelphia Eagles and failed to qualify for the playoffs for only the second time in six seasons. Ten of their sixteen games were decided by a touchdown or less. The team was without future hall of fame defensive end Reggie White, who had signed via free agency with the Green Bay Packers.
The downturn was directly related to the twin losses of QB Randall Cunningham (broken leg) and WR Fred Barnett (ACL tear) to season-ending injuries in a 35–30 win against the New York Jets on October 3. Though the Eagles won their first four, following that game, lost six straight to fall out of playoff contention. Bubby Brister was only able to do so much in a starting role, but the club rallied to win their final three games, including their first road win in San Francisco in 10 years.
Offseason The Eagles held training camp at West Chester University of Pennsylvania for the 14th consecutive year.
NFL draft
The 1993 NFL draft was held April 25–26, 1993. The draft was reduced to eight rounds, down from 12. Because the Eagles tied with five other teams at 11–5 in 1992, they rotated in picking 20th to 25th in the eight rounds. There were 224 players taken in this draft by the NFL. The Eagles had two first round picks at number 19 and 24 overall. With those, they chose Lester Holmes, an offensive tackle out of Jackson State, and Leonard Renfro, a defensive tackle out of Colorado.
Personnel
Roster
Schedule Week Date Opponent Result Record Venue Attendance 1 September 5 Phoenix Cardinals W 23–17 1–0 Veterans Stadium 59,831 2 September 12 at Green Bay Packers W 20–17 2–0 Lambeau Field 59,061 3 September 19 Washington Redskins W 34–31 3–0 Veterans Stadium 65,435 4 Bye 5 October 3 at New York Jets W 35–30 4–0 Giants Stadium 72,593 6 October 10 Chicago Bears L 6–17 4–1 Veterans Stadium 63,601 7 October 17 at New York Giants L 10–21 4–2 Giants Stadium 76,050 8 Bye 9 October 31 Dallas Cowboys L 10–23 4–3 Veterans Stadium 61,912 10 November 7 at Phoenix Cardinals L 3–16 4–4 Sun Devil Stadium 41,634 11 November 14 Miami Dolphins L 14–19 4–5 Veterans Stadium 64,213 12 November 21 New York Giants L 3–7 4–6 Veterans Stadium 62,928 13 November 28 at Washington Redskins W 17–14 5–6 RFK Stadium 46,663 14 at Dallas Cowboys L 17–23 5–7 Texas Stadium 64,521 15 December 12 Buffalo Bills L 7–10 5–8 Veterans Stadium 60,769 16 December 19 at Indianapolis Colts W 20–10 6–8 Hoosier Dome 44,952 17 December 26 New Orleans Saints W 37–26 7–8 Veterans Stadium 50,085 18 January 3, 1994 at San Francisco 49ers W 37–34 8–8 Candlestick Park 61,653 Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.
Game summaries
Week 1
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Week 2 The Eagles spoiled Reggie White's Lambeau Field debut as a member of the Packers. White carved out a Hall of Fame career in eight seasons (1985-92) with the Eagles before signing with Green Bay as a free agent in April 1993.
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Week 3
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Week 5 The victory was costly for the Eagles when Randall Cunningham went down with a season-ending injury, the second time in three seasons Philadelphia would have to play the majority of a campaign without its offensive leader.
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Week 6
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Week 7
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Week 9
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Week 10 The Eagles suffered their first loss at Sun Devil Stadium after five consecutive victories.
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Week 11 Miami's Don Shula became the NFL's all-time leader in coaching victories with his 326th, surpassing the Chicago Bears' legendary George Halas. The winning quarterback was future Eagles coach Doug Pederson, substituting for the injured Scott Mitchell. Mitchell became the Dolphins' starter when Dan Marino suffered a season-ending injury in week 6.
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Week 12 The Giants earned their first win at Veterans Stadium since 1987.
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Week 13
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Week 14
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Week 15
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Week 16
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Week 17 The Saints, who began the season 5–0, saw their slim playoff hopes extinguished.
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Week 18
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Standings
References
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