1. Season summary

2. Offseason
    1993 NFL Draft 

3. Personnel
    Staff  Roster 

4. Regular season
    Schedule  Standings 

5. References

6. External links

The 1993 New England Patriots season was the franchise’s 34th season overall and 24th in the National Football League. The Patriots finished fourth in the AFC East Division with a record of five wins and eleven losses.

Season summary

Amid year-long rumors that the team would move to St. Louis and become the Stallions (even to the point of a team logo being unveiled and hats being printed), the Patriots ran through the year, the first for coach Bill Parcells, who’d been a linebackers coach in Foxboro in 1980 under Ron Erhardt. The Patriots drafted Drew Bledsoe as the #1 pick and he was named starter.

Sweeping changes had been made in the organization before the season. All coaches from the 1992 season with the exception of Dante Scarnecchia and Bobby Grier were fired and replaced with new ones. Scarnecchia would become a special assistant while Grier would move to the front office. The roster had undergone substantial changes; among the holdovers from the 1992 season were Marv Cook, Ben Coates, Kevin Turner, Michael Timpson, Sam Gash, Greg McMurtry, Vincent Brown, Maurice Hurst, Leonard Russell, Bruce Armstrong, Mike Arthur, and Pat Harlow. The 1993 season was also the first season the current Patriots logo and font was used (though the current variation would undergo a color change in 2000).

The Patriots lost their first four games, even after forcing overtime against the Lions and seeing a last-minute field goal attempt against Seattle bounce off the crossbar. In Week 5 Bledsoe was injured, Scott Secules was named the starting quarterback, and won the game with two passing touchdowns passing and one rushing score in the team's 23–21 win over the Cardinals. Scott Secules was then benched after a 28–14 loss to the Oilers. Bledsoe started for the Patriots, who however lost seven straight before eking out a 7–2 win against the Bengals (it was the last occurrence until the 2011 Falcons of a team scoring only a safety in an NFL game).^[1] This win was followed by a 20–17 win over the Cleveland Browns – coached by Parcells’ longtime assistant Bill Belichick – and a 38–0 massacre of the Indianapolis Colts in brutal windchill.

The season ended on January 2, 1994, with many in the sellout crowd at Foxboro Stadium believing it would be the final ever game for the New England Patriots before moving to St. Louis; unknown to most, though, was that stadium owner Robert Kraft was working to force the selling of the team to him, and his control of the team’s lease ensured no move could take place until 2002 at the earliest.

The season finale itself became one of the most dramatic games in the club’s history. The Patriots were hosting the Dolphins, who with champion quarterback Dan Marino out for the season after Week Five had fallen to 9–6 and required a win to make the playoffs. The Patriots led 10–7 at halftime and twice stopped the Dolphins on downs, but early in the third a Bledsoe fumble led to a Dolphins field goal. A blocked punt by the Dolphins’ Darrell Malone led to a touchdown by Scott Mitchell to Mark Ingram. The game lead tied or changed five times in the fourth quarter. In the fourth the Dolphins completed a drive ending in a Terry Kirby touchdown run, this despite Andre Tippett's sack of Mitchell for a ten-yard loss – it was the 100th career sack for the future Hall Of Fame linebacker.

In the final 3:40 Bledsoe drove the Patriots down to a Ben Coates touchdown catch, but the Dolphins forced overtime on a Pete Stoyanovich field goal. In the overtime the Dolphins punted after Chris Slade forced a fumble, then Bledsoe was picked off by J.B. Brown before the Dolphins had to punt again. Vincent Brisby caught a ten-yard pass but fumbled; teammate Leonard Russell recovered the ball and ran 22 yards; Bledsoe then absorbed a Dolphins blitz and launched a 36-yard touchdown to Michael Timpson, ending a wild 33–27 Patriots win. This finished their season at 5–11, but with four straight wins and eliminating the Dolphins from the playoffs as a finale.

Several weeks later owner James Orthwein completed sale of the team to Robert Kraft.

Offseason

1993 NFL Draft

Personnel

Staff

• Chairman of the Board – James Orthwein
• Vice Chairman of the Board – Michael O'Hallaron
• Executive Vice President of Football Operations – Patrick Forte
• Vice President – Bucko Kilroy
• Director of College Scouting – Charley Armey
• Director of Pro Scouting – Bobby Grier

• Head Coach – Bill Parcells

• Offensive Coordinator – Ray Perkins
• Running Backs – Dave Atkins
• Wide Receivers – Chris Palmer
• Tight Ends – Charlie Weis
• Offensive Line – Fred Hoaglin

• Defensive Coordinator/Linebackers – Al Groh
• Defensive Line – Romeo Crennel
• Defensive Backs – Bob Trott
• Special Assistant – Dante Scarnecchia

• Special Teams – Mike Sweatman

• Strength and Conditioning – Johnny Parker

Roster

Regular season

Schedule

Standings

References

External links

• [https://web.archive.org/web/20100219072856/http://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/nwe/1993.htm 1993 New England Patriots] at Pro-Football-Reference.com

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