You Are Here > Pro-Football-Reference.com > Teams > Buffalo Bills > 1993 Statistics & Players

1993 Buffalo Bills

Franchise Index: Previous Season / Next Season

Record: 12-4-0, Finished 1st in AFC East Division
NFL Season Summary

1993 AFC Champions

Scored 329 points (20.6/g), 7th of 28 in the NFL.
 Allowed 242 points (15.1/g), 5th.
 Differential of 87 points (5.4/g), 5th.
 Expected W-L: 10.8-5.2.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +12 (0.8/g), 2nd.

Coached by Marv Levy (12-4-0)

1993 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees

Team Games & Schedule

Glossary · CSV · PRE
Score Offense Defense
Week Date Rec Opp Tm Opp 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO
1 Sun September 5 box W 1-0 New England Patriots 38 14 20 334 157 177 1 15 268 135 133 3
2 Sun September 12 box W 2-0 @ Dallas Cowboys 13 10 16 229 129 100 2 23 393 290 103 4
3 Bye Week
4 Sun September 26 box L 2-1 Miami Dolphins 13 22 16 282 176 106 2 23 412 275 137 2
5 Sun October 3 box W 3-1 New York Giants 17 14 17 251 112 139 2 19 299 153 146 4
6 Mon October 11 box W 4-1 Houston Oilers 35 7 23 382 241 141 1 18 329 245 84 7
7 Bye Week
8 Sun October 24 box W 5-1 @ New York Jets 19 10 27 413 216 197 3 15 237 159 78 4
9 Mon November 1 box W 6-1 Washington Redskins 24 10 22 402 238 164 2 21 309 169 140 4
10 Sun November 7 box W 7-1 @ New England Patriots 13 10 25 432 298 134 3 17 284 97 187 1
11 Mon November 15 box L 7-2 @ Pittsburgh Steelers 0 23 9 157 110 47 1 26 400 173 227
12 Sun November 21 box W 8-2 Indianapolis Colts 23 9 21 403 268 135 2 21 365 252 113 2
13 Sun November 28 box L 8-3 @ Kansas City Chiefs 7 23 17 256 213 43 4 19 314 208 106 2
14 Sun December 5 box L 8-4 Los Angeles Raiders 24 25 19 367 276 91 2 25 399 261 138
15 Sun December 12 box W 9-4 @ Philadelphia Eagles 10 7 19 335 234 101 4 21 368 298 70 4
16 Sun December 19 box W 10-4 @ Miami Dolphins 47 34 28 374 245 129 2 24 423 400 23 5
17 Sun December 26 box W 11-4 New York Jets 16 14 19 346 256 90 3 19 352 232 120 1
18 Sun January 2 box W 12-4 @ Indianapolis Colts 30 10 19 297 148 149 1 25 402 286 116 4
Playoffs
Division Sat January 15 box W 13-4 Los Angeles Raiders 29 23
ConfChamp Sun January 23 box W 14-4 Kansas City Chiefs 30 13
SuperBowl Sun January 30 box L 14-5 N Dallas Cowboys 13 30

Team Stats and Rankings

Glossary · CSV · PRE
Passing Rushing
Pts Yds Ply Y/P 1stD Cmp Att Yds TD Int NY/A 1stD Att Yds TD Y/A 1stD TO FL 1stPy
Team Offense 329 5260 1078 4.9 316 304 497 3317 20 18 6.3 176 550 1943 12 3.5 117 35 17 23
Team Defense 242 5554 1119 5.0 548 323 582 3633 18 23 5.9 199 500 1921 7 3.8 331 47 24 18
Lg Rank Offense 7 6 5 18 11 9 15 7 2 8 10 23 23 21
Lg Rank Defense 5 27 27 26 24 14 4 16 23 21 5 14 1 1

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Age Pos G GS QBrec Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD TD% Int Int% Lng Y/A AY/A Y/C Y/G Rate Sk Yds NY/A ANY/A Sk%
Jim Kelly 33 QB 16 16 12-4-0 288 470 61.3 3382 18 3.8 18 3.8 65 7.2 5.9 11.7 211.4 79.9 25 171 6.5 5.2 5.1
Frank Reich 32 15 0 16 26 61.5 153 2 7.7 0 0.0 30 5.9 6.7 9.6 10.2 103.5 6 47 3.3 3.9 18.8
Thurman Thomas* 27 RB 16 16 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Team Total 27.5 16 12-4-0 304 497 61.2 3535 20 4.0 18 3.6 65 7.1 5.9 11.6 220.9 81.0 31 218 6.3 5.1 5.9
Opp Total 16 323 582 55.5 3633 18 3.1 23 4.0 6.2 4.8 11.2 227.1 68.2 37 256 5.9 4.1

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Rushing Receiving
Age Pos G GS Att Yds TD Lng Y/A Y/G A/G Rec Yds Y/R TD Lng R/G Y/G YScm RRTD Fmb
Thurman Thomas* 27 RB 16 16 355 1315 6 27 3.7 82.2 22.2 48 387 8.1 0 37 3.0 24.2 1702 6 6
Kenneth Davis 31 16 0 109 391 6 19 3.6 24.4 6.8 21 95 4.5 0 28 1.3 5.9 486 6 3
Jim Kelly 33 QB 16 16 36 102 0 17 2.8 6.4 2.3 102 0 7
Carwell Gardner 27 13 2 20 56 0 8 2.8 4.3 1.5 4 50 12.5 1 22 0.3 3.8 106 1 1
Nate Turner 24 13 0 11 36 0 10 3.3 2.8 0.8 36 0 0
Andre Reed* 29 WR 15 15 9 21 0 15 2.3 1.4 0.6 52 854 16.4 6 65 3.5 56.9 875 6 3
Frank Reich 32 15 0 6 -6 0 -1 -1.0 -0.4 0.4 -6 0 0
Bill Brooks 29 WR 16 13 3 30 0 15 10.0 1.9 0.2 60 714 11.9 5 32 3.8 44.6 744 5 0
John Fina 24 LT 16 16 1 -2 0 -2 -2.0 -0.1 0.1 -2 0 0
Pete Metzelaars 33 TE 16 16 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 68 609 9.0 4 51 4.3 38.1 609 4 1
Don Beebe 29 WR 14 14 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 31 504 16.3 3 65 2.2 36.0 504 3 1
Russell Copeland 22 RET 16 2 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 13 242 18.6 0 60 0.8 15.1 242 0 1
Keith McKeller 29 8 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 3 35 11.7 1 13 0.4 4.4 35 1 0
Robert Awalt 29 12 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 2 19 9.5 0 10 0.2 1.6 19 0 0
Steve Tasker* 31 15 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 2 26 13.0 0 22 0.1 1.7 26 0 1
Team Total 27.5 16 550 1943 12 27 3.5 121.4 34.4 304 3535 11.6 20 65 19.0 220.9 5478 32 26
Opp Total 16 500 1921 7 3.8 120.1 31.3 323 3633 11.2 18 20.2 227.1 5554 25 35

Kick & Punt Returns

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Punt Returns Kick Returns
Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
Russell Copeland 22 RET 16 2 31 274 1 47 8.8 24 436 0 28 18.2 952
Don Beebe 29 WR 14 14 10 160 0 22 16.0 664
Kenneth Davis 31 16 0 8 100 0 18 12.5 586
Brad Lamb 26 1 0 2 40 0 23 20.0 40
Bill Brooks 29 WR 16 13 1 3 0 3 3.0 747
Steve Tasker* 31 15 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 26
Nate Turner 24 13 0 1 10 0 10 10.0 46
Team Total 27.5 16 33 277 1 47 8.4 45 746 0 28 16.6 6501
Opp Total 16 29 0 43 850 0 19.8

Kicking & Punting

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
0--19 20--29 30--39 40--49 50+ Tot PAT Punting
Age Pos G GS FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FG% XPA XPM XP% Pnt Yds Lng Blck Y/P
Chris Mohr 27 P 16 0 74 2991 58 0 40.4
Steve Christie 26 K 16 0 5 4 12 12 9 6 6 1 32 23 71.9% 37 36 97.3%
Team Total 27.5 16 5 4 12 12 9 6 6 1 32 23 71.9% 37 36 97.3% 74 2991 58 0 40.4
Opp Total 16 35 23 65.7% 25 23 92.0% 65 2717 41.8

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
Bruce Smith*+ 30 RDE 16 16 14.0 1 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 108
Jim Kelly 33 QB 16 16 7 3 -17 0
Nate Odomes* 28 RCB 16 15 9 65 0 25 1 0 1 25 1 47
Cornelius Bennett* 28 LOLB 16 16 5.0 1 5 0 5 2 1 2 40 0 102
Darryl Talley 33 ROLB 16 16 2.0 3 74 1 61 4 0 2 4 0 136
Thurman Thomas* 27 RB 16 16 6 1 0 0
Henry Jones 26 SS 16 16 2.0 2 92 1 85 3 0 2 0 0 83 1
Marvcus Patton 26 LILB 16 16 1.0 2 0 0 0 2 0 3 5 0 118
Jeff Wright 30 NT 15 15 4.5 3 0 1 0 0 79
Kenneth Davis 31 16 0 3 1 0 0
James E. Williams 26 LCB 15 11 2 11 0 6 0 0 2 12 0 40
Phil Hansen 25 LDE 11 9 3.5 2 0 0 0 0 43
Mickey Washington 25 lcb 16 6 0.5 1 27 1 27 0 0 2 6 0 41
Matt Darby 25 16 3 2 32 0 32 1 0 1 0 0 53
Andre Reed* 29 WR 15 15 3 0 0 0
Oliver Barnett 27 lde 16 6 2.0 36
Don Beebe 29 WR 14 14 1 1 0 0
Keith Goganious 25 rilb 16 7 1.0 0 0 1 0 0 55
Mark Maddox 25 RILB 11 8 1 0 2 0 0 62
Chris Mohr 27 P 16 0 1 1 0 0
Steve Tasker* 31 15 0 1 1 0 0
Mike Lodish 26 15 1 0.5 0 0 1 0 0 7
Russell Copeland 22 RET 16 2 1 0 0 0
Carwell Gardner 27 13 2 1 0 0 0
Jerome Henderson 24 2 0 0 0 1 0 0
Mark Kelso 30 FS 14 14 0 1 0 0
Pete Metzelaars 33 TE 16 16 1 0 0 0
John Parrella 24 10 0 1.0 2
David Pool 27 2 0 0 0 1 12 0
Thomas Smith 23 16 1 0 0 1 0 0 7
Team Total 27.5 16 37.0 23 306 3 85 23 26 33 87 1 1041 1
Opp Total 16 31 35 11

Scoring Summary

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
Steve Christie 26 K 16 0 36 23 105
Kenneth Davis 31 16 0 6 36
Andre Reed* 29 WR 15 15 6 36
Thurman Thomas* 27 RB 16 16 6 36
Bill Brooks 29 WR 16 13 5 30
Pete Metzelaars 33 TE 16 16 4 24
Don Beebe 29 WR 14 14 3 18
Henry Jones 26 SS 16 16 1 1 8
Russell Copeland 22 RET 16 2 1 6
Carwell Gardner 27 13 2 1 6
Keith McKeller 29 8 1 1 6
Nate Odomes* 28 RCB 16 15 1 6
Darryl Talley 33 ROLB 16 16 1 6
Mickey Washington 25 lcb 16 6 1 6
Team Total 27.5 16 12 20 1 1 3 36 23 1 329
Opp Total 16 7 18 23 23 242