The 1993 Buffalo Bills season was the 34th season for the team in the

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(NFL). The Buffalo Bills finished the

's 1993 season with a record of 12 wins and 4 losses, and finished first in the

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division. The Bills qualified for their fourth straight

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, where they faced the

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in a rematch of the previous season's

. However, just like with the previous Super Bowl, the Bills would lose to the Cowboys, this time by a score of 13–30. Until the 2020 season, this Bills squad was the last to reach the AFC Championship Game.

Season summary

Despite the many jokes about the Bills having lost three straight

s—a fan pleaded with head coach

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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"—

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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

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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.

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was named NEA Defensive Player of the Year, and tied for the league lead with 13.5 sacks. Smith,

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and

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gunner

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were named to the

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. The Bills' 47 defensive takeaways in 1993 is the third-highest total of the 1990s.

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led the AFC with 1,315 rushing yards.

NFL Draft

Personnel

Roster

Regular season

Schedule

Game summaries

Week 1

Week 2

Week 3

Week 5

Week 6

Week 8

Week 9

November 1, 1993.

Week 12

Week 13

Week 14

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Week 15

Week 16

Standings

Playoffs

Super Bowl XXVIII

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,

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* Thurman Thomas, AFC Leader, 1,315 Rushing Yards

References

Bills on Pro Football Reference

Bills on jt-sw.com

Bills Stats on jt-sw.com
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