1993 Tampa Bay Buccaneers Season 18 Brief

The 1993 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season began with the team trying to improve on an 5–11 season.

1993 was mostly seen as a rebuilding year for coach Sam Wyche who moved on without Vinny Testaverde and went with young quarterback Craig Erickson, another University of Miami alumnus who won a national championship as their quarterback. He had a solid 3054 passing yards. The Bucs lost five of their first six games on the way to a 5-11 season.

The 1993 Buccaneers have the distinction of being the only team in NFL history to have played eleven games against teams that would go on to make the playoffs; the Buccaneers were 3–8 in these games.

In his first season with the team, Hardy Nickerson set a Buccaneer record with 214 tackles.

		PRESEASON
Date		Opponent	Week/Record	Outcome
Saturday Aug. 7		Denver Broncos Tampa Stadium, Tampa Bay, FL	PS - wk 1 0-1	Lost 7-23
Saturday Aug. 14		@ Atlanta Falcons CenturyLink Field, Seattle, WA	PS - wk 2 0-2	Lost 10-20
Saturday Aug. 21		Buffalo Bills Tampa Stadium, Tampa Bay, FL	PS - wk 3 1-2	Won 32-12
Friday Aug. 27		Cleveland Browns Tampa Stadium, Tampa Bay, FL	PS - wk 4 2-2	Won 23-20
1993 Season Results Record: 5-11, DIV: 3-5 (5th in NFC Central)
Date		Opponent	Week/Record	Outcome
Sunday Sep. 5		Kansas City Chiefs Tampa Stadium, Tampa Bay, FL	RS - wk 1 0-1	Lost 3-27
Sunday Sep. 12		@ New York Giants Giants Stadium, East Rutherford, NJ	RS - wk 2 0-2	Lost 7-23
Sunday Oct. 19		BYE	RS - wk 3 0-2
Sunday Sep. 26		@ Chicago Bears Soldier Field, Chicago, IL	RS - wk 4 0-3	Lost 17-47
Sunday Oct. 3		Detroit Lions Tampa Stadium, Tampa Bay, FL	RS - wk 5 1-3	Won 27-10
Sunday Oct. 10		@ Minnesota Vikings Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome, Minneapolis, MN	RS - wk 6 1-4	Lost 0-15
Sunday Oct. 17		BYE	RS - wk 7 1-4
Sunday Oct. 24		Green Bay Packers Tampa Stadium, Tampa Bay, FL	RS - wk 8 1-5	Lost 14-37
Sunday Oct. 31		@ Atlanta Falcons Georgia Dome, Atlanta, GA	RS - wk 9 2-5	Won 31-24
Sunday Nov. 7		@ Detroit Lions Pontiac Silverdome, Pontiac, MI	RS - wk 10 2-6	Lost 0-23
Sunday Nov. 14		San Francisco 49ers Tampa Stadium, Tampa Bay, FL	RS - wk 11 2-7	Lost 21-45
Sunday Nov. 21		Minnesota Vikings Tampa Stadium, Tampa Bay, FL	RS - wk 12 3-7	Won 23-10
Sunday Nov. 28		@ Green Bay Packers Lambeau Field, Green Bay, WI	RS - wk 13 3-8	Lost 10-13
Sunday Dec. 5		Washington Redskins Tampa Stadium, Tampa Bay, FL	RS - wk 14 3-9	Lost 17-23
Sunday Dec. 12		Chicago Bears Tampa Stadium, Tampa Bay, FL	RS - wk 15 4-9	Won 13-10
Sunday Dec. 19		@ Los Angeles Raiders Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, CA	RS - wk 16 4-10	Lost 20-27
Saturday Dec. 26		@ Denver Broncos Mile High Stadium, Denver, CO	RS - wk 17 5-10	Won 17-10
Saturday Jan. 2		San Diego Chargers Tampa Stadium, Tampa Bay, FL	RS - wk 18 5-11	Lost 17-32
		PLAYOFFS
Date		Opponent	NFC/Superbowl	Outcome
Season Ended		@ Tampa Bay Buccaneers Tampa Stadium, Tampa Bay, FL	None None	00-00

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