1993 Cleveland Browns season

48th season in franchise history August 2023 March 2026 Cleveland Browns 1993 Bill Belichick Nick Saban Art Modell Cleveland Municipal Stadium 7–9 3rd AFC Central Did not qualify DT Michael Dean PerryKR Eric Metcalf Browns seasons thumb | right | alt=Primay script logo used by the Cleveland Browns, 1975-1995 | Primay script logo used by the Cleveland Browns, 1975-1995 The 1993 Cleveland Browns season was the team's 44th season with the National Football League. This season was notable for coach Bill Belichick deciding to bench, and then ultimately release, longtime starting quarterback Bernie Kosar in favor of Vinny Testaverde. Kosar resurfaced during the season with the Dallas Cowboys, when he was part of the eventual Super Bowl champions as a fill-in for injured quarterback Troy Aikman. The Browns got off to a 5–2 start despite the quarterback controversy. Prior to the start of the season the Browns signed free agent quarterback Vinny Testaverde. Originally Testaverde was supposed to back-up his former University of Miami teammate Kosar. However, when Testaverde performed better when given the opportunity to play some felt there should be a change at the quarterback position. However, the Browns went beyond that by unceremoniously releasing Kosar in the middle of the season. The Browns lost their next four games and seven of their last nine to finish with a 7–9 record. NFL draft Traded 1x11 to Denver Broncos for 1x14 and 3x83http://www.clevelandbrowns.com/team/history/draft-history/1990s.html Cleveland Browns | Draft History 1990s 2014-04-21 https://web.archive.org/web/20140422232102/http://www.clevelandbrowns.com/team/history/draft-history/1990s.html 2014-04-22 dead 1x14: C Steve Everitt 2x42: DE Dan Footman Traded 3rd Rounder to Detroit Lions for DT Jerry Ball 3x83: LB Mike Caldwell Traded 4th Rounder to Chicago Bears for C Jay Hilgenberg 5x124: OT Herman Arvie 6x153: LB Rich McKenzie 7x180: LB Travis Hill Traded 8th Rounder to Los Angeles Rams for LB Frank Stams Personnel Staff 1993 Cleveland Browns Owner and president – Art Modell Director of player personnel – Michael Lombardi Director of College Scouting – Dom Anile Head coach – Bill Belichick Running backs – Steve Crosby Wide receivers – Richard Mann Tight ends – Mike Sheppard Offensive line – Kirk Ferentz Assistant offensive line/tight ends - Pat Hill Offensive assistant – Ernie Adams Defensive coordinator – Nick Saban Defensive line – John Mitchell Outside linebackers – Woody Widenhofer Inside linebackers – Jim Bates Defensive assistant - Phil Savage Special teams – Scott O'Brien Coaching Assistant – Kevin Spencer Strength and conditioning – Jerry Simmons Assistant strength/pass rush consultant - Joe Kim All-Time Assistant Coaches http://www.clevelandbrowns.com/team/history/assistant.php ClevelandBrowns.com February 5, 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20080522125743/http://www.clevelandbrowns.com/team/history/assistant.php May 22, 2008 dead Roster 1993 Cleveland Browns  8 Brad Goebel 17 Todd Philcox 12 Vinny Testaverde 23 Randy Baldwin 33 Leroy Hoard 34 Kevin Mack 21 Eric Metcalf PR/KR 44 Tommy Vardell FB 26 Ron Wolfley FB 83 Mark Carrier wide receiver 81 Michael Jackson wide receiver 87 Keenan McCardell 86 Patrick Rowe American footballer 84 Rico Smith 88 Brian Kinchen LS 80 Thomas McLemore 49 Clarence Williams tight end y 73 Herman Arvie y T 72 Bob Dahl G 61 Steve Everitt y C 64 Houston Hoover G 66 Tony Jones offensive tackle T 68 Ed King American football G 69 Rod Milstead G 61 Gene Williams American football T 67 Wally Williams American football y G 93 Jerry Ball DT 90 Rob Burnett American football DE 78 Dan Footman y DE 94 Bill Johnson defensive tackle DT 96 James Jones defensive lineman DT 92 Michael Dean Perry DT 98 Anthony Pleasant DE 75 Pio Sagapolutele DE 56 Mike Caldwell linebacker y OLB 51 Gerald Dixon OLB 59 Mike Johnson linebacker MLB 52 Pepper Johnson OLB 57 Clay Matthews OLB 99 Rich McKenzie y OLB 50 Frank Stams OLB 54 Eddie Sutter MLB 31 Stacey Hairston y CB 39 Randy Hilliard CB 41 Tim Jacobs American football y CB 22 Selwyn Jones CB 27 Stevon Moore SS 48 Najee Mustafaa CB 42 Louis Riddick SS 43 Del Speer y FS 29 Eric Turner American football FS 11 Brian Hansen American football P  3 Matt Stover K 77 Orlando Brown American football, born 1970 y T IR 52 Richard Brown LB linebacker IR 38 Bernard Ellison CB IR 93 Travis Hill y LB PUP 24 Terry Taylor American football CB IR 85 Lawyer Tillman WR IR 53 active, 6 inactive, 3 practice squad -- Greg Briggs S 71 Jerome Brown arena football y DT  2 Kerry Ferrell y WR Schedule Week Date Opponent Result Record Venue Attendance 1 September 5 Cincinnati Bengals W 27–14 1–0 Cleveland Municipal Stadium 75,508 2 September 13 San Francisco 49ers W 23–13 2–0 Cleveland Municipal Stadium 78,218 3 September 19 at Los Angeles Raiders W 19–16 3–0 Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum 48,617 4 September 26 at Indianapolis Colts L 10–23 3–1 Hoosier Dome 59,654 5 Bye 6 October 10 Miami Dolphins L 14–24 3–2 Cleveland Municipal Stadium 78,138 7 October 17 at Cincinnati Bengals W 28–17 4–2 Riverfront Stadium 55,647 8 October 24 Pittsburgh Steelers W 28–23 5–2 Cleveland Municipal Stadium 78,118 9 Bye 10 November 7 Denver Broncos L 14–29 5–3 Cleveland Municipal Stadium 77,818 11 November 14 at Seattle Seahawks L 5–22 5–4 Kingdome 54,622 12 November 21 Houston Oilers L 20–27 5–5 Cleveland Municipal Stadium 71,668 13 November 28 at Atlanta Falcons L 14–17 5–6 Georgia Dome 54,510 14 December 5 New Orleans Saints W 17–13 6–6 Cleveland Municipal Stadium 60,388 15 December 12 at Houston Oilers L 17–19 6–7 Houston Astrodome 58,720 16 December 19 New England Patriots L 17–20 6–8 Cleveland Municipal Stadium 48,618 17 December 26 at Los Angeles Rams W 42–14 7–8 Anaheim Stadium 34,155 18 January 2, 1994 at Pittsburgh Steelers L 9–16 7–9 Three Rivers Stadium 49,208 Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text. Season summary Week 3 at Raiders Cleveland Browns 1993 2; text-align:center collapsed Week Three: Cleveland Browns (2–0) at Los Angeles Raiders (2–0) September 19, 1993 4:00 p.m. EDT Browns 0 0 0 19 Raiders 10 3 0 3 Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, California 48,617 Sunny, 66 F C NBC Marv Albert and Paul Maguire Box Score, Box Score left Cleveland Browns 1986thru1995 Browns Los Angeles Raiders Raiders Vinny Testaverde 10/22, 159 Yds, TD, INT Tommy Vardell 14 Rush, 104 Yds Mark Carrier 5 Rec, 73 Yds Jeff Hostetler 11/25, 94 Yds, TD Greg Robinson 18 Rush, 59 Yds Steve Smith 4 Rec, 42 Yds nfl CLE LA collapsed 1 9:22 Raiders RecTD Andrew Glover Jeff Hostetler 2 good Jeff Jaeger run/pass good/failed/incomplete 0 7 1 1:07 Raiders FG 24 Jeff Jaeger 0 10 2 12:12 Raiders FG 27 Jeff Jaeger 0 13 4 8:23 Browns FG 32 Matt Stover 3 13 4 4:58 Raiders FG 53 Jeff Jaeger 3 16 4 2:26 Browns RecTD Lawyer Tillman Vinny Testaverde 12 good Matt Stover run/pass good/failed/incomplete 10 16 4 1:41 Raiders SafetyOther Safety, Jeff Gossett ran out of end zone 12 16 4 0:02 Browns RushTD Eric Metcalf 1 good Matt Stover run/pass good/failed/incomplete 19 16 19 16 Week 7 Steelers 0 14 6 3 Browns 0 14 7 7 October 24 Cleveland Municipal Stadium, Cleveland, Ohio 4:00 p.m. 78,118 54 °F 1 or; wind 14 mph km/h knots yes Q2 CLE Michael Jackson 62 yard pass from Vinny Testaverde (Matt Stover kick) CLE 7–0 Q2 CLE Eric Metcalf 91 yard punt return (Matt Stover kick) CLE 14–0 Q2 PIT Barry Foster 4 yard run (Gary Anderson kick) CLE 14–7 Q2 PIT Barry Foster 1 yard run (Gary Anderson kick) Tie 14–14 Q3 PIT Gary Anderson 30 yard field goal PIT 17–14 Q3 CLE Ron Wolfley 4 yard pass from Vinny Testaverde (Matt Stover kick) CLE 21–17 Q3 PIT Gary Anderson 46 yard field goal CLE 21–20 Q4 PIT Gary Anderson 30 yard field goal PIT 23–21 Q4 CLE Eric Metcalf 75 yard punt return (Matt Stover kick) CLE 28–23 yes Pro-Football-Reference.com. 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Week 13: at Atlanta Cleveland Browns 2;text-align:center; autocollapse Week 13: Cleveland Browns at Atlanta Falcons – Game summary November 28 1:00 p.m. EST Browns 0 0 7 7 Falcons 10 7 0 0 Georgia Dome, Atlanta 54,510 indoors NBC Drew Goodman (play–by–play) and Beasley Reece (color commentator) First quarter ATL (3:25) – Johnson 51 yard field goal Falcons 3, Browns 0 ATL (14:23) – Rison 14 yard pass from Hebert (Johnson kick) Falcons 10, Browns 0 Second quarter ATL (10:14) – Pritchard 8 yard pass from Hebert (Johnson kick) Falcons 17, Browns 0 Third quarter CLE (15:00) – Philcox (Stover kick) Falcons 17, Browns 7 Fourth quarter CLE (11:29) – Philcox 3 yard rush (Stover kick) Falcons 17, Browns 14 Top passers CLE – Todd Philcox 14/26, 207 yds, 1 TD ATL – Bobby Hebert 21/29, 214 yds, 2 TD Top rushers CLE – Eric Metcalf 13 carr, 61 yds ATL – Erric Pegram 22 carr, 58 yds Top receivers CLE – Eric Metcalf 5 rec, 43 yds ATL – Andre Rison 5 rec, 78 yds, 1 TD Turnovers CLE – 1 ATL – 1 Standings References External links 1993 Cleveland Browns at Pro Football Reference (Profootballreference.com) 1993 Cleveland Browns Statistics at jt-sw.com 1993 Cleveland Browns Schedule at jt-sw.com 1993 Cleveland Browns at DatabaseFootball.com Cleveland Category:Cleveland Browns seasons Cleveland