1993 National Football League season
Regular season
Duration	September 5, 1993–January 3, 1994
Playoffs
Start date	January 8, 1994
AFC Champions	Buffalo Bills
NFC Champions	Dallas Cowboys
Super Bowl XXVIII
Date	January 30, 1994
Site	Georgia Dome, Atlanta, Georgia
Champions	Dallas Cowboys
Pro Bowl
Date	February 6, 1994
National Football League seasons  < 1992 1994 >

The 1993 NFL season was the 74th regular season of the National Football League. For the first time in league history, all NFL teams played their 16-game schedule over a span of 18 weeks. After the success of expanding the regular season to a period of 17 weeks in 1990, the league hoped this new schedule would generate even more revenue. However, teams felt that having two weeks off during the regular season was too disruptive for their weekly routines, and thus it reverted to 17 weeks immediately after the season ended.

When new TV contracts were signed in December 1993, CBS lost their rights to the then-fledgling FOX Network.

The season ended with Super Bowl XXVIII when the Dallas Cowboys defeated the Buffalo Bills for the second consecutive year. This remains the only time both Super Bowl participants have been the same for consecutive years. The Cowboys became the first team to win a Super Bowl after losing their first two regular season games.

Contents 1 Major rule changes 2 Final regular season standings 2.1 Tiebreakers 3 Playoffs 3.1 AFC 3.2 NFC 3.3 Super Bowl 4 References

[edit] Major rule changes

• The Play Clock (the time limit the offensive team has to snap the ball between plays) has been reduced from 45 seconds to 40 seconds (the time interval after time outs and other administrative stoppages remains the same at 25 seconds).
• Ineligible receiver down field prior to a forward pass foul is added.

[edit] Final regular season standings

W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, PCT = Winning Percentage, PF= Points For, PA = Points Against

Clinched playoff seeds are marked in parentheses and shaded in green

[edit] Tiebreakers

• Buffalo was the top AFC playoff seed based on head-to-head victory over Houston (1-0).
• Denver was the second AFC Wild Card, and Pittsburgh was the third AFC Wild Card ahead of Miami, based on better conference record (8-4 to Steelers' 7-5 to Dolphins' 6-6).
• San Francisco was the second NFC playoff seed based on head-to-head victory over Detroit (1-0).
• Minnesota finished ahead of Green Bay in the NFC Central based on head-to-head sweep (2-0).

[edit] Playoffs

Home team in capitals

[edit] AFC

• Wild-Card playoffs: KANSAS CITY 27, Pittsburgh 24 (OT); L.A. RAIDERS 42, Denver 24
• Divisional playoffs: BUFFALO 29, L.A. Raiders 23; Kansas City 28, HOUSTON 20
• AFC Championship: BUFFALO 30, Kansas City 13 at Rich Stadium, Buffalo, New York, January 23, 1994

[edit] NFC

• Wild-Card playoffs: Green Bay 28, DETROIT 24; N.Y. GIANTS 17, Minnesota 10
• Divisional playoffs: SAN FRANCISCO 44, N.Y. Giants 3; DALLAS 27, Green Bay 17
• NFC Championship: DALLAS 38, San Francisco 21 at Texas Stadium, Irving, Texas, January 23, 1994

[edit] Super Bowl

• Super Bowl XXVIII: Dallas (NFC) 30, Buffalo (AFC) 13, at Georgia Dome, Atlanta, Georgia, January 30, 1994

[edit] References

• NFL Record and Fact Book (ISBN 1-932994-36-X)
• NFL History 1991-2000 (Last accessed December 4, 2005)
• 1993 season in details
• Total Football: The Official Encyclopedia of the National Football League (ISBN 0-06-270174-6)

1993 NFL season v • d • e
AFC	East	Central	West	East	Central	West	NFC
	Buffalo	Cincinnati	Denver	Dallas	Chicago	Atlanta
	Indianapolis	Cleveland	Kansas City	NY Giants	Detroit	LA Rams
	Miami	Houston	LA Raiders	Philadelphia	Green Bay	New Orleans
	New England	Pittsburgh	San Diego	Phoenix	Minnesota	San Francisco
	NY Jets		Seattle	Washington	Tampa Bay
1993 NFL Draft • NFL Playoffs • Pro Bowl • Super Bowl XXVIII

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