1993 San Diego Chargers season

The 1993 San Diego Chargers season was the team's 34th season, their 33rd in San Diego, and 24th in the National Football League.

1993 San Diego Chargers season
Head coach	Bobby Ross
General manager	Bobby Beathard
Owner	Alex Spanos
Home field	Jack Murphy Stadium
Results
Record	8–8
Division place	4th AFC West
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
Pro Bowlers	WR Anthony Miller LB Junior Seau DE Leslie O'Neal

The 1993 season began with the team trying to improve on their 11–5 record in 1992, however, they failed to do so and missed the playoffs by only one game and ended up with an 8-8 record.

Offseason

NFL Draft

Main article: 1993 NFL Draft

1993 San Diego Chargers draft
Round	Pick	Player	Position	College	Notes
1	22	Darrien Gordon *	Cornerback	Stanford
2	41	Natrone Means *	Running Back	North Carolina
Made roster    *   Made at least one Pro Bowl during career

Personnel

Staff

1993 San Diego Chargers staff

	Front office Chairman of the Board and President – Alex Spanos Vice Chairman – Dean Spanos General Manager – Bobby Beathard Assistant General Manager – Dick Daniels Director of Player Personnel – Billy Devaney Director of Pro Personnel – Rudy Feldman Director of College Scouting – John Hinek Coordinator of Football Operations – Marty Hurney Head coaches Head Coach – Bobby Ross Offensive coaches Quarterbacks/Passing Game Coordinator – Jack Reilly Tight Ends/H-Backs/Running Game Coordinator – Ralph Friedgen Offensive Backs – Sylvester Croom Wide Receivers – Jerry Sullivan Offensive Line – Carl Mauck Quality Control – John Misciagna			Defensive coaches Defensive Coordinator – Bill Arnsparger Defensive Line – George O'Leary Linebackers – Dale Lindsey Secondary – John Fox Special teams coaches Special Teams – Chuck Priefer Strength and conditioning Strength and Conditioning – John Dunn Strength and Conditioning Assistant – Chip Morton

Roster

1993 San Diego Chargers final roster

	Quarterbacks 7 Trent Green 12 Stan Humphries 17 John Friesz Running backs 32 Eric Bieniemy 35 Marion Butts 33 Ronnie Harmon 20 Natrone Means Wide receivers 85 Johnnie Barnes 80 Shawn Jefferson 81 Nate Lewis 83 Anthony Miller Tight ends 82 Mike Dyal 89 Derrick Walker 87 Duane Young		Offensive linemen 67 Stan Brock T 68 Joe Cocozzo G 53 Courtney Hall C 74 Eric Jonassen T 77 Eric Moten G 63 Raymond Smoot T 72 Harry Swayne T 64 Curtis Whitley C/G 70 Mike Zandofsky G Defensive linemen 92 Burt Grossman DE 99 Raylee Johnson DE 98 Shawn Lee DT 94 Chris Mims DE 91 Leslie O'Neal DE 96 Blaise Winter DT		Linebackers 52 Sam Anno 95 Jeff Brady 58 Lewis Bush ILB 51 Terry Crews 34 Steve Hendrickson FB/ILB 54 Doug Miller ILB 50 Gary Plummer ILB 55 Junior Seau ILB Defensive backs 29 Darren Carrington SS/FS 26 Floyd Fields SS 27 Donald Frank CB 21 Darrien Gordon CB 24 Stanley Richard FS 25 Sean Vanhorse CB Special teams  3 John Carney K 10 John Kidd P		Reserve lists 71 Joe Milinichik G (IR) Practice squad Rookies in italics active, inactive, practice squad

Regular season

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Attendance
1	September 5, 1993	Seattle Seahawks	W 18–12	58,039
2	September 12, 1993	at Denver Broncos	L 34–17	75,074
3	September 19, 1993	Houston Oilers	W 18–17	58,519
4	Bye
5	October 3, 1993	at Seattle Seahawks	L 31–14	54,778
6	October 10, 1993	at Pittsburgh Steelers	L 16–3	55,264
7	October 17, 1993	Kansas City Chiefs	L 17–14	60,729
8	Bye
9	October 31, 1993	at Los Angeles Raiders	W 30–23	45,122
10	November 7, 1993	at Minnesota Vikings	W 30–17	55,527
11	November 14, 1993	Chicago Bears	L 16–13	58,459
12	November 21, 1993	Los Angeles Raiders	L 12–7	60,615
13	November 29, 1993	at Indianapolis Colts	W 31–0	54,110
14	December 5, 1993	Denver Broncos	W 13–10	60,233
15	December 12, 1993	Green Bay Packers	L 20–13	57,930
16	December 19, 1993	at Kansas City Chiefs	L 28–24	74,778
17	December 27, 1993	Miami Dolphins	W 45–20	60,311
18	January 2, 1994	at Tampa Bay Buccaneers	W 32–17	35,587

Game summaries

Week 7 vs Chiefs

See also: 1993 Kansas City Chiefs season

Week Seven: Kansas City Chiefs (4–1) at San Diego Chargers (2–3)

	1	2	3	4	Total
Chiefs	7	3	0	7	17
Chargers	0	7	0	7	14

at Jack Murphy Stadium • San Diego, California

• Date: October 17
• Game time: 1:00 p.m. PDT
• Game weather: Sunny • 64 °F (18 °C) • Wind 9 miles per hour (14 km/h; 7.8 kn)
• Game attendance: 60,729
• Referee: Jerry Markbreit
• TV: NBC
• Pro-Football-Reference.com, The Football Database

Game information
Chiefs Joe Montana 21/39, 284 Yds, TD, INT Marcus Allen 13 Rush, 46 Yds, TD Willie Davis 4 Rec, 77 Yds Chargers John Friesz 18/35, 218 Yds, TD, INT Marion Butts 11 Rush, 38 Yds Anthony Miller 6 Rec, 105 Yds, TD

Scoring summary

Quarter Time Drive Team Scoring information Score Plays Yards TOP KC SD 1 4:25 Chiefs Marcus Allen 15-yard touchdown reception from Joe Montana, Nick Lowery kick good 7 0 2 9:20 Chargers Natrone Means 7-yard touchdown run, John Carney kick good 7 7 2 0:00 Chiefs 37-yard field goal by Nick Lowery 10 7 4 13:55 Chargers Anthony Miller 4-yard touchdown reception from John Friesz, John Carney kick good 10 14 4 1:57 Chiefs Marcus Allen 1-yard touchdown run, Nick Lowery kick good 17 14 "TOP" = time of possession. For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football. 17 14

Week 13

1 2 3 4 Total • Chargers 0 14 3 14 31 Colts 0 0 0 0 0 Date: November 29 Location: Hoosier Dome, Indianapolis, Indiana Game start: 9:00 p.m. EST Game weather: Indoors (dome) Television network: ABC

Scoring summary Q2 SD Shawn Jefferson 39 yard pass from Stan Humphries (John Carney kick) SD 7–0 Q2 SD Nate Lewis 8 yard pass from Stan Humphries (John Carney kick) SD 14–0 Q3 SD John Carney 36 yard field goal SD 17–0 Q4 SD Marion Butts 1 yard run (John Carney kick) SD 24–0 Q4 SD Eric Bieniemy 4 yard run (John Carney kick) SD 31–0

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Standings

AFC West
	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA	STK
^(3) Kansas City Chiefs	11	5	0	.688	328	291	W1
^(4) Los Angeles Raiders	10	6	0	.625	306	326	W1
^(5) Denver Broncos	9	7	0	.563	373	284	L2
San Diego Chargers	8	8	0	.500	322	290	W2
Seattle Seahawks	6	10	0	.375	280	314	L1

References

1. Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2014-Apr-28.