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- The 1993 Houston Oilers season was the team's 34th, and their 24th in the National Football League (NFL). The 1993 Oilers season is widely regarded as one of the most notorious and turbulent seasons in NFL history, both on and off the field. Before the season began, owner Bud Adams told the team that unless the Oilers made the Super Bowl, he would break up the team. Despite their poor start (four losses in their first five games), the Oilers went on a remarkable 11–0 run to finish the 1993 season, ending up tied for the best record in the NFL, and the best record in franchise history, at 12–4. Houston earned the #2 seed in the playoffs, and a first round bye. The 11-game winning streak was the longest in the NFL since 1972. Statistics site Football Outsiders calculates that the Oilers were the hottest team in the NFL heading into the playoffs at the end of the 1993 season. Despite the winning streak, first-round bye and playing in front of a home crowd, the Oilers were upset by Joe Montana and the Kansas City Chiefs at the Astrodome during the Divisional Round of the playoffs. The 2006 edition of Pro Football Prospectus, listed the 1993 Oilers as one of their "Heartbreak Seasons", in which teams "dominated the entire regular season only to falter in the playoffs, unable to close the deal." Said Pro Football Prospectus, "Early in 1993, the Oilers seemed unable to put "The Comeback" behind them, dropping four of their first five games. But Houston righted the ship and ran the table, winning its final 11 contests. ... The Oilers allowed 20 points only once during the streak, and in one game held the league-leading 49ers offense to 7 points. "In their first playoff game", Pro Football Prospectus continued, "they faced Joe Montana's Kansas City Chiefs, a team Houston had beaten 30–0 during the regular season. The Oilers jumped out to an early 10–0 lead, but stalled; leading 13–7 in the fourth quarter, they collapsed, losing 28–20. The team that had played eleven straight games while holding opponents to 20 points or less gave up 21 in the fourth quarter of a playoff game." True to his word, Bud Adams dismantled the team that off-season. Quarterback Warren Moon was shipped to Minnesota, and the Oilers fell to 2–14 the following year. By 1995, there was talk of the team leaving Houston for Nashville. The 1993 season was later covered in the "Houston '93" episode of the NFL Films documentary series A Football Life. (en)
- La stagione 1993 degli Houston Oilers è stata la 24ª della franchigia nella National Football League, la 34ª complessiva Con 12 vittorie e 4 sconfitte la squadra vinse il titolo della AFC Central division, qualificandosi ai playoff per il sesto anno consecutivo, all’epoca la striscia attiva più lunga della NFL.La stagione 1993 degli Oilers è considerata una delle più turbolente della storia della NFL, sia dentro che fuori dal campo. Prima dell’inizio della stagione, il proprietario Bud Adams disse alla squadra che se non avesse raggiunto il Super Bowl l’avrebbe smembrata, dopo che negli anni precedenti Houston aveva continuato ad essere eliminata nei primi turni di playoff. Malgrado una partenza lenta (quattro sconfitte nelle prime cinque gare), gli Oilers vinsero poi tutte le 11 rimanenti gare della stagione regolare, concludendo col miglior record della NFL a pari merito, 12–4. Quelle 11 vittorie consecutive furono il miglior risultato della NFL dal 1972.Malgrado la striscia vincente, la possibilità di saltare il primo turno di playoff e il giocare tra le mura amiche dell’Astrodome, gli Oilers furono battuti a sorpresa da Joe Montana e i Kansas City Chiefs nel divisional round, che in precedenza avevano battuto per 30-0 durante la stagione regolare.Fedele alla sua parola, Bud Adams smantellò la squadra nei mesi successivi al termine della stagione. Il quarterback Warren Moon fu ceduto ai Minnesota Vikings e gli Oilers precipitarono a un record di 2–14 l’anno seguente. Nel 1995 iniziarono le voci di un trasferimento della franchigia da Houston a Nashville. (it)
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- The 1993 Houston Oilers season was the team's 34th, and their 24th in the National Football League (NFL). The 1993 Oilers season is widely regarded as one of the most notorious and turbulent seasons in NFL history, both on and off the field. Before the season began, owner Bud Adams told the team that unless the Oilers made the Super Bowl, he would break up the team. Despite their poor start (four losses in their first five games), the Oilers went on a remarkable 11–0 run to finish the 1993 season, ending up tied for the best record in the NFL, and the best record in franchise history, at 12–4. Houston earned the #2 seed in the playoffs, and a first round bye. The 11-game winning streak was the longest in the NFL since 1972. (en)
- La stagione 1993 degli Houston Oilers è stata la 24ª della franchigia nella National Football League, la 34ª complessiva Con 12 vittorie e 4 sconfitte la squadra vinse il titolo della AFC Central division, qualificandosi ai playoff per il sesto anno consecutivo, all’epoca la striscia attiva più lunga della NFL.La stagione 1993 degli Oilers è considerata una delle più turbolente della storia della NFL, sia dentro che fuori dal campo. Prima dell’inizio della stagione, il proprietario Bud Adams disse alla squadra che se non avesse raggiunto il Super Bowl l’avrebbe smembrata, dopo che negli anni precedenti Houston aveva continuato ad essere eliminata nei primi turni di playoff. Malgrado una partenza lenta (quattro sconfitte nelle prime cinque gare), gli Oilers vinsero poi tutte le 11 rimanenti (it)
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