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The 1993 Houston Oilers Chronicled on NFL Network’s ‘A Football Life’ Tuesday, December 10 at 9:00 PM ET
“There were more good players here than anywhere I’ve been. And I’ve been on three Super Bowl teams.” – Buddy Ryan

Profiles the Tumultuous 1993 Season & Features Interviews with Oiler Players, Coaches & Front Office Staff

Warren Moon, Haywood Jeffires & Sean Jones In-Studio for ‘A Football Life: Backstory’ at 10:00 PM ET

Entering the 1993 NFL season, the Houston Oilers were considered Super Bowl favorites by many. Despite a loss in the 1992 AFC Wild Card Game to the Buffalo Bills, the Oilers had made the playoffs for six consecutive seasons and had added Super Bowl-winning defensive coordinator Buddy Ryan to an offense that led the league in passing each of the previous three seasons. Yet instead of a run to a Super Bowl title, the 1993 season was filled with turmoil, dysfunction and heartbreak.

NFL Network’s two-time Emmy-nominated series A Football Life continues Tuesday, December 10 at 9:00 PM ET with Houston ’93: A Football Life. The one-hour documentary chronicles the up-and-down season for the 1993 AFC Central division champions, and features interviews with several players, coaches and front office staff.


Among the storylines discussed during Houston ’93: A Football Life are:

◦The 1992 AFC Wild Card Game in which the Oilers lost to the Buffalo Bills after leading 35-3 in the fourth quarter
◦The tension that existed between defensive coordinator Buddy Ryan and offensive coordinator Kevin Gilbride, and Ryan’s attempt to punch Gilbride on the sidelines during the season finale against the New York Jets
◦Quarterback Warren Moon’s benching after a 1-4 start to the season
◦Offensive lineman’s David Williams decision to miss a game and stay at home for the birth of his son, and the ensuing controversy that surrounded it
◦The loss to the Kansas City Chiefs in the 1993 AFC Divisional Round at home
Emmy-nominated actor from CBS’ The Good Wife, Josh Charles, narrates.

Houston ‘93: A Football Life includes interviews with the following people:

Warren Moon – Oilers quarterback

Mike Munchak – Oilers offensive lineman

Buddy Ryan – Oilers defensive coordinator

Cris Dishman – Oilers defensive back

Haywood Jeffires – Oilers wide receiver

Cody Carlson – Oilers quarterback

Steve Underwood – Oilers Vice President

William Fuller – Oilers defensive lineman

Doug Dawson – Oilers offensive lineman

Tom Franklin – Oilers radio broadcaster

Floyd Reese – Oilers Assistant General Manager

Kevin Gilbride – Oilers offensive coordinator

Bruce Matthews – Oilers/Titans offensive lineman

Gregg Williams – Oilers assistant coach

Spencer Tillman – Oilers running back

Bubba McDowell – Oilers defensive back

Ray Childress – Oilers defensive lineman

Ernest Givins – Oilers wide receiver

Sean Jones – Oilers defensive end

Brad Hopkins – Oilers/Titans offensive lineman

Ronnie Jones – Oilers linebackers coach

John McClain – Houston Chronicle

Ray Buck – Houston Post

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Looking forward to this. What a clusterf that season was. 20 years ago. Wow.

No Jeff Alm?

Can't believe they wouldn't comment on Jeff Alm either.

Got the DVR set and looking forward to it.

Oilers all the way!

That's the year I wrote off the Oilers for good. The specific point at which it happened was to Buffalo choke.

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Can't believe they wouldn't comment on Jeff Alm either.

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finally got around to watching. Jeff Alm was most definitely talked about.

Great show. If that happened today, it would be insane w news cycle...

DC hired w/o input from HC
DC continually diarespects O all season
DC pulling D from practice
DC punching OC in game
Suicide
OL missing game for baby delivered day before
Fights all over the place.

****ing nuts.

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No Jeff Alm?

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I totally forgot about his accident & ultimate suicide until watching the show. A few coworkers & myself were talking about Houston '93 the next day and one swore that the accident was caused by the passenger "leaning" over the other seat.

Have any of you heard this? Fact? Rumor?

Alm didnt look like he would be gay, just curious.

Man, Buddy Ryan was such a ********. Those teams were a waste of talent.

Buck Turgidson, the Buffalo game was the year before. 93 was the Joe Montana comeback.

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I totally forgot about his accident & ultimate suicide until watching the show. A few coworkers & myself were talking about Houston '93 the next day and one swore that the accident was caused by the passenger "leaning" over the other seat.

Have any of you heard this? Fact? Rumor?

Alm didnt look like he would be gay, just curious.

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Rumor was widely spread around there there was some extracurricular activities going on from the passenger on Alm, but I believe is was likely a rumor gone wild. There have been discussions on Texags before where someone that was HPD or worked the scene chimed in said it was not true.

I do remember the rumors that the guy who was ejected was a gay lover and that he lost his member in the wreck which was why he committed suicide.

that was the rumor for sure. A guy I knew at the Harris County Medical Examiners office, said it was 100% not true.

I assume if it was true, that someone would have broken the silence by now. A one car fatality accident and subsequent suicide scene tend to attract a lot of LEO and emergency personnel.