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The 1993 season Houston Oilers season was the team's 34th, and their 24th in the National Football League (NFL). 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, 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.〔, 34.4% "weighted" DVOA, "adjusted so that earlier games in the season become gradually less important. It better reflects how the team was playing at the end of the season."〕 The Oilers were upset by Joe Montana and the Kansas City Chiefs in the Astrodome during the Divisional Round of the playoffs. The 2006 edition of ''Pro Football Prospectus'',〔''Pro Football Prospectus 2006'' (ISBN 0761142177), p.73-75〕 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 (HREF="http://www.kotoba.ne.jp/word/11/The Comeback (American football)" TITLE="The Comeback (American football)">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 eight straight games while holding opponents to 20 points or less gave up 21 in the fourth quarter of a playoff game. That off-season, the team was dismantled. 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. Late in the season, the Oilers suffered the loss of reserve defensive lineman Jeff Alm, who had played two games earlier in season.〔http://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/A/AlmxJe20.htm〕 On December 13, 1993, Alm and his best friend, Sean P. Lynch, were in an accident Alm lost control of his Cadillac Eldorado, sending Lynch flying out of the car and killing him. After seeing his friend was dead, Alm committed suicide.〔http://www.nytimes.com/1993/12/15/sports/pro-football-a-friend-dies-and-oiler-kills-himself.html〕 =="Babygate"== One bizarre sidelight to the season for Houston came just before the October 17 game vs. the New England Patriots. The day before, Oilers offensive tackle David Williams' wife Debi went into labor that Saturday but the baby was not born yet and Williams was unable to catch a flight, causing him to miss the game. Williams was fined $111,111 (roughly $177,070.18 in 2013 dollars)〔http://www.usinflationcalculator.com/〕 by the Oilers for missing the game and criticized by owner Bud Adams for "misplaced priorities", a move that led to intense criticism of the Oilers from fans and even players such as defensive end Sean Jones.〔http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=19931104&slug=1729901〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「1993 Houston Oilers season」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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