[4] There was also a proposal from businessman Fran Murray to move the team to Hartford, Connecticut where the state legislature backed a plan to build a 65,000-seat stadium downtown.

The roster underwent substantial changes; among the holdovers from the 1992 season were Marv Cook, Ben Coates, Kevin Turner, Michael Timpson, Sam Gash, Greg McMurtry, Vincent Brown, Maurice Hurst, Leonard Russell, Bruce Armstrong, Mike Arthur, and Pat Harlow.

Bledsoe started for the Patriots, who however lost seven straight before eking out a 7–2 win against the Bengals that was the last occurrence until the 2011 Falcons of a team scoring only a safety in an NFL game.

The season ended on January 2, 1994, with many in the sellout crowd at Foxboro Stadium[7] believing it would be the final ever game for the New England Patriots before moving to St.

The Patriots were hosting the Dolphins, who with champion quarterback Dan Marino out for the season after Week Five, had not won since Thanksgiving Day against the Dallas Cowboys and required a win to make the playoffs.

In the final 3:40 Bledsoe drove the Patriots down to a Ben Coates touchdown catch, but the Dolphins forced overtime on a Pete Stoyanovich field goal.

Vincent Brisby caught a ten-yard pass but fumbled; teammate Leonard Russell recovered the ball and ran 22 yards; Bledsoe then absorbed a Dolphins blitz and launched a 36-yard touchdown to Michael Timpson, ending a wild 33–27 Patriots win.