American college football season
The 1993 Michigan State Spartans football team competed on behalf of Michigan State University in the Big Ten Conference during the 1993 NCAA Division I-A football season. Head coach George Perles was in his 11th season with the Spartans. Michigan State played their home games at Spartan Stadium in East Lansing, Michigan. The Spartans went 6–6 overall and 4–4 in conference play.[1] Michigan State was invited to the 1993 Liberty Bowl and was defeated by Louisville, 7–18.
Schedule[]
Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | Source |
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September 11 | 3:30 p.m. | Kansas* | | | ABC | W 31–14 | 53,797 | |
September 18 | 2:30 p.m. | at No. 5 Notre Dame* | | | NBC | L 14–36 | 59,075 | |
September 25 | 1:00 p.m. | Central Michigan* | | - Spartan Stadium
- East Lansing, MI
| | W 48–34 | 66,533 | |
October 9 | 3:30 p.m. | No. 9 Michigan | | - Spartan Stadium
- East Lansing, MI (Paul Bunyan Trophy)
| ABC | W 17–7 | 78,311 | [2] |
October 16 | 3:30 p.m. | at No. 5 Ohio State | No. 25 | | ABC | L 21–28 | 93,989 | |
October 23 | 12:30 p.m. | Iowa | No. 24 | - Spartan Stadium
- East Lansing, MI
| ESPN | W 24–10 | 64,726[3] | |
October 30 | 2:00 p.m. | at No. 23 Indiana | No. 22 | | | L 0–10 | 40,110 | |
November 6 | 1:00 p.m. | Northwestern | | - Spartan Stadium
- East Lansing, MI
| | W 31–29 | 52,073 | |
November 13 | 1:00 p.m. | at Purdue | | | | W 27–24 | 30,856 | |
November 27 | 12:00 p.m. | No. 14 Penn State | No. 25 | - Spartan Stadium
- East Lansing, MI (Land Grant Trophy)
| ABC | L 37–38 | 53,482 | |
December 5 | 11:00 p.m. | vs. No. 10 Wisconsin | No. 25 | | | L 20–41 | 51,000[4] | |
December 28 | 8:00 p.m. | vs. No. 25 Louisville* | | | ESPN | L 7–18 | 21,097 | |
- *Non-conference game
- Homecoming
- Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
- All times are in Eastern time
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Roster[]
1992 Michigan State Spartans football team roster
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Players
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Coaches
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Offense
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Defense
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Special teams
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- Head coach
- Coordinators/assistant coaches
- Legend
- (C) Team captain
- (S) Suspended
- (I) Ineligible
- Injured
- Redshirt
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Game summaries[]
Michigan[]
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1 |
2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Michigan |
0 |
0 | 7 | 0 |
7 |
• Michigan St |
10 |
7 | 0 | 0 |
17 |
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Scoring summary |
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| Q1 | | MSU | Abrams 3 yard run (Stoyanovich kick) | MSU 7–0 |
| Q1 | 9:11 | MSU | Stoyanovich 47 yard field goal | MSU 10–0 |
| Q2 | 11:23 | MSU | Greene 3 yard pass from Miller (Stoyanovich kick) | MSU 17–0 |
| Q3 | | MICH | Alexander 21 yard pass from Collins (Elezovic kick) | MSU 17–7 |
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1994 NFL Draft[]
The following players were selected in the 1994 NFL Draft.
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