American college football season
1993 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football Conference Independent Coaches No. 2 AP No. 2 1993 record 11–1 Head coach Offensive coordinator Skip Holtz (2nd as OC, 4th overall season)Defensive coordinator Rick Minter (2nd season)Captains
Home stadium Notre Dame Stadium (c. 59,075, grass)Seasons
The 1993 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team represented the University of Notre Dame in the 1993 college football season .[1] The team was coached by Lou Holtz and played its home games at Notre Dame Stadium in South Bend, Indiana .
On November 13, Notre Dame played Florida State in a matchup of unbeatens , with the two ranked #1 and #2 in the AP Poll . The winner of this game, at Notre Dame Stadium in South Bend, Indiana, was certain to play #3 Nebraska (which would then move up to #2) in the Orange Bowl for the national championship.[2]
The next week, they faced Boston College and although the Notre Dame offense piled up 427 yards of offense, scored 5 touchdowns, including 22 points in the last 11 minutes, the game would forever be remembered on Boston College's last drive as their kicker David Gordon hit a 41-yard field goal as time expired to win it 41–39, ending Notre Dame's bid for an undefeated season. Despite beating #7 Texas A&M in the Cotton Bowl on New Year's Day, the national championship was awarded to Florida State.
Rivalries [ ]
In the Holy War match against Boston College, BC beat Notre Dame to claim the Frank Leahy Memorial Bowl .
Notre Dame beat Michigan State to claim the Megaphone Trophy .
Notre Dame beat Purdue to claim the Shillelagh Trophy .
Notre Dame beat USC to claim the Jeweled Shillelagh .
Schedule [ ]
Date Time Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance Source September 4 2:30 p.m. Northwestern No. 7 Notre Dame Stadium South Bend, IN (rivalry )NBC W 27–1259,075
September 11 12:00 p.m. at No. 3 Michigan No. 11 Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, MI (rivalry )ABC W 27–23106,851 [3]
September 18 2:30 p.m. Michigan State No. 4 Notre Dame Stadium South Bend, IN (Megaphone Trophy ) NBC W 36–1459,075
September 25 3:30 p.m. at Purdue No. 4 ABC W 17–067,861
October 2 3:30 p.m. at Stanford No. 4 Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA (Legends Trophy )ABC W 48–2080,300
October 9 2:30 p.m. Pittsburgh No. 4 Notre Dame Stadium South Bend, IN (rivalry ) NBC W 44–059,075
October 16 7:30 p.m. at BYU No. 3 ESPN W 45–2066,247
October 23 2:30 p.m. USC No. 2 NBC W 31–1359,075
October 30 12:00 p.m. vs. Navy No. 2 Veterans Stadium Philadelphia, PA (rivalry )ABC W 58–2761,813
November 13 2:30 p.m. No. 1 Florida State No. 2 Notre Dame Stadium South Bend, IN NBC W 31–24 59,075
November 20 1:30 p.m. No. 17 Boston College No. 1 Notre Dame Stadium South Bend, IN (Holy War ) NBC L 39–4159,075
January 1, 1994 4:30 p.m. vs. No. 7 Texas A&M No. 4 NBC W 24–2169,855
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time
Roster [ ]
1993 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team roster
Players
Coaches
Offense
Defense
Special teams
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
Injured
Redshirt
Rankings [ ]
Ranking movementsLegend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.
Week
Poll
Pre
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
Final
AP
7
7
11
4
4
4
4
3
2
2
2
2
1 (62)
4 (1)
5
4 (1)
2 (12)
Coaches
6 (1)
6
10
5
4
4
4 (1)
3 (2)
2 (3)
2 (3)
2 (2)
2 (2)
1 (60)
4 (1)
4 (1)
4 (1)
2 (25)
Game summaries [ ]
Northwestern [ ]
1
2 3 4 Total
Northwestern
0
6 6 0
12
• Notre Dame
7
0 10 10
27
Date: September 4Location: Notre Dame Stadium , South Bend, IN Game attendance: 59,075TV announcers (NBC): Dick Enberg and Bob Trumpy
Scoring summary 1 ND Bercich 21 yard interception return (Pendergast kick) ND 7-0
2 NW Lundy 6 yard pass from Williams (kick failed) ND 7-6
3 NW Lundy 11 yard run (pass failed) NW 12-7
3 ND Zellers 6 yard run (Pendergast kick) ND 14-12
3 ND Pendergast 29 yard field goal ND 17-12
3 ND Pendergast 27 yard field goal ND 20-12
3 ND Burris 2 yard run (Pendergast kick) ND 27-12
Michigan [ ]
1
2 3 4 Total
• Notre Dame
10
14 3 0
27
Michigan
3
7 0 13
23
Date: September 11Location: Michigan Stadium , Ann Arbor, Mich. Game attendance: 106,851Television network: ABC
Scoring summary 1 ND McDougal 43 yard run (Pendergast kick) ND 7-0
1 Mich Elezovic 32 yard field goal ND 7-3
1 ND Pendergast 24 yard field goal ND 10-3
2 ND M. Miller 56 yard punt return (Pendergast kick) ND 17-3
2 Mich Wheatley 1 yard run (Elezovic kick) ND 17-10
2 ND McDougal 11 yard run (Pendergast kick) ND 24-10
3 ND Pendergast 19 yard field goal ND 27-10
4 Mich Wheatley 4 yard run (Elezovic kick) ND 27-17
4 Mich Hayes 13 pass from Collins (Collins pass failed) ND 27-23
[4]
Michigan State [ ]
1
2 3 4 Total
Michigan St
7
0 0 7
14
• Notre Dame
0
16 13 7
36
Date: September 18Location: Notre Dame Stadium , South Bend, IN
Scoring summary 1 MSU Thomas 1 yard run (Stoyanovich kick) MSU 7-0
2 ND Farmer 1 yard (kick failed) MSU 7-6
2 ND Pendergast 26 yard field goal ND 9-7
2 ND Zellers 4 yard pass from McDougal (Pendergast kick) ND 16-7
3 ND Pendergast 23 yard field goal ND 19-7
3 ND Pendergast 31 yard field goal ND 22-7
3 ND Edwards 1 yard run (Pendergast kick) ND 29-7
4 ND Becton 12 yard pass from McDougal (Pendergast kick) ND 36-7
4 MSU Coleman 5 yard pass from Miller (Stoyanovich kick) ND 36-14
Purdue [ ]
Stanford [ ]
Pittsburgh [ ]
1
2 3 4 Total
Pittsburgh
0
0 0 0
0
• Notre Dame
7
6 10 21
44
Date: October 9Location: Notre Dame Stadium
Scoring summary Q1 ND Becton 8 yard run (Pendergast kick) ND 7–0
Q2 ND Zellars 19 yard run (kick failed) ND 13–0
Q3 ND Pendergast 27 yard field goal ND 16–0
Q3 ND Zellars 11 yard run (Pendergast kick) ND 23–0
Q4 ND Kinder 31 yard run (Pendergast kick) ND 30–0
Q4 ND Farmer 3 yard run (Marsh kick) ND 37–0
Q4 ND Burris 60 yard punt return (Schroffner kick) ND 44–0
[5]
BYU [ ]
USC [ ]
1
2 3 4 Total
USC
0
7 0 6
13
• Notre Dame
14
14 3 0
31
Date: October 23Location: Notre Dame Stadium , South Bend, IN Game attendance: 59,075Television network: NBC
Scoring summary 1 ND Becton 70 yard run (Pendergast kick) ND 7-0
1 ND Edwards 2 yard run (Pendergast kick) ND 14-0
2 ND Burris 4 yard run (Pendergast kick) ND 21-0
2 USC Strother 13 yard pass from Johnson (Salmon kick) ND 21-7
2 ND Zellars 29 yard pass from Failla (Pendergast kick) ND 28-7
3 ND Pendergast 43 yard field goal ND 31-7
4 USC McWilliams 8 yard pass from Johnson (pass failed) ND 31-13
[6]
Navy [ ]
1
2 3 4 Total
• Notre Dame
3
14 21 20
58
Navy
10
14 3 0
27
Date: October 30Location: Veterans Stadium , Philadelphia, PA Game attendance: 61,813
Scoring summary 1 NAVY Bucchianeri 38 yard field goal NAVY 3-0
1 ND Pendergast 32 yard field goal Tied 3-3
1 NAVY Dixon 31 yard pass from Kubiak (Bucchianeri kick) NAVY 10-3
2 ND Edwards 3 yard run (Pendergast kick) Tied 10-10
2 NAVY Stramanak 1 yard run (Bucchianeri kick) NAVY 17-10
2 ND Edwards 10 yard run (Pendergast kick) Tied 17-17
2 NAVY Screen 53 yard pass from Kubiak (Bucchianeri kick) NAVY 24-17
3 ND Dawson 44 hard pass from McDougal (Pendergast kick) Tied 24-24
3 ND Kinder 70 yard run (Pendergast kick) ND 31-24
3 ND Farmer 9 yard run (Pendergast kick) ND 38-24
3 NAVY Bucchianeri 34 yard field goal ND 38-27
4 ND Burns 3 yard run (Pendergast kick) ND 45-27
4 ND Edwards 1 yard run (kick failed) ND 51-27
4 ND Taylor 31 yard interception return (Pendergast kick) ND 58-27
[7]
Florida State [ ]
1
2 3 4 Total
Florida State
7
0 7 10
24
• Notre Dame
7
14 3 7
31
Date: November 13Location: Notre Dame Stadium , South Bend, IN Game start: Kickoff 1:47pm, NBC coverage begins at 1:30pm Game attendance: 59,075Game weather: pregame showers, temp near 60, wind from south 20 to 30 mphTV announcers (NBC ): Charlie Jones , Todd Christensen , Bob Costas (studio host), John Dockery (sideline) and O. J. Simpson (sideline)
The #2 Fighting Irish prevailed over the #1 Florida State Seminoles as ESPN's College GameDay made its first campus visit.
Boston College [ ]
1
2 3 4 Total
• Boston College
10
14 7 10
41
Notre Dame
0
14 3 22
39
Date: November 20Location: Notre Dame Stadium , South Bend, IN Game attendance: 59,075TV announcers (NBC ): Tom Hammond , Cris Collinsworth
Scoring summary 1 8:02 BC David Gordon 28 yard field goal BC 3-0
1 BC Ivan Boyd 5 yard pass from Glenn Foley (Gordon kick) BC 10-0
2 11:58 ND Ray Zellars 39 yard pass from Kevin McDougal (Pendergast kick) BC 10-7
2 BC Ivan Boyd 35 yard pass from Glenn Foley (Gordon kick) BC 17-7
2 5:52 ND #9 1 yard run (Pendergast kick) BC 17-14
2 0:21 BC Pete Mitchell 3 yard pass from Glenn Foley (Gordon kick) BC 24-14
3 11:24 BC Darnell Campbell 22 yard run (Gordon kick) BC 31-14
3 3:20 ND Pendergast 29 yard field goal BC 31-17
4 11:13 BC Pete Mitchell 2 yard pass from Glenn Foley (Gordon kick) BC 38-17
4 10:12 ND Lee Becton 29 yard run (Becton pass to McDougal) BC 38-25
4 4:02 ND Ray Zellars 4 yard run (Pendergast kick) BC 38-32
4 1:09 ND Dawson 4 yard pass from McDougal (Pendergast kick) ND 39-38
4 0:00 BC David Gordon 41 yard field goal BC 41-39
Texas A&M [ ]
Awards and honors [ ]
Team players in the NFL [ ]
Player
Position
Round
Pick
NFL club
Bryant Young
Defensive tackle
1
7
San Francisco 49ers
Aaron Taylor
Tackle
1
16
Green Bay Packers
Jeff Burris
Cornerback
1
27
Buffalo Bills
Tim Ruddy
Center
2
65
Miami Dolphins
Jim Flanigan
Defensive tackle
3
74
Chicago Bears
Willie Clark
Cornerback
3
82
San Diego Chargers
Lake Dawson
Wide Receiver
3
92
Kansas City Chiefs
John Covington
Safety
5
133
Indianapolis Colts
Tony Peterson
Linebacker
5
153
San Francisco 49ers
Pete Bercich
Linebacker
7
211
Minnesota Vikings
References [ ]
^ "Notre Dame Yearly Results (1990-1994)" . College Football Data Warehouse . David DeLassus. Archived from the original on July 25, 2015. Retrieved July 26, 2015 .
^ Fighting Irish Win Game of the Century The Tech (MIT newspaper) Mike Duffy and Andrew Heitner. Volume 113, Issue 59 : Friday, November 19, 1993
^ Angelique S. Chengelis (September 12, 1993). "U-M season under siege" . The Detroit News . pp. 1E, 6E – via Newspapers.com .
^ Blue & Gold Illustrated 1994 Notre Dame Football Preview
^ Gainesville Sun. 1993 Oct 10. Retrieved 2018-Oct-28.
^ Gainesville Sun. 1993 Oct 24.
^ Gainesville Sun. 1993 Oct 31.
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