1993 Wisconsin Badgers football team

1993 Wisconsin Badgers football
Big Ten co-champion Rose Bowl champion
Rose Bowl, W 21–16 vs. UCLA
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 5
AP	No. 6
1993 record	10–1–1 (6–1–1 Big Ten)
Head coach	Barry Alvarez (4th season)
Offensive coordinator	Brad Childress (2nd season)
Defensive coordinator	Dan McCarney (4th season)
Home stadium	Camp Randall Stadium (Capacity: 77,745)
Seasons ← 1992 1994 →

1993 Big Ten Conference football standings
v t	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 6 Wisconsin +	6	–	1	–	1			10	–	1	–	1
No. 11 Ohio State +	6	–	1	–	1			10	–	1	–	1
No. 8 Penn State	6	–	2	–	0			10	–	2	–	0
Indiana	5	–	3	–	0			8	–	4	–	0
No. 21 Michigan	5	–	3	–	0			8	–	4	–	0
Illinois	5	–	3	–	0			5	–	6	–	0
Michigan State	4	–	4	–	0			6	–	6	–	0
Iowa	3	–	5	–	0			6	–	6	–	0
Minnesota	3	–	5	–	0			4	–	7	–	0
Northwestern	0	–	8	–	0			2	–	9	–	0
Purdue	0	–	8	–	0			1	–	10	–	0
+ – Conference co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

The 1993 Wisconsin Badgers football team represented the University of Wisconsin during the 1993 NCAA Division I-A football season. They were led by fourth year head coach Barry Alvarez and participated as members of the Big Ten Conference. The Badgers played their home games at Camp Randall Stadium in Madison, Wisconsin.

Season[]

Over the course of the season, Wisconsin was the top team in the Big Ten in terms of passing efficiency, with QB Darrell Bevell recording an impressive 155.2 in that category. RB Brent Moss ran for 1,637 yards on 312 carries, winning Big Ten Player of the Year Honors, the first Wisconsin player to receive this award since Ron Vander Kelen in the 1962 season.

After starting the season 3–0, including a win in their Big Ten opener against Indiana, team co-captain Joe Panos was asked by a reporter whether he thought Michigan or Ohio State would win the conference, to which Panos sharply responded, "Well, why not Wisconsin?"^[1] Panos' words served to inspire the team and the school, using the rally cry of "Why Not Wisconsin?" for the rest of the season.

The Badgers lost in a stunning upset to a mediocre Minnesota team in their annual rivalry game for their first and only loss of the season. Footage from this game held at the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome was used in the television series Coach to represent the fictional Minnesota State and West Texas Universities in the "Pioneer Bowl" at the Alamodome.

However, in the next game, Wisconsin defeated Michigan for the first time since 1981. After a tie against Ohio State, the Badgers needed to win their final game of the year against Michigan State and an Ohio State loss to Michigan to secure their first trip to the Rose Bowl since 1963. Michigan's 28–0 shut out of Ohio State opened the door, and then Wisconsin defeated #25 Michigan State in the last Coca-Cola Classic in Tokyo, Japan to win a share of Big Ten Conference title and the invitation to the 1994 Rose Bowl.

The Badgers finished their most successful season since 1962, highlighted by their first Rose Bowl win, as they defeated the UCLA Bruins 21–16. Unfortunately, the season is also remembered for the tragic "Camp Randall Crush" where several people were severely injured during a field rush after the Badgers defeated Michigan.

Individual awards and honors[]

• Brent Moss, Big Ten Player of the Year
• Barry Alvarez, Big Ten Coach of the Year

Schedule and results[]

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 4	1:05 p.m.	Nevada*		Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI		W 35–17	66,557[2]
September 11	7:00 p.m.	at SMU*		Ownby Stadium Dallas, TX		W 24–16	19,013[3]
September 18	1:05 p.m.	Iowa State*	No. 24	Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI		W 28–7	77,745[4]
September 25	11:30 a.m.	at Indiana	No. 23	Memorial Stadium Bloomington, IN	ESPN	W 27–15	34,306[5]
October 9	1:05 p.m.	Northwestern	No. 21	Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI		W 53–14	77,745[6]
October 16	11:30 a.m.	at Purdue	No. 16	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN	ESPN	W 42–28	37,112[7]
October 23	6:00 p.m.	at Minnesota	No. 15	Metrodome Minneapolis, MN (Paul Bunyan's Axe)		L 21–28	64,798[8]
October 30	11:35 a.m.	No. 24 Michigan	No. 21	Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI	ESPN	W 13–10	77,745	[9][10]
November 6	2:30 p.m.	No. 3 Ohio State	No. 15	Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI	ABC	T 14–14	77,745[11]
November 20	2:30 p.m.	at Illinois	No. 14	Memorial Stadium Champaign, IL	ABC	W 35–10	48,083[12]
December 5	9:00 p.m.	vs. No. 25 Michigan State	No. 10	Tokyo Dome Tokyo, Japan (Coca-Cola Classic)	ESPN	W 41–20	51,500[13]
January 1, 1994	4:00 p.m.	vs. No. 13 UCLA*	No. 9	Rose Bowl Pasadena, CA (Rose Bowl)	ABC	W 21–16	101,237[14]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

Rankings[]

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ 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	RV	RV	RV	24	23	22	21	16	15	21	15	14	12	10	10	9	6
Coaches Poll	RV	RV	RV	25	22	20	19	16	12	20	14	13	11	8	7	7	5

Roster[]

1993 Wisconsin Badgers football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class OL 77 Tyler Adam Sr OL 57 David Anderson So WR 25 Kerwin Badie QB 11 Darrell Bevell So QB 3 Michael Brin WR 12 Jevon Brunston RB 20 Jason Burns Jr OL 68 Cayetano Castro OL 63 James Darby WR 1 J.C. Dawkins Jr WR 2 Lee DeRamus Jr OL 69 Derek Engler Fr RB 41 Terrell Fletcher Jr QB 15 Jeff Forde Fr OL 59 Mike Galletti QB 17 Darren Holt Fr WR 21 Keith Jackson Jr RB 22 Ron Johnson So RB 34 Nikki Kemp Jr WR 18 Chris Kennedy Jr OL 79 Shane Kreke WR 4 Michael London Jr TE 9 Kevin Lyles Fr QB 16 Jay Macias Jr QB 19 Ben McCormick Fr RB 13 Carl McCullough Fr RB 32 Mark Montgomery Jr RB 33 Brent Moss Jr RB 26 Robert Nelson So TE 31 Matt Nyquist So OG 58 Joe Panos Sr OL 51 Brian Patterson Sr OL 56 Mike Rader C 52 Cory Raymer Jr TE 81 Michael Roan Jr RB 44 Royce Robertson Fr OL 72 John Rohde OG 63 Joe Rudolph Jr WR 84 Archie Seale Fr WR 82 Tony Simmons Fr QB 10 Dirk Stanger OL 60 Steve Stark So WR 24 Reggie Torian RB 45 Jeff Wirth OT 71 Jerry Wunsch Fr OL 65 James Vanderveldt OT 67 Mike Verstegen Jr WR 87 Vince Zullo Jr	Defense Pos. # Name Class WR 85 Steve Baffico So DB 23 Donny Brady Jr DB 5 Jamel Brown Jr LB 98 Yusef Burgess Jr DB 30 Theo Carney Jr DB 11 Mike Carr Fr DB 19 Daryl Carter Fr OLB 51 Chad Cascadden Jr LB 52 Phil Chavez Jr OLB 36 Azree Commander Fr DB 18 Dwayne Cuff LB 39 Pete Diatelevi Fr LB 34 Brian Flanigan Fr DT 92 Carlos Fowler Sr CB 3 Kenny Gales Jr DL 96 Al Gay Fr LB 46 Terry Glavin DB 27 Damon Glenn Fr OLB 63 Derek Greene Fr DB 22 Trent Gross Fr DL 95 Todd Halbur DB 31 Troy Hegg Fr OLB 50 Chris Hein Jr DB 2 Eric Holder S 10 Reggie Holt Jr DL 59 Joe Innis LB 6 Royston Jones So OLB 85 Bryan Jurewicz Fr DB 4 Greg Keigher Fr DB 9 Dave Knaack Fr DL 67 Steve Kouba So DL 61 Lee Krueger Sr LB 53 Jason Levine Sr OLB 88 Rob Lurisema LB 56 David Lysek DT 70 Jason Maniecki So CB 29 Jeff Messenger Jr LB 48 Pete Monty Fr S 37 Scott Nelson Sr LB 54 Todd Orlando Sr DB 32 Eric Pollex LB 8 Sylas Pratt Jr OLB 93 Nick Rafko DB 24 John Rhymes Jr DB 13 R.J. Safranek OLB 42 Tarek Saleh Fr DB 49 Henry Searcy LB 56 Dan Schneck Fr DE, NG 62 Lamark Shackerford Sr DL 90 Haywood Simmons So DB 38 Ronald Smith Fr DL 91 Rod Spiller Fr DB 28 Jason Suttle Fr DT 66 Mike Thompson Jr DL 75 John Todryk Fr LB 47 Eric Unverzagt So DB 20 Scott Wagner Fr DB 7 Cyril Weems Fr DB 15 Scott Young So	Special teams Pos. # Name Class PK 14 John Hall Fr PK 97 Matt Krueger Jr PK 23 Bryan Mader PK 90 Paul Sander Fr PK 98 Rick Schnetzky Fr P 26 Sam Veit Jr	Head coach Barry Alvarez Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt

Regular starters[]

Game summaries[]

Nevada[]

at SMU[]

Iowa State[]

at Indiana[]

Northwestern[]

at Purdue[]

at Minnesota[]

Michigan[]

Ohio State[]

Scoring summary
Quarter Time Drive Team Scoring information Score Plays Yards TOP Ohio State Wisconsin "TOP" = time of possession. For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football. 14 14

at Illinois[]

vs Michigan State[]

vs UCLA–Rose Bowl[]

Team players selected in the 1994 NFL Draft[]

Player	Position	Round	Overall Selection	NFL Team
Joe Panos	Center	3	77
Mark Montgomery	Running Back	7	206	Philadelphia Eagles

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