1993 Michigan State Spartans football team

1993 Michigan State Spartans football
Liberty Bowl vs. Louisville, L, 7–18
Conference	Big Ten Conference
1993 record	6–6 (4–4 Big Ten)
Head coach	George Perles (11th year)
Offensive coordinator	Morris Watts (7th year)
Defensive coordinator	Norm Parker
Home stadium	Spartan Stadium (76,000)

1993 Big Ten football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
#6 Wisconsin +	6	–	1	–	1			10	–	1	–	1
#11 Ohio State +	6	–	1	–	1			10	–	1	–	1
#8 Penn State	6	–	2	–	0			10	–	2	–	0
Indiana	5	–	3	–	0			8	–	4	–	0
#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 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 eleventh 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
September 11	3:30 PM	Kansas*		Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, MI	ABC	W 31–14	53,797
September 18	2:30 PM	at #5 Notre Dame*		Notre Dame Stadium • Notre Dame, IN (Megaphone Trophy)	NBC	L 14–36	59,075
September 25	1:00 PM	Central Michigan*		Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, MI		W 48–34	66,533
October 9	3:30 PM	#9 Michigan		Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, MI (Paul Bunyan Trophy)	ABC	W 17–7	78,311
October 16	3:30 PM	at #5 Ohio State	#25	Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH	ABC	L 21–28	93,989
October 23	12:30 PM	Iowa	#24	Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, MI	ESPN	W 24–10	64,726[2]
October 30	2:00 PM	at #23 Indiana	#22	Memorial Stadium • Bloomington, IN (Old Brass Spittoon)		L 0–10	40,110
November 6	1:00 PM	Northwestern		Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, MI		W 31–29	52,073
November 13	1:00 PM	at Purdue		Ross–Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN		W 27–24	30,856
November 27	3:30 PM	#14 Penn State	#25	Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, MI (Land Grant Trophy)	ABC	L 37–38	53,482
December 5	11:00 PM	vs. #10 Wisconsin	#25	Tokyo Dome • Tokyo, Japan (Coca-Cola Classic)		L 20–41	51,000[3]
December 28	8:00 PM	vs. #25 Louisville*		Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium • Memphis, TN (Liberty Bowl)	ESPN	L 7–18	21,097
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Game summaries

Michigan

1 2 3 4 Total Michigan 0 0 7 0 7 • Michigan St 10 7 0 0 17 Date: October 9 Location: Spartan Stadium Game attendance: 78,311 Game weather: Overcast TV announcers (ABC): Brent Musburger, Dick Vermeil, and Jack Arute

Scoring summary 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.

Player	Round	Pick	Position	NFL Team
Rob Fredrickson	1	22	Linebacker	Los Angeles Raiders
Myron Bell	5	140	Safety	Pittsburgh Steelers
Jim Miller	6	178	Quarterback	Pittsburgh Steelers
Brice Abrams	7	209	Running Back	Pittsburgh Steelers

References

1. http://www.jhowell.net/cf/scores/MichiganState.htm
2. "Scoreboard". The Telegraph-Herald. October 24, 1993.
3. David E. Sanger (December 6, 1993). "COLLEGE FOOTBALL; Wisconsin Is on Top a World Away". New York Times.
4. Gainesville Sun. 1993 Oct 10.