1993 Penn State Nittany Lions football team

1993 Penn State Nittany Lions football
Conference Big Ten Conference
Ranking
Coaches #7
AP #8
1993 record 10–2 (6–2 Big Ten)
Head coach Joe Paterno (28th year)
Offensive coordinator Fran Ganter
Defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky
Home stadium Beaver Stadium
(Capacity: 93,967)
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 Penn State Nittany Lions football team represented the Pennsylvania State University in the 1993 college football season.[1] The team was coached by Joe Paterno and played its home games in Beaver Stadium in University Park, Pennsylvania.

Schedule

Penn State did not play Big Ten teams Purdue and Wisconsin this year.

Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result Attendance
September 4 1:00 PM Minnesota #17 Beaver StadiumUniversity Park, PA (Governor's Victory Bell) W 38–20   95,387
September 11 3:30 PM USC* #15 Beaver Stadium • University Park, PA ABC W 21–20   95,992
September 18 3:30 PM at Iowa #14 Kinnick StadiumIowa City, IA ABC W 31–0   70,397
September 25 7:30 PM Rutgers* #9 Beaver Stadium • University Park, PA ESPN W 31–7   95,092
October 2 7:00 PM at Maryland* #9 Byrd StadiumCollege Park, MD (Rivalry) W 70–7   42,008
October 16 12:00 PM #18 Michigan #7 Beaver Stadium • University Park, PA ABC L 13–21   96,719
October 30 3:30 PM at #3 Ohio State #12 Ohio StadiumColumbus, OH (Rivalry) ABC L 6–24   95,060
November 6 1:00 PM #17 Indianadagger #19 Beaver Stadium • University Park, PA W 38–31   91,000
November 13 3:30 PM Illinois #16 Beaver Stadium • University Park, PA ABC W 28–14   90,000
November 20 2:00 PM at Northwestern #14 Dyche StadiumEvanston, IL W 43–21   30,355
November 27 12:00 PM at #25 Michigan State #14 Spartan StadiumEast Lansing, MI (Land Grant Trophy) ABC W 38–37   53,482
January 1, 1994 1:00 PM vs. #6 Tennessee #13 Citrus BowlOrlando, FL (Florida Citrus Bowl) ABC W 31–13   72,456
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Post season

NFL Draft

Four Nittany Lions were drafted in the 1994 NFL Draft.

Round Pick Overall Name Position Team
3rd 29 94 Lou Benfatti Defensive tackle New York Jets
5th 3 134 Shelly Hammonds Defensive back Minnesota Vikings
6th 29 180 Eric Ravotti Linebacker Pittsburgh Steelers
7th 23 217 Rob Holmberg Linebacker Los Angeles Raiders

References

  1. "Penn State Yearly Results (1990-1994)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Retrieved July 26, 2015.
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