| 1993 Minnesota Golden Gophers football | |
| Conference | Big Ten Conference |
|---|---|
| 1993 record | 4–7 (3–5 Big Ten) |
| Head coach | Jim Wacker |
| Home stadium | Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome (Capacity: 63,669) |
Seasons | |
| 1993 Big Ten football standings | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| #6/5 Wisconsin § | 6 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 10 | – | 1 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| #11/10 Ohio State § | 6 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 10 | – | 1 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| #8/7 Penn State | 6 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 10 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Indiana | 5 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| #21/19 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 / Coaches' Poll | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 1993 season was the Golden Gophers' second season under head coach Jim Wacker.[1] The Golden Gophers won four games, highlighted by a win over #15 ranked Wisconsin.[1] The total home attendance for the season was 239,973, which averaged to 39,995 per game.[2] The season attendance high was against Wisconsin, with 64,798 in attendance.[2]
Offensive Guard Rob Rogers and wide receiver Omar Douglas were named All-Big Ten second team.[3] Defensive back Justin Conzemius, wide receiver Omar Douglas and linebacker Jeff Rosga were all named second team Academic All-Americans.[4] Kicker Mike Chalberg, defensive back Justin Conzemius, wide receiver Omar Douglas, offensive lineman Chris Fowlkes, linebacker Peter Hiestand, offensive lineman Todd Jesewitz, linebacker Ben Langford, defensive back Jeff Rosga, linebacker Craig Sauer, tight end Mark Tangen and linebacker Lance Wolkow were named Academic All-Big Ten.[4]
Omar Douglas was awarded the Bronko Nagurski Award, Bruce Smith Award and Butch Nash Award.[5] Linebacker Andrew Veit was awarded the Carl Eller Award.[5] Long snapper Scott Williams was awarded the Bobby Bell Award.[5] Running back Antonio Carter was awarded the Paul Giel Award.[5]
Schedule[]
| Date | Time | Opponent# | Rank# | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 4 | 12:00 PM | at #17 Penn State | Beaver Stadium • University Park, PA | L 20–38 | 95,387 | |||
| September 11* | 6:00 PM | Indiana State | Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome • Minneapolis, MN | W 27–10 | 30,719 | |||
| September 18* | 7:00 PM | Kansas State | Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome • Minneapolis, MN | L 25–30 | 36,245 | |||
| September 25* | 8:00 PM | at San Diego State | Jack Murphy Stadium • San Diego, CA | L 17–48 | 41,487 | |||
| October 2 | 7:00 PM | Indiana | Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome • Minneapolis, MN | L 19–23 | 33,315 | |||
| October 9 | 6:00 PM | Purdue | Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome • Minneapolis, MN | W 59–56 | 31,293 | |||
| October 16 | 1:00 PM | at Northwestern | Dyche Stadium • Evanston, IL | W 28–26 | 27,814 | |||
| October 23† | 6:00 PM | #15 Wisconsin | Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome • Minneapolis, MN (Paul Bunyan's Axe) | W 28–21 | 64,798 | |||
| November 6 | 11:30 AM | at Illinois | Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL | ESPN | L 20–23 | 50,192 | ||
| November 13 | 11:30 AM | Michigan | Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome • Minneapolis, MN (Little Brown Jug) | ESPN | L 7–58 | 43,603 | ||
| November 20 | 1:05 PM | at Iowa | Kinnick Stadium • Iowa City, IA (Floyd of Rosedale) | L 3–21 | 66,840 | |||
| *Non-Conference Game. †Homecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Central Time. | ||||||||
Game notes[]
Wisconsin[]
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedpg201 - ↑ 2.0 2.1 Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedpg160 - ↑ Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedpg180 - ↑ 4.0 4.1 Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedpg182 - ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedpg181 - ↑ Gainesville Sun. 1993 Oct 24.