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. 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 in one of the best games of the year, the Notre Dame offense piled up 427 yards of offense, scored 5 touchdowns, including 22 points in the last 11 minutes, but 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 a national title.
Rivalries [ ]
Schedule [ ]
Date Time Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance September 4 2:30 p.m. Northwestern No. 7 NBC W 27–1259,075
September 11 12:00 p.m. at No. 3 Michigan No. 11 ABC W 27–23106,851
September 18 2:30 p.m. Michigan State No. 4 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 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 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 31–2459,075
November 20 1:30 p.m. No. 17 Boston College No. 1 Notre Dame Stadium South Bend, IN (Holy War ) NBC L 41–3959,075
January 1, 1994 4:30 p.m. vs. No. 7 Texas A&M No. 4 NBC W 24–2169,855
Game summaries [ ]
Northwestern [ ]
by Quarter
1
2
3
4
Total
Northwestern
0
6
6
0
12
• Notre Dame
7
0
10
10
27
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
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
35–7–2
1992
W 42–7
Michigan [ ]
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
9–14–1
1992
T 17–17
by Quarter
1
2
3
4
Total
• Notre Dame
10
14
3
0
27
Michigan
3
7
0
13
23
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
[3]
Michigan State [ ]
by Quarter
1
2
3
4
Total
Michigan St
7
0
0
7
14
• Notre Dame
0
16
13
7
36
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 [ ]
by Quarter
1
2
3
4
Total
Pittsburgh
0
0
0
0
0
• Notre Dame
7
6
10
21
44
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
[4]
BYU [ ]
See also: 1993 BYU Cougars football team
USC [ ]
by Quarter
1
2
3
4
Total
USC
0
7
0
6
13
• Notre Dame
14
14
3
0
31
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
[5]
Navy [ ]
by Quarter
1
2
3
4
Total
• Notre Dame
3
14
21
20
58
Navy
10
14
3
0
27
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
[6]
Florida State [ ]
by Quarter
1
2
3
4
Total
Florida State
7
0
7
10
24
• Notre Dame
7
14
3
7
31
The #2 Fighting Irish prevailed over the #1 Florida State Seminoles as ESPN's College GameDay made its first campus visit.
Boston College [ ]
by Quarter
1
2
3
4
Total
• Boston College
10
14
7
10
41
Notre Dame
0
14
3
22
39
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 [ ]
Roster [ ]
1993 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team roster
Players
Coaches
Offense
Defense
Pos.
#
Name
Class
LB
47
Bercich, Pete Pete Bercich
7.0 ! Sr
S
9
Burris, Jeff Jeff Burris
7.0 ! Sr
CB
32
Clark, Willie Willie Clark
7.0 ! Sr
CB
29
Covington, John John Covington
7.0 ! Sr
DT
44
Flanigan, Jim Jim Flanigan
7.0 ! Sr
DT
55
Gibson, Oliver Oliver Gibson
7.0 ! Sr
DT
93
Grasmanis, Paul Paul Grasmanis
3.0 ! So
LB
49
Peterson, Tony Tony Peterson
7.0 ! Sr
CB
21
Taylor, Bobby Bobby Taylor
3.0 ! So
CB
22
Wooden, Shawn Shawn Wooden
3.0 ! So
DE
48
Wynn, Renaldo Renaldo Wynn
3.0 ! So
DE
97
Young, Bryant Bryant Young
7.0 ! Sr
Special teams
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
Injured
Redshirt
Awards and honors [ ]
Team players in the NFL [ ]
References [ ]