1993 Michigan State Spartans football team

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 11th 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.

1993 Michigan State Spartans football
Liberty Bowl, L 7–18 vs. Louisville
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
1993 record6–6 (4–4 Big Ten)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorMorris Watts (7th season)
Defensive coordinatorNorm Parker (4th season)
Home stadiumSpartan Stadium (76,000) AstroTurf
1993 Big Ten Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW 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

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 113:30 p.m.Kansas*ABCW 31–1453,797
September 182:30 p.m.at No. 5 Notre Dame*NBCL 14–3659,075
September 251:00 p.m.Central Michigan*
  • Spartan Stadium
  • East Lansing, MI
W 48–3466,533
October 93:30 p.m.No. 9 Michigan
ABCW 17–778,311[2]
October 163:30 p.m.at No. 5 Ohio StateNo. 25ABCL 21–2893,989
October 2312:30 p.m.IowaNo. 24
  • Spartan Stadium
  • East Lansing, MI
ESPNW 24–1064,726[3]
October 302:00 p.m.at No. 23 IndianaNo. 22L 0–1040,110
November 61:00 p.m.Northwestern
  • Spartan Stadium
  • East Lansing, MI
W 31–2952,073
November 131:00 p.m.at PurdueW 27–2430,856
November 2712:00 p.m.No. 14 Penn StateNo. 25
ABCL 37–3853,482
December 511:00 p.m.vs. No. 10 WisconsinNo. 25L 20–4151,000[4]
December 288:00 p.m.vs. No. 25 Louisville*ESPNL 7–1821,097
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

Roster

1992 Michigan State Spartans football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
OT 79 Brian DeMarco Jr
FB 47 Scott Greene So
T 63 Shane Hannah Jr
QB 16 Jim Miller Sr
WR 1 Muhsin Muhammad So
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
SS 24 Myron Bell Sr
LB 83 Rob Fredrickson Sr
FS 2 Corey Keyes Sr
SS 37 Steve Wasylk Sr
DB 18 Brian Winters Sr
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured
  • Redshirt

Game summaries

Michigan

1 234Total
Michigan 0 070 7
Michigan St 10 700 17

[5]

1994 NFL Draft

The following players were selected in the 1994 NFL Draft.

PlayerRoundPickPositionNFL Team
Rob Fredrickson122LinebackerLos Angeles Raiders
Myron Bell5140SafetyPittsburgh Steelers
Jim Miller6178QuarterbackPittsburgh Steelers
Brice Abrams7209Running BackPittsburgh Steelers

References

  1. http://www.jhowell.net/cf/scores/MichiganState.htm
  2. Terry Cabell (October 10, 1993). "Sparkling Spartans". The Detroit News. pp. 1E, 12E via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Scoreboard". The Telegraph-Herald. October 24, 1993.
  4. David E. Sanger (December 6, 1993). "COLLEGE FOOTBALL; Wisconsin Is on Top a World Away". New York Times.
  5. Gainesville Sun. 1993 Oct 10.


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