1993 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team

1993 NCAA Division I-A independents football records
	Rankings from AP Poll

Notre Dame Fighting Irish football
1993 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football
National champion (Matthews, NCF), Cotton Bowl Classic champion
Cotton Bowl Classic, W 24–21 vs. Texas A&M
Conference	Independent
Ranking
Coaches	No. 2
AP	No. 2
1993 record	11–1
Head coach	Lou Holtz (8th season);
Captains	Jeff Burris; Tim Ruddy; Aaron Taylor; Bryant Young;
Home stadium	Notre Dame Stadium (c. 59,075, grass)

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

In the Holy War match against Boston College, BC beat Notre Dame to claim the Frank Leahy Memorial Bowl.
Notre Dame beat Michigan State to claim the Megaphone Trophy.
Notre Dame beat Purdue to claim the Shillelagh Trophy.
Notre Dame beat USC to claim the Jeweled Shillelagh.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 4	2:30 p.m.	Northwestern	No. 7	Notre Dame Stadium South Bend, IN (rivalry)	NBC	W 27–12	59,075
September 11	12:00 p.m.	at No. 3 Michigan	No. 11	Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, MI (rivalry)	ABC	W 27–23	106,851	[3]
September 18	2:30 p.m.	Michigan State	No. 4	Notre Dame Stadium South Bend, IN (Megaphone Trophy)	NBC	W 36–14	59,075
September 25	3:30 p.m.	at Purdue	No. 4	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN (Shillelagh Trophy)	ABC	W 17–0	67,861
October 2	3:30 p.m.	at Stanford	No. 4	Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA (Legends Trophy)	ABC	W 48–20	80,300
October 9	2:30 p.m.	Pittsburgh	No. 4	Notre Dame Stadium South Bend, IN (rivalry)	NBC	W 44–0	59,075
October 16	7:30 p.m.	at BYU	No. 3	Cougar Stadium Provo, UT	ESPN	W 45–20	66,247
October 23	2:30 p.m.	USC	No. 2	Notre Dame Stadium South Bend, IN (Jeweled Shillelagh)	NBC	W 31–13	59,075
October 30	12:00 p.m.	vs. Navy	No. 2	Veterans Stadium Philadelphia, PA (rivalry)	ABC	W 58–27	61,813
November 13	2:30 p.m.	No. 1 Florida State	No. 2	Notre Dame Stadium South Bend, IN	NBC	W 31–24	59,075
November 20	1:30 p.m.	No. 17 Boston College	No. 1	Notre Dame Stadium South Bend, IN (Holy War)	NBC	L 39–41	59,075
January 1, 1994	4:30 p.m.	vs. No. 7 Texas A&M	No. 4	Cotton Bowl Dallas, TX (Cotton Bowl Classic)	NBC	W 24–21	69,855
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

Roster

1993 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
RB	`37`	Travis Davis	Jr
WR	`87`	Lake Dawson	Sr
WR	`1`	Derrick Mayes	So
FB	`30`	Marc Edwards	Fr
TE	`80`	Oscar McBride	Sr
QB	`15`	Kevin McDougal	Sr
C	`61`	Tim Ruddy	Sr
T	`75`	Aaron Taylor	Sr
RB	`34`	Ray Zellars	Jr
RB	`4`	Lee Becton	Jr
C	`77`	Dusty Zeigler	So
RB	`25`	Randy Kinder	Fr
QB	`8`	Paul Failla	Jr

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
LB	`47`	Pete Bercich	Sr
S	`9`	Jeff Burris	Sr
CB	`32`	Willie Clark	Sr
CB	`29`	John Covington	Sr
DT	`44`	Jim Flanigan	Sr
DT	`55`	Oliver Gibson	Sr
DT	`93`	Paul Grasmanis	So
LB	`49`	Tony Peterson	Sr
CB	`21`	Bobby Taylor	So
CB	`22`	Shawn Wooden	So
DE	`48`	Renaldo Wynn	So
DE	`97`	Bryant Young	Sr

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class

Head coach

Lou Holtz

Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible

Injured
Redshirt

Rankings

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	Final
AP	7	7	11	4	4	4	4	3	2	2	2	2	1 (62)	4 (1)	5	4 (1)	2 (12)
Coaches	6 (1)	6	10	5	4	4	4 (1)	3 (2)	2 (3)	2 (3)	2 (2)	2 (2)	1 (60)	4 (1)	4 (1)	4 (1)	2 (25)

Game summaries

Northwestern

Michigan

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Notre Dame	10	14	3	0	27
Michigan	3	7	0	13	23

Date: September 11
Location: Michigan Stadium, Ann Arbor, Mich.
Game attendance: 106,851
Television network: ABC

[4]

Michigan State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Michigan St	7	0	0	7	14
• Notre Dame	0	16	13	7	36

Date: September 18
Location: Notre Dame Stadium, South Bend, IN

Source:

Purdue

Stanford

Pittsburgh

	1	2	3	4	Total
Pittsburgh	0	0	0	0	0
• Notre Dame	7	6	10	21	44

Date: October 9
Location: Notre Dame Stadium

[5]

BYU

USC

	1	2	3	4	Total
USC	0	7	0	6	13
• Notre Dame	14	14	3	0	31

Date: October 23
Location: Notre Dame Stadium, South Bend, IN
Game attendance: 59,075
Television network: NBC

[6]

Navy

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Notre Dame	3	14	21	20	58
Navy	10	14	3	0	27

Date: October 30
Location: Veterans Stadium, Philadelphia, PA
Game attendance: 61,813

[7]

Florida State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Florida State	7	0	7	10	24
• Notre Dame	7	14	3	7	31

Date: November 13
Location: Notre Dame Stadium, South Bend, IN
Game start: Kickoff 1:47pm, NBC coverage begins at 1:30pm
Game attendance: 59,075
Game weather: pregame showers, temp near 60, wind from south 20 to 30 mph
TV announcers (NBC): Charlie Jones, Todd Christensen, Bob Costas (studio host), John Dockery (sideline) and O. J. Simpson (sideline)

The #2 Fighting Irish prevailed over the #1 Florida State Seminoles as ESPN's College GameDay made its first campus visit.

Boston College

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Boston College	10	14	7	10	41
Notre Dame	0	14	3	22	39

Date: November 20
Location: Notre Dame Stadium, South Bend, IN
Game attendance: 59,075
TV announcers (NBC): Tom Hammond, Cris Collinsworth

Texas A&M

Awards and honors

Aaron Taylor: Lombardi Award

Team players in the NFL

Player	Position	Round	Pick	NFL club
Bryant Young	Defensive tackle	1	7	San Francisco 49ers
Aaron Taylor	Tackle	1	16	Green Bay Packers
Jeff Burris	Cornerback	1	27	Buffalo Bills
Tim Ruddy	Center	2	65	Miami Dolphins
Jim Flanigan	Defensive tackle	3	74	Chicago Bears
Willie Clark	Cornerback	3	82	San Diego Chargers
Lake Dawson	Wide Receiver	3	92	Kansas City Chiefs
John Covington	Safety	5	133	Indianapolis Colts
Tony Peterson	Linebacker	5	153	San Francisco 49ers
Pete Bercich	Linebacker	7	211	Minnesota Vikings

References

"Notre Dame Yearly Results (1990-1994)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Retrieved July 26, 2015.
Fighting Irish Win Game of the Century The Tech (MIT newspaper) Mike Duffy and Andrew Heitner. Volume 113, Issue 59 : Friday, November 19, 1993
Angelique S. Chengelis (September 12, 1993). "U-M season under siege". The Detroit News. pp. 1E, 6E – via Newspapers.com.
Blue & Gold Illustrated 1994 Notre Dame Football Preview
Gainesville Sun. 1993 Oct 10. Retrieved 2018-Oct-28.
Gainesville Sun. 1993 Oct 24.
Gainesville Sun. 1993 Oct 31.

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[1] "Notre Dame Yearly Results (1990-1994)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Retrieved July 26, 2015.

[fsu-2] Fighting Irish Win Game of the Century The Tech (MIT newspaper) Mike Duffy and Andrew Heitner. Volume 113, Issue 59 : Friday, November 19, 1993

[3] Angelique S. Chengelis (September 12, 1993). "U-M season under siege". The Detroit News. pp. 1E, 6E – via Newspapers.com.

[4] Blue & Gold Illustrated 1994 Notre Dame Football Preview

[5] Gainesville Sun. 1993 Oct 10. Retrieved 2018-Oct-28.

[6] Gainesville Sun. 1993 Oct 24.

[7] Gainesville Sun. 1993 Oct 31.

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National championship seasons in bold

1993 NCAA Division I-A independents football records
	Conf			Overall
Team	W	L	T	W		L		T
No. 2 Notre Dame		–		11	–	1	–	0
No. 24 Louisville		–		9	–	3	–	0
Cincinnati		–		8	–	3	–	0
Army		–		6	–	5	–	0
Memphis State		–		6	–	5	–	0
Tulsa		–		4	–	6	–	1
Navy		–		4	–	7	–	0
Tulane		–		3	–	9	–	0
Southern Miss		–		2	–	8	–	1
East Carolina		–		2	–	9	–	0

Rankings from AP Poll