1993 Wisconsin Badgers football team

The 1993 Wisconsin Badgers football team represented the University of Wisconsin during the 1993 NCAA Division I-A football season. They were led by fourth year head coach Barry Alvarez and participated as members of the Big Ten Conference. The Badgers played their home games at Camp Randall Stadium in Madison, Wisconsin.

1993 Wisconsin Badgers football
Big Ten co-champion
Rose Bowl champion
Rose Bowl, W 2116 vs. UCLA
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 5
APNo. 6
1993 record1011 (611 Big Ten)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorBrad Childress (2nd season)
Defensive coordinatorDan McCarney (4th season)
Home stadiumCamp Randall Stadium
(Capacity: 77,745)
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

Season

Over the course of the season, Wisconsin was the top team in the Big Ten in terms of passing efficiency, with QB Darrell Bevell recording an impressive 155.2 in that category. RB Brent Moss ran for 1,637 yards on 312 carries, winning Big Ten Player of the Year Honors, the first Wisconsin player to receive this award since Ron Vander Kelen in the 1962 season.

After starting the season 3–0, including a win in their Big Ten opener against Indiana, team co-captain Joe Panos was asked by a reporter whether he thought Michigan or Ohio State would win the conference, to which Panos sharply responded, "Well, why not Wisconsin?"[1] Panos' words served to inspire the team and the school, using the rally cry of "Why Not Wisconsin?" for the rest of the season.

The Badgers lost in a stunning upset to a mediocre Minnesota team in their annual rivalry game for their first and only loss of the season. Footage from this game held at the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome was used in the television series Coach to represent the fictional Minnesota State and West Texas Universities in the "Pioneer Bowl" at the Alamodome.

However, in the next game, Wisconsin defeated Michigan for the first time since 1981. After a tie against Ohio State, the Badgers needed to win their final game of the year against Michigan State and an Ohio State loss to Michigan to secure their first trip to the Rose Bowl since 1963. Michigan's 280 shut out of Ohio State opened the door, and then Wisconsin defeated #25 Michigan State in the last Coca-Cola Classic in Tokyo, Japan to win a share of Big Ten Conference title and the invitation to the 1994 Rose Bowl.

The Badgers finished their most successful season since 1962, highlighted by their first Rose Bowl win, as they defeated the UCLA Bruins 2116. Unfortunately, the season is also remembered for the tragic "Camp Randall Crush" where several people were severely injured during a field rush after the Badgers defeated Michigan.

Individual awards and honors

  • Brent Moss, Big Ten Player of the Year
  • Barry Alvarez, Big Ten Coach of the Year

Schedule and results

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 41:05 p.m.Nevada*W 35–1766,557[2]
September 117:00 p.m.at SMU*W 24–1619,013[3]
September 181:05 p.m.Iowa State*No. 24
  • Camp Randall Stadium
  • Madison, WI
W 28–777,745[4]
September 2511:30 a.m.at IndianaNo. 23ESPNW 27–1534,306[5]
October 91:05 p.m.NorthwesternNo. 21
  • Camp Randall Stadium
  • Madison, WI
W 53–1477,745[6]
October 1611:30 a.m.at PurdueNo. 16ESPNW 42–2837,112[7]
October 236:00 p.m.at MinnesotaNo. 15L 21–2864,798[8]
October 3011:35 a.m.No. 24 MichiganNo. 21
  • Camp Randall Stadium
  • Madison, WI
ESPNW 13–1077,745[9][10]
November 62:30 p.m.No. 3 Ohio StateNo. 15
  • Camp Randall Stadium
  • Madison, WI
ABCT 14–1477,745[11]
November 202:30 p.m.at IllinoisNo. 14ABCW 35–1048,083[12]
December 59:00 p.m.vs. No. 25 Michigan StateNo. 10ESPNW 41–2051,500[13]
January 1, 19944:00 p.m.vs. No. 13 UCLA*No. 9ABCW 21–16101,237[14]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time

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 RV RV RV 24 23 22 21 16 15 21 15 14 12 10 10 9 6 
Coaches Poll RV RV RV 25 22 20 19 16 12 20 14 13 11 8 7 7 5

Roster

1993 Wisconsin Badgers football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
OL 77 Tyler Adam Sr
OL 57 David Anderson So
WR 25 Kerwin Badie
QB 11 Darrell Bevell So
QB 3 Michael Brin
WR 12 Jevon Brunston
RB 20 Jason Burns Jr
OL 68 Cayetano Castro
OL 63 James Darby
WR 1 J.C. Dawkins Jr
WR 2 Lee DeRamus Jr
OL 69 Derek Engler Fr
RB 41 Terrell Fletcher Jr
QB 15 Jeff Forde Fr
OL 59 Mike Galletti
QB 17 Darren Holt Fr
WR 21 Keith Jackson Jr
RB 22 Ron Johnson So
RB 34 Nikki Kemp Jr
WR 18 Chris Kennedy Jr
OL 79 Shane Kreke
WR 4 Michael London Jr
TE 9 Kevin Lyles Fr
QB 16 Jay Macias Jr
QB 19 Ben McCormick Fr
RB 13 Carl McCullough Fr
RB 32 Mark Montgomery Jr
RB 33 Brent Moss Jr
RB 26 Robert Nelson So
TE 31 Matt Nyquist So
OG 58 Joe Panos Sr
OL 51 Brian Patterson Sr
OL 56 Mike Rader
C 52 Cory Raymer Jr
TE 81 Michael Roan Jr
RB 44 Royce Robertson Fr
OL 72 John Rohde
OG 63 Joe Rudolph Jr
WR 84 Archie Seale Fr
WR 82 Tony Simmons Fr
QB 10 Dirk Stanger
OL 60 Steve Stark So
WR 24 Reggie Torian
RB 45 Jeff Wirth
OT 71 Jerry Wunsch Fr
OL 65 James Vanderveldt
OT 67 Mike Verstegen Jr
WR 87 Vince Zullo Jr
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
WR 85 Steve Baffico So
DB 23 Donny Brady Jr
DB 5 Jamel Brown Jr
LB 98 Yusef Burgess Jr
DB 30 Theo Carney Jr
DB 11 Mike Carr Fr
DB 19 Daryl Carter Fr
OLB 51 Chad Cascadden Jr
LB 52 Phil Chavez Jr
OLB 36 Azree Commander Fr
DB 18 Dwayne Cuff
LB 39 Pete Diatelevi Fr
LB 34 Brian Flanigan Fr
DT 92 Carlos Fowler Sr
CB 3 Kenny Gales Jr
DL 96 Al Gay Fr
LB 46 Terry Glavin
DB 27 Damon Glenn Fr
OLB 63 Derek Greene Fr
DB 22 Trent Gross Fr
DL 95 Todd Halbur
DB 31 Troy Hegg Fr
OLB 50 Chris Hein Jr
DB 2 Eric Holder
S 10 Reggie Holt Jr
DL 59 Joe Innis
LB 6 Royston Jones So
OLB 85 Bryan Jurewicz Fr
DB 4 Greg Keigher Fr
DB 9 Dave Knaack Fr
DL 67 Steve Kouba So
DL 61 Lee Krueger Sr
LB 53 Jason Levine Sr
OLB 88 Rob Lurisema
LB 56 David Lysek
DT 70 Jason Maniecki So
CB 29 Jeff Messenger Jr
LB 48 Pete Monty Fr
S 37 Scott Nelson Sr
LB 54 Todd Orlando Sr
DB 32 Eric Pollex
LB 8 Sylas Pratt Jr
OLB 93 Nick Rafko
DB 24 John Rhymes Jr
DB 13 R.J. Safranek
OLB 42 Tarek Saleh Fr
DB 49 Henry Searcy
LB 56 Dan Schneck Fr
DE, NG 62 Lamark Shackerford Sr
DL 90 Haywood Simmons So
DB 38 Ronald Smith Fr
DL 91 Rod Spiller Fr
DB 28 Jason Suttle Fr
DT 66 Mike Thompson Jr
DL 75 John Todryk Fr
LB 47 Eric Unverzagt So
DB 20 Scott Wagner Fr
DB 7 Cyril Weems Fr
DB 15 Scott Young So
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
PK 14 John Hall Fr
PK 97 Matt Krueger Jr
PK 23 Bryan Mader
PK 90 Paul Sander Fr
PK 98 Rick Schnetzky Fr
P 26 Sam Veit Jr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

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

Regular starters

Game summaries

Ohio State

#3 Ohio State Buckeyes at #15 Wisconsin Badgers
1 2 34Total
#3 Ohio State 7 0 0714
#15 Wisconsin 0 7 7014

at Camp Randall StadiumMadison, WI

  • Date: November 6
  • Game time: 2:30 PM CST
  • Game attendance: 77,745
  • TV: ABC
Game information

vs UCLA–Rose Bowl


Team players selected in the 1994 NFL Draft

PlayerPositionRoundOverall SelectionNFL Team
Joe PanosCenter377Philadelphia Eagles
Mark MontgomeryRunning Back7206Philadelphia Eagles

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References

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  12. Sonderegger, John (November 21, 1993). "Fletcher Puts on Show for Family". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Retrieved October 11, 2011.
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  14. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2006-12-29. Retrieved 2011-10-12.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  15. https://www.pro-football-reference.com/draft/1994.htm
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