1993 Michigan State Spartans football team

1993 Michigan State Spartans football

Liberty Bowl, L 7–18 vs. Louisville
Conference	Big Ten Conference
1993 record	6–6 (4–4 Big Ten)
Head coach	George Perles (11th year)
Offensive coordinator	Morris Watts (7th year)
Defensive coordinator	Norm Parker
Home stadium	Spartan Stadium (76,000)

1993 Big Ten football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
#6 Wisconsin +	6	–	1	–	1	10	–	1	–	1
#11 Ohio State +	6	–	1	–	1	10	–	1	–	1
#8 Penn State	6	–	2	–	0	10	–	2	–	0
Indiana	5	–	3	–	0	8	–	4	–	0
#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

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.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 11	3:30 PM	Kansas*		Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, MI	ABC	W 31–14	53,797
September 18	2:30 PM	at No. 5 Notre Dame*		Notre Dame Stadium • Notre Dame, IN (Megaphone Trophy)	NBC	L 14–36	59,075
September 25	1:00 PM	Central Michigan*		Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, MI		W 48–34	66,533
October 9	3:30 PM	No. 9 Michigan		Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, MI (Paul Bunyan Trophy)	ABC	W 17–7	78,311
October 16	3:30 PM	at No. 5 Ohio State	No. 25	Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH	ABC	L 21–28	93,989
October 23	12:30 PM	Iowa	No. 24	Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, MI	ESPN	W 24–10	64,726^[2]
October 30	2:00 PM	at No. 23 Indiana	No. 22	Memorial Stadium • Bloomington, IN (Old Brass Spittoon)		L 0–10	40,110
November 6	1:00 PM	Northwestern		Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, MI		W 31–29	52,073
November 13	1:00 PM	at Purdue		Ross–Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN		W 27–24	30,856
November 27	3:30 PM	No. 14 Penn State	No. 25	Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, MI (Land Grant Trophy)	ABC	L 37–38	53,482
December 5	11:00 PM	vs. No. 10 Wisconsin	No. 25	Tokyo Dome • Tokyo, Japan (Coca-Cola Classic)		L 20–41	51,000^[3]
December 28	8:00 PM	vs. No. 25 Louisville*		Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium • Memphis, TN (Liberty Bowl)	ESPN	L 7–18	21,097
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

	1	2	3	4	Total
Michigan	0	0	7	0	7
• Michigan St	10	7	0	0	17

Scoring summary

Q1		MSU	Abrams 3 yard run (Stoyanovich kick)	MSU 7–0

Q1	9:11	MSU	Stoyanovich 47 yard field goal	MSU 10–0

Q2	11:23	MSU	Greene 3 yard pass from Miller (Stoyanovich kick)	MSU 17–0

Q3		MICH	Alexander 21 yard pass from Collins (Elezovic kick)	MSU 17–7

The following players were selected in the 1994 NFL Draft.

↑ http://www.jhowell.net/cf/scores/MichiganState.htm
↑ "Scoreboard". The Telegraph-Herald. October 24, 1993.
↑ David E. Sanger (December 6, 1993). "COLLEGE FOOTBALL; Wisconsin Is on Top a World Away". New York Times.
↑ Gainesville Sun. 1993 Oct 10.

Michigan State Spartans football

Venues	Old College Field (1902–1922) Spartan Stadium (1923–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Indiana (Old Brass Spittoon) Michigan (Paul Bunyan Trophy) Notre Dame (Megaphone Trophy) Penn State (Land Grant Trophy)

Culture & lore	Sparty "Victory for MSU" Marching band Zeke the Wonder Dog Winged football helmet 1966 "Game of the Century" Clockgate 2006 Northwestern game

People	Head coaches Statistical leaders NFL draftees

Seasons	1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

National championship seasons in bold

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