1993 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team

1993 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football
Cotton Bowl Classic champion
Conference Independent
Ranking
Coaches No. 2
AP No. 2
1993 record 11–1
Head coach Lou Holtz (8th year)
Captain Jeff Burris
Captain Tim Ruddy
Captain Aaron Taylor
Captain Bryant Young
Home stadium Notre Dame Stadium (c. 59,075, grass)
1993 Division I-A independents football records
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
#2 Notre Dame         11 1 0
#24 Louisville         9 3 0
Cincinnati         8 3 0
Army         6 5 0
Memphis         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

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. 6 Notre Dame StadiumNotre Dame, IN (Rivalry) NBC W 27–12   59,075
September 11 12:00 p.m. at No. 2 Michigan* No. 10 Michigan StadiumAnn Arbor, MI (Rivalry) ABC W 27–23   106,851
September 18 2:30 p.m. Michigan State* No. 5 Notre Dame Stadium • Notre Dame, IN (Megaphone Trophy) NBC W 36–14   59,075
September 25 3:30 p.m. at Purdue* No. 4 Ross-Ade StadiumWest Lafayette, IN (Shillelagh Trophy) ABC W 17–0   67,861
October 2 3:30 p.m. at Stanford* No. 4 Stanford StadiumStanford, CA (Legends Trophy) ABC W 48–20   80,300
October 9 2:30 p.m. Pittsburgh* No. 4 Notre Dame Stadium • Notre Dame, IN NBC W 44–0   59,075
October 16 7:30 p.m. at Brigham Young* No. 3 Cougar StadiumProvo, UT ESPN W 45–20   66,247
October 23 2:30 p.m. Southern California* No. 2 Notre Dame Stadium • Notre Dame, IN (Jeweled Shillelagh) NBC W 31–13   59,075
October 30 12:00 p.m. vs. Navy* No. 2 Veterans StadiumPhiladelphia, PA (Rivalry) ABC W 58–27   61,813
November 13 2:30 p.m. No. 1 Florida State* No. 2 Notre Dame Stadium • Notre Dame, IN NBC W 31–24   59,075
November 20 1:30 p.m. No. 12 Boston College* No. 1 Notre Dame Stadium • Notre Dame, IN (Holy War) NBC L 41–39   59,075
January 1, 1994 4:30 p.m. vs. No. 6 Texas A&M* No. 4 Cotton BowlDallas, TX (Cotton Bowl Classic) NBC W 24–21   69,855
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Game summaries

Michigan State

1 234Total
Michigan St 7 007 14
Notre Dame 0 16137 36
  • Source:

USC

1 234Total
USC 0 706 13
Notre Dame 14 1430 31

[3]

Navy

1 234Total
Notre Dame 3 142120 58
Navy 10 1430 27

[4]

Awards and honors

References

  1. "Notre Dame Yearly Results (1990-1994)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Retrieved July 26, 2015.
  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. Gainesville Sun. 1993 Oct 24.
  4. Gainesville Sun. 1993 Oct 31.
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