1993 NCAA Division I-AA football season

1993 NCAA Division I-AA season
Regular season
Duration August – November 1993
Playoff
Duration November 27 –
December 18, 1993
Championship date December 18, 1993
Championship site Joan C. Edwards Stadium, Huntington, West Virginia
Champion Youngstown State Penguins
Payton Award Doug Nussmeier – QB (Idaho)
Division I-AA football season

The 1993 NCAA Division I-AA football season, part of college football in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association at the Division I Football Championship Subdivision level, began in August 1993, and concluded with the National Championship Game of the NCAA Division I Football Championship on December 18 at Joan C. Edwards Stadium in Huntington, West Virginia. The Youngstown State Penguins won their second I-AA championship, defeating the Marshall Thundering Herd by a final score of 17−5, a home game for Marshall.[1] It was the third consecutive year that Marshall and Youngstown State faced off in National Championship Game.

Conference changes and new programs

  • A 1991 NCAA rule change required athletic programs maintain all of their sports at the same division level by the 1993 season. As such, many Division I programs with football teams at the Division II and Division III levels were forced to upgrade their programs to the Division I-AA level.
  • The rule change directly led to the establishment of the Pioneer Football League, a non-scholarship football conference at the Division I-AA level with six founding members, all formerly in Division III: Butler, Dayton, Drake, Evansville, San Diego, and Valparaiso.
  • It also led to the creation of the American West Conference, an all-sports conference at the Division I level with five founding members, all formerly in Division II: UC Davis, Cal Poly, Cal State Northridge, Sacramento State, and Southern Utah.
  • The Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference, an existing Division I conference, also began sponsoring football in order to accommodate these new I-AA football programs.
School1992 Conference1993 Conference
BuffaloD-III IndependentI-AA Independent
ButlerMIFC (D-II)Pioneer (I-AA)
California–DavisNorthern California (D-II)American West (I-AA)
Cal PolyWestern (D-II)American West (I-AA)
Cal State NorthridgeWestern (D-II)American West (I-AA)
CanisiusD-III IndependentMAAC (I-AA)
Central Connecticut StateD-II IndependentI-AA Independent
Charleston SouthernD-III IndependentI-AA Independent
DavidsonD-III IndependentI-AA Independent
DaytonD-III IndependentPioneer (I-AA)
DrakeD-III IndependentPioneer (I-AA)
DuquesneD-III IndependentI-AA Independent
EvansvilleD-III IndependentPioneer (I-AA)
GeorgetownD-III IndependentMAAC (I-AA)
Georgia SouthernI-AA IndependentSouthern
IonaD-III IndependentMAAC (I-AA)
James MadisonI-AA IndependentYankee
MonmouthNew ProgramI-AA Independent
NortheasternI-AA IndependentYankee
Sacramento StateWestern (D-II)American West (I-AA)
St. Francis (PA)D-III IndependentI-AA Independent
St. John's (NY)D-III IndependentMAAC (I-AA)
St. Mary's (CA)D-II IndependentI-AA Independent
St. Peter'sD-III IndependentMAAC (I-AA)
San DiegoD-III IndependentPioneer (I-AA)
SienaD-III IndependentMAAC (I-AA)
Southern UtahWestern (D-II)American West (I-AA)
Troy StateD-II IndependentI-AA Independent
UABD-III IndependentI-AA Independent
ValparaisoMIFC (D-II)Pioneer (I-AA)
WagnerD-III IndependentI-AA Independent
William & MaryI-AA IndependentYankee

Conference standings

1993 American West Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
#7 UC Davis +^ 3 –1 –0  10 –2 –0
Southern Utah + 3 –1 –0  3 –7 –1
Sacramento State 2 –2 –0  4 –6 –0
Cal Poly 1 –3 –0  6 –4 –0
Cal State Northridge 1 –3 –0  4 –6 –0
  • + – Conference co-champions
  • ^ – Division II playoff participant
Rankings from Division II Football Committee poll
1993 Big Sky football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
#3 Montana $^ 7 –0 –0  10 –2 –0
#11 Idaho ^ 5 –2 –0  11 –3 –0
#20 Eastern Washington 5 –2 –0  7 –3 –0
Montana State 4 –3 –0  7 –4 –0
Northern Arizona 3 –4 –0  7 –4 –0
Weber State 3 –4 –0  7 –4 –0
Boise State 1 –6 –0  3 –8 –0
Idaho State 0 –7 –0  2 –9 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – Division I-AA playoff participant
  • Montana earned automatic berth and
    Idaho earned at-large berth in I-AA playoffs.
Rankings from The Sports Network I-AA Poll
1993 Gateway Football Conference standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
#13 Northern Iowa $^ 5 –1 –0  8 –4 –0
Southwest Missouri State 4 –2 –0  7 –4 –0
Western Illinois 4 –2 –0  4 –7 –0
Illinois State 2 –3 –1  6 –4 –1
Eastern Illinois 2 –3 –1  3 –7 –1
Indiana State 2 –4 –0  4 –7 –0
Southern Illinois 1 –5 –0  2 –9 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from The Sports Network poll
1993 Ivy League football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
#16 Penn $  7 –0     10 –0  
Dartmouth  6 –1     7 –3  
Princeton  5 –2     8 –2  
Brown  3 –4     4 –6  
Cornell  3 –4     4 –6  
Yale  2 –5     3 –7  
Harvard  1 –6     3 –7  
Columbia  1 –6     2 –8  
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from NCAA I-AA Poll
1993 MAAC football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
Iona $  5 –0     9 –2  
Canisius  4 –1     5 –5  
St. John's  3 –2     8 –3  
Georgetown  2 –3     4 –5  
Saint Peter's  1 –4     3 –7  
Siena  0 –5     0 –10  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from The Sports Network poll
1993 MEAC football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
#8 Howard $^  6 –0     11 –1  
South Carolina State  4 –2     8 –3  
Delaware State  4 –2     6 –5  
#21 North Carolina A&T  3 –3     8 –3  
Florida A&M  3 –3     5 –6  
Bethune–Cookman  1 –5     3 –8  
Morgan State  0 –6     2 –9  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from The Sports Network poll
1993 Ohio Valley football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
#17 Eastern Kentucky $^ 8 –0 –0  8 –4 –0
#22 Tennessee Tech 7 –1 –0  8 –3 –0
UT Martin 5 –3 –0  6 –5 –0
Middle Tennessee State 4 –4 –0  5 –6 –0
Murray State 4 –4 –0  4 –7 –0
Tennessee State 4 –4 –0  4 –7 –0
Morehead State 2 –6 –0  3 –8 –0
Southeast Missouri State 2 –6 –0  3 –8 –0
Austin Peay 0 –8 –0  1 –10 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from The Sports Network poll
1993 Patriot League football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Lehigh $ 4 –1 –0  7 –4 –0
Lafayette 3 –1 –1  5 –4 –2
Bucknell 3 –2 –0  4 –7 –0
Holy Cross 2 –3 –0  3 –8 –0
Colgate 1 –3 –1  3 –7 –1
Fordham 1 –4 –0  1 –10 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from poll=The Sports Network poll
1993 Pioneer Football League standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
Dayton $  5 –1     9 –1  
Drake  3 –2     8 –2  
Butler  3 –3     4 –6  
Evansville  2 –3     6 –4  
San Diego  2 –4     6 –4  
Valparaiso  1 –4     5 –5  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from The Sports Network poll
1993 Southern Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
#2 Georgia Southern $^ 7 –1 –0  10 –3 –0
#9 Marshall ^ 6 –2 –0  11 –4 –0
Western Carolina 5 –3 –0  6 –5 –0
Furman 4 –4 –0  5 –5 –1
The Citadel 4 –3 –0  7 –5 –0
Appalachian State 5 –2 –0  6 –5 –0
East Tennessee State 1 –6 –0  2 –9 –0
Chattanooga 2 –6 –0  4 –7 –0
VMI 1 –5 –0  4 –7 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – Division I-AA playoff participant
1993 Southland Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
#5 McNeese State $^ 7 –0 –0  10 –3 –0
#4 Northeast Louisiana ^ 6 –1 –0  9 –3 –0
#14 Stephen F. Austin ^ 5 –2 –0  8 –4 –0
Northwestern State 3 –4 –0  5 –6 –0
Sam Houston State 2 –5 –0  4 –7 –0
North Texas 2 –5 –0  4 –7 –0
Nicholls State 2 –5 –0  3 –8 –0
Southwest Texas State 1 –6 –1  2 –9 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – Division I-AA playoff participant
  • Ranking is from the Sports Network Poll
1993 SWAC football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
#15 Southern $ 7 –0 –0  11 –1 –0
#23 Alcorn State ^ 6 –1 –0  8 –3 –0
Grambling State 4 –3 –0  7 –4 –0
Jackson State 3 –3 –1  5 –5 –1
Alabama State 3 –3 –1  5 –4 –1
Mississippi Valley State 2 –3 –2  4 –4 –2
Texas Southern 1 –6 –0  2 –9 –0
Prairie View A&M 0 –7 –0  0 –11 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • ^ – Division I-AA playoff participant
1993 Yankee Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
New England
#6 Boston University x$^ 8 –0 –0  12 –1 –0
#25 UMass 6 –2 –0  9 –2 –0
Connecticut 5 –3 –0  6 –5 –0
New Hampshire 4 –4 –0  6 –5 –0
Rhode Island 2 –6 –0  4 –7 –0
Maine 0 –8 –0  0 –11 –0
Mid-Atlantic
#10 William & Mary x^ 7 –1 –0  9 –3 –0
#18 Delaware ^ 6 –2 –0  9 –4 –0
James Madison 4 –4 –0  6 –5 –0
Richmond 3 –5 –0  5 –6 –0
Northeastern 2 –6 –0  2 –9 –0
Villanova 1 –7 –0  3 –8 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • ^ – Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from The Sports Network I-AA Poll
1993 NCAA Division I-AA independents football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
#1 Troy State ^ 0 –0 –0  11 –0 –1
Youngstown State ^ 0 –0 –0  10 –2 –0
UAB 0 –0 –0  9 –2 –0
Wagner 0 –0 –0  9 –2 –0
#12 UCF ^ 0 –0 –0  9 –3 –0
#24 Towson 0 –0 –0  8 –2 –0
#19 Western Kentucky 0 –0 –0  8 –3 –0
Hofstra 0 –0 –0  6 –3 –1
Saint Mary's 0 –0 –0  6 –3 –1
Davidson 0 –0 –0  6 –4 –0
Central Connecticut 0 –0 –0  5 –5 –0
Liberty 0 –0 –0  5 –5 –0
Marist 0 –0 –0  5 –5 –0
Samford 0 –0 –0  5 –6 –0
Duquesne 0 –0 –0  4 –6 –0
Saint Francis 0 –0 –0  3 –7 –0
Charleston Southern 0 –0 –0  3 –8 –0
Buffalo 0 –0 –0  1 –10 –0
  • ^ – Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from The Sports Network poll

Conference champions

Conference Champions

American West Conference – Southern Utah and UC Davis
Big Sky Conference – Montana
Gateway Football Conference – Northern Iowa
Ivy League – Penn
Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference – Iona
Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference – Howard Bison
Ohio Valley Conference – Eastern Kentucky
Patriot League – Lehigh
Pioneer Football League – Dayton
Southern Conference – Georgia Southern
Southland Conference – McNeese State
Southwestern Athletic Conference – Southern
Yankee Conference – Boston University

Postseason

NCAA Division I-AA Playoff bracket

First Round
November 27
Campus Sites 		Quarterfinals
December 4
Campus Sites 		Semifinals
December 11
Campus Sites 		National Championship Game
December 18
Edwards Stadium
Huntington, WV
        
Eastern Kentucky 12
Georgia Southern* 14
Georgia Southern 14
Youngstown State* 34
Central Florida 30
Youngstown State* 56
Youngstown State* 35
Idaho 16
Northern Iowa 21
Boston U.* 27**
Boston U. 14
Idaho* 21
Idaho 34
Northeast Louisiana* 31
Youngstown State 17
Marshall 5
Delaware 49
Montana* 48
Delaware 31
Marshall* 34
Howard 14
Marshall* 28*
Marshall* 24
Troy State 21
William & Mary 28
McNeese State* 34
McNeese State* 28
Troy State 35
Stephen F. Austin 20
Troy State* 42

* Next to team name denotes host institution

* Next to score denotes overtime period

References

  1. ↑ "1993 NCAA Division I Football Championship" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. p. 15. Retrieved December 28, 2013.
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