1993 Penn State Nittany Lions football team

1993 Penn State Nittany Lions football
Florida Citrus Bowl champion
Conference Big Ten Conference
Ranking
Coaches No. 7
AP No. 8
1993 record 10–2 (6–2 Big Ten)
Head coach Joe Paterno (28th season)
Offensive coordinator Fran Ganter
Defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky
Home stadium Beaver Stadium
(Capacity: 93,967)
1993 Big Ten 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

The 1993 Penn State Nittany Lions football team represented the Pennsylvania State University in the 1993 NCAA Division I-A football season.[1] The team was coached by Joe Paterno and played its home games in Beaver Stadium in University Park, Pennsylvania. This was Penn State's first season as a member of the Big Ten Conference.

Schedule

Penn State did not play Big Ten teams Purdue and Wisconsin this year.

Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result Attendance
September 4 1:00 p.m. Minnesota No. 17 Beaver Stadium • University Park, Pennsylvania (Governor's Victory Bell) W 38–20   95,387
September 11 3:30 p.m. USC* No. 15 Beaver Stadium • University Park, Pennsylvania ABC W 21–20   95,992
September 18 3:30 p.m. at Iowa No. 14 Kinnick Stadium • Iowa City, Iowa ABC W 31–0   70,397
September 25 7:30 p.m. Rutgers* No. 9 Beaver Stadium • University Park, Pennsylvania ESPN W 31–7   95,092
October 2 7:00 p.m. at Maryland* No. 9 Byrd Stadium • College Park, Maryland (Rivalry) W 70–7   42,008
October 16 12:00 p.m. No. 18 Michigan No. 7 Beaver Stadium • University Park, Pennsylvania ABC L 13–21   96,719
October 30 3:30 p.m. at No. 3 Ohio State No. 12 Ohio Stadium • Columbus, Ohio (Rivalry) ABC L 6–24   95,060
November 6 1:00 p.m. No. 17 Indianadagger No. 19 Beaver Stadium • University Park, Pennsylvania W 38–31   91,000
November 13 3:30 p.m. Illinois No. 16 Beaver Stadium • University Park, Pennsylvania ABC W 28–14   90,000
November 20 2:00 p.m. at Northwestern No. 14 Dyche Stadium • Evanston, Illinois W 43–21   30,355
November 27 12:00 p.m. at No. 25 Michigan State No. 14 Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, Michigan (Land Grant Trophy) ABC W 38–37   53,482
January 1, 1994 1:00 p.m. vs. No. 6 Tennessee No. 13 Citrus Bowl • Orlando, Florida (Florida Citrus Bowl) ABC W 31–13   72,456
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Roster

1993 Penn State Nittany Lions football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
RB 2 Mike Archie So
TE 81 Kyle Brady Jr
RB 32 Ki-Jana Carter So
QB 12 Kerry Collins Jr
WR 10 Bobby Engram So
C 60 Bucky Greeley Jr
G 50 Jeff Hartings So
T 68 Andre Johnson So
RB 29 Brian O'Neal Sr
G 54 Marco Rivera So
QB 9 John Sacca Jr
FB 38 Jon Witman So
 Defense
Pos.#NameClass
DT 55 Lou Benfatti So
S 46 Marlon Forbes Jr
LB 16 Brian Gelzheiser Jr
LB 80 Rob Holmberg Sr
DT 97 Tyoka Jackson Sr
DT 93 Brandon Noble Fr
LB 51 Greg Haren So
 Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured
  • Redshirt

Roster

NFL Draft

Four Nittany Lions were drafted in the 1994 NFL Draft.

RoundPickOverallNamePositionTeam
3rd2994Lou BenfattiDefensive tackleNew York Jets
5th3134Shelly HammondsDefensive backMinnesota Vikings
6th29180Eric RavottiLinebackerPittsburgh Steelers
7th23217Rob HolmbergLinebackerLos Angeles Raiders

References

  1. ↑ "Penn State Yearly Results (1990-1994)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Retrieved July 26, 2015.
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