1993 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team

1993 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football
National champion (Matthews, NCF)
Cotton Bowl Classic champion
Cotton Bowl Classic, W 24–21 vs. Texas A&M
ConferenceIndependent
Ranking
CoachesNo. 2
APNo. 2
Record11–1
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorSkip Holtz (2nd season)
Defensive coordinatorRick Minter (2nd season)
Captains
Home stadiumNotre Dame Stadium
1993 NCAA Division I-A independents football records
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 2   –   11 – 1 – 0
No. 24 Louisville   –   9 – 3 – 0
Cincinnati   –   8 – 3 – 0
Army   –   6 – 5 – 0
Memphis State   –   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 as an independent during the 1993 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by eighth-year head coach Lou Holtz, the Fighting Irish compiled a record of 11–1 with a win over Texas A&M in the Cotton Bowl Classic. The team played home games at Notre Dame Stadium in Notre Dame, Indiana.

On November 13, Notre Dame played Florida State in a matchup of unbeatens, with the two ranked No. 1 and No. 2 in the AP poll. The winner of this game was likely to play Nebraska in the Orange Bowl for the national championship.[1] Although the Fighting Irish defeated Seminoles, they lost the next week to No. 17 Boston College. The Notre Dame offense piled up 427 yards of offense, scored 5 touchdowns, including 22 points in the last 11 minutes again the Eagle, but Boston College kicker David Gordon, hit a 41-yard field goal as time expired to win the game, 41–39, ending Notre Dame's bid for an undefeated season. Despite beating No. 7 Texas A&M in the Cotton Bowl Classic on New Year's Day, the national championship was awarded to Florida State.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 22:30 p.m.NorthwesternNo. 7
NBCW 27–1259,075
September 1112:00 p.m.at No. 3 MichiganNo. 11
ABCW 27–23106,851[2]
September 182:30 p.m.Michigan StateNo. 4
  • Notre Dame Stadium
  • Notre Dame, IN (rivalry)
NBCW 36–1459,075
September 253:30 p.m.at PurdueNo. 4
ABCW 17–067,861
October 23:30 p.m.at StanfordNo. 4
ABCW 48–2080,300
October 92:30 p.m.PittsburghNo. 4
  • Notre Dame Stadium
  • Notre Dame, IN (rivalry)
NBCW 44–059,075
October 167:30 p.m.at BYUNo. 3
ESPNW 45–2066,247
October 232:30 p.m.USCNo. 2
  • Notre Dame Stadium
  • Notre Dame, IN (rivalry)
NBCW 31–1359,075
October 3012:00 p.m.vs. NavyNo. 2
ABCW 58–2761,813
November 132:30 p.m.No. 1 Florida StateNo. 2
NBCW 31–2459,075
November 201:30 p.m.No. 17 Boston CollegeNo. 1
  • Notre Dame Stadium
  • Notre Dame, IN (Holy War)
NBCL 39–4159,075
January 1, 19944:30 p.m.vs. No. 7 Texas A&MNo. 4
NBCW 24–2169,855

Rankings

Main article: 1993 NCAA Division I-A football rankings
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
( ) = First-place votes
Week
PollPre123456789101112131415Final
AP77114444322221 (62)4 (1)54 (1)2 (12)
Coaches6 (1)6105444 (1)3 (2)2 (3)2 (3)2 (2)2 (2)1 (60)4 (1)4 (1)4 (1)2 (25)

Game summaries

Northwestern

Team 1 234Total
Northwestern 0 660 12
• Notre Dame 7 01010 27
    Scoring summary
    1NDBercich 21 yard interception return (Pendergast kick)ND 7-0
    2NWLundy 6 yard pass from Williams (kick failed)ND 7-6
    3NWLundy 11 yard run (pass failed)NW 12-7
    3NDZellers 6 yard run (Pendergast kick)ND 14-12
    3NDPendergast 29 yard field goalND 17-12
    3NDPendergast 27 yard field goalND 20-12
    3NDBurris 2 yard run (Pendergast kick)ND 27-12
    See also: 1993 Northwestern Wildcats football team and Northwestern–Notre Dame football rivalry

    Michigan

    See also: 1993 Michigan Wolverines football team
    Team 1 234Total
    • Notre Dame 10 1430 27
    Michigan 3 7013 23
      Scoring summary
      1NDMcDougal 43 yard run (Pendergast kick)ND 7-0
      1MichElezovic 32 yard field goalND 7-3
      1NDPendergast 24 yard field goalND 10-3
      2NDM. Miller 56 yard punt return (Pendergast kick)ND 17-3
      2MichWheatley 1 yard run (Elezovic kick)ND 17-10
      2NDMcDougal 11 yard run (Pendergast kick)ND 24-10
      3NDPendergast 19 yard field goalND 27-10
      4MichWheatley 4 yard run (Elezovic kick)ND 27-17
      4MichHayes 13 pass from Collins (Collins pass failed)ND 27-23

      [3]

      Michigan State

      Team 1 234Total
      Michigan St 7 007 14
      • Notre Dame 0 16137 36
      Scoring summary
      1MSUThomas 1 yard run (Stoyanovich kick)MSU 7-0
      2NDFarmer 1 yard (kick failed)MSU 7-6
      2NDPendergast 26 yard field goalND 9-7
      2NDZellers 4 yard pass from McDougal (Pendergast kick)ND 16-7
      3NDPendergast 23 yard field goalND 19-7
      3NDPendergast 31 yard field goalND 22-7
      3NDEdwards 1 yard run (Pendergast kick)ND 29-7
      4NDBecton 12 yard pass from McDougal (Pendergast kick)ND 36-7
      4MSUColeman 5 yard pass from Miller (Stoyanovich kick)ND 36-14
      See also: 1993 Michigan State Spartans football team and Michigan State–Notre Dame football rivalry

      Purdue

      See also: 1993 Purdue Boilermakers football team and Notre Dame–Purdue football rivalry

      Stanford

      See also: 1993 Stanford Cardinal football team

      Pittsburgh

      Team 1 234Total
      Pittsburgh 0 000 0
      • Notre Dame 7 61021 44
      • Date: October 9
      • Location: Notre Dame Stadium
      Scoring summary
      Q1NDBecton 8 yard run (Pendergast kick)ND 7–0
      Q2NDZellars 19 yard run (kick failed)ND 13–0
      Q3NDPendergast 27 yard field goalND 16–0
      Q3NDZellars 11 yard run (Pendergast kick)ND 23–0
      Q4NDKinder 31 yard run (Pendergast kick)ND 30–0
      Q4NDFarmer 3 yard run (Marsh kick)ND 37–0
      Q4NDBurris 60 yard punt return (Schroffner kick)ND 44–0
      See also: 1993 Pittsburgh Panthers football team

      [4]

      BYU

      See also: 1993 BYU Cougars football team

      USC

      Team 1 234Total
      USC 0 706 13
      • Notre Dame 14 1430 31
      Scoring summary
      1NDBecton 70 yard run (Pendergast kick)ND 7-0
      1NDEdwards 2 yard run (Pendergast kick)ND 14-0
      2NDBurris 4 yard run (Pendergast kick)ND 21-0
      2USCStrother 13 yard pass from Johnson (Salmon kick)ND 21-7
      2NDZellars 29 yard pass from Failla (Pendergast kick)ND 28-7
      3NDPendergast 43 yard field goalND 31-7
      4USCMcWilliams 8 yard pass from Johnson (pass failed)ND 31-13
      See also: 1993 USC Trojans football team and Notre Dame–USC football rivalry

      [5]

      Team 1 234Total
      • Notre Dame 3 142120 58
      Navy 10 1430 27
      Scoring summary
      1NAVYBucchianeri 38 yard field goalNAVY 3-0
      1NDPendergast 32 yard field goalTied 3-3
      1NAVYDixon 31 yard pass from Kubiak (Bucchianeri kick)NAVY 10-3
      2NDEdwards 3 yard run (Pendergast kick)Tied 10-10
      2NAVYStramanak 1 yard run (Bucchianeri kick)NAVY 17-10
      2NDEdwards 10 yard run (Pendergast kick)Tied 17-17
      2NAVYScreen 53 yard pass from Kubiak (Bucchianeri kick)NAVY 24-17
      3NDDawson 44 hard pass from McDougal (Pendergast kick)Tied 24-24
      3NDKinder 70 yard run (Pendergast kick)ND 31-24
      3NDFarmer 9 yard run (Pendergast kick)ND 38-24
      3NAVYBucchianeri 34 yard field goalND 38-27
      4NDBurns 3 yard run (Pendergast kick)ND 45-27
      4NDEdwards 1 yard run (kick failed)ND 51-27
      4NDTaylor 31 yard interception return (Pendergast kick)ND 58-27
      See also: 1993 Navy Midshipmen football team

      [6]

      Florida State

      Team 1 234Total
      Florida State 7 0710 24
      • Notre Dame 7 1437 31
      Main article: 1993 Florida State vs. Notre Dame football game
      See also: 1993 Florida State Seminoles football team and Game of the Century (college football)

      The #2 Fighting Irish prevailed over the #1 Florida State Seminoles as ESPN's College GameDay made its first campus visit.

      Boston College

      Team 1 234Total
      • Boston College 10 14710 41
      Notre Dame 0 14322 39
      Scoring summary
      18:02BCDavid Gordon 28 yard field goalBC 3-0
      1BCIvan Boyd 5 yard pass from Glenn Foley (Gordon kick)BC 10-0
      211:58NDRay Zellars 39 yard pass from Kevin McDougal (Pendergast kick)BC 10-7
      2BCIvan Boyd 35 yard pass from Glenn Foley (Gordon kick)BC 17-7
      25:52ND#9 1 yard run (Pendergast kick)BC 17-14
      20:21BCPete Mitchell 3 yard pass from Glenn Foley (Gordon kick)BC 24-14
      311:24BCDarnell Campbell 22 yard run (Gordon kick)BC 31-14
      33:20NDPendergast 29 yard field goalBC 31-17
      411:13BCPete Mitchell 2 yard pass from Glenn Foley (Gordon kick)BC 38-17
      410:12NDLee Becton 29 yard run (Becton pass to McDougal)BC 38-25
      44:02NDRay Zellars 4 yard run (Pendergast kick)BC 38-32
      41:09NDDawson 4 yard pass from McDougal (Pendergast kick)ND 39-38
      40:00BCDavid Gordon 41 yard field goalBC 41-39
      See also: 1993 Boston College Eagles football team and Holy War (Boston College–Notre Dame)

      Texas A&M

      See also: 1993 Texas A&M Aggies football team and 1994 Cotton Bowl Classic

      Roster

      1993 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team roster
      Players Coaches
      Offense
      Pos. # Name Class
      RB 37 Travis Davis Jr
      WR 87 Lake Dawson Sr
      WR 1 Derrick Mayes So
      FB 30 Marc Edwards Fr
      TE 80 Oscar McBride Sr
      QB 15 Kevin McDougal Sr
      C 61 Tim Ruddy Sr
      OT 75 Aaron Taylor Sr
      RB 34 Ray Zellars Jr
      C 77 Dusty Zeigler So
      RB 25 Randy Kinder Fr
      QB 8 Paul Failla Jr
      		Defense
      Pos. # Name Class
      LB 47 Pete Bercich Sr
      S 9 Jeff Burris Sr
      CB 32 Willie Clark Sr
      CB 29 John Covington Sr
      DT 44 Jim Flanigan Sr
      DT 55 Oliver Gibson Sr
      DT 93 Paul Grasmanis So
      LB 49 Tony Peterson Sr
      CB 21 Bobby Taylor So
      CB 22 Shawn Wooden So
      DE 48 Renaldo Wynn So
      DE 97 Bryant Young Sr
      		Special teams
      Pos. # Name Class
      Head coach
      Coordinators/assistant coaches
      Legend
      • (C) Team captain
      • (S) Suspended
      • (I) Ineligible
      • Injured
      • Redshirt

      Awards and honors

      Team players in the NFL

      See also: 1994 NFL draft
      Player Position Round Pick NFL club
      Bryant Young Defensive tackle 1 7 San Francisco 49ers
      Aaron Taylor Tackle 1 16 Green Bay Packers
      Jeff Burris Cornerback 1 27 Buffalo Bills
      Tim Ruddy Center 2 65 Miami Dolphins
      Jim Flanigan Defensive tackle 3 74 Chicago Bears
      Willie Clark Cornerback 3 82 San Diego Chargers
      Lake Dawson Wide Receiver 3 92 Kansas City Chiefs
      John Covington Safety 5 133 Indianapolis Colts
      Tony Peterson Linebacker 5 153 San Francisco 49ers
      Pete Bercich Linebacker 7 211 Minnesota Vikings

      References

      1. ^ Fighting Irish Win Game of the Century The Tech (MIT newspaper) Mike Duffy and Andrew Heitner. Volume 113, Issue 59 : Friday, November 19, 1993
      2. ^ Angelique S. Chengelis (September 12, 1993). "U-M season under siege". The Detroit News. pp. 1E, 6E – via Newspapers.com.
      3. ^ Blue & Gold Illustrated 1994 Notre Dame Football Preview
      4. ^ Gainesville Sun. 1993 Oct 10. Retrieved 2018-Oct-28.
      5. ^ Gainesville Sun. 1993 Oct 24.
      6. ^ Gainesville Sun. 1993 Oct 31.
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