1993 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team

1993 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football

Cotton Bowl Classic champion
Cotton Bowl Classic, W 24–21 vs. Texas A&M
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]

Main article: 1993 Florida State vs. Notre Dame football game

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

In the Holy War match against Boston College, BC beat Notre Dame to claim the Frank Leahy Memorial Bowl.
Notre Dame beat Michigan State to claim the Megaphone Trophy.
Notre Dame beat Purdue to claim the Shillelagh Trophy.
Notre Dame beat USC to claim the Jeweled Shillelagh.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 4	2:30 p.m.	Northwestern*	No. 6	Notre Dame Stadium • Notre Dame, IN (Rivalry)	NBC	W 27–12	59,075
September 11	12:00 p.m.	at No. 2 Michigan*	No. 10	Michigan Stadium • Ann 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 Stadium • West Lafayette, IN (Shillelagh Trophy)	ABC	W 17–0	67,861
October 2	3:30 p.m.	at Stanford*	No. 4	Stanford Stadium • Stanford, 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 Stadium • Provo, 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 Stadium • Philadelphia, 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 Bowl • Dallas, TX (Cotton Bowl Classic)	NBC	W 24–21	69,855
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Game summaries

Michigan State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Michigan St	7	0	0	7	14
• Notre Dame	0	16	13	7	36

Date: September 18
Location: Notre Dame Stadium, South Bend, IN

Source:

Scoring summary

1	MSU	Thomas 1 yard run (Stoyanovich kick)	MSU 7-0

2	ND	Farmer 1 yard (kick failed)	MSU 7-6

2	ND	Pendergast 26 yard field goal	ND 9-7

2	ND	Zellers 4 yard pass from McDougal (Pendergast kick)	ND 16-7

3	ND	Pendergast 23 yard field goal	ND 19-7

3	ND	Pendergast 31 yard field goal	ND 22-7

3	ND	Edwards 1 yard run (Pendergast kick)	ND 29-7

4	ND	Becton 12 yard pass from McDougal (Pendergast kick)	ND 36-7

4	MSU	Coleman 5 yard pass from Miller (Stoyanovich kick)	ND 36-14

USC

	1	2	3	4	Total
USC	0	7	0	6	13
• Notre Dame	14	14	3	0	31

Date: October 23
Location: Notre Dame Stadium, South Bend, IN
Game attendance: 59,075
Television network: NBC

Scoring summary

1	ND	Becton 70 yard run (Pendergast kick)	ND 7-0

1	ND	Edwards 2 yard run (Pendergast kick)	ND 14-0

2	ND	Burris 4 yard run (Pendergast kick)	ND 21-0

2	USC	Strother 13 yard pass from Johnson (Salmon kick)	ND 21-7

2	ND	Zellars 29 yard pass from Failla (Pendergast kick)	ND 28-7

3	ND	Pendergast 43 yard field goal	ND 31-7

4	USC	McWilliams 8 yard pass from Johnson (pass failed)	ND 31-13

^[3]

Navy

	1	2	3	4	Total
• Notre Dame	3	14	21	20	58
Navy	10	14	3	0	27

Date: October 30
Location: Veterans Stadium, Philadelphia, PA
Game attendance: 61,813

Scoring summary

1	NAVY	Bucchianeri 38 yard field goal	NAVY 3-0

1	ND	Pendergast 32 yard field goal	Tied 3-3

1	NAVY	Dixon 31 yard pass from Kubiak (Bucchianeri kick)	NAVY 10-3

2	ND	Edwards 3 yard run (Pendergast kick)	Tied 10-10

2	NAVY	Stramanak 1 yard run (Bucchianeri kick)	NAVY 17-10

2	ND	Edwards 10 yard run (Pendergast kick)	Tied 17-17

2	NAVY	Screen 53 yard pass from Kubiak (Bucchianeri kick)	NAVY 24-17

3	ND	Dawson 44 hard pass from McDougal (Pendergast kick)	Tied 24-24

3	ND	Kinder 70 yard run (Pendergast kick)	ND 31-24

3	ND	Farmer 9 yard run (Pendergast kick)	ND 38-24

3	NAVY	Bucchianeri 34 yard field goal	ND 38-27

4	ND	Burns 3 yard run (Pendergast kick)	ND 45-27

4	ND	Edwards 1 yard run (kick failed)	ND 51-27

4	ND	Taylor 31 yard interception return (Pendergast kick)	ND 58-27

^[4]

Awards and honors

Aaron Taylor: Lombardi Award

References

↑ "Notre Dame Yearly Results (1990-1994)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Retrieved July 26, 2015.
↑ Fighting Irish Win Game of the Century The Tech (MIT newspaper) Mike Duffy and Andrew Heitner. Volume 113, Issue 59 : Friday, November 19, 1993
↑ Gainesville Sun. 1993 Oct 24.
↑ Gainesville Sun. 1993 Oct 31.

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