1993 Michigan State Spartans football
Liberty Bowl, L 7–18 vs. Louisville
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Record6–6 (4–4 Big Ten)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorMorris Watts (7th season)
Defensive coordinatorNorm Parker (6th season)
MVPBrice Abrams, Jim Miller
CaptainBrice Abrams, Rob Fredrickson
Home stadiumSpartan Stadium
Seasons
← 1992
1994 →
1993 Big Ten Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   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 Michigan State Spartans football team competed on behalf of Michigan State University as a member of the Big Ten Conference during the 1993 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by 11th-year head coach George Perles, the Spartans compiled an overall record of 6–6 with a mark of 4–4 in conference play. The Spartans went 6–6 overall and 4–4 in conference play, placing seventh in the Big Ten. Michigan State was invited to the 1993 Liberty Bowl and was defeated by Louisville, 18–7. The team played home games at Spartan Stadium in East Lansing, Michigan.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 113:30 p.m.Kansas*
ABCW 31–1453,797
September 182:30 p.m.at No. 5 Notre Dame*
NBCL 14–3659,075
September 251:00 p.m.Central Michigan*
  • Spartan Stadium
  • East Lansing, MI
W 48–3466,533
October 93:30 p.m.No. 9 Michigan
  • Spartan Stadium
  • East Lansing, MI (rivalry)
ABCW 17–778,311[1]
October 163:30 p.m.at No. 5 Ohio StateNo. 25
ABCL 21–2893,989
October 2312:30 p.m.IowadaggerNo. 24
  • Spartan Stadium
  • East Lansing, MI
ESPNW 24–1064,726[2]
October 302:00 p.m.at No. 23 IndianaNo. 22
L 0–1040,110
November 61:00 p.m.Northwestern
  • Spartan Stadium
  • East Lansing, MI
W 31–2952,073
November 131:00 p.m.at Purdue
W 27–2430,856
November 2712:00 p.m.No. 14 Penn StateNo. 25
  • Spartan Stadium
  • East Lansing, MI (rivalry)
ABCL 37–3853,482
December 511:00 p.m.vs. No. 10 WisconsinNo. 25
L 20–4151,000[3]
December 288:00 p.m.vs. No. 25 Louisville*
ESPNL 7–1821,097
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

Roster

1993 Michigan State Spartans football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
OT 79 Brian DeMarco Jr
FB 47 Scott Greene So
OT 63 Shane Hannah Jr
QB 16 Jim Miller Sr
WR 1 Muhsin Muhammad So
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
SS 24 Myron Bell Sr
LB 83 Rob Fredrickson Sr
FS 2 Corey Keyes Sr
SS 37 Steve Wasylk Sr
DB 18 Brian Winters Sr
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

Game summaries

Michigan

1 234Total
Michigan 0 070 7
• Michigan St 10 700 17
Scoring summary
Q1MSUAbrams 3 yard run (Stoyanovich kick)MSU 7–0
Q19:11MSUStoyanovich 47 yard field goalMSU 10–0
Q211:23MSUGreene 3 yard pass from Miller (Stoyanovich kick)MSU 17–0
Q3MICHAlexander 21 yard pass from Collins (Elezovic kick)MSU 17–7

1994 NFL Draft

The following players were selected in the 1994 NFL Draft.

Player Round Pick Position NFL Team
Rob Fredrickson 1 22 Linebacker Los Angeles Raiders
Myron Bell 5 140 Safety Pittsburgh Steelers
Jim Miller 6 178 Quarterback Pittsburgh Steelers
Brice Abrams 7 209 Running back Pittsburgh Steelers

References

  1. ^ Terry Cabell (October 10, 1993). "Sparkling Spartans". The Detroit News. pp. 1E, 12E – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Scoreboard". The Telegraph-Herald. October 24, 1993.
  3. ^ David E. Sanger (December 6, 1993). "COLLEGE FOOTBALL; Wisconsin Is on Top a World Away". New York Times.


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