1993 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team

1993 Minnesota Golden Gophers football
1993 Minnesota Golden Gophers football
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	4–7 (3–5 Big Ten)
Head coach	Jim Wacker (2nd season);
Offensive coordinator	Bob DeBesse (2nd season)
Defensive coordinator	Marc Dove (2nd season)
Captains	Dennis Cappella; Antonio Carter; Russ Heath; Robert Rogers;
Home stadium	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome
	Seasons ← 1992 1994 →

The 1993 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team represented the University of Minnesota in the 1993 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their second year under head coach Jim Wacker, the Golden Gophers compiled a 4–7 record and were outscored by their opponents by a combined total of 354 to 253.^[1]

ConferenceBig Ten Conference

Record4–7 (3–5 Big Ten)

Headcoach

Jim Wacker (2nd season)

OffensivecoordinatorBob DeBesse (2nd season)

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1993 Big Ten Conference football standings
v t e	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

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Offensive guard Rob Rogers and wide receiver Omar Douglas were named All-Big Ten second team.^[2] Defensive back Justin Conzemius, wide receiver Omar Douglas and linebacker Jeff Rosga were all named second team Academic All-Americans.^[3] Kicker Mike Chalberg, defensive back Justin Conzemius, wide receiver Omar Douglas, offensive lineman Chris Fowlkes, linebacker Peter Hiestand, offensive lineman Todd Jesewitz, linebacker Ben Langford, defensive back Jeff Rosga, linebacker Craig Sauer, tight end Mark Tangen and linebacker Lance Wolkow were named Academic All-Big Ten.^[3]

Douglas was awarded the Bronko Nagurski Award, Bruce Smith Award and Butch Nash Award.^[4] Linebacker Andrew Veit was awarded the Carl Eller Award.^[4] Long snapper Scott Williams was awarded the Bobby Bell Award.^[4] Running back Antonio Carter was awarded the Paul Giel Award.^[4]

The total home attendance for the season was 239,973, which averaged to 39,995 per game.^[5] The season attendance high was against Wisconsin, with 64,798 in attendance.^[5]

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Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 4	12:00 pm	at No. 17 Penn State	Beaver Stadium University Park, PA (Governor's Victory Bell)	MSC	L 20–38	95,387
September 11	6:00 pm	Indiana State*	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome Minneapolis, MN		W 27–10	30,719
September 18	7:00 pm	Kansas State*	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome Minneapolis, MN		L 25–30	36,245
September 25	8:00 pm	at San Diego State*	Jack Murphy Stadium San Diego, CA	KMSP	L 17–48	41,487
October 2	7:00 pm	Indiana	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome Minneapolis, MN		L 19–23	33,315
October 9	6:00 pm	Purdue	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome Minneapolis, MN		W 59–56	31,293
October 16	1:00 pm	at Northwestern	Dyche Stadium Evanston, IL		W 28–26	27,814
October 23	6:00 pm	No. 15 Wisconsin	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome Minneapolis, MN (rivalry)		W 28–21	64,798	^[6]^[7]
November 6	11:30 am	at Illinois	Memorial Stadium Champaign, IL	ESPN	L 20–23	50,192
November 13	11:30 am	Michigan	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome Minneapolis, MN (Little Brown Jug)	ESPN	L 7–58	43,603	^[8]
November 20	1:05 pm	at Iowa	Kinnick Stadium Iowa City, IA (rivalry)		L 3–21	66,840
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
Purdue	14	14	14	14	56
• Minnesota	7	14	28	10	59


Q1		PUR	Alstott 15 yard run (Bobich kick)	PUR 7–0

Q1		PUR	Rogers 1 yard run (Bobich kick)	PUR 14–0

Q1		MINN	Douglas 11 yard pass from Eckers (Chalberg kick)	PUR 14–7

Q2		PUR	Alstott 26 yard run (Bobich kick)	PUR 21–7

Q2		MINN	Darkins 1 yard run (Chalberg kick)	PUR 21–14

Q2		PUR	Rogers 1 yard run (Bobich kick)	PUR 28–14

Q2		MINN	Douglas 21 yard pass from Eckers (Chalberg kick)	PUR 28–21

Q3		PUR	Alstott 9 yard pass from Pike (Bobich kick)	PUR 35–21

Q3		MINN	Douglas 31 yard pass from Eckers (Chalberg kick)	PUR 35–28

Q3		PUR	Alstott 11 yard run (Bobich kick)	PUR 42–28

Q3		MINN	Douglas 33 yard pass from Eckers (Chalberg kick)	PUR 42–35

Q3		MINN	Douglas 1 yard pass from Eckers (Chalberg kick)	Tie 42–42

Q3		MINN	Conzemius 55 yard interception return (Chalberg kick)	MINN 49–42

Q4		PUR	Rogers 2 yard run (Bobich kick)	Tie 49–49

Q4		MINN	Garrison 26 yard pass from Eckers (Chalberg kick)	MINN 56–49

Q4		PUR	Alstott 21 yard run (Bobich kick)	Tie 56–56

Q4	:08	MINN	Chalberg 18 yard field goal	MINN 59–56

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
Wisconsin	0	0	14	7	21
• Minnesota	7	14	0	7	28


1	MINN	Darkins 39 yard pass from Eckers (Chalberg kick)	MINN 7-0

2	MINN	Rios 27 yard pass from Eckers (Chalberg kick)	MINN 14-0

2	MINN	Rosga 55 yard interception return (Chalberg kick)	MINN 21-0

3	WIS	Moss 3 yard run (Hall kick)	MINN 21-7

3	WIS	Moss 15 yard run (Hall kick)	MINN 21-14

4	MINN	Darkins 2 yard run (Chalberg kick)	MINN 28-14

4	WIS	Dawkins 16 yard pass from Bevell (Hall kick)	MINN 28-21

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