1993 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team
{{short description|American college football season}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox college sports team season
| year = 1993
| team = Minnesota Golden Gophers
| sport = football
| image =
| image_size =
| conference = Big Ten Conference
| short_conf = Big Ten
| record = 4–7
| conf_record = 3–5
| head_coach = Jim Wacker
| hc_year = 2nd
| off_coach = Bob DeBesse
| oc_year = 2nd
| off_scheme =
| def_coach = Marc Dove
| dc_year = 2nd
| def_scheme =
| mvp =
| captain = Dennis Cappella
| captain2 = Antonio Carter
| captain3 = Russ Heath
| captain4 = Robert Rogers
| stadium = Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome
}}
{{1993 Big Ten Conference football standings}}
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.{{cite web|title=1993 Minnesota Golden Gophers Schedule and Results|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|work=SR/College Football|access-date=November 1, 2017|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/minnesota/1993-schedule.html}}
Offensive guard Rob Rogers and wide receiver Omar Douglas were named All-Big Ten second team.{{Citation|last=Keiser |first=Jeff |title=2007 Media Guide |pages=180 |year=2007 |url=http://www.gophersports.com//pdf6/80499.pdf?SPSID=39281&SPID=3280&DB_OEM_ID=8400 }}{{dead link|date=June 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Defensive back Justin Conzemius, wide receiver Omar Douglas and linebacker Jeff Rosga were all named second team Academic All-Americans.{{Citation|last=Keiser |first=Jeff |title=2007 Media Guide |pages=182 |year=2007 |url=http://www.gophersports.com//pdf6/80499.pdf?SPSID=39281&SPID=3280&DB_OEM_ID=8400 }}{{dead link|date=June 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} 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.
Douglas was awarded the Bronko Nagurski Award, Bruce Smith Award and Butch Nash Award.{{Citation|last=Keiser |first=Jeff |title=2007 Media Guide |pages=181 |year=2007 |url=http://www.gophersports.com//pdf6/80499.pdf?SPSID=39281&SPID=3280&DB_OEM_ID=8400 }}{{dead link|date=June 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Linebacker Andrew Veit was awarded the Carl Eller Award. Long snapper Scott Williams was awarded the Bobby Bell Award. Running back Antonio Carter was awarded the Paul Giel Award.
The total home attendance for the season was 239,973, which averaged to 39,995 per game. The season attendance high was against Wisconsin, with 64,798 in attendance.{{Citation | last = Keiser | first = Jeff | title = 2007 Media Guide | pages = 160 | year = 2007 | url = http://www.gophersports.com//pdf3/80498.pdf?SPSID=39281&SPID=3280&DB_OEM_ID=8400 }}{{Dead link|date=September 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
Schedule
{{CFB schedule
| rankyear = 1993
| poll = AP
| timezone = Central
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 4
| time = 12:00 pm
| w/l = l
| away = y
| opponent = Penn State
| opprank = 17
| site_stadium = Beaver Stadium
| site_cityst = University Park, PA
| gamename = Governor's Victory Bell
| tv = MSC
| score = 20–38
| attend = 95,387
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 11
| time = 6:00 pm
| w/l = w
| nonconf = y
| opponent = Indiana State
| site_stadium = Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome
| site_cityst = Minneapolis, MN
| tv =
| score = 27–10
| attend = 30,719
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 18
| time = 7:00 pm
| w/l = l
| nonconf = y
| opponent = Kansas State
| site_stadium = Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome
| site_cityst = Minneapolis, MN
| tv =
| score = 25–30
| attend = 36,245
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 25
| time = 8:00 pm
| w/l = l
| nonconf = y
| away = y
| opponent = San Diego State
| site_stadium = Jack Murphy Stadium
| site_cityst = San Diego, CA
| tv = KMSP
| score = 17–48
| attend = 41,487
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 2
| time = 7:00 pm
| w/l = l
| opponent = Indiana
| site_stadium = Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome
| site_cityst = Minneapolis, MN
| tv =
| score = 19–23
| attend = 33,315
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 9
| time = 6:00 pm
| w/l = w
| opponent = Purdue
| site_stadium = Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome
| site_cityst = Minneapolis, MN
| tv =
| score = 59–56
| attend = 31,293
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 16
| time = 1:00 pm
| w/l = w
| away = y
| opponent = Northwestern
| site_stadium = Dyche Stadium
| site_cityst = Evanston, IL
| tv =
| score = 28–26
| attend = 27,814
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 23
| time = 6:00 pm
| w/l = w
| homecoming = y
| opponent = Wisconsin
| opprank = 15
| site_stadium = Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome
| site_cityst = Minneapolis, MN
| gamename = rivalry
| tv =
| score = 28–21
| attend = 64,798
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 6
| time = 11:30 am
| w/l = l
| away = y
| opponent = Illinois
| site_stadium = Memorial Stadium
| site_cityst = Champaign, IL
| tv = ESPN
| score = 20–23
| attend = 50,192
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 13
| time = 11:30 am
| w/l = l
| opponent = Michigan
| site_stadium = Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome
| site_cityst = Minneapolis, MN
| gamename = Little Brown Jug
| tv = ESPN
| score = 7–58
| attend = 43,603
| source = {{cite news|title=The final: 58-7 -- and it wasn't that close|newspaper=Star Tribune|author=Jon Roe|date=November 14, 1993|pages=1C, 15C|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/38885460/the_final_587_and_it_wasnt/|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 20
| time = 1:05 pm
| w/l = l
| away = y
| opponent = Iowa
| site_stadium = Kinnick Stadium
| site_cityst = Iowa City, IA
| gamename = rivalry
| tv =
| score = 3–21
| attend = 66,840
}}
}}
Game summaries
=Purdue=
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|Title=
|Visitor=Purdue
|V1=14 |V2=14 |V3=14 |V4=14
|Host=Minnesota
|H1=7 |H2=14 |H3=28 |H4=10
|Date=October 9
|Location=Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome
|StartTime=
|TimeZone=
|ElapsedTime=
|Attendance=31,293
|Weather=Indoors (dome)
|Referee=
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{{AFB Game Box Scoring Entry |FirstEntry= yes|Quarter=Q1 |Time= |Team=PUR |Event=Alstott 15 yard run (Bobich kick) |Score=PUR 7–0 |LastEntry=}}
{{AFB Game Box Scoring Entry |FirstEntry= |Quarter=Q1 |Time= |Team=PUR |Event=Rogers 1 yard run (Bobich kick) |Score=PUR 14–0 |LastEntry=}}
{{AFB Game Box Scoring Entry |FirstEntry= |Quarter=Q1 |Time= |Team=MINN |Event=Douglas 11 yard pass from Eckers (Chalberg kick) |Score=PUR 14–7 |LastEntry=}}
{{AFB Game Box Scoring Entry |FirstEntry= |Quarter=Q2 |Time= |Team=PUR |Event=Alstott 26 yard run (Bobich kick) |Score=PUR 21–7 |LastEntry=}}
{{AFB Game Box Scoring Entry |FirstEntry= |Quarter=Q2 |Time= |Team=MINN |Event=Darkins 1 yard run (Chalberg kick) |Score=PUR 21–14 |LastEntry=}}
{{AFB Game Box Scoring Entry |FirstEntry= |Quarter=Q2 |Time= |Team=PUR |Event=Rogers 1 yard run (Bobich kick) |Score=PUR 28–14 |LastEntry=}}
{{AFB Game Box Scoring Entry |FirstEntry= |Quarter=Q2 |Time= |Team=MINN |Event= Douglas 21 yard pass from Eckers (Chalberg kick) |Score=PUR 28–21 |LastEntry=}}
{{AFB Game Box Scoring Entry |FirstEntry= |Quarter=Q3 |Time= |Team=PUR |Event=Alstott 9 yard pass from Pike (Bobich kick) |Score=PUR 35–21 |LastEntry=}}
{{AFB Game Box Scoring Entry |FirstEntry= |Quarter=Q3 |Time= |Team=MINN |Event=Douglas 31 yard pass from Eckers (Chalberg kick) |Score=PUR 35–28 |LastEntry=}}
{{AFB Game Box Scoring Entry |FirstEntry= |Quarter=Q3 |Time= |Team=PUR |Event=Alstott 11 yard run (Bobich kick) |Score=PUR 42–28 |LastEntry=}}
{{AFB Game Box Scoring Entry |FirstEntry= |Quarter=Q3 |Time= |Team=MINN |Event=Douglas 33 yard pass from Eckers (Chalberg kick) |Score=PUR 42–35 |LastEntry=}}
{{AFB Game Box Scoring Entry |FirstEntry= |Quarter=Q3 |Time= |Team=MINN |Event=Douglas 1 yard pass from Eckers (Chalberg kick) |Score=Tie 42–42 |LastEntry=}}
{{AFB Game Box Scoring Entry |FirstEntry= |Quarter=Q3 |Time= |Team=MINN |Event=Conzemius 55 yard interception return (Chalberg kick) |Score=MINN 49–42 |LastEntry=}}
{{AFB Game Box Scoring Entry |FirstEntry= |Quarter=Q4 |Time= |Team=PUR |Event=Rogers 2 yard run (Bobich kick) |Score= Tie 49–49|LastEntry=}}
{{AFB Game Box Scoring Entry |FirstEntry= |Quarter=Q4 |Time= |Team=MINN |Event=Garrison 26 yard pass from Eckers (Chalberg kick) |Score=MINN 56–49 |LastEntry=}}
{{AFB Game Box Scoring Entry |FirstEntry= |Quarter=Q4 |Time= |Team=PUR |Event=Alstott 21 yard run (Bobich kick) |Score=Tie 56–56 |LastEntry=}}
{{AFB Game Box Scoring Entry |FirstEntry= |Quarter=Q4 |Time=:08 |Team=MINN |Event= Chalberg 18 yard field goal |Score=MINN 59–56 |LastEntry=yes}}
{{AFB game box end}}
- Scott Eckers 24/36, 402 Yds, 6 TD (school record)
- Chris Darkins 30 Rush, 149 Yds, TD
- Omar Douglas 8 Rec, 149 Yds, 5 TD (Big Ten record)
Gainesville Sun. 1993 Oct 10.[https://www.nytimes.com/1993/10/10/sports/college-football-purdue-scores-56-and-loses.html NY Times]. Retrieved 2015-Sep-06.
{{Clear}}
=Wisconsin=
{{AFB game box start
|Title=
|Visitor=Wisconsin
|V1=0 |V2=0 |V3=14 |V4=7
|Host=Minnesota
|H1=7 |H2=14 |H3=0 |H4=7
|Date=October 23
|Location=Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome, Minneapolis
|StartTime=
|TimeZone=
|ElapsedTime=
|Attendance=64,798
|Weather=Indoors (dome)
|Referee=
|TVAnnouncers=
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{{AFB Game Box Scoring Entry |FirstEntry=yes |Quarter=1 |Time= |Team=MINN |Event=Darkins 39 yard pass from Eckers (Chalberg kick) |Score= MINN 7-0}}
{{AFB Game Box Scoring Entry |Quarter=2 |Time= |Team=MINN |Event=Rios 27 yard pass from Eckers (Chalberg kick) |Score= MINN 14-0}}
{{AFB Game Box Scoring Entry |Quarter=2 |Time= |Team=MINN |Event=Rosga 55 yard interception return (Chalberg kick) |Score= MINN 21-0}}
{{AFB Game Box Scoring Entry |Quarter=3 |Time= |Team=WIS |Event=Moss 3 yard run (Hall kick) |Score= MINN 21-7}}
{{AFB Game Box Scoring Entry |Quarter=3 |Time= |Team=WIS |Event=Moss 15 yard run (Hall kick) |Score= MINN 21-14}}
{{AFB Game Box Scoring Entry |Quarter=4 |Time= |Team=MINN |Event=Darkins 2 yard run (Chalberg kick) |Score= MINN 28-14}}
{{AFB Game Box Scoring Entry |Quarter=4 |Time= |Team=WIS |Event= Dawkins 16 yard pass from Bevell (Hall kick)|Score= MINN 28-21|LastEntry=yes}}
{{AFB game box end}}
{{Clear}}
Roster
{{American football roster/Header
| year = 1993
| team = Minnesota Golden Gophers
| teamcolors = y
| offensive_players=
{{American football roster/Player|num=44|class=So|first=Chris|last=Darkins|pos=RB|link=y}}
{{American football roster/Player|num=80|class=Sr|first=Omar|last=Douglas|pos=WR|link=y}}
| defensive_players=
{{American football roster/Player|num=16|class=So|first=Craig|last=Sauer|pos=LB|link=y}}
{{American football roster/Player|num=90|class=Jr|first=Ed|last=Hawthorne|pos=DT|link=y}}
| special_teams_players=
}}
{{American football roster/Footer|roster_url=https://gophersports.com/roster.aspx?roster=80
| head_coach = *Jim Wacker
| asst_coach =
| accessdate=
}}
References
{{Reflist}}
{{Minnesota Golden Gophers football navbox}}