1993 Miami Hurricanes football team

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1993 Miami Hurricanes football
Miami Hurricanes logo.svg
Fiesta Bowl, L 0–29 vs. Arizona
Conference Big East Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 15
APNo. 15
Record9–3 (6–1 Big East)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorRich Olson (2nd season)
Offensive scheme One-Back Spread
Co-defensive coordinator Greg McMackin (1st season)
Co-defensive coordinator Tommy Tuberville (1st season)
Home stadium Miami Orange Bowl
(Capacity: 74,712)
Seasons
  1992
1994  
1993 Big East Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 7 West Virginia $ 7 0 011 1 0
No. 15 Miami (FL) 6 1 09 3 0
No. 13 Boston College 5 2 09 3 0
No. 22 Virginia Tech 4 3 09 3 0
Syracuse 3 4 06 4 1
Pittsburgh 2 5 03 8 0
Rutgers 1 6 04 7 0
Temple 0 7 01 10 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1993 Miami Hurricanes football team represented the University of Miami during the 1993 NCAA Division I-A football season. It was the Hurricanes' 68th season of football and third as a member of the Big East Conference. The Hurricanes were led by fifth-year head coach Dennis Erickson and played their home games at the Orange Bowl. They finished the season 9–3 overall and 6–1 in the Big East to finish in second place. They were invited to the Fiesta Bowl where they lost to Arizona, 29–0.

Contents

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 43:30 pmat No. 21 Boston College No. 3 ABC W 23–733,298
September 184:00 pm Virginia Tech No. 3W 21–255,753 [1]
September 253:30 pmat No. 13 Colorado *No. 3ABCW 35–2952,391
October 24:00 pmNo. 7 (I-AA) Georgia Southern *No. 3
  • Miami Orange Bowl
  • Miami, FL
W 30–743,147
October 912:00 pmat No. 1 Florida State *No. 3ABCL 10–2877,813 [2]
October 237:30 pm Syracuse No. 6
  • Miami Orange Bowl
  • Miami, FL
ESPN W 49–063,194
October 3012:00 pm Temple No. 4
  • Miami Orange Bowl
  • Miami, FL
BEN W 42–733,927
November 612:00 pmat Pittsburgh No. 4BENW 35–732,064
November 134:00 pm Rutgers No. 3
  • Miami Orange Bowl
  • Miami, FL
W 31–1752,561
November 203:30 pmat No. 9 West Virginia No. 4ABCL 14–1770,222 [3]
November 277:30 pm Memphis State *No. 9
  • Miami Orange Bowl
  • Miami, FL
ESPNW 41–1738,737
January 11:00 pmvs. No. 16 Arizona *No. 10 NBC L 0–2972,260
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

Game summaries

At Florida State

Miami (FL) at Florida State
1234Total
Hurricanes700310
Seminoles1470728
  • Date: October 9
  • Location: Doak Campbell Stadium
  • Game attendance: 77,813

Syracuse

1234Total
Syracuse00000
Miami (FL)141414749

[4]

Vs. Arizona (Fiesta Bowl)

Roster

1993 Miami Hurricanes football team roster
PlayersCoaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
FB 30 Donnell Bennett Jr
QB 11 Frank Costa Jr
WR 7 Jammi German Fr
RB 28 James Stewart So
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
LB 49 Robert Bass Sr
DT 94 Dwayne Johnson Jr
LB 52 Ray Lewis Fr
DE 93RJ Davis Sr
DT 43 Patrick Riley Jr
DT 76 Warren Sapp So
DB 34Dexter SeiglerSr
LB 50Lawrence HeartleySo
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
P 17Maurice WashingtonSo
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Cruz Roja.svg Injured
  • Redshirt.svg Redshirt

Roster

Awards and honors

Jack Harding University of Miami MVP Award

1994 NFL Draft

PlayerPositionRoundPickNFL club
Donnell Bennett Running back 2nd58 Kansas City Chiefs
Darren Krein Defensive end 5th150 San Diego Chargers

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