1993 BYU Cougars football team

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1993 BYU Cougars football
WAC co-champion
Holiday Bowl, L 21–28 vs. Ohio State
Conference Western Athletic Conference
Record6–6 (6–2 WAC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorRoger French (13th season)
Defensive coordinatorKen Schmidt (3rd season)
Home stadium Cougar Stadium
Seasons
  1992
1994  
1993 Western Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Fresno State + 6 2 08 4 0
Wyoming + 6 2 08 4 0
BYU + 6 2 06 6 0
Utah 5 3 07 6 0
Colorado State 5 3 05 6 0
New Mexico 4 4 06 5 0
San Diego State 4 4 06 6 0
Hawaii 3 5 06 6 0
Air Force 1 7 04 8 0
UTEP 0 8 01 11 0
  • + Conference co-champions

The 1993 BYU Cougars football team represented Brigham Young University (BYU) in the 1993 NCAA Division I-A football season.

Contents

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResult
September 4at New Mexico No. 19W 34–31
September 11 Hawaii No. 20W 41–38
September 18at Colorado State No. 19W 27–22
September 25 Air Force No. 21
  • Cougar Stadium
  • Provo, UT
W 30–3
October 9at No. 25 UCLA *No. 19L 14–68
October 16No. 3 Notre Dame *
  • Cougar Stadium
  • Provo, UT
L 20–45
October 23 Fresno State
  • Cougar Stadium
  • Provo, UT
L 45–48
October 30at Utah State *L 56–58
November 11at San Diego State W 45–44
November 20 Utah
L 31–34
November 27 UTEP
  • Cougar Stadium
  • Provo, UT
W 47–16
December 30vs. No. 11 Ohio State *
L 21–28
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Roster

1993 BYU Cougars football team roster
PlayersCoaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
OT 76 Eli Herring Jr
TE 96 Chad Lewis Fr
WR 80 Kaipo McGuire Fr
TE 88 Itula Mili Fr
WR 42Tim NowatzkeJr
G 70 Evan Pilgrim Jr
QB 7 John Walsh Jr
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
DE 56 Travis Hall Jr
LB 46Shay MuirbrookFr
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
K Joe Herrick
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

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

Roster

Season summary

Utah

Utah Utes (6–5) at BYU Cougars (5–4)
Period1234Total
Utah 14301734
BYU 3771431

at Cougar Stadium, Provo, Utah

  • Date: November 20, 1993
  • Game time: 12:00 p.m.
  • Game weather: 44 °F (7 °C)
  • Game attendance: 65,894
  • TV: KSL
  • Box Score
TeamCategoryPlayerStatistics
UtahPassing Mike McCoy 29/47, 434 yards, 3 TD, 2 INT
Rushing Jamal Anderson 32 rushes, 146 yards, TD
ReceivingGreg Hooks7 receptions, 134 yards
BYUPassing John Walsh 35/57, 423 yards, TD, 5 INT
RushingKalin Hall14 rushes, 80 yards
ReceivingTim Nowatzke6 receptions, 82 yards
External video
Nuvola apps kaboodle.svg Game highlights

Holiday Bowl (vs Ohio State)

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