1993 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team

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1993 Mississippi State Bulldogs football
Conference Southeastern Conference
DivisionWestern Division
Record4–5–2 (3–4–1 SEC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinator Bruce Arians (1st season)
Defensive coordinatorBill Clay (3rd season)
Home stadium Scott Field
Seasons
  1992
1994  
1993 Southeastern Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Eastern Division
No. 5 Florida x$ 7 1 011 2 0
No. 12 Tennessee* x 6 1 19 2 1
Kentucky 4 4 06 6 0
Georgia 2 6 05 6 0
South Carolina* 2 6 04 7 0
Vanderbilt* 1 7 04 7 0
Western Division
No. 4 Auburn8 0 011 0 0
No. 14 Alabama* x 5 2 19 3 1
Arkansas* 3 4 15 5 1
LSU 3 5 05 6 0
Ole Miss* 3 5 05 6 0
Mississippi State* 2 5 13 6 2
Championship: Florida 28, Alabama 13
  • $ Conference champion
  • x Division champion/co-champions
  • † – Ineligible for the postseason due to NCAA probation.
    * – Alabama later forfeited all regular-season wins and one tie due to NCAA violations, giving an official record of 1–12 overall and 0–8 SEC. The forfeit of the tie retroactively gave Tennessee a share of the East title.
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1993 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team represented Mississippi State University during the 1993 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team's head coach was Jackie Sherrill. The Bulldogs played their home games at Scott Field in Starkville, Mississippi. The NCAA later adjusted the Bulldogs' record to 4–5–2 after making Alabama forfeit 8 games in the 1993 season.

Contents

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 46:00 p.m. Memphis State *No. 23L 35–4538,669 [1]
September 112:30 p.m. LSU
  • Scott Field
  • Starkville, MS (rivalry)
ABC L 16–1833,324 [2]
September 257:00 p.m.at Tulane *W 36–1028,580 [3]
October 211:30 a.m.at No. 5 Florida JPS L 24–3884,738 [4]
October 91:00 p.m.at No. 22 Auburn L 17–3184,222 [5]
October 166:00 p.m. South Carolina
  • Scott Field
  • Starkville, MS
PPV W 23–033,915 [6]
October 236:00 p.m. Arkansas State *
  • Scott Field
  • Starkville, MS
T 15–1533,878 [7]
October 301:00 p.m. Kentucky
  • Scott Field
  • Starkville, MS
L 17–2628,607 [8]
November 63:00 p.m.at No. 18 Arkansas T 13–1350,075 [9]
November 132:30 p.m.at No. 12 Alabama ABCW 25–36 (Alabama forfeit)70,123 [10] [11]
November 271:30 p.m. Ole Miss
W 20–1340,328 [12]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time

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Roster

1993 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team roster
PlayersCoaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
WR 1Eric Moulds
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

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

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