1993 Penn State Nittany Lions football team

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1993 Penn State Nittany Lions football
Penn State text logo.svg
Florida Citrus Bowl champion
Conference Big Ten Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 7
APNo. 8
Record10–2 (6–2 Big Ten)
Head coach
Offensive coordinator Fran Ganter (10th season)
Offensive scheme Pro-style
Defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky (17th season)
Base defense 4–3
Home stadium Beaver Stadium
Seasons
  1992
1994  
1993 Big Ten Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 6 Wisconsin + 6 1 110 1 1
No. 11 Ohio State + 6 1 110 1 1
No. 8 Penn State 6 2 010 2 0
Indiana 5 3 08 4 0
No. 21 Michigan 5 3 08 4 0
Illinois 5 3 05 6 0
Michigan State 4 4 06 6 0
Iowa 3 5 06 6 0
Minnesota 3 5 04 7 0
Northwestern 0 8 02 9 0
Purdue 0 8 01 10 0
  • + Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1993 Penn State Nittany Lions football team represented the Pennsylvania State University in the 1993 NCAA Division I-A football season. [1] The team was coached by Joe Paterno and played its home games in Beaver Stadium in University Park, Pennsylvania. This was Penn State's first season as a member of the Big Ten Conference.

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Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 41:00 p.m. Minnesota No. 17W 38–2095,387
September 113:30 p.m. USC *No. 15
  • Beaver Stadium
  • University Park, PA
ABC W 21–2095,992
September 183:30 p.m.at Iowa No. 14ABCW 31–070,397
September 257:30 p.m. Rutgers *No. 9
  • Beaver Stadium
  • University Park, PA
ESPN W 31–795,092
October 27:00 p.m.at Maryland *No. 9W 70–742,008 [2]
October 1612:00 p.m.No. 18 Michigan No. 7
  • Beaver Stadium
  • University Park, PA (rivalry)
ABCL 13–2196,719 [3]
October 303:30 p.m.at No. 3 Ohio State No. 12ABCL 6–2495,060
November 61:00 p.m.No. 17 Indiana Dagger-14-plain.pngNo. 19
  • Beaver Stadium
  • University Park, PA
W 38–3191,000
November 133:30 p.m. Illinois No. 16
  • Beaver Stadium
  • University Park, PA
ABCW 28–1490,000
November 202:00 p.m.at Northwestern No. 14W 43–2130,355
November 2712:00 p.m.at No. 25 Michigan State No. 14ABCW 38–3753,482
January 1, 19941:00 p.m.vs. No. 6 Tennessee *No. 13ABCW 31–1372,456 [4]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Dagger-14-plain.pngHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

Game summaries

Ohio State

Penn State Nittany Lions at Ohio State Buckeyes
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Ohio St 7107024

at Ohio Stadium, Columbus, Ohio

Game information

Roster

1993 Penn State Nittany Lions football team roster
PlayersCoaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
RB 2 Mike Archie So
TE 81 Kyle Brady Jr
RB 32 Ki-Jana Carter So
QB 12 Kerry Collins Jr
WR 10 Bobby Engram So
C 60 Bucky Greeley Jr
G 50 Jeff Hartings So
OT 68Andre JohnsonSo
RB 29 Brian O'Neal Sr
G 54 Marco Rivera So
QB 9 John Sacca Jr
FB 38 Jon Witman So
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
DT 55 Lou Benfatti So
S 46 Marlon Forbes Jr
LB 16Brian GelzheiserJr
LB 80 Rob Holmberg Sr
DT 97 Tyoka Jackson Sr
DT 93 Brandon Noble Fr
LB 51Greg HarenSo
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

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

Roster

NFL Draft

Four Nittany Lions were drafted in the 1994 NFL Draft.

RoundPickOverallNamePositionTeam
3rd2994 Lou Benfatti Defensive tackle New York Jets
5th3134 Shelly Hammonds Defensive back Minnesota Vikings
6th29180 Eric Ravotti Linebacker Pittsburgh Steelers
7th23217 Rob Holmberg Linebacker Los Angeles Raiders

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References

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