1993 Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles football team

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1993 Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles football
Conference Ohio Valley Conference
Record8–3 (7–1 OVC)
Head coach
Home stadium Tucker Stadium
Seasons
  1992
1994 
1993 Ohio Valley Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 17 Eastern Kentucky $^ 8 0 08 4 0
No. 22 Tennessee Tech 7 1 08 3 0
Tennessee–Martin 5 3 06 5 0
Middle Tennessee 4 4 05 6 0
Murray State 4 4 04 7 0
Tennessee State 4 4 04 7 0
Morehead State 2 6 03 8 0
Southeast Missouri State 2 6 03 8 0
Austin Peay 0 8 01 10 0
  • $ Conference champion
  • ^ NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from The Sports Network poll

The 1993 Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles football team represented Tennessee Technological University (commonly referred to as Tennessee Tech) as a member of the Ohio Valley Conference (OVC) during the 1993 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Led by eighth-year head coach Jim Ragland, the Golden Eagles compiled an overall record of 8–3, with a mark of 7–1 in conference play, and finished second in the OVC.

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 4 Illinois State *L 18–23 [1]
September 11 Lock Haven *
  • Tucker Stadium
  • Cookeville, TN
W 45–14 [2]
September 18at No. 15 Samford *L 3–30 [3]
September 25 Morehead State
  • Tucker Stadium
  • Cookeville, TN
W 21–3 [4]
October 2 Austin Peay
  • Tucker Stadium
  • Cookeville, TN
W 35–172,317 [5]
October 9at Southeast Missouri State W 24–3 [6]
October 16 Tennessee–Martin
  • Tucker Stadium
  • Cookeville, TN
W 20–3 [7]
October 23at Eastern Kentucky L 7–10 [8]
October 30 Murray State
  • Tucker Stadium
  • Cookeville, TN
W 31–16 [9]
November 6at Tennessee State W 24–212,752 [10]
November 20 Middle Tennessee No. 24
  • Tucker Stadium
  • Cookeville, TN
W 35–14 [11]

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The 1991 Tennessee State Tigers football team represented Tennessee State University as a member of the Ohio Valley Conference (OVC) during the 1991 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Led by third-year head coach Joe Gilliam Sr., the Tigers compiled an overall record of 3–8, with a conference record of 2–5, and finished tied for sixth in the OVC.

The 1989 Eastern Kentucky Colonels football team represented Eastern Kentucky University as a member of the Ohio Valley Conference (OVC) during the 1989 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Led by 26th-year head coach Roy Kidd, the Colonels compiled an overall record of 9–3, with a mark of 5–1 in conference play, and finished second in the OVC. Eastern Kentucky advanced to the NCAA Division I-AA First Round and were defeated by Youngstown State.

The 1978 Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles football team represented Tennessee Technological University as a member of the Ohio Valley Conference (OVC) during the 1978 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Led by 11th-year head coach Don Wade, the Golden Eagles compiled an overall record of 5–6, with a mark of 4–3 in conference play, and finished tied for third in the OVC.

The 1979 Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles football team represented Tennessee Technological University as a member of the Ohio Valley Conference (OVC) during the 1979 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Led by 12th-year head coach Don Wade, the Golden Eagles compiled an overall record of 1–8–2, with a mark of 0–5–1 in conference play, and finished last in the OVC.

The 1982 Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles football team represented Tennessee Technological University as a member of the Ohio Valley Conference (OVC) during the 1982 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Led by 15th-year head coach Don Wade, the Golden Eagles compiled an overall record of 3–8, with a mark of 1–6 in conference play, and finished last in the OVC.

The 1984 Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles football team represented Tennessee Technological University as a member of the Ohio Valley Conference (OVC) during the 1984 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Led by second-year head coach Gary Darnell, the Golden Eagles compiled an overall record of 0–11, with a mark of 0–7 in conference play, and finished eighth in the OVC.

The 1985 Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles football team represented Tennessee Technological University as a member of the Ohio Valley Conference (OVC) during the 1985 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Led by third-year head coach Gary Darnell, the Golden Eagles compiled an overall record of 1–10, with a mark of 1–6 in conference play, and finished seventh in the OVC.

The 1989 Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles football team represented Tennessee Technological University as a member of the Ohio Valley Conference (OVC) during the 1989 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Led by fourth-year head coach Jim Ragland, the Golden Eagles compiled an overall record of 5–5, with a mark of 3–3 in conference play, and finished tied for third in the OVC.

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The 1992 Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles football team represented Tennessee Technological University as a member of the Ohio Valley Conference (OVC) during the 1992 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Led by seventh-year head coach Jim Ragland, the Golden Eagles compiled an overall record of 7–4, with a mark of 6–2 in conference play, and finished third in the OVC.

The 1992 Murray State Racers football team represented Murray State University during the 1992 NCAA Division I-AA football season as a member of the Ohio Valley Conference (OVC). Led by sixth-year head coach Mike Mahoney, the Racers compiled an overall record of 2–9, with a mark of 1–7 in conference play, and finished ninth in the OVC.

The 1993 Tennessee–Martin Pacers football team represented the University of Tennessee at Martin as a member of the Ohio Valley Conference (OVC) during the 1993 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Led by eighth-year head coach Don McLeary, the Pacers compiled an overall record of 6–5, with a mark of 5–3 in conference play, and finished third in the OVC.

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The 1993 Morehead State Eagles football team represented Morehead State University as a member of the Ohio Valley Conference (OVC) during the 1993 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Led by fourth-year head coach Cole Proctor, the Eagles compiled an overall record of 2–6, with a mark of 3–5 in conference play, and finished tied for seventh in the OVC.

References

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