1993 UC Davis Aggies football team

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1993 UC Davis Aggies football
AWC co-champion
Conference American West Conference
Record10–2 (3–1 AWC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinator Mike Moroski (1st season)
Home stadium Toomey Field
Seasons
←  1992
1994  →
1993 American West Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 7 UC Davis +^ 3 –1 –010 –2 –0
Southern Utah + 3 –1 –03 –7 –1
Sacramento State 2 –2 –04 –6 –0
Cal Poly 1 –3 –06 –4 –0
Cal State Northridge 1 –3 –04 –6 –0
  • + – Conference co-champions
  • ^ – NCAA Division II playoff participant
  • Although UC Davis was a conference member, they participated in NCAA Division II polls and postseason.
Rankings from NCAA Division II Football Committee poll

The 1993 UC Davis football team represented the University of California, Davis as a member of the American West Conference (AWC) during the 1993 NCAA Division II football season. Led by first-year head coach Bob Biggs, UC Davis compiled an overall record of 10–2 with a mark of 3–1 in conference play, sharing the AWC title with Southern Utah. 1993 was the 24th consecutive winning season for the Aggies. UC Davis advanced to the NCAA Division II Football Championship playoffs, where they beat Fort Hays State in the first round before falling to Texas A&M–Kingsville in the quarterfinals. The team outscored its opponents 460 to 297 for the season. The Aggies played home games at Toomey Field in Davis, California.

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This was the first and only season that UC Davis competed in the AWC. The other four teams in the conference competed at the NCAA Division I-AA level. [1] Apparently, this was due to a decision by the program not to offer scholarships. [2] In 1994, UC Davis became an NCAA Division II independent.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 11 Cal Poly
W 37–264,375 [3]
September 18 Cal State Hayward *No. 12
  • Toomey Field
  • Davis, CA
W 52–133,400–3,750 [4] [5]
September 25at Southern Utah No. 10
L 27–285,829 [6]
October 2 Humboldt State *No. 14
  • Toomey Field
  • Davis, CA
W 45–97,300 [7]
October 9at Chico State *No. 17
W 35–101,638–4,863 [8] [9]
October 16at Sonoma State *No. 12
W 31–211,629 [10]
October 23 Cal State Northridge No. 9
  • Toomey Field
  • Davis, CA
W 48–387,200 [11]
October 30at Saint Mary's *No. 8
W 28–215,109 [12]
November 6 San Francisco State *No. 8
  • Toomey Field
  • Davis, CA
W 45–144,400 [13]
November 13at Sacramento State No. 7
W 47–3213,137 [14]
November 201:00 p.m. Fort Hays State *No. 7
W 37–345,100 [15] [16] [17] [18] [19]
November 271:00 p.m.No. 19 Texas A&M–Kingsville *No. 7
  • Toomey Field
  • Davis, CA (NCAA Division II Quarterfinal)
L 28–51 [20] [21] [22] [23]

[24] [25]

Notes

  1. ↑ Cossacks Stadium was renamed in 2002 to Seawolf Stadium when the University changed the name of the mascot to Seawolves.

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