1993 Wisconsin Badgers football team

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1993 Wisconsin Badgers football
Wisconsin Badgers logo.svg
Big Ten co-champion
Rose Bowl champion
Rose Bowl, W 2116 vs. UCLA
Conference Big Ten Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 5
APNo. 6
Record1011 (611 Big Ten)
Head coach
Offensive coordinator Brad Childress (2nd as OC; 3rd overall season)
Defensive coordinator Dan McCarney (4th season)
Base defense 3–4
MVP Brent Moss
Captain Joe Panos
Lamark Shackerford
Home stadium Camp Randall Stadium
(Capacity: 77,745)
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 Wisconsin Badgers football team represented the University of Wisconsin during the 1993 NCAA Division I-A football season. They were led by fourth year head coach Barry Alvarez and participated as members of the Big Ten Conference. The Badgers played their home games at Camp Randall Stadium in Madison, Wisconsin.

Contents

Season

Over the course of the season, Wisconsin was the top team in the Big Ten in terms of passing efficiency, with QB Darrell Bevell recording an impressive 155.2 in that category. RB Brent Moss ran for 1,637 yards on 312 carries, winning Big Ten Player of the Year Honors, the first Wisconsin player to receive this award since Ron Vander Kelen in the 1962 season.

After starting the season 3–0, including a win in their Big Ten opener against Indiana, team co-captain Joe Panos was asked by a reporter whether he thought Michigan or Ohio State would win the conference, to which Panos sharply responded, "Well, why not Wisconsin?" [1] Panos' words served to inspire the team and the school, using the rally cry of "Why Not Wisconsin?" for the rest of the season.

The Badgers lost in a stunning upset to a mediocre Minnesota team in their annual rivalry game for their first and only loss of the season. Footage from this game held at the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome was used in the television series Coach to represent the fictional Minnesota State and West Texas Universities in the "Pioneer Bowl" at the Alamodome.

However, in the next game, Wisconsin defeated Michigan for the first time since 1981. After a tie against Ohio State, the Badgers needed to win their final game of the year against Michigan State and an Ohio State loss to Michigan to secure their first trip to the Rose Bowl since 1963. Michigan's 280 shut out of Ohio State opened the door, and then Wisconsin defeated #25 Michigan State in the last Coca-Cola Classic in Tokyo, Japan to win a share of Big Ten Conference title and the invitation to the 1994 Rose Bowl.

The Badgers finished their most successful season since 1962, highlighted by their first Rose Bowl win, as they defeated the UCLA Bruins 2116. Unfortunately, the season is also remembered for the tragic "Camp Randall Crush" where several people were severely injured during a field rush after the Badgers defeated Michigan.

Individual awards and honors

Schedule and results

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 41:05 p.m. Nevada *W 35–1766,557 [2]
September 117:00 p.m.at SMU *W 24–1619,013 [3]
September 181:05 p.m. Iowa State *No. 24
  • Camp Randall Stadium
  • Madison, WI
W 28–777,745 [4]
September 2511:30 a.m.at Indiana No. 23 ESPN W 27–1534,306 [5]
October 91:05 p.m. Northwestern Dagger-14-plain.pngNo. 21
  • Camp Randall Stadium
  • Madison, WI
W 53–1477,745 [6]
October 1611:30 a.m.at Purdue No. 16ESPNW 42–2837,112 [7]
October 236:00 p.m.at Minnesota No. 15L 21–2864,798 [8]
October 3011:35 a.m.No. 24 Michigan No. 21
  • Camp Randall Stadium
  • Madison, WI
ESPNW 13–1077,745 [9] [10]
November 62:30 p.m.No. 3 Ohio State No. 15
  • Camp Randall Stadium
  • Madison, WI
ABC T 14–1477,745 [11]
November 202:30 p.m.at Illinois No. 14ABCW 35–1048,083 [12]
December 59:00 p.m.vs. No. 25 Michigan State No. 10ESPNW 41–2051,500 [13]
January 1, 19944:00 p.m.vs. No. 13 UCLA *No. 9ABCW 21–16101,237 [14]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Dagger-14-plain.pngHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend:██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
RV = Received votes
Week
PollPre123456789101112131415Final
AP RVRVRV24232221161521151412101096
Coaches Poll RVRVRV252220191612201413118775

Roster

1993 Wisconsin Badgers football team roster
PlayersCoaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
OL 77Tyler Adam Redshirt.svg  Sr
OL 57David Anderson Redshirt.svg  So
WR 25Kerwin Badie Redshirt.svg  Fr
QB 11 Darrell Bevell So
QB 3Michael Brin Redshirt.svg  So
WR 12Jevon Brunston Redshirt.svg  Fr
RB 20Jason Burns Redshirt.svg  Jr
OL 68Cayetano Castro Redshirt.svg  Fr
OL 63James Darby Redshirt.svg  Fr
WR 1J.C. Dawkins Redshirt.svg  Jr
WR 2 Lee DeRamus Jr
OL 69 Derek Engler Redshirt.svg  Fr
RB 41 Terrell Fletcher Jr
QB 15Jeff FordeFr
OL 59Mike Galletti Redshirt.svg  Fr
QB 17Darren HoltFr
WR 21Keith JacksonJr
RB 22Ron JohnsonSo
RB 34Nikki Kemp Redshirt.svg  Jr
WR 18Chris Kennedy Redshirt.svg  Jr
OL 79Shane Kreke Redshirt.svg  So
WR 4Michael LondonJr
TE 9Kevin Lyles Redshirt.svg  Fr
QB 16Jay MaciasJr
QB 19Ben McCormickFr
RB 13 Carl McCullough Fr
RB 32Mark MontgomerySr
RB 33 Brent Moss Redshirt.svg  Jr
RB 26Robert Nelson Redshirt.svg  So
TE 31Matt Nyquist Redshirt.svg  So
G 58 Joe Panos  (C)Sr
OL 51Brian Patterson Redshirt.svg  Jr
OL 56Mike Rader Redshirt.svg  Fr
C 52 Cory Raymer Jr
TE 81 Michael Roan Jr
RB 44Royce RobertsonFr
OL 72John Rohde Redshirt.svg  Fr
G 63 Joe Rudolph Jr
WR 84Archie SealeFr
WR 82 Tony Simmons Fr
QB 10Dirk StangerFr
OL 60Steve Stark Redshirt.svg  So
WR 24Reggie TorianFr
RB 45Jeff Wirth Redshirt.svg  Sr
OT 71 Jerry Wunsch Fr
OL 65James Vanderveldt Redshirt.svg  Fr
OT 67 Mike Verstegen Redshirt.svg  Jr
WR 87Vince Zullo Redshirt.svg  Jr
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
WR 85Steve Baffico Redshirt.svg  So
DB 23 Donny Brady Jr
DB 5Jamel Brown Redshirt.svg  Jr
LB 98Yusef BurgessJr
DB 30Theo Carney Redshirt.svg  Jr
DB 11Mike CarrFr
DB 19 Daryl Carter Fr
OLB 51 Chad Cascadden Redshirt.svg  Jr
LB 52Phil Chavez Redshirt.svg  Jr
OLB 36Azree Commander Redshirt.svg  Fr
DB 18Dwayne CuffFr
LB 39Pete Diatelevi Redshirt.svg  Fr
LB 34Brian FlaniganFr
DT 92 Carlos Fowler Sr
CB 3 Kenny Gales Jr
DL 96Al Gay Redshirt.svg  Fr
LB 46Terry Glavin Redshirt.svg  So
DB 27Damon GlennFr
OLB 63Derek GreeneFr
DB 22Trent Gross Redshirt.svg  Fr
DL 95Todd HalburFr
DB 31Troy Hegg Redshirt.svg  Fr
OLB 50Chris Hein Redshirt.svg  Jr
DB 2Eric Holder Redshirt.svg  Fr
S 10 Reggie Holt Redshirt.svg  Jr
DL 59Joe InnisFr
LB 6Royston JonesSo
OLB 85 Bryan Jurewicz Redshirt.svg  Fr
DB 4Greg Keigher Redshirt.svg  Fr
DB 9Dave Knaack Redshirt.svg  Fr
DL 67Steve Kouba Redshirt.svg  So
DL 61Lee Krueger Redshirt.svg  Sr
LB 53Jason Levine Redshirt.svg  Sr
OLB 88Rob LurtsemaFr
LB 56David LysekFr
DT 70 Jason Maniecki Redshirt.svg  So
CB 29Jeff Messenger Redshirt.svg  Jr
LB 48 Pete Monty Fr
S 37Scott Nelson Redshirt.svg  Sr
LB 54 Todd Orlando Redshirt.svg  Sr
DB 32Eric Pollex Redshirt.svg  So
LB 8Sylas PrattJr
OLB 93Nick Rafko Redshirt.svg  Sr
DB 24John Rhymes Redshirt.svg  Jr
DB 13R.J. Safranek
OLB 42 Tarek Saleh Fr
LB 56Dan Schneck Redshirt.svg  Fr
DB 49Henry SearcySr
DL 62Lamark Shackerford (C)Sr
DL 90Haywood Simmons Redshirt.svg  So
DB 38Ronald SmithFr
DL 91Rod Spiller Redshirt.svg  Fr
DB 28 Jason Suttle Fr
DL 94Rafael Tercarolli Redshirt.svg  Fr
DT 66 Mike Thompson Redshirt.svg  Jr
DL 75John TodrykFr
LB 47 Eric Unverzagt Redshirt.svg  So
DB 20Scott WagnerFr
DB 7Cyril Weems Redshirt.svg  Fr
LB 55Chad Yocum  Cruz Roja.svg Sr
DB 15Scott Young Redshirt.svg  So
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
K 14 John Hall Redshirt.svg  Fr
K 97Matt KruegerJr
K 23Bryan Mader
K 90Paul SanderFr
K 98Rick SchnetzkyFr
P 26Sam VeitJr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
  • Brad ChildressOffensive coordinator/quarterbacks
  • Dan McCarneyDefensive coordinator/defensive line
  • Bill CallahanOffensive line
  • Kevin Cosgrove – Inside linebackers
  • Jim Hueber – Running backs
  • Tom McMahon – Defensive backs
  • Jay NorvellWide receivers/Special Teams
  • John PalermoAssistant Head Coach/outside linebackers
  • Bernie Wyatt – Tight ends
  • Rob IanelloRecruiting coordinator

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

Regular starters

Game summaries

Nevada

At SMU

Iowa State

At Indiana

Northwestern

At Purdue

At Minnesota

Michigan

Ohio State

#3 Ohio State Buckeyes at #15 Wisconsin Badgers
Quarter1234Total
#3 Ohio State700714
#15 Wisconsin077014

at Camp Randall StadiumMadison, WI

  • Date: November 6
  • Game time: 2:30 PM CST
  • Game attendance: 77,745
  • TV: ABC
Game information

At Illinois

vs Michigan State

vs UCLA–Rose Bowl

Team players selected in the 1994 NFL Draft

PlayerPositionRoundOverall SelectionNFL Team
Joe Panos Center377 Philadelphia Eagles
Mark MontgomeryRunning Back7206 Philadelphia Eagles

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