American college football season
The 1993 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team represented the University of Notre Dame in the 1993 college football season .[ 1] The team was coached by Lou Holtz and played its home games at Notre Dame Stadium in South Bend, Indiana .
On November 13, Notre Dame played Florida State in a matchup of unbeatens , with the two ranked No. 1 and No. 2 in the AP Poll . The winner of this game, at Notre Dame Stadium in South Bend, Indiana, was certain to play No. 3 Nebraska (which would then move up to No. 2) in the Orange Bowl for the national championship.[ 2]
The next week, the Fighting Irish faced No. 17 Boston College . Although the Notre Dame offense piled up 427 yards of offense, scored 5 touchdowns, including 22 points in the last 11 minutes, the game would forever be remembered by Boston College's last drive as their kicker, David Gordon, hit a 41-yard field goal as time expired to win it 41–39, ending Notre Dame's bid for an undefeated season. Despite beating No. 7 Texas A&M in the Cotton Bowl Classic on New Year's Day, the national championship was awarded to Florida State.
Date Time Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance Source September 4 2:30 p.m. Northwestern No. 7 NBC W 27–1259,075 September 11 12:00 p.m. at No. 3 Michigan No. 11 ABC W 27–23106,851 [ 3] September 18 2:30 p.m. Michigan State No. 4 Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN (rivalry ) NBC W 36–1459,075 September 25 3:30 p.m. at Purdue No. 4 ABC W 17–067,861 October 2 3:30 p.m. at Stanford No. 4 ABC W 48–2080,300 October 9 2:30 p.m. Pittsburgh No. 4 Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN (rivalry ) NBC W 44–059,075 October 16 7:30 p.m. at BYU No. 3 ESPN W 45–2066,247 October 23 2:30 p.m. USC No. 2 Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN (rivalry ) NBC W 31–1359,075 October 30 12:00 p.m. vs. Navy No. 2 ABC W 58–2761,813 November 13 2:30 p.m. No. 1 Florida State No. 2 NBC W 31–24 59,075 November 20 1:30 p.m. No. 17 Boston College No. 1 Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN (Holy War ) NBC L 39–4159,075 January 1, 1994 4:30 p.m. vs. No. 7 Texas A&M No. 4 NBC W 24–2169,855
1993 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team roster Players Coaches Offense Defense Special teams Head coach Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt
Ranking movementsLegend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking ( ) = First-place votes Week Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Final AP 7 7 11 4 4 4 4 3 2 2 2 2 1 (62) 4 (1) 5 4 (1) 2 (12) Coaches 6 (1) 6 10 5 4 4 4 (1) 3 (2) 2 (3) 2 (3) 2 (2) 2 (2) 1 (60) 4 (1) 4 (1) 4 (1) 2 (25)
1 2 3 4 Total Northwestern 0 6 6 0 12 • Notre Dame 7 0 10 10 27
Scoring summary 1 ND Bercich 21 yard interception return (Pendergast kick) ND 7-0 2 NW Lundy 6 yard pass from Williams (kick failed) ND 7-6 3 NW Lundy 11 yard run (pass failed) NW 12-7 3 ND Zellers 6 yard run (Pendergast kick) ND 14-12 3 ND Pendergast 29 yard field goal ND 17-12 3 ND Pendergast 27 yard field goal ND 20-12 3 ND Burris 2 yard run (Pendergast kick) ND 27-12
1 2 3 4 Total • Notre Dame 10 14 3 0 27 Michigan 3 7 0 13 23
Scoring summary 1 ND McDougal 43 yard run (Pendergast kick) ND 7-0 1 Mich Elezovic 32 yard field goal ND 7-3 1 ND Pendergast 24 yard field goal ND 10-3 2 ND M. Miller 56 yard punt return (Pendergast kick) ND 17-3 2 Mich Wheatley 1 yard run (Elezovic kick) ND 17-10 2 ND McDougal 11 yard run (Pendergast kick) ND 24-10 3 ND Pendergast 19 yard field goal ND 27-10 4 Mich Wheatley 4 yard run (Elezovic kick) ND 27-17 4 Mich Hayes 13 pass from Collins (Collins pass failed) ND 27-23
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1 2 3 4 Total Michigan St 7 0 0 7 14 • Notre Dame 0 16 13 7 36
Scoring summary 1 MSU Thomas 1 yard run (Stoyanovich kick) MSU 7-0 2 ND Farmer 1 yard (kick failed) MSU 7-6 2 ND Pendergast 26 yard field goal ND 9-7 2 ND Zellers 4 yard pass from McDougal (Pendergast kick) ND 16-7 3 ND Pendergast 23 yard field goal ND 19-7 3 ND Pendergast 31 yard field goal ND 22-7 3 ND Edwards 1 yard run (Pendergast kick) ND 29-7 4 ND Becton 12 yard pass from McDougal (Pendergast kick) ND 36-7 4 MSU Coleman 5 yard pass from Miller (Stoyanovich kick) ND 36-14
1 2 3 4 Total Pittsburgh 0 0 0 0 0 • Notre Dame 7 6 10 21 44
Date: October 9Location: Notre Dame Stadium Scoring summary Q1 ND Becton 8 yard run (Pendergast kick) ND 7–0 Q2 ND Zellars 19 yard run (kick failed) ND 13–0 Q3 ND Pendergast 27 yard field goal ND 16–0 Q3 ND Zellars 11 yard run (Pendergast kick) ND 23–0 Q4 ND Kinder 31 yard run (Pendergast kick) ND 30–0 Q4 ND Farmer 3 yard run (Marsh kick) ND 37–0 Q4 ND Burris 60 yard punt return (Schroffner kick) ND 44–0
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1 2 3 4 Total USC 0 7 0 6 13 • Notre Dame 14 14 3 0 31
Scoring summary 1 ND Becton 70 yard run (Pendergast kick) ND 7-0 1 ND Edwards 2 yard run (Pendergast kick) ND 14-0 2 ND Burris 4 yard run (Pendergast kick) ND 21-0 2 USC Strother 13 yard pass from Johnson (Salmon kick) ND 21-7 2 ND Zellars 29 yard pass from Failla (Pendergast kick) ND 28-7 3 ND Pendergast 43 yard field goal ND 31-7 4 USC McWilliams 8 yard pass from Johnson (pass failed) ND 31-13
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1 2 3 4 Total • Notre Dame 3 14 21 20 58 Navy 10 14 3 0 27
Scoring summary 1 NAVY Bucchianeri 38 yard field goal NAVY 3-0 1 ND Pendergast 32 yard field goal Tied 3-3 1 NAVY Dixon 31 yard pass from Kubiak (Bucchianeri kick) NAVY 10-3 2 ND Edwards 3 yard run (Pendergast kick) Tied 10-10 2 NAVY Stramanak 1 yard run (Bucchianeri kick) NAVY 17-10 2 ND Edwards 10 yard run (Pendergast kick) Tied 17-17 2 NAVY Screen 53 yard pass from Kubiak (Bucchianeri kick) NAVY 24-17 3 ND Dawson 44 hard pass from McDougal (Pendergast kick) Tied 24-24 3 ND Kinder 70 yard run (Pendergast kick) ND 31-24 3 ND Farmer 9 yard run (Pendergast kick) ND 38-24 3 NAVY Bucchianeri 34 yard field goal ND 38-27 4 ND Burns 3 yard run (Pendergast kick) ND 45-27 4 ND Edwards 1 yard run (kick failed) ND 51-27 4 ND Taylor 31 yard interception return (Pendergast kick) ND 58-27
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1 2 3 4 Total Florida State 7 0 7 10 24 • Notre Dame 7 14 3 7 31
The #2 Fighting Irish prevailed over the #1 Florida State Seminoles as ESPN's College GameDay made its first campus visit.
1 2 3 4 Total • Boston College 10 14 7 10 41 Notre Dame 0 14 3 22 39
Scoring summary 1 8:02 BC David Gordon 28 yard field goal BC 3-0 1 BC Ivan Boyd 5 yard pass from Glenn Foley (Gordon kick) BC 10-0 2 11:58 ND Ray Zellars 39 yard pass from Kevin McDougal (Pendergast kick) BC 10-7 2 BC Ivan Boyd 35 yard pass from Glenn Foley (Gordon kick) BC 17-7 2 5:52 ND #9 1 yard run (Pendergast kick) BC 17-14 2 0:21 BC Pete Mitchell 3 yard pass from Glenn Foley (Gordon kick) BC 24-14 3 11:24 BC Darnell Campbell 22 yard run (Gordon kick) BC 31-14 3 3:20 ND Pendergast 29 yard field goal BC 31-17 4 11:13 BC Pete Mitchell 2 yard pass from Glenn Foley (Gordon kick) BC 38-17 4 10:12 ND Lee Becton 29 yard run (Becton pass to McDougal) BC 38-25 4 4:02 ND Ray Zellars 4 yard run (Pendergast kick) BC 38-32 4 1:09 ND Dawson 4 yard pass from McDougal (Pendergast kick) ND 39-38 4 0:00 BC David Gordon 41 yard field goal BC 41-39
Team players in the NFL [ edit ]
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