The 1993 Michigan State Spartans football team competed on behalf of Michigan State University in the Big Ten Conference during the 1993 NCAA Division I-A football season. Head coach George Perles was in his eleventh season with the Spartans. Michigan State played their home games at Spartan Stadium in East Lansing, Michigan. The Spartans went 6–6 overall and 4–4 in conference play.[1] Michigan State was invited to the 1993 Liberty Bowl and was defeated by Louisville, 7–18.
Schedule
Date |
Time |
Opponent# |
Rank# |
Site |
TV |
Result |
Attendance |
September 11 |
3:30 PM |
Kansas* |
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Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, MI |
ABC |
W 31–14 |
53,797 |
September 18 |
2:30 PM |
at #5 Notre Dame* |
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Notre Dame Stadium • Notre Dame, IN (Megaphone Trophy) |
NBC |
L 14–36 |
59,075 |
September 25 |
1:00 PM |
Central Michigan* |
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Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, MI |
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W 48–34 |
66,533 |
October 9 |
3:30 PM |
#9 Michigan |
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Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, MI (Paul Bunyan Trophy) |
ABC |
W 17–7 |
78,311 |
October 16 |
3:30 PM |
at #5 Ohio State |
#25 |
Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH |
ABC |
L 21–28 |
93,989 |
October 23 |
12:30 PM |
Iowa |
#24 |
Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, MI |
ESPN |
W 24–10 |
64,726[2] |
October 30 |
2:00 PM |
at #23 Indiana |
#22 |
Memorial Stadium • Bloomington, IN (Old Brass Spittoon) |
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L 0–10 |
40,110 |
November 6 |
1:00 PM |
Northwestern |
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Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, MI |
|
W 31–29 |
52,073 |
November 13 |
1:00 PM |
at Purdue |
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Ross–Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN |
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W 27–24 |
30,856 |
November 27 |
3:30 PM |
#14 Penn State |
#25 |
Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, MI (Land Grant Trophy) |
ABC |
L 37–38 |
53,482 |
December 5 |
11:00 PM |
vs. #10 Wisconsin |
#25 |
Tokyo Dome • Tokyo, Japan (Coca-Cola Classic) |
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L 20–41 |
51,000[3] |
December 28 |
8:00 PM |
vs. #25 Louisville* |
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Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium • Memphis, TN (Liberty Bowl) |
ESPN |
L 7–18 |
21,097 |
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time. |
Game summaries
Michigan
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
Michigan |
0 |
0 |
7 |
0 |
7 |
• Michigan St |
10 |
7 |
0 |
0 |
17 |
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Scoring summary |
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Q1 |
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MSU |
Abrams 3 yard run (Stoyanovich kick) |
MSU 7–0 |
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Q1 |
9:11
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MSU |
Stoyanovich 47 yard field goal |
MSU 10–0 |
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Q2 |
11:23
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MSU |
Greene 3 yard pass from Miller (Stoyanovich kick) |
MSU 17–0 |
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Q3 |
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MICH |
Alexander 21 yard pass from Collins (Elezovic kick) |
MSU 17–7 |
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[4]
1994 NFL Draft
The following players were selected in the 1994 NFL Draft.
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