1993 Illinois Fighting Illini football team

American college football season

1993 Illinois Fighting Illini football
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Record5–6 (5–3 Big Ten)
Head coach
  • Lou Tepper (2nd season)
Offensive coordinatorGreg Landry (1st season)
Defensive coordinatorDenny Marcin (2nd season)
MVPDana Howard
CaptainGreg Engel, Filmel Johnson, Gary Voelker
Home stadiumMemorial Stadium
Seasons
← 1992
1994 →
1993 Big Ten Conference football standings
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Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 6 Wisconsin + 6 1 1 10 1 1
No. 11 Ohio State + 6 1 1 10 1 1
No. 8 Penn State 6 2 0 10 2 0
Indiana 5 3 0 8 4 0
No. 21 Michigan 5 3 0 8 4 0
Illinois 5 3 0 5 6 0
Michigan State 4 4 0 6 6 0
Iowa 3 5 0 6 6 0
Minnesota 3 5 0 4 7 0
Northwestern 0 8 0 2 9 0
Purdue 0 8 0 1 10 0
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1993 Illinois Fighting Illini football team was an American football team that represented the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign during the 1993 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their third year under head coach Lou Tepper, the Illini compiled a 5–6 record and finished in a tie for fifth place in the Big Ten Conference.[1]

Johnny Johnson led the team with 1,688 passing yards, while Ty Douthard led with 599 rushing yards and 406 receiving yards.[2] Tackle Brad Hopkins was selected by the Associated Press as a first-team player on the 1993 All-Big Ten Conference football team.[3]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 11at Missouri*L 3–3148,427
September 18No. 15 Arizona*
L 14–1651,110
September 25Oregon*
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Champaign, IL
L 7–1345,574
October 2at PurdueW 28–1037,621
October 9No. 6 Ohio State
L 12–2061,209
October 16at IowaW 49–370,397
October 23at No. 13 MichiganW 24–21106,385[4]
October 30Northwestern
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Champaign, IL (rivalry)
W 20–1349,940
November 6Minnesota
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Champaign, IL
W 23–2050,192
November 13at No. 16 Penn StateL 14–2890,000
November 20No. 12 Wisconsin
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Champaign, IL
L 10–3548,083
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Roster

1993 Illinois Fighting Illini football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
TE 86 Matt Cushing Fr
TE 87 Ken Dilger Jr
FB 35 Tyler Donnelly Sr
RB 7 Ty Douthard Fr
WR 83 Jason Dulick Fr
OL 67 Charles Edwards So
C 56 Greg Engel Sr
QB 13 Johnny Johnson So
QB 17 Jeff Schwarzentraub Sr
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
LB 51 Kevin Hardy So
LB 52 John Holecek Jr
DE 97 Simeon Rice So
CB 29 Scott Turner Jr
LB 50 Dana Howard Jr
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
K 13 Eric Barofsky Jr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

Roster

References

  1. ^ "1993 Illinois Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 16, 2015.
  2. ^ "1993 Illinois Fighting Illini Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 16, 2015.
  3. ^ "Michigan puts eight on All-Big Ten teams". The Argus-Press (AP story). November 25, 1993. p. A11.
  4. ^ Angelique S. Chengelis (October 24, 1993). "U-M pays: Woe to Wolverines". The Detroit News. pp. 1E, 8E – via Newspapers.com.
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  • Illinois Field (1890–1922)
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  • Soldier Field (1994–present)
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