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1993 Fresno State

8–⁠4 (6–⁠2 Western Athletic Conference), coached by Jim Sweeney.

Schedule and results

Fresno State in 1993, game by game: lost at Baylor 39–42; won vs. Oregon State 48–30; won at New Mexico 41–24; won vs. Utah State 30–14; lost at Colorado State 32–34; won vs. Air Force 33–20; won at BYU 48–45; lost at Wyoming 28–32; won vs. UTEP 30–10; won vs. Hawai’i 45–21; won vs. San Diego State 63–37; lost vs. No. 17 Colorado 30–41+26−11Lost 39–42 at Baylor-3BaylorWon 48–30 vs. Oregon State+18Oregon StateWon 41–24 at New Mexico+17New MexicoWon 30–14 vs. Utah State+16Utah StateLost 32–34 at Colorado State-2Colorado StateWon 33–20 vs. Air Force+13Air ForceWon 48–45 at BYU+3BYULost 28–32 at Wyoming-4WyomingWon 30–10 vs. UTEP+20UTEPWon 45–21 vs. Hawai’i+24Hawai’iWon 63–37 vs. San Diego State+26San Diego StateLost 30–41 vs. No. 17 Colorado-11No. 17 Colorado
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 4atBaylorL 39–⁠4248%
Sep 11vsOregon StateW 48–⁠3081%
Sep 18atNew MexicoW 41–⁠2470%
Sep 25vsUtah StateW 30–⁠1476%
Oct 9atColorado StateL 32–⁠3473%
Oct 16vsAir ForceW 33–⁠2080%
Oct 23atBYUW 48–⁠4548%
Oct 30atWyomingL 28–⁠3252%
Nov 6vsUTEPW 30–⁠1090%
Nov 13vsHawai’iW 45–⁠2175%
Nov 20vsSan Diego StateW 63–⁠3770%
Dec 25Bowls & playoffvs17ColoradoAloha BowlL 30–⁠4145%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Colorado 41–⁠30 in the Aloha Bowl; unranked in the final AP poll; Western Athletic Conference champions.

In program history: The 6th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 97 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 2: 25
  2. Wk 16: 25

Players on this team

Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1993.

Western Athletic Conference champions6–⁠2 in the conference, shared with BYU and Wyoming

Led the nationTrent Dilfer: passer rating (173.1)

Record
8–⁠4
Conference
6–⁠2 shared first in Western Athletic Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 25
Points
467–⁠350
Coach
Jim Sweeney
Elo
1635 +32 this season
SP+ rating
12.2 No. 24 of 105; offense No. 3, defense No. 82
SRS
8.1 No. 32 of 106 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Jeff Tedford
Defensive coordinator
Willy Robinson

Drafted in 1994

The 1994 draft
Rd 1Trent Dilfer QBTampa Bay Buccaneers
Rd 3Tydus Winans WRWashington Redskins
Rd 3Malcolm Seabron WRHouston Oilers
Rd 5James Burton DBKansas City Chiefs
Rd 6Anthony Daigle RBKansas City Chiefs

1993 Western Athletic Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Wyoming6–⁠28–⁠4
Fresno State6–⁠28–⁠4
BYU6–⁠26–⁠6
Utah5–⁠37–⁠6
Colorado State5–⁠35–⁠6
New Mexico4–⁠46–⁠5
San Diego State4–⁠46–⁠6
Hawai’i3–⁠56–⁠6
Air Force1–⁠74–⁠8
UTEP0–⁠81–⁠11

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.