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1993 Michigan State

6–⁠6 (4–⁠4 Big Ten), coached by George Perles.

Schedule and results

Michigan State in 1993, game by game: won vs. Kansas 31–14; lost at No. 4 Notre Dame 14–36; won vs. Central Michigan 48–34; won vs. No. 9 Michigan 17–7; lost at No. 5 Ohio State 21–28; won vs. Iowa 24–10; lost at No. 23 Indiana 0–10; won vs. Northwestern 31–29; won at Purdue 27–24; lost vs. No. 14 Penn State 37–38; lost at No. 10 Wisconsin 20–41; lost vs. No. 25 Louisville 7–18+17−22Won 31–14 vs. Kansas+17KansasLost 14–36 at No. 4 Notre Dame-22No. 4 Notre DameWon 48–34 vs. Central Michigan+14Central MichiganWon 17–7 vs. No. 9 Michigan+10No. 9 MichiganLost 21–28 at No. 5 Ohio State-7No. 5 Ohio StateWon 24–10 vs. Iowa+14IowaLost 0–10 at No. 23 Indiana-10No. 23 IndianaWon 31–29 vs. Northwestern+2NorthwesternWon 27–24 at Purdue+3PurdueLost 37–38 vs. No. 14 Penn State-1No. 14 Penn StateLost 20–41 at No. 10 Wisconsin-21No. 10 WisconsinLost 7–18 vs. No. 25 Louisville-11No. 25 Louisville
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 11vsKansasW 31–⁠1451%
Sep 18at4Notre DameL 14–⁠3619%
Sep 25vsCentral MichiganW 48–⁠3464%
Oct 9vs9MichiganW 17–⁠734%
Oct 16at5Ohio StateL 21–⁠2826%
Oct 23vsIowaW 24–⁠1074%
Oct 30at23IndianaL 0–⁠1042%
Nov 6vsNorthwesternW 31–⁠2980%
Nov 13atPurdueW 27–⁠2469%
Nov 27vs14Penn StateL 37–⁠3841%
Dec 5at10WisconsinL 20–⁠4134%
Dec 28Bowls & playoffvs25LouisvilleLiberty BowlL 7–⁠1840%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Louisville 18–⁠7 in the Liberty Bowl; unranked in the final AP poll; 7th in the Big Ten.

In program history: The tied 72nd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 122 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 8: 25
  2. Wk 9: 24
  3. Wk 10: 22
  4. Wk 14: 25
  5. Wk 15: 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.

Record
6–⁠6
Conference
4–⁠4 7th in Big Ten
AP final
Unranked peak No. 22
Points
277–⁠289
Coach
George Perles
Elo
1515 +20 this season
SP+ rating
11.1 No. 28 of 105; offense No. 39, defense No. 34
SRS
6.5 No. 34 of 106 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Morris Watts
Defensive coordinator
Norm Parker
Captains
Brice Abrams and Rob Fredrickson
Most valuable player
Brice Abrams and Jim Miller

Drafted in 1994

The 1994 draft
Rd 1Rob Fredrickson LBLos Angeles Raiders
Rd 5Myron Bell DBPittsburgh Steelers
Rd 6Jim Miller QBPittsburgh Steelers
Rd 7Brice Abrams RBPittsburgh Steelers

All-Big Ten

3 second team

Second team

From Wikipedia’s 1993 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1993 Big Ten standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Wisconsin6–⁠1–⁠110–⁠1–⁠16
Ohio State6–⁠1–⁠110–⁠1–⁠111
Penn State6–⁠210–⁠28
Indiana5–⁠38–⁠4
Michigan5–⁠38–⁠421
Illinois5–⁠35–⁠6
Michigan State4–⁠46–⁠6
Iowa3–⁠56–⁠6
Minnesota3–⁠54–⁠7
Northwestern0–⁠82–⁠9
Purdue0–⁠81–⁠10

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