1993 Minnesota

4–⁠7 (3–⁠5 Big Ten), coached by Jim Wacker.

Schedule and results

Minnesota in 1993, game by game: lost at No. 17 Penn State 20–38; won vs. Indiana State 27–10; lost vs. Kansas State 25–30; lost at San Diego State 17–48; lost vs. Indiana 19–23; won vs. Purdue 59–56; won at Northwestern 28–26; won vs. No. 15 Wisconsin 28–21; lost at Illinois 20–23; lost vs. Michigan 7–58; lost at Iowa 3–21+17−51Lost 20–38 at No. 17 Penn State-18No. 17 Penn StateWon 27–10 vs. Indiana State+17Indiana StateLost 25–30 vs. Kansas State-5Kansas StateLost 17–48 at San Diego State-31San Diego StateLost 19–23 vs. Indiana-4IndianaWon 59–56 vs. Purdue+3PurdueWon 28–26 at Northwestern+2NorthwesternWon 28–21 vs. No. 15 Wisconsin+7No. 15 WisconsinLost 20–23 at Illinois-3IllinoisLost 7–58 vs. Michigan-51MichiganLost 3–21 at Iowa-18Iowa
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Iowa 21–⁠3; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 8th in the Big Ten.

In program history: The 126th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 135 on file).

Record
4–⁠7
Conference
3–⁠5 tied for 8th in Big Ten
AP final
Unranked
Points
253–⁠354
Coach
Jim Wacker
Elo
1386 −29 this season
SP+ rating
-6.3 No. 72 of 105; offense No. 44, defense No. 85
SRS
−3.0 No. 65 of 106 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Offensive coordinator
Bob DeBesse
Defensive coordinator
Marc Dove
Captains
Dennis Cappella, Antonio Carter, Russ Heath and Robert Rogers

All-Big Ten

2 second team

Second team

  • Omar DouglasWRAP-2
  • Rob RogersOGAP-2

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.