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1993 Northern Illinois

4–⁠7 (3–⁠3 Big West), coached by Charlie Sadler.

Schedule and results

Northern Illinois in 1993, game by game: lost at Iowa State 10–54; lost at Indiana 10–28; won vs. Arkansas State 23–7; won at Nevada 46–42; won vs. Southern Illinois 45–15; lost at New Mexico State 17–24; won vs. Pacific 21–16; lost vs. Louisiana 19–33; lost at Louisiana Tech 16–17; lost at Iowa 20–54; lost at Ole Miss 0–44+30−44Lost 10–54 at Iowa State-44Iowa StateLost 10–28 at Indiana-18IndianaWon 23–7 vs. Arkansas State+16Arkansas StateWon 46–42 at Nevada+4NevadaWon 45–15 vs. Southern Illinois+30Southern Illino…Lost 17–24 at New Mexico State-7New Mexico StateWon 21–16 vs. Pacific+5PacificLost 19–33 vs. Louisiana-14LouisianaLost 16–17 at Louisiana Tech-1Louisiana TechLost 20–54 at Iowa-34IowaLost 0–44 at Ole Miss-44Ole Miss
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 2atIowa StateL 10–⁠5440%
Sep 11atIndianaL 10–⁠2826%
Sep 18vsArkansas StateW 23–⁠770%
Sep 25atNevadaW 46–⁠4234%
Oct 2vsSouthern IllinoisW 45–⁠1580%
Oct 9atNew Mexico StateL 17–⁠2448%
Oct 16vsPacificW 21–⁠1666%
Oct 23vsLouisianaL 19–⁠3360%
Oct 30atLouisiana TechL 16–⁠1738%
Nov 6atIowaL 20–⁠5436%
Nov 13atOle MissL 0–⁠4422%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Ole Miss 44–⁠0; unranked in the final AP poll; 5th in the Big West.

In program history: The 44th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 61 on file).

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.

Led the nationLeShon Johnson: rushing yards (1,976 yds)

Consensus All-AmericanLeShon Johnson, RB

Record
4–⁠7
Conference
3–⁠3 5th in Big West
AP final
Unranked
Points
227–⁠334
Coach
Charlie Sadler
Elo
1348 −79 this season
SP+ rating
-22.5 No. 101 of 105; offense No. 93, defense No. 98
SRS
−17.9 No. 95 of 106 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Captains
LeShon Johnson, Tim O’Brien, Raymond Roberts and Tony Smith

Drafted in 1994

The 1994 draft
Rd 3LeShon Johnson RBGreen Bay Packers

1993 Big West standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Louisiana5–⁠18–⁠3
Utah State5–⁠17–⁠5
Nevada5–⁠27–⁠4
New Mexico State4–⁠35–⁠6
Northern Illinois3–⁠34–⁠7
UNLV2–⁠43–⁠8
Pacific2–⁠43–⁠8
San José State2–⁠42–⁠9
Louisiana Tech2–⁠42–⁠9
Arkansas State1–⁠52–⁠8–⁠1

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