1993 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team

1993 Minnesota Golden Gophers football
Conference	Big Ten Conference
1993 record	4–7 (3–5 Big Ten)
Head coach	Jim Wacker (2nd year)
Home stadium	H.H.H. Metrodome

1993 Big Ten football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
#6 Wisconsin +	6	–	1	–	1			10	–	1	–	1
#11 Ohio State +	6	–	1	–	1			10	–	1	–	1
#8 Penn State	6	–	2	–	0			10	–	2	–	0
Indiana	5	–	3	–	0			8	–	4	–	0
#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 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team represented the University of Minnesota in the 1993 college football season. In their second year under head coach Jim Wacker, the Golden Gophers compiled a 4–7 record and were outscored by their opponents by a combined total of 354 to 253.

Offensive Guard Rob Rogers and wide receiver Omar Douglas were named All-Big Ten second team. Defensive back Justin Conzemius, wide receiver Omar Douglas and linebacker Jeff Rosga were all named second team Academic All-Americans. Kicker Mike Chalberg, defensive back Justin Conzemius, wide receiver Omar Douglas, offensive lineman Chris Fowlkes, linebacker Peter Hiestand, offensive lineman Todd Jesewitz, linebacker Ben Langford, defensive back Jeff Rosga, linebacker Craig Sauer, tight end Mark Tangen and linebacker Lance Wolkow were named Academic All-Big Ten.

Omar Douglas was awarded the Bronko Nagurski Award, Bruce Smith Award and Butch Nash Award. Linebacker Andrew Veit was awarded the Carl Eller Award. Long snapper Scott Williams was awarded the Bobby Bell Award. Running back Antonio Carter was awarded the Paul Giel Award.

The total home attendance for the season was 239,973, which averaged to 39,995 per game. The season attendance high was against Wisconsin, with 64,798 in attendance.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent#	Rank#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 4	12:00 PM	at #17 Penn State		Beaver Stadium • University Park, PA	MSC	L 20–38	95,387
September 11	6:00 PM	Indiana State*		Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome • Minneapolis, MN		W 27–10	30,719
September 18	7:00 PM	Kansas State*		Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome • Minneapolis, MN		L 25–30	36,245
September 25	8:00 PM	at San Diego State*		Jack Murphy Stadium • San Diego, CA	KMSP	L 17–48	41,487
October 2	7:00 PM	Indiana		Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome • Minneapolis, MN		L 19–23	33,315
October 9	6:00 PM	Purdue		Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome • Minneapolis, MN		W 59–56	31,293
October 16	1:00 PM	at Northwestern		Dyche Stadium • Evanston, IL		W 28–26	27,814
October 23	6:00 PM	#15 Wisconsin		Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome • Minneapolis, MN (Paul Bunyan's Axe)		W 28–21	64,798
November 6	11:30 AM	at Illinois		Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL	ESPN	L 20–23	50,192
November 13	11:30 AM	Michigan		Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome • Minneapolis, MN (Little Brown Jug)	ESPN	L 7–58	43,603
November 20	1:05 PM	at Iowa		Kinnick Stadium • Iowa City, IA (Floyd of Rosedale)		L 3–21	66,840
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Central Time.

Game notes

Purdue

1 2 3 4 Total Purdue 14 14 14 14 56 • Minnesota 7 14 28 10 59 Date: October 9 Location: Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome Game attendance: 31,293 Game weather: Indoors (dome)

Scoring summary Q1 PUR Alstott 15 yard run (Bobich kick) PUR 7–0 Q1 PUR Rogers 1 yard run (Bobich kick) PUR 14–0 Q1 MINN Douglas 11 yard pass from Eckers (Chalberg kick) PUR 14–7 Q2 PUR Alstott 26 yard run (Bobich kick) PUR 21–7 Q2 MINN Darkins 1 yard run (Chalberg kick) PUR 21–14 Q2 PUR Rogers 1 yard run (Bobich kick) PUR 28–14 Q2 MINN Douglas 21 yard pass from Eckers (Chalberg kick) PUR 28–21 Q3 PUR Alstott 9 yard pass from Pike (Bobich kick) PUR 35–21 Q3 MINN Douglas 31 yard pass from Eckers (Chalberg kick) PUR 35–28 Q3 PUR Alstott 11 yard run (Bobich kick) PUR 42–28 Q3 MINN Douglas 33 yard pass from Eckers (Chalberg kick) PUR 42–35 Q3 MINN Douglas 1 yard pass from Eckers (Chalberg kick) Tie 42–42 Q3 MINN Conzemius 55 yard interception return (Chalberg kick) MINN 49–42 Q4 PUR Rogers 2 yard run (Bobich kick) Tie 49–49 Q4 MINN Garrison 26 yard pass from Eckers (Chalberg kick) MINN 56–49 Q4 PUR Alstott 21 yard run (Bobich kick) Tie 56–56 Q4 :08 MINN Chalberg 18 yard field goal MINN 59–56

• Scott Eckers 24/36, 402 Yds, 6 TD (school record)
• Chris Darkins 30 Rush, 149 Yds, TD
• Omar Douglas 8 Rec, 149 Yds, 5 TD (Big Ten record)

Wisconsin

1 2 3 4 Total Wisconsin 0 0 14 7 21 • Minnesota 7 14 0 7 28 Date: October 23 Location: Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome, Minneapolis, MN Game attendance: 64,798 Game weather: Indoors (dome)

Scoring summary 1 MINN Darkins 39 yard pass from Eckers (Chalberg kick) MINN 7-0 2 MINN Rios 27 yard pass from Eckers (Chalberg kick) MINN 14-0 2 MINN Rosga 55 yard interception return (Chalberg kick) MINN 21-0 3 WIS Moss 3 yard run (Hall kick) MINN 21-7 3 WIS Moss 15 yard run (Hall kick) MINN 21-14 4 MINN Darkins 2 yard run (Chalberg kick) MINN 28-14 4 WIS Dawkins 16 yard pass from Bevell (Hall kick) MINN 28-21