1993 Michigan State Spartans football team

1993 Michigan State Spartans football
Liberty Bowl, L 7–18 vs. Louisville
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	6–6 (4–4 Big Ten)
Head coach	George Perles (11th season)
Offensive coordinator	Morris Watts (7th season)
Defensive coordinator	Norm Parker (6th season)
MVP	Brice Abrams, Jim Miller
Captain	Brice Abrams, Rob Fredrickson
Home stadium	Spartan Stadium

1993 Big Ten Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 6 Wisconsin +	6	–	1	–	1			10	–	1	–	1
No. 11 Ohio State +	6	–	1	–	1			10	–	1	–	1
No. 8 Penn State	6	–	2	–	0			10	–	2	–	0
Indiana	5	–	3	–	0			8	–	4	–	0
No. 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 Michigan State Spartans football team competed on behalf of Michigan State University as a member of the Big Ten Conference during the 1993 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by 11th-year head coach George Perles, the Spartans compiled an overall record of 6–6 with a mark of 4–4 in conference play. The Spartans went 6–6 overall and 4–4 in conference play, placing seventh in the Big Ten. Michigan State was invited to the 1993 Liberty Bowl and was defeated by Louisville, 18–7. The team played home games at Spartan Stadium in East Lansing, Michigan.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 11	3:30 p.m.	Kansas*		Spartan Stadium East Lansing, MI	ABC	W 31–14	53,797
September 18	2:30 p.m.	at No. 5 Notre Dame*		Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN (rivalry)	NBC	L 14–36	59,075
September 25	1:00 p.m.	Central Michigan*		Spartan Stadium East Lansing, MI		W 48–34	66,533
October 9	3:30 p.m.	No. 9 Michigan		Spartan Stadium East Lansing, MI (rivalry)	ABC	W 17–7	78,311
October 16	3:30 p.m.	at No. 5 Ohio State	No. 25	Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH	ABC	L 21–28	93,989
October 23	12:30 p.m.	Iowa	No. 24	Spartan Stadium East Lansing, MI	ESPN	W 24–10	64,726
October 30	2:00 p.m.	at No. 23 Indiana	No. 22	Memorial Stadium Bloomington, IN (rivalry)		L 0–10	40,110
November 6	1:00 p.m.	Northwestern		Spartan Stadium East Lansing, MI		W 31–29	52,073
November 13	1:00 p.m.	at Purdue		Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN		W 27–24	30,856
November 27	12:00 p.m.	No. 14 Penn State	No. 25	Spartan Stadium East Lansing, MI (rivalry)	ABC	L 37–38	53,482
December 5	11:00 p.m.	vs. No. 10 Wisconsin	No. 25	Tokyo Dome Tokyo, Japan (Coca-Cola Classic)		L 20–41	51,000
December 28	8:00 p.m.	vs. No. 25 Louisville*		Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium Memphis, TN (Liberty Bowl)	ESPN	L 7–18	21,097
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

Roster

1993 Michigan State Spartans football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class OT 79 Brian DeMarco Jr FB 47 Scott Greene So OT 63 Shane Hannah Jr QB 16 Jim Miller Sr WR 1 Muhsin Muhammad So	Defense Pos. # Name Class SS 24 Myron Bell Sr LB 83 Rob Fredrickson Sr FS 2 Corey Keyes Sr SS 37 Steve Wasylk Sr DB 18 Brian Winters Sr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class	Head coach George Perles Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt

Game summaries

Michigan

1 2 3 4 Total Michigan 0 0 7 0 7 • Michigan St 10 7 0 0 17 Date: October 9 Location: Spartan Stadium Game attendance: 78,311 Game weather: Overcast TV announcers (ABC): Brent Musburger, Dick Vermeil, and Jack Arute

Scoring summary Q1 MSU Abrams 3 yard run (Stoyanovich kick) MSU 7–0 Q1 9:11 MSU Stoyanovich 47 yard field goal MSU 10–0 Q2 11:23 MSU Greene 3 yard pass from Miller (Stoyanovich kick) MSU 17–0 Q3 MICH Alexander 21 yard pass from Collins (Elezovic kick) MSU 17–7

1994 NFL Draft

The following players were selected in the 1994 NFL Draft.

Player	Round	Pick	Position	NFL Team
Rob Fredrickson	1	22	Linebacker	Los Angeles Raiders
Myron Bell	5	140	Safety	Pittsburgh Steelers
Jim Miller	6	178	Quarterback	Pittsburgh Steelers
Brice Abrams	7	209	Running back	Pittsburgh Steelers