1993 Iowa Hawkeyes football team

The 1993 Iowa Hawkeyes football team represented the University of Iowa in the 1993 NCAA Division I-A football season as a member of the Big Ten Conference. The team was coached by Hayden Fry and played their home games at Kinnick Stadium.

1993 Iowa Hawkeyes football
Alamo Bowl, L 3–37 vs. California
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	6–6 (3–5 Big Ten)
Head coach	Hayden Fry (15th season)
Offensive coordinator	Don Patterson (2nd season)
Defensive coordinator	Bill Brashier (15th season)
Home stadium	Kinnick Stadium (Capacity: 70,397)
Seasons ← 1992 1994 →

1993 Big Ten Conference football standings

v t e	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

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 4	1:00 pm	Tulsa*	Kinnick Stadium Iowa City, IA		W 26–25	66,431	[1]
September 11	12:00 pm	at Iowa State*	Cyclone Stadium Ames, IA (rivalry)		W 31–28	53,317	[2]
September 18	2:30 pm	No. 14 Penn State	Kinnick Stadium Iowa City, IA	ABC	L 0–31	70,397	[3]
October 2	11:30 am	at No. 8 Michigan	Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, MI	ESPN	L 7–24	105,423	[4]
October 9	1:00 pm	at Indiana	Memorial Stadium Bloomington, IN		L 10–16	40,066	[5]
October 16	1:00 pm	Illinois	Kinnick Stadium Iowa City, IA		L 3–49	70,397	[3]
October 23	11:30 am	at No. 24 Michigan State	Spartan Stadium East Lansing, MI	ESPN	L 10–24	64,726	[6]
October 30	1:00 pm	Purdue	Kinnick Stadium Iowa City, IA		W 26–17	65,648	[7]
November 6	1:00 pm	Northern Illinois*	Kinnick Stadium Iowa City, IA		W 54–20	64,129	[8]
November 13	1:00 pm	at Northwestern	Dyche Stadium Evanston, IL		W 23–19	33,390	[9]
November 20	1:00 pm	Minnesota	Kinnick Stadium Iowa City, IA (rivalry)		W 21–3	66,840	[10]
December 31	7:00 pm	vs. California*	Alamodome San Antonio, TX (Alamo Bowl)	ESPN	L 3–37	45,716	[11]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

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Roster

1993 Iowa Hawkeyes football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class QB 16 Paul Burmeister Sr RB 30 Ernest Crank Sr WR 86 Anthony Dean Jr QB 7 Ryan Driscoll Fr OL 67 Fritz Fequiere Jr WR 1 Willie Guy So WR 83 Harold Jasper Jr FB 31 Kent Kahl Jr FB 43 Cliff King Sr OL 77 Hal Mady Jr WR 10 Demo Odems Fr OL 69 Matt Purdy Jr TE 40 Mark Roussell Jr RB 5 Sedrick Shaw Fr TE 84 Scott Slutzker So RB 32 Ryan Terry Jr OL 73 Ross Verba Fr C 70 Casey Wiegmann So	Defense Pos. # Name Class DE 95 Larry Blue Sr NG 88 Maurea Crain Sr LB 45 Bob Diaco So DE 9 Bill Ennis-Inge Fr DE 42 John Hartlieb Jr DB 8 Tom Knight Fr DB 6 Scott Plate Sr DB 2 Marquis Porter Sr DB 3 Damien Robinson Fr DL 64 Mike Wells Sr DL 56 Parker Wildeman Jr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class K 20 Brion Hurley Fr K 17 Todd Romano So P 46 Nick Gallery Fr	Head coach Hayden Fry Coordinators/assistant coaches Don Patterson – Offensive Coordinator Bill Brashier – Defensive Coordinator Milan Vooletich – Defensive ends Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt

Game summaries

Tulsa

Tulsa at Iowa

1 2 3 4 Total Golden Hurricane 3 7 7 8 25 • Hawkeyes 6 6 6 8 26 Date: September 4 Location: Kinnick Stadium, Iowa City, Iowa Game start: 1:05 PM CDT Elapsed time: 3:00 Game attendance: 66,431 Game weather: 75 °F (24 °C), Sunny, Wind SW 10–15 mph (16–24 km/h) Referee: Jerry Hendrickson Sources: Box score and Game recap

Scoring summary 1 9:58 Iowa Todd Romano 20-yard field goal Iowa 3–0 1 6:04 Iowa Todd Romano 53-yard field goal Iowa 6–0 1 0:45 Tulsa Brister 25-yard field goal Iowa 6–3 2 14:33 Iowa Burmeister 1-yard run (kick failed) Iowa 12–3 2 9:52 Tulsa Chris Penn 22-yard pass from Gus Frerotte (Brister kick) Iowa 12–10 3 10:19 Iowa Todd Romano 32-yard field goal Iowa 15–10 2 5:58 Tulsa Penn 41-yard pass from Gus Frerotte (Brister kick) Tulsa 17–15 3 4:06 Iowa Todd Romano 24-yard field goal Iowa 18–17 4 8:16 Tulsa White 38-yard pass from Gus Frerotte (Penn pass from Frerotte) Tulsa 25–18 4 0:53 Iowa Ryan Terry 2-yard run (Slutzker pass from Burmeister) Iowa 26–25

See also: 1993 Tulsa Golden Hurricane football team

At Iowa State

Iowa at Iowa State

1 2 3 4 Total • Hawkeyes 14 14 3 0 31 Cyclones 0 7 7 14 28 Date: September 11 Location: Jack Trice Stadium, Ames, Iowa Game attendance: 53,317 TV announcers (Cyclones TV Network): Keith Murphy, John Campbell, Rob Bodholdt Sources: Box score and Game recap

Scoring summary 1 Iowa Terry 7-yard run (Romano kick) Iowa 7–0 1 Iowa Dean 16-yard pass from Burmeister (Romano kick) Iowa 14–0 2 Iowa Shaw 2-yard run (Romano kick) Iowa 21–0 2 ISU Garris 6-yard run (Stewart kick) Iowa 21–7 2 Iowa Kahl 7-yard run (Romano kick) Iowa 28–7 3 Iowa Todd Romano 29-yard field goal Iowa 31–7 3 ISU Utter 2-yard run (Stewart kick) Iowa 31–14 4 9:59 ISU Norris 7-yard run (run failed) Iowa 31–20 4 ISU Branch 3-yard run (Branch run) Iowa 31–28

See also: 1993 Iowa State Cyclones football team and Iowa–Iowa State football rivalry

Penn State

Penn State at Iowa

1 2 3 4 Total • Nittany Lions 3 7 14 7 31 Hawkeyes 0 0 0 0 0 Date: September 18 Location: Kinnick Stadium, Iowa City, Iowa Game attendance: 70,397 Television network: ABC Sources: Box score and Game recap

Scoring summary 1 PSU Fayak 20-yard field goal PSU 3–0 2 PSU O'Neal 1-yard run (Fayak kick) PSU 10–0 3 PSU Pitts 9-yard run (Fayak kick) PSU 17–0 3 PSU Ki-Jana Carter 23-yard run (Fayak kick) PSU 24–0 4 PSU Pitts 3-yard run (Fayak kick) PSU 31–0

See also: 1993 Penn State Nittany Lions football team

At Michigan

See also: 1993 Michigan Wolverines football team

At Indiana

See also: 1993 Indiana Hoosiers football team

Illinois

See also: 1993 Illinois Fighting Illini football team

At Michigan State

See also: 1993 Michigan State Spartans football team

Purdue

Purdue at Iowa

1 2 3 4 Total Boilermakers 0 14 3 0 17 • Hawkeyes 12 14 0 0 26 Date: October 30 Location: Kinnick Stadium, Iowa City, Iowa Game start: 1:05 PM CDT Elapsed time: 2:50 Game attendance: 65,648 Game weather: 31 °F (−1 °C), snow flurries, partly cloudy Referee: Ron Winter Sources: Box score Archived 2019-09-05 at the Wayback Machine

Scoring summary 1 7:09 Iowa Harold Jasper 55-yard pass from Paul Burmeister (kick blocked) Iowa 6–0 1 5:11 Iowa Jasper 22-yard pass from Burmeister (pass failed) Iowa 12–0 2 14:53 Iowa Willie Guy 32-yard pass from Burmeister (Romano kick) Iowa 19–0 2 9:57 Purdue Mike Alstott 11-yard run (Bobich kick) Iowa 19–7 2 4:54 Iowa Paul Burmeister 1-yard run (Romano kick) Iowa 26–7 2 0:38 Purdue Mike Alstott 1-yard run (Bobich kick) Iowa 26–14 3 2:31 Purdue Bobich 21-yard field goal Iowa 26–17

See also: 1993 Purdue Boilermakers football team

Northern Illinois

Northern Illinois at Iowa

1 2 3 4 Total Huskies 0 10 0 10 20 • Hawkeyes 7 24 16 7 54 Date: November 6 Location: Kinnick Stadium, Iowa City, Iowa Game attendance: 64,129 Sources: Box score and Game recap

Scoring summary 1 Iowa Odems 37-yard pass from Burmeister (Romano kick) Iowa 7–0 2 Iowa Terry 7-yard run (Romano kick) Iowa 14–0 2 Iowa Shaw 18-yard run (Romano kick) Iowa 21–0 2 Iowa Terry 2-yard pass from Burmeister (Romano kick) Iowa 28–0 2 NIU Johnson 26-yard run (Steger kick) Iowa 28–7 2 Iowa Romano 27-yard field goal Iowa 31–7 2 NIU Steger 22-yard field goal Iowa 31–10 3 Iowa Safety, Johnson tackled in end zone Iowa 33–10 3 Iowa King 4-yard run (Romano kick) Iowa 40–10 3 Iowa King 7-yard run (Romano kick) Iowa 47–10 4 NIU Steger 27-yard field goal Iowa 47–13 4 Iowa Anttila 22-yard pass from Eyde (Romano kick) Iowa 54–13 4 NIU Johnson 81-yard run (Steger kick) Iowa 54–20

See also: 1993 Northern Illinois Huskies football team

At Northwestern

Iowa at Northwestern

1 2 3 4 Total • Hawkeyes 0 13 7 3 23 Wildcats 3 3 0 13 19 Date: November 13 Location: Dyche Stadium, Evanston, Illinois Game attendance: 33,390 Game weather: Wind SW 25 mph (40 km/h) Sources: Box score and Game recap

Scoring summary 1 NW Valenzisi 36-yard field goal NW 3–0 2 NW Valenzisi 25-yard field goal NW 6–0 2 Iowa Terry 5-yard run (kick failed) Tied 6–6 2 Iowa Slutzker 3-yard pass from Burmeister (Romano kick) Iowa 13–6 3 Iowa Burmeister 1-yard run (Romano kick) Iowa 20–6 4 NW Lundy 3-yard run (Valenzisi kick) Iowa 20–13 4 Iowa Romano 37-yard field goal Iowa 23–13 4 NW Morris 23-yard pass from Steve Schnur (pass failed) Iowa 23–19

See also: 1993 Northwestern Wildcats football team

Minnesota

Minnesota at Iowa

1 2 3 4 Total Golden Gophers 0 3 0 0 3 • Hawkeyes 7 0 7 7 21 Date: November 20 Location: Kinnick Stadium, Iowa City, Iowa Game attendance: 66,840 Sources: Box score and Game recap

Scoring summary 1 Iowa Ryan Terry 16-yard run (Romano kick) Iowa 7–0 2 Minn Chalberg 38-yard field goal Iowa 7–3 3 Iowa King 1-yard run (Romano kick) Iowa 14–3 4 Iowa King 1-yard run (Romano kick) Iowa 21–3

See also: 1993 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team and Iowa–Minnesota football rivalry

The win over Minnesota marked Hayden Fry's 200th career victory.

Vs. California (Alamo Bowl)

California vs. Iowa

1 2 3 4 Total • Golden Bears 6 17 7 7 37 Hawkeyes 0 0 3 0 3 Date: December 31 Location: Alamodome, San Antonio, Texas Game attendance: 45,716 Game weather: Indoors Referee: Gene Wurtz TV announcers (ESPN): Sean McDonough, Todd Blackledge, Dave Sims Sources: Box score

Scoring summary 1 10:52 Cal Doug Brien 37-yard field goal Cal 3–0 1 2:45 Cal Brien 20-yard field goal Cal 6–0 2 11:02 Cal Brien 30-yard field goal Cal 9–0 2 0:35 Cal Caldwell 12-yard pass from Dave Barr (Brien kick) Cal 16–0 2 0:00 Cal Willard 61-yard interception return (Brien kick) Cal 23–0 3 10:00 Iowa Brion Hurley 42-yard field goal Cal 23–3 3 4:05 Cal Uwaezuoke 34-yard pass from Barr (Brien kick) Cal 30–3 4 7:59 Cal Remington 12-yard pass from Barr (Brien kick) Cal 37–3

Main article: 1993 Alamo Bowl

See also: 1993 California Golden Bears football team

Awards and honors

See also: 1993 All-Big Ten Conference football team

Team players in the 1994 NFL Draft

Main article: 1994 NFL draft

Player	Position	Round	Pick	NFL club
Mike Wells	DT	6	182	Minnesota Vikings

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References

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3. "Kinnick Stadium Attendance". University of Iowa. Archived from the original on August 7, 2011.
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