1993 Miami Hurricanes football team

The 1993 Miami Hurricanes football team represented the University of Miami during the 1993 NCAA Division I-A football season. It was the Hurricanes' 68th season of football and third as a member of the Big East Conference. The Hurricanes were led by fifth-year head coach Dennis Erickson and played their home games at the Orange Bowl. They finished the season 9–3 overall and 6–1 in the Big East to finish in second place. They were invited to the Fiesta Bowl where they lost to Arizona, 29–0.

1993 Miami Hurricanes football
Fiesta Bowl, L 0–29 vs. Arizona
ConferenceBig East Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 15
APNo. 15
Record9–3 (6–1 Big East)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorRich Olson (2nd season)
Offensive schemeOne-Back Spread
Co-defensive coordinatorGreg McMackin (1st season)
Co-defensive coordinatorTommy Tuberville (1st season)
Home stadiumMiami Orange Bowl
(Capacity: 74,712)
Seasons
← 1992
1994 →
1993 Big East Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 7 West Virginia $7001110
No. 15 Miami (FL)610930
No. 13 Boston College520930
No. 22 Virginia Tech430930
Syracuse340641
Pittsburgh250380
Rutgers160470
Temple0701100
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 43:30 pmat No. 21 Boston CollegeNo. 3ABCW 23–733,298
September 184:00 pmVirginia TechNo. 3W 21–255,753[1]
September 253:30 pmat No. 13 Colorado*No. 3ABCW 35–2952,391
October 24:00 pmNo. 7 (I-AA) Georgia Southern*No. 3
  • Miami Orange Bowl
  • Miami, FL
W 30–743,147
October 912:00 pmat No. 1 Florida State*No. 3ABCL 10–2877,813[2]
October 237:30 pmSyracuseNo. 6
  • Miami Orange Bowl
  • Miami, FL
ESPNW 49–063,194
October 3012:00 pmTempleNo. 4
  • Miami Orange Bowl
  • Miami, FL
BENW 42–733,927
November 612:00 pmat PittsburghNo. 4BENW 35–732,064
November 134:00 pmRutgersNo. 3
  • Miami Orange Bowl
  • Miami, FL
W 31–1752,561
November 203:30 pmat No. 9 West VirginiaNo. 4ABCL 14–1770,222[3]
November 277:30 pmMemphis State*No. 9
  • Miami Orange Bowl
  • Miami, FL
ESPNW 41–1738,737
January 11:00 pmvs. No. 16 Arizona*No. 10NBCL 0–2972,260
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

Game summaries

At Florida State

Miami (FL) at Florida State
1234Total
Hurricanes700310
Seminoles1470728
  • Date: October 9
  • Location: Doak Campbell Stadium
  • Game attendance: 77,813

Syracuse

1234Total
Syracuse00000
Miami (FL)141414749

[4]

Vs. Arizona (Fiesta Bowl)

Roster

1993 Miami Hurricanes football team roster
PlayersCoaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
FB30Donnell BennettJr
QB11Frank CostaJr
WR7Jammi GermanFr
RB28James StewartSo
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
LB49Robert BassSr
DT94Dwayne JohnsonJr
LB52Ray LewisFr
DE93RJ Davis Sr
DT43Patrick RileyJr
DT76Warren SappSo
DB34Dexter SeiglerSr
LB50Lawrence HeartleySo
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
P17Maurice WashingtonSo
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured
  • Redshirt

Roster

Awards and honors

Jack Harding University of Miami MVP Award

  • Kevin Patrick, DE[5]

1994 NFL Draft

PlayerPositionRoundPickNFL club
Donnell BennettRunning back2nd58Kansas City Chiefs
Darren KreinDefensive end5th150San Diego Chargers

References