1993 Penn State Nittany Lions football team

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Ranking
Coaches	No. 7
AP	No. 8

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 Penn State Nittany Lions football team represented the Pennsylvania State University in the 1993 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team was coached by Joe Paterno and played its home games in Beaver Stadium in University Park, Pennsylvania. This was Penn State's first season as a member of the Big Ten Conference.

Schedule

Penn State did not play Big Ten teams Purdue and Wisconsin this year.

September 41:00 p.m.MinnesotaNo. 17

• Beaver Stadium
• University Park, Pennsylvania (Governor's Victory Bell)

W 38–20 95,387 September 113:30 p.m.USC*No. 15

• Beaver Stadium
• University Park, Pennsylvania

ABCW 21–20 95,992 September 183:30 p.m.at IowaNo. 14

• Kinnick Stadium
• Iowa City, Iowa

ABCW 31–0 70,397 September 257:30 p.m.Rutgers*No. 9

• Beaver Stadium
• University Park, Pennsylvania

ESPNW 31–7 95,092 October 27:00 p.m.at Maryland*No. 9

• Byrd Stadium
• College Park, Maryland (Rivalry)

W 70–7 42,008 October 1612:00 p.m.No. 18 MichiganNo. 7

• Beaver Stadium
• University Park, Pennsylvania

ABCL 13–21 96,719 October 303:30 p.m.at No. 3 Ohio StateNo. 12

• Ohio Stadium
• Columbus, Ohio (Rivalry)

ABCL 6–24 95,060 November 61:00 p.m.No. 17 IndianaNo. 19

• Beaver Stadium
• University Park, Pennsylvania

W 38–31 91,000 November 133:30 p.m.IllinoisNo. 16

• Beaver Stadium
• University Park, Pennsylvania

ABCW 28–14 90,000 November 202:00 p.m.at NorthwesternNo. 14

• Dyche Stadium
• Evanston, Illinois

W 43–21 30,355 November 2712:00 p.m.at No. 25 Michigan StateNo. 14

• Spartan Stadium
• East Lansing, Michigan (Land Grant Trophy)

ABCW 38–37 53,482 January 1, 19941:00 p.m.vs. No. 6 TennesseeNo. 13

• Citrus Bowl
• Orlando, Florida (Florida Citrus Bowl)

ABCW 31–13 72,456

Roster

1993 Penn State Nittany Lions football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class RB 2 Mike Archie So TE 81 Kyle Brady Jr RB 32 Ki-Jana Carter So QB 12 Kerry Collins Jr WR 10 Bobby Engram So C 60 Bucky Greeley Jr G 50 Jeff Hartings So OT 68 Andre Johnson So RB 29 Brian O'Neal Sr G 54 Marco Rivera So QB 9 John Sacca Jr FB 38 Jon Witman So	Defense Pos. # Name Class DT 55 Lou Benfatti So S 46 Marlon Forbes Jr LB 16 Brian Gelzheiser Jr LB 80 Rob Holmberg Sr DT 97 Tyoka Jackson Sr DT 93 Brandon Noble Fr LB 51 Greg Haren So	Special teams Pos. # Name Class	Head coach Joe Paterno Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster

NFL Draft

Four Nittany Lions were drafted in the 1994 NFL Draft.

Round	Pick	Overall	Name	Position	Team
3rd	29	94	Lou Benfatti	Defensive tackle	New York Jets
5th	3	134	Shelly Hammonds	Defensive back	Minnesota Vikings
6th	29	180	Eric Ravotti	Linebacker	Pittsburgh Steelers
7th	23	217	Rob Holmberg	Linebacker	Los Angeles Raiders