1993 Iowa Hawkeyes football team

The 1993 Iowa Hawkeyes football team represented the University of Iowa as a member of the Big Ten Conference during the 1993 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by 15th-year head coach Hayden Fry, the Hawkeyes compiled an overall record of 6–6 with a mark of 3–5 in conference play, tying for eighth place in the Big Ten. Iowa was invited to the Alamo Bowl, where the Hawkeyes lost to California. The team played home games at Kinnick Stadium in Iowa City, Iowa.

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)
MVPs	Larry Blue Paul Burmeister Harold Jasper Mike Wells
Captains	Larry Blue Paul Burmeister Mike Wells
Home stadium	Kinnick Stadium
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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Game summaries

Tulsa

Tulsa at Iowa

Team	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

Team	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

Team	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

Team	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

Team	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

Team	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

Team	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

Team	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

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

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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