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
Conference	Big East Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 15
AP	No. 15
Record	9–3 (6–1 Big East)
Head coach	Dennis Erickson (5th season)
Offensive coordinator	Rich Olson (2nd season)
Offensive scheme	One-back spread
Co-defensive coordinators	Greg McMackin (1st season) Tommy Tuberville (1st season)
MVP	Kevin Patrick
Home stadium	Miami Orange Bowl
Seasons ← 1992 1994 →

1993 Big East Conference football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 7 West Virginia $	7	–	0	–	0			11	–	1	–	0
No. 15 Miami (FL)	6	–	1	–	0			9	–	3	–	0
No. 13 Boston College	5	–	2	–	0			9	–	3	–	0
No. 22 Virginia Tech	4	–	3	–	0			9	–	3	–	0
Syracuse	3	–	4	–	0			6	–	4	–	1
Pittsburgh	2	–	5	–	0			3	–	8	–	0
Rutgers	1	–	6	–	0			4	–	7	–	0
Temple	0	–	7	–	0			1	–	10	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 4	3:30 pm	at No. 21 Boston College	No. 3	Alumni Stadium Chestnut Hill, MA	ESPN College Football	W 23–7	33,298
September 18	4:00 pm	Virginia Tech	No. 3	Miami Orange Bowl Miami, FL (rivalry)		W 21–2	55,753	[1]
September 25	3:30 pm	at No. 13 Colorado*	No. 3	Folsom Field Boulder, CO	ABC	W 35–29	52,391
October 2	4:00 pm	No. 7 (I-AA) Georgia Southern*	No. 3	Miami Orange Bowl Miami, FL		W 30–7	43,147
October 9	12:00 pm	at No. 1 Florida State*	No. 3	Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, FL (rivalry)	ABC	L 10–28	77,813	[2]
October 23	7:30 pm	Syracuse	No. 6	Miami Orange Bowl Miami, FL	ESPN	W 49–0	63,194
October 30	12:00 pm	Temple	No. 4	Miami Orange Bowl Miami, FL	BEN	W 42–7	33,927
November 6	12:00 pm	at Pittsburgh	No. 4	Pitt Stadium Pittsburgh, PA	BEN	W 35–7	32,064
November 13	4:00 pm	Rutgers	No. 3	Miami Orange Bowl Miami, FL		W 31–17	52,561
November 20	3:30 pm	at No. 9 West Virginia	No. 4	Mountaineer Field Morgantown, WV	ABC	L 14–17	70,222	[3]
November 27	7:30 pm	Memphis State*	No. 9	Miami Orange Bowl Miami, FL	ESPN	W 41–17	38,737
January 1	1:00 pm	vs. No. 16 Arizona*	No. 10	Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, AZ (Fiesta Bowl)	NBC	L 0–29	72,260
*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

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
Hurricanes	7	0	0	3	10
• Seminoles	14	7	0	7	28

• Date: October 9
• Location: Doak Campbell Stadium
• Game attendance: 77,813

Scoring summary

Q1		FSU	Jackson 69 yard run (Bentley kick)	FSU 7–0
Q1		MIA	Bennett 6 yard pass from Costa (Prewitt kick)	Tie 7–7
Q1		FSU	Frier 72 yard pass from Ward (Bentley kick)	FSU 14–7
Q2		FSU	Ward 2 yard run (Bentley kick)	FSU 21–7
Q4		MIA	Prewitt 23 yard field goal	FSU 21–10
Q4		FSU	Bush 40 yard interception return (Bentley kick)	FSU 28–10

See also: 1993 Florida State Seminoles football team and Florida State–Miami football rivalry

Syracuse

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
Syracuse	0	0	0	0	0
• Miami (FL)	14	14	14	7	49

• Date: October 23
• Location: Orange Bowl, Miami, FL
• Game attendance: 63,194

Scoring summary

1		MIA	Stewart 1-yard run (Prewitt kick)	MIA 7-0
1		MIA	Stewart 5-yard run (Prewitt kick)	MIA 14-0
2		MIA	Harris 3-yard run (Prewitt kick)	MIA 21-0
2		MIA	Holmes 11-yard interception return (Prewitt kick)	MIA 28-0
3		MIA	Collins 1-yard run (Prewitt kick)	MIA 35-0
3		MIA	Tucker 10-yard pass from Collins (Prewitt kick)	MIA 42-0
4		MIA	Jones 5-yard run (Barnwell kick)	MIA 49-0

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Vs. Arizona (Fiesta Bowl)

Main article: 1994 Fiesta Bowl

See also: 1993 Arizona Wildcats football team

Roster

1993 Miami Hurricanes football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class FB 30 Donnell Bennett Jr QB 11 Frank Costa Jr WR 7 Jammi German Fr RB 28 James Stewart So	Defense Pos. # Name Class LB 49 Robert Bass Sr DT 94 Dwayne Johnson Jr LB 52 Ray Lewis Fr DE 93 RJ Davis Sr DT 43 Patrick Riley Jr DT 76 Warren Sapp So DB 34 Dexter Seigler Sr LB 50 Lawrence Heartley So	Special teams Pos. # Name Class P 17 Maurice Washington So	Head coach Dennis Erickson 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

Main article: 1994 NFL draft

Player	Position	Round	Pick	NFL club
Donnell Bennett	Running back	2nd	58	Kansas City Chiefs
Darren Krein	Defensive end	5th	150	San Diego Chargers