1993 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team

1993 Nebraska Cornhuskers football
1993 Nebraska Cornhuskers football
Big 8 champion
Orange Bowl (BC NCG), L 16–18 vs. Florida State
Conference	Big Eight Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 3
AP	No. 3
Record	11–1 (7–0 Big 8)
Head coach	Tom Osborne (21st season);
Offensive scheme	I formation
Defensive coordinator	Charlie McBride (13th season)
Base defense	4–3
Home stadium	Memorial Stadium
	Seasons ← 1992 1994 →

The 1993 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team represented the University of Nebraska–Lincoln in the 1993 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team was coached by Tom Osborne and played their home games in Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, Nebraska.

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Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 4	1:00 pm	North Texas*	No. 9	Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE		W 76–14	75,614
September 11	1:00 pm	Texas Tech*	No. 9	Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE		W 50–27	75,771
September 18	2:30 pm	at UCLA*	No. 8	Rose Bowl Pasadena, CA	ABC	W 14–13	50,299
September 25	1:00 pm	Colorado State*	No. 6	Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE		W 48–13	75,625
October 7	7:00 pm	at Oklahoma State	No. 7	Lewis Field Stillwater, OK	ESPN	W 27–13	35,580
October 16	1:00 pm	Kansas State	No. 6	Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE (rivalry)	Prime	W 45–28	75,721
October 23	1:00 pm	Missouri	No. 5	Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE (rivalry)		W 49–7	75,574
October 30	2:30 pm	at No. 20 Colorado	No. 6	Folsom Field Boulder, CO (rivalry)	ABC	W 21–17	52,277
November 6	1:00 pm	at Kansas	No. 6	Memorial Stadium Lawrence, KS (rivalry)		W 21–20	47,500
November 13	1:00 pm	Iowa State	No. 4	Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE (rivalry)		W 49–17	75,513
November 26	2:30 pm	No. 16 Oklahoma	No. 2	Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE (rivalry)	ABC	W 21–7	75,674
January 1, 1994	7:00 pm	vs. No. 1 Florida State*	No. 2	Miami Orange Bowl Miami, FL (Orange Bowl)	NBC	L 16–18	81,536	^[1]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
North Texas	0	7	7	0	14
• Nebraska	28	14	21	13	76

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
Texas Tech	7	7	7	6	27
• Nebraska	10	10	16	14	50

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
• Nebraska	0	7	7	0	14
UCLA	3	7	0	3	13

Schedule

1993 Big Eight Conference football standings
v t e	Conf.					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 3 Nebraska $	7	–	0	–	0	11	–	1	–	0
No. 16 Colorado	5	–	1	–	1	8	–	3	–	1
No. 20 Kansas State	4	–	2	–	1	9	–	2	–	1
No. 17 Oklahoma %	4	–	3	–	0	9	–	3	–	0
Kansas	3	–	4	–	0	5	–	7	–	0
Missouri	2	–	5	–	0	3	–	7	–	1
Iowa State	2	–	5	–	0	3	–	8	–	0
Oklahoma State	0	–	7	–	0	3	–	8	–	0

$ – Bowl Coalition representative as champion % – Bowl Coalition at-large representative Rankings from AP Poll

Award	Name(s)
Butkus Award	Trev Alberts
All-America 1st team	Trev Alberts
All-America 2nd team	Zach Wiegert
All-America 3rd team	Calvin Jones
Big 8 Coach of the Year	Tom Osborne
Big 8 Male Athlete of the Year	Trev Alberts
Big 8 Defensive Player of the Year	Trev Alberts
Big 8 Defensive Newcomer of the Year	Tyrone Williams
All-Big 8 1st team	Trev Alberts, Terry Conneally, Calvin Jones, Lance Lundberg, Ken Mehlin, Barron Miles, Kevin Ramaekers, Zach Wiegert
All-Big 8 2nd team	Tommie Frazier, John Reece, Ed Stewart, Toby Wright
All-Big 8 honorable mention	Mike Anderson, Gerald Armstrong, Byron Bennett, Corey Dixon, Abdul Muhammad