1993 Ohio State Buckeyes football team

The 1993 Ohio State Buckeyes football team represented the Ohio State University in the 1993 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Buckeyes compiled a 10–1–1 record and were co-champions of the Big Ten Conference along with the Wisconsin Badgers (who received the Rose Bowl berth) including the 1993 Holiday Bowl in San Diego, where they won 28–21 against the Brigham Young Cougars.

1993 Ohio State Buckeyes football
Big Ten co-champion Holiday Bowl champion
Holiday Bowl, W 28–21 vs. BYU
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 10
AP	No. 11
1993 record	10–1–1 (6–1–1 Big Ten)
Head coach	John Cooper (6th season)
Offensive coordinator	Joe Hollis (2nd season)
Defensive coordinator	Bill Young (6th season)
MVP	Raymont Harris
Captains	Alan Kline Chico Nelson Cedric Saunders Jason Simmons
Home stadium	Ohio Stadium (Capacity: 91,470)

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

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 4	12:30 p.m.	Rice*	No. 18	Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH	ESPN	W 34–7	89,040[1]
September 11	8:00 p.m.	No. 12 Washington*	No. 16	Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH	ABC	W 21–12	94,109[1]
September 18	12:00 p.m.	at Pittsburgh*	No. 11	Pitt Stadium Pittsburgh, PA	ABC	W 63–28	41,511[1]
October 2	1:30 p.m.	Northwestern	No. 7	Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH		W 51–3	92,744[1]
October 9	12:30 p.m.	at Illinois	No. 6	Memorial Stadium Champaign, IL (Illibuck)	ESPN	W 20–12	61,209[1]
October 16	3:30 p.m.	No. 25 Michigan State	No. 5	Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH (rivalry)	ABC	W 28–21	93,989[1]
October 23	2:00 p.m.	at Purdue	No. 3	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN		W 45–24	44,038[1]
October 30	3:30 p.m.	No. 12 Penn State	No. 3	Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH (rivalry)	ABC	W 24–6	95,060[1]
November 6	3:30 p.m.	at No. 15 Wisconsin	No. 3	Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI	ABC	T 14–14	77,745[1]
November 13	3:30 p.m.	Indiana	No. 5	Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH	ABC	W 23–17	93,741[1]
November 20	12:00 p.m.	at Michigan	No. 5	Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, MI (The Game)	ABC	L 0–28	106,867	[2]
December 30	8:00 p.m.	vs. BYU*	No. 11	Jack Murphy Stadium San Diego, CA (Holiday Bowl)	ESPN	W 28–21	52,108[1]
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

Game summaries

Rice

Washington

1 2 3 4 Total Washington 3 6 0 3 12 • Ohio St 7 7 0 7 21 Date: September 11 Location: Ohio Stadium Game start: 8:05 p.m. EST Elapsed time: 3:25 Game attendance: 94,109 Game weather: Clear; 79°F; wind SW Referee: Dick Honig

Scoring summary Q1 10:31 OHST Harris 2 yard run (Williams kick) OHST 7–0 Q1 4:58 WASH Hanson 29 yard field goal OHST 7–3 Q2 7:09 OHST Galloway 35 yard pass from Hoying (Williams kick) OHST 14–3 Q2 1:08 WASH Hill 8 yard pass from Huard (pass failed) OHST 14–9 Q4 12:46 WASH Hanson 21 yard field goal OHST 14–12 Q4 11:04 OHST By'not'e 49 yard run (Williams kick) OHST 21–12

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Pittsburgh

Northwestern

Illinois

See also: Illibuck Trophy

1 2 3 4 Total • Ohio St 10 7 0 3 20 Illinois 0 3 9 0 12 Date: October 9 Location: Memorial Stadium Game start: 11:30 a.m. CST Elapsed time: 3:16 Game attendance: 61,209 Game weather: Overcast; 47°F; wind 20 N Referee: Ron Winter

Scoring summary Q1 13:26 OHST Galloway 11 yard pass from Hoying (Williams kick) OHST 7–0 Q1 7:30 OHST Williams 52 yard field goal OHST 10–0 Q2 13:56 ILL Richardson 29 yard field goal OHST 10–3 Q2 4:09 OHST Glenn recovers fumble in end zone (Williams kick) OHST 17–3 Q3 6:12 ILL Richardson 21 yard field goal OHST 17–6 Q3 2:23 ILL Richardson 36 yard field goal OHST 17–9 Q3 0:40 ILL Richardson 26 yard field goal OHST 17–12 Q4 1:41 OHST Williams 39 yard field goal OHST 20–12

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Michigan State

1 2 3 4 Total Michigan St 3 7 0 11 21 • Ohio St 7 14 0 7 28 Date: October 16 Location: Ohio Stadium Game start: 3:30 p.m. EST Elapsed time: 3:28 Game attendance: 93,989 Game weather: Overcast; 62°F; wind 8 SE Referee: Dick Honig

Scoring summary Q1 13:00 OHST Galloway 22 yard pass from Hoying (Williams kick) OHST 7–0 Q1 9:50 MSU Stoyanovich 47 yard field goal OHST 7–3 Q2 14:15 OHST Galloway 64 yard pass from Powers (Williams kick) OHST 14–3 Q2 7:46 MSU Holman 1 yard run (Stoyanovich kick) OHST 14–10 Q2 2:47 OHST Galloway 14 yard pass from Hoying (Williams kick) OHST 21–10 Q4 14:56 MSU Stoyanovich 21 yard field goal OHST 21–13 Q4 5:37 MSU Greene 38 yard pass from Miller (Coleman pass from Miller) Tie 21–21 Q4 1:06 OHST Harris 7 yard run (Williams kick) OHST 28–21

• Joey Galloway 9 Rec, 186 Yds
• Raymont Harris 22 Rush, 103 Yds

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Purdue

1 2 3 4 Total • Ohio St 14 21 7 3 45 Purdue 0 7 0 17 24 Date: October 23 Location: Ross–Ade Stadium, West Lafayette, Indiana Game attendance: 44,038

Scoring summary 1 OHST Harris 11-yard run (Williams kick) Ohio St 7-0 1 OHST Harris 3-yard run (Williams kick) Ohio St 14-0 2 OHST George 1-yard run (Williams kick) Ohio St 21-0 2 OHST Kerner 100-yard interception return (Williams kick) Ohio St 28-0 2 OHST By'not'e 1-yard run (Williams kick) Ohio St 35-0 2 PUR Hill 23-yard pass from Trefzger (Bobich kick) Ohio St 35-7 3 OHST Finkes recovered fumble in end zone (Williams kick) Ohio St 42-7 4 PUR Bobich 23-yard field goal Ohio St 42-10 4 OHST J. Jackson 20-yard field goal Ohio St 45-10 4 PUR Alstott 1-yard run (Bobich kick) Ohio St 45-17 4 PUR Hill 9-yard pass from Trefzger (Bobich kick) Ohio St 45-24

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Penn State

See also: 1993 Penn State Nittany Lions football team and Ohio State–Penn State football rivalry

Penn State Nittany Lions at Ohio State Buckeyes

	1	2	3	4	Total
Penn St	6	0	0	0	6
Ohio St	7	10	7	0	24

at Ohio Stadium, Columbus, Ohio

• Date: October 30, 1993
• Game time: 3:30 p.m.
• Game weather: Snow flurries, 34 °F (1 °C)
• Game attendance: 95,060
• Referee: Dick Honig
• TV announcers (ABC): Keith Jackson and Bob Griese
• Box Score

Game information

First quarter PSU – Craig Fayak 29-yard field goal, 12:54. Penn St 3–0. Drive: 13 plays, 53 yards, 2:06. OSU – Raymont Harris 4-yard run (Tim Williams kick), 10:03. Ohio St 7–3. Drive: 8 plays, 65 yards, 2:43. PSU – Craig Fayak 49-yard field goal, 7:39. Ohio St 7–6. Drive: 8 plays, 34 yards, 2:24. Second quarter OSU – Tim Williams 22-yard field goal, 14:56. Ohio St 10–6. Drive: 10 plays, 49 yards, 4:23. OSU – Joey Galloway 25-yard pass from Bret Powers (Tim Williams kick), 11:19. Ohio St 17–6. Drive: 8 plays, 64 yards, 3:24. Third quarter OSU – Butler By'not'e 4-yard run (Tim Williams kick), 10:17. Ohio St 24–6. Drive: 9 plays, 68 yards, 4:43. Top passers PSU – Kerry Collins – 13/39, 122 yards, 4 INT OSU – Bobby Hoying – 4/11, 107 yards Top rushers PSU – Ki-Jana Carter – 24 rushes, 123 yards OSU – Raymont Harris – 32 rushes, 151 yards, TD Top receivers PSU – Kyle Brady – 4 receptions, 36 yards OSU – Chris Sanders – 2 receptions, 56 yards

Wisconsin

1 2 3 4 Total Ohio St 7 0 0 7 14 Wisconsin 0 7 7 0 14 Date: November 6 Location: Camp Randall Stadium Game start: 2:30 p.m. CST Elapsed time: 3:01 Game attendance: 77,745 Game weather: Snow; 30°F; wind 10–15 NW Referee: Ron Winter

Scoring summary Q1 7:12 OHST Harris 3 yard run (Williams kick) OHST 7–0 Q2 3:51 WIS DeRamus 8 yard pass from Bevell (Schnetzky kick) Tie 7–7 Q3 7:17 WIS Moss 3 yard run (Schnetzky kick) WIS 14–7 Q4 3:48 OHST Galloway 26 yard pass from Powers (Williams kick) Tie 14–14

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Indiana

See also: 1993 Indiana Hoosiers football team

Michigan

See also: 1993 Michigan Wolverines football team and Michigan–Ohio State football rivalry

Ohio State Buckeyes at Michigan Wolverines

	1	2	3	4	Total
Ohio St	0	0	0	0	0
Michigan	7	14	7	0	28

at Michigan Stadium, Ann Arbor, Michigan

• Date: November 20, 1993
• Game weather: Sunny, low 30s
• Game attendance: 106,867
• TV: ABC
• Box Score

Game information

First quarter MICH – Mercury Hayes 25-yard pass from Todd Collins (Peter Elezvoic kick), 6:34. Michigan 7–0. Drive: 5 plays, 81 yards, 2:04. Second quarter MICH – Jon Ritchie 1-yard run (Peter Elezvoic kick), 5:30. Michigan 14–0. Drive: 5 plays, 99 yards, 1:24. MICH – Che Foster 3-yard pass from Todd Collins (Peter Elezovic kick), 2:13. Michigan 21–0. Drive: 6 plays, 31 yards, 3:06. Third quarter MICH – Ed Davis 5-yard run (Peter Elezvoic kick), 10:39. Michigan 28–0. Drive: 4 plays, 32 yards, 1:05. Top passers OSU – Bobby Hoying – 11/24, 134 yards, INT MICH – Todd Collins – 14/20, 140 yards, 2 TD, INT Top rushers OSU – Raymont Harris – 14 rushes, 65 yards MICH – Tyrone Wheatley – 16 rushes, 105 yards Top receivers OSU – Cedric Saunders – 6 receptions, 65 yards MICH – Derrick Alexander – 3 receptions, 64 yards

Holiday Bowl

Statistics

• Rushing: Raymont Harris 235 yards[8]

Rankings

Main article: 1994 NCAA Division I-A football rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	Final
AP	17	18	16	11	7	7	6	5	4	4	4	5	5	12	11	11	11
Coaches Poll	17	16	14	11	7	7	7	6	4	3	3 (1)	5	5	10	10	10	10

Roster

1993 Ohio State Buckeyes football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class RB 33 Butler By'not'e Sr WR 1 DeWayne Carter Jr FB 39 Matt Calhoun FB 29 Jeff Cothran Sr OG 57 LeShun Daniels So OT 64 Mike Dully WR 7 Joey Galloway Jr WR 83 Terry Glenn So RB 27 Eddie George So RB 34 Raymont Harris Sr TE 88 Bob Houser Fr FB 42 William Houston QB 14 Bobby Hoying So QB 8 Stanley Jackson Fr TE 89 D.J. Jones So OT 67 Alan Kline RB 6 Travis McGuire So OG 77 Dave Monnot OG 65 Juan Porter QB 3 Bret Powers WR 17 Chris Sanders Jr TE 85 Cedric Saunders C 69 Brian Smith C 59 Rod Smith WR 86 Dimitrious Stanley OT 78 Korey Stringer So C 61 Jack Thrush WR 12 Buster Tillman RB 4 Keith Wilkerson OG 68 Jason Winrow	Defense Pos. # Name Class DT 76 Pete Beckman OLB 30 Greg Bellisari Fr DE 56 Randall Brown NG 99 Luke Fickell NG 92 Matt Finkes Fr S 26 Anthony Gwinn DE 49 Jayson Gwinn CB 20 Ty Howard So S 25 Rob Kelly Fr CB 46 Marlon Kerner Jr S 28 Jason Louis CB 47 Dennis Maag OLB 43 Ryan Miller So S 13 Chico Nelson Sr S 21 Tim Patillo CB 9 Tito Paul Jr LB 84 Craig Powell Jr ILB 48 Alex Rodriguez DE 91 Jason Simmons Sr OLB 32 Obie Stillwell OLB 90 Lorenzo Styles So S 2 Walter Taylor Jr DE 94 Mike Vrabel Fr CB 18 Tim Walton DT 72 Dan Wilkinson Jr OLB 51 Mark Williams Sr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class LS 50 Jim Borchers PK 9 Josh Jackson LS 53 Scott Lynch Sr H 25 David Ost P 22 Scott Terna Jr PK 23 Tim Williams Sr	Head coach John Cooper Coordinators/assistant coaches Larry Coker (DB) Bill Conley Frank Falks (RB) Joe Hollis (OC) Ron Hudson (QB) Lee Owens Fred Pagac (LB) Mike Stock (WR) Bill Young (DC) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster Last update: 2015-12-20

1994 NFL draftees

Player	Round	Pick	Position	NFL Club
Dan Wilkinson	1	1	Defensive Tackle	Cincinnati Bengals
Jeff Cothran	3	66	Fullback	Cincinnati Bengals
Raymont Harris	4	114	Running Back	Chicago Bears
Jason Winrow	6	186	Guard	New York Giants
Butler By'not'e	7	212	Running Back	Denver Broncos

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References

1. Park, Jack (2003). The Official Ohio State Football Encyclopedia. Champaign, Illinois: Sports Publishing LLC. ISBN 1-58261-695-7.
2. Angelique S. Chengelis (November 21, 1993). "Black eye for Buckeyes". Detroit Free Press. pp. 1E, 10E – via Newspapers.com.
3. Ohio State Football - Archives. Retrieved 2018-Oct-28.
4. Ohio State Football - Archives. Retrieved 2018-Oct-28.
5. Ohio State Football - Archives. Retrieved 2018-Oct-31.
6. Gainesville Sun. 1993 Oct 24.
7. Ohio State Football - Archives. Retrieved 2018-Oct-31.
8. 2012 Ohio State football record book
9. https://www.pro-football-reference.com/draft/1994.htm

Win/Loss statistics

• Ohio State Historical Scores

Draft data

• Ohio State Drafted Players