1993 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football team

1993 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football
1993 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football
Yankee Conference champion; ECAC Team of the Year
NCAA Division I-AA Quarterfinal, L 31–34 at Marshall
Conference	Yankee Conference
	Mid-Atlantic Division
Ranking
Sports Network	No. 18
Record	9–4 (6–2 Yankee)
Head coach	Tubby Raymond (28th season);
Offensive coordinator	Ted Kempski (26th season)
Offensive scheme	Delaware Wing-T
Defensive coordinator	Bob Sabol (3rd season)
Home stadium	Delaware Stadium
	Seasons ← 1992 1994 →

1993 Yankee Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
New England Division
No. 6 Boston University x$^	8	–	0	–	0	12	–	1	–	0
No. 25 UMass	6	–	2	–	0	9	–	2	–	0
Connecticut	5	–	3	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
New Hampshire	4	–	4	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
Rhode Island	2	–	6	–	0	4	–	7	–	0
Maine	0	–	8	–	0	0	–	11	–	0
Mid-Atlantic Division
No. 10 William & Mary x^	7	–	1	–	0	9	–	3	–	0
No. 18 Delaware ^	6	–	2	–	0	9	–	4	–	0
James Madison	4	–	4	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
Richmond	3	–	5	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Northeastern	2	–	6	–	0	2	–	9	–	0
Villanova	1	–	7	–	0	3	–	8	–	0

$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant Rankings from The Sports Network poll

The 1993 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football team represented the University of Delaware as a member of the Mid-Atlantic Division of the Yankee Conference during the 1993 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Led by 28th-year head coach Tubby Raymond, the Fightin' Blue Hens compiled an overall record of 9–4 with a mark of 6–2 in conference play, placing second in the Yankee Conference's Mid-Atlantic Division. For the third consecutive season, Delaware advanced to the NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship playoffs, where the Fightin' Blue Hens beat Montana in the first round before for losing to the eventual national runner-up, Marshall, in the quarterfinals. The team played home games at Delaware Stadium in Newark, Delaware.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 4	Lehigh*	No. 5	Delaware Stadium Newark, DE (rivalry)	W 62–21	14,007	^[1]
September 11	No. 11 William & Mary	No. 3	Delaware Stadium Newark, DE (rivalry)	W 42–35	13,612
September 18	at Rhode Island	No. 3	Meade Stadium Kingston, RI	W 32–11	3,556
September 25	West Chester*	No. 3	Delaware Stadium Newark, DE (rivalry)	W 56–41
October 9	at James Madison	No. 2	Bridgeforth Stadium Harrisonburg, VA (rivalry)	L 38–42	11,000	^[2]
October 16	Villanova	No. 7	Delaware Stadium Newark, DE (Battle of the Blue)	W 19–7	18,251	^[3]
October 23	at UMass	No. 7	Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium Hadley, MA	L 29–43	13,102
October 30	Maine	No. 15	Delaware Stadium Newark, DE	W 21–19
November 6	Towson State*	No. 14	Delaware Stadium Newark, DE	L 30–32
November 13	Richmond	No. 22	Delaware Stadium Newark, DE	W 48–10	13,444	^[4]
November 20	at Northeastern	No. 19	Parsons Field Brookline, MA	W 28–23
November 27	at No. 3 Montana*	No. 18	Washington–Grizzly Stadium Missoula, MT (NCAA Division I-AA First Round)	W 49–48	11,271	^[5]
December 4	at No. 9 Marshall*	No. 18	Marshall University Stadium Huntington, WV (NCAA Division I-AA Quarterfinal)	L 31–34
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from The Sports Network Poll released prior to the game