1993 Georgia Southern Eagles football team

1993 Georgia Southern Eagles football
SoCon champion
ConferenceSouthern Conference
Ranking
Sports NetworkNo. 2
Record10–3 (7–1 SoCon)
Head coach
Defensive coordinatorTommy Spangler (4th season)
Home stadiumPaulson Stadium
Seasons
← 1992
1994 →
1993 Southern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 2 Georgia Southern $^ 7 – 1 – 0 10 – 3 – 0
No. 9 Marshall ^ 6 – 2 – 0 11 – 4 – 0
Western Carolina 5 – 3 – 0 6 – 5 – 0
Furman 4 – 4 – 0 5 – 5 – 1
The Citadel 4 – 4 – 0 7 – 5 – 0
Appalachian State 4 – 4 – 0 4 – 7 – 0
East Tennessee State 3 – 5 – 0 5 – 6 – 0
Chattanooga 2 – 6 – 0 4 – 7 – 0
VMI 1 – 7 – 0 1 – 10 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from The Sports Network poll

The 1993 Georgia Southern Eagles football team represented Georgia Southern University as a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon) during the 1993 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Led by fourth-year head coach Tim Stowers, the Eagles compiled an overall record of 10–3 with a conference mark of 7–1, winning the SoCon title. Georgia Southern was invited to the NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship playoffs, where they beat Eastern Kentucky in the first round before losing to eventual national champion Youngstown State in the quarterfinals. The Eagles played their home games at Paulson Stadium in Statesboro, Georgia.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 4Savannah State*No. 11
W 35–311,645
September 11No. 24 The CitadelNo. 8
  • Paulson Stadium
  • Statesboro, GA
W 16–612,921
September 18at No. 1 MarshallNo. 7
L 3–1329,464
September 25ChattanoogaNo. 8
  • Paulson Stadium
  • Statesboro, GA
W 45–013,771
October 24:00 pmat No. 3 (I-A) Miami (FL)*No. 7
L 7–3043,147
October 9No. 20 Western CarolinaNo. 8
  • Paulson Stadium
  • Statesboro, GA
W 19–1814,133
October 16at Appalachian StateNo. 6
W 34–2810,939[1]
October 23at VMINo. 6
W 57–05,600[2]
November 6FurmanNo. 3
  • Paulson Stadium
  • Statesboro, GA
W 31–1917,984[3]
November 13Concord*No. 3
  • Paulson Stadium
  • Statesboro, GA
W 51–1312,706
November 20at East Tennessee StateNo. 2
W 31–244,615
November 27No. 17 Eastern Kentucky*No. 2
W 14–127,278
December 4at No. 7 Youngstown State*No. 2
L 14–349,503

[4]

References

  1. ^ "Big plays help Ga. Southern slip past Appalachian 34–28". The Atlanta Constitution. October 17, 1993. Retrieved November 28, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Georgia Southern clobbers VMI". The Charlotte Observer. October 24, 1993. Retrieved February 6, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Good effort wasted". The Greenville News. November 7, 1993. Retrieved September 20, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "1993 Football Schedule". CFBDataWarehouse.com. Archived from the original on January 13, 2016. Retrieved January 20, 2017.


Stub icon

This college football 1990s season article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.