1993–94 NCAA football bowl games

College football postseason game series August 2023 1993 19 December 17, 1993 January 1, 1994 Orange Bowl Miami Orange Bowl Miami, Florida Florida State Big Ten 7 4 3 4 ACC 5 2 3 3 Big Eight 4 3 1 4 Pac-10 4 3 1 3 SEC 4 2 2 4 Big East 4 2 2 4 WAC 4 0 4 0 SWC 2 0 2 1 Big West 1 1 0 0 MAC 1 0 1 0 The 1993–94 NCAA football bowl games concluded the 1993 NCAA Division I-A football season. In the second year of the Bowl Coalition era, the 1994 Orange Bowl was designated as the national championship game, pitting Florida State (11–1), ranked first in the AP Poll and third in the Coaches Poll, against Nebraska (11–0), ranked second in the AP Poll and first in the Coaches Poll. Undefeated and untied West Virginia was ranked second in the Coaches Poll but was relegated to the Sugar Bowl after finishing in third in the Bowl Coalition composite rankings. Florida State defeated Nebraska in the Orange Bowl, which, along with West Virginia's loss to Florida in the Sugar Bowl, allowed Florida State to secure a national championship in both major polls. A total of 19 bowl games were played between December 17, 1993 and January 1, 1994 by 38 bowl-eligible teams.https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/years/1993-bowls.html 1993 College Football Bowl Games Sports-Reference.com January 5, 2019 One new bowl game was added during the 1993–94 season: the Alamo Bowl, held in San Antonio, Texas. Non-Coalition bowls DateTimeTVGameSiteResultRef. Dec 17 8:00 PM ESPN Las Vegas Bowl Sam Boyd StadiumWhitney, NV Utah State 42, Ball State 33 Dec 25 2:30 PM ABC Aloha Bowl Aloha StadiumHonolulu, HI No. 17 Colorado 41, No. 25–T Fresno State 30 Dec 28 8:00 PM ESPN Liberty Bowl Liberty Bowl Memorial StadiumMemphis, TN No. 25–T Louisville 18, Michigan State 7 Dec 29 8:00 PM ESPN Copper Bowl Arizona StadiumTucson, AZ No. 20 Kansas State 52, Wyoming 17Dec 30 8:00 PM ESPN Holiday Bowl Jack Murphy StadiumSan Diego, CA No. 11 Ohio State 28, BYU 21 9:00 PM Raycom Freedom Bowl Anaheim StadiumAnaheim, CA USC 28, Utah 21Dec 31 12:30 PM ESPN Independence Bowl Independence StadiumShreveport, LA No. 22 Virginia Tech 45, No. 21 Indiana 20 6:00 PM ESPN Peach Bowl Georgia DomeAtlanta, GA No. 24 Clemson 14, Kentucky 13 9:30 PM ESPN Alamo Bowl Alamo DomeSan Antonio, TX California 37, Iowa 3Jan 1 11:00 AM ESPN Hall of Fame Bowl Tampa StadiumTampa, FL No. 23 Michigan 42, NC State 7 1:00 PM ABC Citrus Bowl Florida Citrus BowlOrlando, FL No. 13 Penn State 31, No. 6 Tennessee 13 1:30 PM CBS Carquest Bowl Joe Robbie StadiumMiami Gardens, FL No. 15 Boston College 31, Virginia 13 4:30 PM ABC Rose Bowl Rose BowlPasadena, CA No. 9 Wisconsin 21, No. 14 UCLA 16 Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game. All times are in Eastern Time.http://nyshistoricnewspapers.org/lccn/sn88074101/1993-12-03/ed-1/seq-18/ College bowls Press-Republican Plattsburgh, NY December 3, 1993 18 Bowl Coalition bowls +Tier IDateTimeTVGameSiteResultRef.Jan 1 1:00 PM NBC Fiesta Bowl Sun Devil StadiumTempe, AZ No. 16 Arizona 29, No. 10 Miami (FL) 0 4:30 PM NBC Cotton Bowl Classic Cotton BowlDallas, TX No. 4 Notre Dame 24, No. 7 Texas A&M 21 8:00 PM NBC Orange BowlChampionship game Miami Orange BowlMiami, FL No. 1 Florida State 18, No. 2 Nebraska 16 8:30 PM ABC Sugar Bowl Louisiana SuperdomeNew Orleans, LA No. 8 Florida 41, No. 3 West Virginia 7 Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game. All times are in Eastern Time. +Tier IIDateTimeTVGameSiteResultRef. Dec 24 2:30 PM CBS John Hancock Bowl Sun BowlEl Paso, TX No. 19 Oklahoma 41, Texas Tech 10 Dec 31 7:00 PM TBS Gator Bowl Gator Bowl StadiumJacksonville, FL No. 18 Alabama 24, No. 12 North Carolina 10 Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game. All times are in Eastern Time. References