1993 Georgia Southern Eagles football team

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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. 11W 35–311,645
September 11No. 24 The CitadelNo. 8
  • Paulson Stadium
  • Statesboro, GA
W 16–612,921
September 18at No. 1
Marshall University Stadium
  • Huntington, WV
  • 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. 7L 7–3043,147
    October 9No. 20 Western CarolinaNo. 8
    • Paulson Stadium
    • Statesboro, GA
    W 19–1814,133
    October 16at Appalachian StateNo. 6W 34–2810,939[1]
    October 23at VMINo. 6W 57–05,600[2]
    November 6FurmanNo. 3
    • Paulson Stadium
    • Statesboro, GA
    W 31–1917,984[3]
    November 13
    Concord
    *
    No. 3
    • Paulson Stadium
    • Statesboro, GA
    W 51–1312,706
    November 20at East Tennessee StateNo. 2W 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

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    4. ^ "1993 Football Schedule". CFBDataWarehouse.com. Archived from the original on January 13, 2016. Retrieved January 20, 2017.