1993 Youngstown State Penguins football team

1993 Youngstown State Penguins football
NCAA Division I-AA champion
ConferenceIndependent
Record13–2
Head coach
Home stadiumStambaugh Stadium
Seasons
← 1992
1994 →
1993 NCAA Division I-AA independents football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 1 Troy State ^   –   11 – 0 – 1
Youngstown State ^   –   10 – 2 – 0
UAB   –   9 – 2 – 0
Wagner   –   9 – 2 – 0
No. 12 UCF ^   –   9 – 3 – 0
No. 24 Towson   –   8 – 2 – 0
No. 19 Western Kentucky   –   8 – 3 – 0
Hofstra   –   6 – 3 – 1
Saint Mary's   –   6 – 3 – 1
Davidson   –   6 – 4 – 0
Central Connecticut State   –   5 – 5 – 0
Liberty   –   5 – 5 – 0
Marist   –   5 – 5 – 0
Samford   –   5 – 6 – 0
Duquesne   –   4 – 6 – 0
Saint Francis   –   3 – 7 – 0
Charleston Southern   –   3 – 8 – 0
Monmouth   –   2 – 5 – 0
Buffalo   –   1 – 10 – 0
  • ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from The Sports Network poll

The 1993 Youngstown State Penguins football team was an American football team represented Youngstown State University in the 1993 NCAA Division I-AA football season. In their eighth season under head coach Jim Tressel, the team compiled a 13–2 record and defeated Marshall in the 1993 NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship Game.[1] It was Youngstown State's second national championship in three years.

Tailback Tamron Smith received the team's most valuable player award.[2] The team's statistical leaders included Smith with 1,433 rushing yards and 120 points scored, Darnell Clark with 1,822 all-purpose yards, Mark Brungard with 1,504 passing yards, and Leon Jones with 177 tackles (including 103 solo tackles).[3]

  1. ^ "2018 YSU Football Media Guide" (PDF). Youngstown State University. p. 43. Retrieved February 15, 2021.
  2. ^ 2018 Media Guide, p. 45.
  3. ^ 2018 Media Guide, pp. 18-19, and 31-33.