1993 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament
At the time, 15-seed Santa Clara's victory over 2-seed Arizona was only the second such upset, and following the 2021 tournament, is one of only nine times that a 15-seed defeated a 2-seed since the tournament field expanded to 64 teams (in 2018, Maryland-Baltimore County became the first 16-seed to defeat a 1-seed, ousting Virginia 74-54. ).


1993 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament
In this tournament, the Louisiana Superdome was the only site in which the game clock counted down in whole seconds, not tenths of seconds, in the final minute of each period.


1993 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament, Schedule and venues
The following are the sites that were selected to host each round of the 1993 tournament:


1993 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament, Schedule and venues
For the third time, the Superdome was the host venue for the Final Four, and for the second straight year, all four regional sites were former or future Final Four sites. 1993 saw two new host cities, in Orlando, Florida and Winston-Salem, North Carolina. This was only the second time (after 1983 in Tampa) that Florida hosted a tournament site. Winston-Salem, by contrast, was the sixth different city in North Carolina to host a tournament game. This was the final year for two venues, Vanderbilt's Memorial Gym and the St. Louis Arena.


1993 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament, Schedule and venues
Games in Nashville have moved to the downtown Bridgestone Arena, and games since in St. Louis have been either at The Dome at America's Center or the Enterprise Center, the successor venue to the Arena, which was torn down in 1999. This was also the most recent time the Carrier Dome has served as a site for opening weekend games; it has been used as a regional site ever since.


1993 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament, Bracket, Final Four – New Orleans, Louisiana
# Michigan's entire 1992–93 schedule results were vacated, on November 7, 2002, as part of the settlement of the University of Michigan basketball scandal. Unlike forfeiture, a vacated game does not result in the other school being credited with a win, only with Michigan removing the wins from its own record.


1993 NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championship
The 1993 NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championships were contested at the 54th annual NCAA-sanctioned golf tournament for determining the individual and team national champions of men's collegiate golf at the Division I level in the United States.


1993 NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championship
The tournament was held at the Champions Golf Course in Lexington, Kentucky.


1993 NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championship
Florida won the team championship, the Gators' third NCAA title and first since 1973. Florida bested second-placed Georgia Tech by a single stroke (1,145–1,146).


1993 NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championship
Future professional Todd Demsey, from Arizona State, won the individual title, the fourth win in five championships for a Sun Devil golfer.


1993 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
The 1993 NCAA Men's Division I Ice Hockey Tournament involved 12 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's  NCAA Division I college ice hockey. It began on March 26, 1993, and ended with the championship game on April 3. A total of 11 games were played.


1993 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament, Qualifying teams
The at-large bids and seeding for each team in the tournament were announced after the conference tournaments concluded. The Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA) had four teams receive a berth, the Central Collegiate Hockey Association (CCHA) and the ECAC each had three teams receive a berth in the tournament while the Hockey East had two berths.


1993 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship
The 1993 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Tournament was the 23rd annual Division I NCAA Men's Lacrosse Championship tournament. Twelve NCAA Division I college men's lacrosse teams met after having played their way through a regular season, and for some, a conference tournament.


1993 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship
The championship game was played at Maryland's Byrd Stadium in front of 19,965 fans,


1993 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship
Syracuse University defeated University of North Carolina by the score of 13–12 with Syracuse's Matt Riter scoring the game-winner with eight seconds left as the Orangemen won their fourth NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship and eighth lacrosse title overall.


1993 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship
Syracuse finished the season 12 and 2 in defeating the number one seed.


1993 NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Championship, Tournament boxscores
Casey Donegan, Mark Fietta, Dom Fin, Erik Knaus, Charlie Lockwood, Jim Morrisey


1993 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament
The 1993 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Tournament was the 34th organized men's college soccer tournament by the National Collegiate Athletic Association, to determine the top college soccer team in the United States. The Virginia Cavaliers won their fourth national title, and third straight, by defeating the South Carolina Gamecocks in the championship game, 2–0. The final match was played on December 5, 1993, in Davidson, North Carolina, at Richardson Stadium for the second straight year. All other games were played at the home field of the higher seeded team.


1993 NCAA Division I Men's Swimming and Diving Championships
The 1993 NCAA Division I Men's Swimming and Diving Championships were contested in March 1993 at the Indiana University Natatorium in Indianapolis, Indiana at the 70th annual NCAA-sanctioned swim meet to determine the team and individual national champions of Division I men's collegiate swimming and diving in the United States. The men's and women's titles would not be held at the same site until 2006.


1993 NCAA Division I Men's Swimming and Diving Championships
Stanford again topped the team standings, finishing 124.5 points ahead of Michigan. It was the Cardinal's second consecutive and sixth overall title and the fifth for coach Skip Kenney.


1993 NCAA Division I Men's Tennis Championships
The 1993 NCAA Division I Tennis Championships were the 47th annual championships to determine the national champions of NCAA Division I men's singles, doubles, and team collegiate tennis in the United States.


1993 NCAA Division I Men's Tennis Championships
USC defeated hosts Georgia in the championship final, 5–3, to claim the Trojan's second team national title. This was USC's second men's team title in three years.


1993 NCAA Division I Men's Tennis Championships, Host sites
The men's tournaments were played at the Dan Magill Tennis Complex in Athens, Georgia, hosted by the University of Georgia.


1993 NCAA Division I Men's Tennis Championships, Host sites
The men's and women's tournaments would not be held at the same site until 2006.


1993 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships
The 1993 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships were contested June 2−5 at Tad Gormley Stadium at the University of New Orleans in New Orleans, Louisiana in order to determine the individual and team national champions of men's and women's collegiate Division I outdoor track and field events in the United States.


1993 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships
These were the 71st annual men's championships and the 12th annual women's championships. This was the Privateers' first time hosting the event.


1993 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships
In a repeat of the previous year's result, Arkansas and LSU topped the men's and women's team standings, respectively; it was the Razorbacks' third men's team title and the seventh for the Lady Tigers. This was the second of eight consecutive titles for Arkansas. The Lady Tigers, meanwhile, captured their seventh consecutive title and, ultimately, the seventh of eleven straight titles they won between 1987 and 1997.


1993 NCAA Division I Softball Tournament
The 1993 NCAA Division I Softball Tournament was the twelfth annual tournament to determine the national champion of NCAA women's collegiate softball. Held during May 1993, twenty Division I college softball teams contested the championship. The tournament featured eight regionals of either two or three teams, each in a double elimination format. The 1993 Women's College World Series was held in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma from May 27 through May 31 and marked the conclusion of the 1993 NCAA Division I softball season. Arizona won their second championship by defeating defending champions UCLA 1–0 in the final game.


1993 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament
The 1993 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament began on March 17 and ended on April 4. The tournament featured 48 teams. The Final Four consisted of Ohio State, Iowa, Vanderbilt, and Texas Tech, with Texas Tech defeating Ohio State 84–82 to win its first NCAA title. Texas Tech's Sheryl Swoopes was named the Most Outstanding Player of the tournament.


1993 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament, Notable events
Ohio State failed to earn an invitation to the NCAA tournament in the prior two years, but in 1993, they added Katie Smith, the Gatorade National player of the year,  to the roster, who helped lead the team to a 24–3 regular season record and an NCAA invitation as a 1 seed. The Buckeyes won their first two games easily, but faced a challenge in the East Regional final game against Virginia. The Cavaliers had been in the three previous Final Fours, including a national runner up finish in 1991.


1993 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament, Notable events
Despite 30 points from Virginia's Heather Burge, the Ohio State team won a close match, 75–73, to move on to their first ever NCAA Final Four. With time winding down, and trailing by two points, Virginia raced down the court and Dena Evans would hit a three-point shot, but it was disallowed, because the coach had called a timeout with 0.6 seconds left in the game. The inbounds pass was never touched, and went out of bounds, turning the ball over to Ohio State. Although they only had to inbound the ball, the inbounder stepped on the line, giving the ball back to Virginia. However, the inbounds pass by the Cavaliers was blocked, and Ohio State held on to win.


1993 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament, Notable events
In the Mideast Regional, the Tennessee team was the top seed. Tennessee had won the National Championship three of the prior six years an advanced to the regional final with wins of 20 points or more in their first two games. Iowa, who had shared the championship of the Big Ten with Ohio State, was the second seed in the region, and faced Tennessee in the regional Final. Iowa was coached by Hall of Fame coach C. Vivian Stringer who had lost her husband to a heart attack during the season. The Tennessee team was trying to win the 500th victory for their coach Pat Summitt. The Iowa team would prevail, sending Iowa to their first ever Final Four (although the coach had been in the first NCAA Final four as coach of Cheyney State).


1993 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament, Notable events
Texas Tech was the second seeded team in the West regional, where long time power Stanford was the top seed. However, Colorado upset Stanford in the regional semi-finals, while Texas Tech beat Washington, then USC to face Colorado in the Regional Finals. That game wasn't close, as Texas Tech, with Sheryl Swoopes, the "Michael Jordan of women's basketball" beat Colorado by 25 points to make it to their first ever Final Four. This set up a match up with Vanderbilt, the number one seeded winner of the Midwest Regional, who were also appearing in their first ever Final Four.


1993 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament, Notable events
The Final Four included four teams who had never been in a Final Four before, the first time that had happened since the very first NCAA Final Four in 1982. In one semifinal,  second seeded Texas Tech faced a number one seed in Vanderbilt, but Texas Tech would win easily, 60–46, while Vanderbilt set a tournament record for fewest points in a half, of a semi-final game, with only 20 points in the second half.


1993 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament, Notable events
In  the other semifinal, two Big Ten teams faced each other. Ohio State and Iowa had squared off twice in the regular season, with each winning their game at home. This time, they faced each other for the chance to play in the national championship game. At the end of regulation though, the game was tied, and they had to go to an overtime period. A timeout had been crucial in the Ohio State win over Virginia, and would become crucial in this game as well.


1993 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament, Notable events
Near the end of the game, the Iowa coach tried to signal a timeout, but the refs did not see the signal, and Iowa player Laurie Aaron tripped over a player on the floor with six seconds to go, losing the ball and turning it over. Ohio State recovered the ball and held on for a one-point victory 73–72.


1993 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament, Notable events
In the championship game, Swoopes scored 23 points in the first half to help Texas Tech take a nine-point lead at half-time. The Buckeyes did not fold, and fought back to take a 55–54 lead midway through the second half. However, Swoopes continued her record-breaking night, and scored 24 points in the second half. She completed a three-point play on a layup and foul shot to give her team a seven-point lead with under a minute to go. Ohio State hit two three-pointers in the final seconds, but it wasn't enough, and the Red Raiders won their first national championship with a score of 84–82.


1993 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament, Qualifying teams - automatic
Forty-eight teams were selected to participate in the 1993 NCAA Tournament. Twenty-three conferences were eligible for an automatic bid to the 1993 NCAA tournament.


1993 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament, Qualifying teams - at-large
Twenty-five additional teams were selected to complete the forty-eight invitations.


1993 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament, Bids by conference
Twenty-three conferences earned an automatic bid. In fourteen cases, the automatic bid was the only representative from the conference. Two conferences, Great Midwest and North Atlantic sent a single representative as an at-large team. Twenty-three additional at-large teams were selected from nine of the conferences.


1993 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament, First and second rounds
In 1993, the field remained at 48 teams. The teams were seeded, and assigned to four geographic regions, with seeds 1–12 in each region. In Round 1, seeds 8 and 9 faced each other for the opportunity to face the 1 seed in the second round, seeds 7 and 10 played for the opportunity to face the 2 seed, seeds 5 and 12 played for the opportunity to face the 4 seed, and seeds 6 and 11 played for the opportunity to face the 3 seed. In the first two rounds, the higher seed was given the opportunity to host the first-round game. In most cases, the higher seed accepted the opportunity. The exception:


1993 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament, First and second rounds
Old Dominion served as a host for the first round as well as the second round, so it is listed twice.


1993 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament, First and second rounds
The following table lists the region, host school, venue and the thirty-two first and second round locations:


1993 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament, Regionals and  Final Four
The Regionals, named for the general  location, were held from March 25 to March 27 at these sites:


1993 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament, Regionals and  Final Four
Each regional winner advanced to the  Final Four, held April 3 and April 4 in Atlanta, Georgia  at the Omni Coliseum, (Host: Georgia Tech)


1993 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament, Bids by state
The forty-eight teams came from twenty-seven states, plus Washington, D.C. California had the most teams with six bids. Twenty-three states did not have any teams receiving bids.


1993 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament, Brackets
First and second-round games played at higher seed except where noted.


1993 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament, Record by  conference
Fifteen conferences had more than one  bid, or at least one win in NCAA Tournament play:


1993 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament, Record by  conference
Ten conferences went  0-1: Big Sky Conference, Great Midwest Conference, MAAC, MAC, Mid-Continent, Midwestern Collegiate, North Atlantic Conference, Ohio Valley Conference, Southern Conference, and West Coast Conference


1993 NCAA Division I Women's Lacrosse Championship
The 1993 NCAA Division I Women's Lacrosse Championship was the 12th annual single-elimination tournament to determine the national championship of Division I NCAA women's college lacrosse. The championship game was played at Byrd Stadium in College Park, Maryland during May 1993. All NCAA Division I women's lacrosse programs were eligible for this championship; a total of 6 teams were invited to participate.


1993 NCAA Division I Women's Lacrosse Championship
Virginia defeated Princeton, 8–6 (in overtime), to win their second national championship.


1993 NCAA Division I Women's Lacrosse Championship
The leading scorer for the tournament, with 9 goals, was Jenny Bristow, from Princeton. The Most Outstanding Player trophy was not awarded this year.


1993 NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Tournament
The 1993 NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Tournament was the 12th annual single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of NCAA Division I women's collegiate soccer. The championship game was played at Fetzer Field in Chapel Hill, North Carolina during December 1993.


1993 NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Tournament
North Carolina defeated George Mason (the last team to defeat the Tar Heels in a College Cup Final) in the final, 6–0, to win their eleventh national title. Coached by Anson Dorrance, the Tar Heels again finished the season undefeated, 23–0. This would go on to become the eighth of North Carolina's record nine consecutive national titles (1986–1994). It also comprised the Tar Heels' ten-year unbeaten streak that ran from the 1984 final all the way until the 1994 season.


1993 NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Tournament
The Most Outstanding Offensive Player was again Mia Hamm from North Carolina, and the Most Outstanding Defensive Player was Skye Eddy, from George Mason. Hamm was also the tournament's leading scorer (6 goals, 4 assists). Hamm and Eddy, along with ten other players, were named to the All-tournament team.


1993 NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Tournament, Qualification
All Division I women's soccer programs were eligible to qualify for the tournament. For the first time since 1984, the tournament field expanded, increasing from 12 to 16 teams.


1993 NCAA Division I Women's Swimming and Diving Championships
The 1993 NCAA Women's Division I Swimming and Diving Championships were contested at the 12th annual NCAA-sanctioned swim meet to determine the team and individual national champions of Division I women's collegiate swimming and diving in the United States.


1993 NCAA Division I Women's Swimming and Diving Championships
This year's events were hosted at the University Aquatic Center at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, Minnesota.


1993 NCAA Division I Women's Swimming and Diving Championships
Stanford repeated as team champions, finishing 228.5 points ahead of Florida in the point standings. It was the Cardinal's second consecutive and fourth overall team title.


1993 NCAA Division I Women's Tennis Championships
The 1993 NCAA Division I Women's Tennis Championships were the 12th annual championships to determine the national champions of NCAA Division I women's singles, doubles, and team collegiate tennis in the United States, held from May 16–20, 1993 in Gainesville, Florida.


1993 NCAA Division I Women's Tennis Championships, Host
This year's tournaments were hosted by the University of Florida at the Ring Tennis Complex in Gainesville, Florida. This was the third time the Gators hosted the women's championships (1989 and 1990).


1993 NCAA Division I Women's Tennis Championships, Host
The men's and women's NCAA tennis championships would not be held jointly until 2006.


1993 NCAA Division I Women's Volleyball Tournament
The 1993 NCAA Division I Women's Volleyball Tournament began with 48 teams and ended on December 18, 1993, when Long Beach State defeated Penn State 3 games to 1 in the NCAA championship match.


1993 NCAA Division I Women's Volleyball Tournament
Long Beach State won the program's second NCAA title. Led by Nichelle Burton's 28 kills and AVCA National Player of the Year Danielle Scott's 21 kills, the 49ers defeated Penn State 15–13, 12–15, 15–11, 16–14.


1993 NCAA Division I Women's Volleyball Tournament
The NCAA's expansion of 32 tournament teams to 48 tournament teams began in 1993.


1993 NCAA Division I baseball rankings
The following polls make up the 1993 NCAA Division I baseball rankings. USA Today and ESPN began publishing the Coaches' Poll of 31 active coaches ranking the top 25 teams in the nation in 1992. Each coach is a member of the American Baseball Coaches Association. Baseball America began publishing its poll of the top 20 teams in college baseball in 1981. Beginning with the 1985 season, it expanded to the top 25. Collegiate Baseball Newspaper published its first human poll of the top 20 teams in college baseball in 1957, and expanded to rank the top 30 teams in 1961.


1993 NCAA Division I baseball rankings, USA Today/ESPN Coaches' Poll
Currently, only the final poll from the 1993 season is available.


1993 NCAA Division I baseball rankings, Baseball America
Currently, only the final poll from the 1993 season is available.


1993 NCAA Division I baseball rankings, Collegiate Baseball
Currently, only the final poll from the 1993 season is available.


1993 NCAA Division I baseball season
The 1993 NCAA Division I baseball season, play of college baseball in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) began in the spring of 1993. The season progressed through the regular season and concluded with the 1993 College World Series. The College World Series, held for the forty seventh time in 1993, consisted of one team from each of eight regional competitions and was held in Omaha, Nebraska at Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium as a double-elimination tournament. LSU claimed the championship for the second time.


1993 NCAA Division I baseball season, Conference winners
This is a partial list of conference champions from the 1993 season. The NCAA sponsored regional competitions to determine the College World Series participants. Each of the eight regionals consisted of six teams competing in double-elimination tournaments, with the winners advancing to Omaha. 24 teams earned automatic bids by winning their conference championship while 24 teams earned at-large selections.


1993 NCAA Division I baseball season, College World Series
The 1993 season marked the forty seventh NCAA Baseball Tournament, which culminated with the eight team College World Series. The College World Series was held in Omaha, Nebraska. The eight teams played a double-elimination format, with LSU claiming their second championship with an 8–0 win over Wichita State in the final.


1993 NCAA Division I softball season
The 1993 NCAA Division I softball season, play of college softball in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at the Division I level, began in February 1993. The season progressed through the regular season, many conference tournaments and championship series, and concluded with the 1993 NCAA Division I Softball Tournament and 1993 Women's College World Series. The Women's College World Series, consisting of the eight remaining teams in the NCAA Tournament and held in Oklahoma City at ASA Hall of Fame Stadium, ended on May 31, 1993.


1993 NCAA Division I softball season, Women's College World Series
The 1993 NCAA Women's College World Series took place from May 28 to May 31, 1993 in Oklahoma City.


1993 NCAA Division I softball season, Records
NCAA Division I season no-hitters:9 – Michele Granger, California Golden Bears


1993 NCAA Division I softball season, Records
NCAA Division I season consecutive games hit streak:42 – Cathy Frohnheiser, Furman Paladins; March 4-April 17, 1993


1993 NCAA Division I softball season, Records
Senior class single game triples:3 – Karrie Irvin, Southern Illinois Salukis; April 24, 1993


1993 NCAA Division I softball season, Records
Senior class single game strikeouts:26 – Michele Granger, California Golden Bears; March 20, 1993


1993 NCAA Division I softball season, Records
Freshman class batting average:.521 – La'Tosha Williams, Delaware State Hornets


1993 NCAA Division I softball season, Records
Freshman class perfect games:3 – Terri Kobata, Notre Dame Fighting Irish


1993 NCAA Division I softball season, Records
Sophomore class batting average:.583 – Andrea Mollohan, Delaware State Hornets


1993 NCAA Division I softball season, Records
Junior class stolen bases:73 – Michelle Ward, East Carolina Pirates


1993 NCAA Division I-A football rankings
Two human polls comprised the 1993 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I-A football rankings. Unlike most sports, college football's governing body, the NCAA, does not bestow a national championship, instead that title is bestowed by one or more different polling agencies. There are two main weekly polls that begin in the preseason—the AP Poll and the Coaches' Poll.


1993 NCAA Division I-A football rankings, Coaches' Poll
Auburn was ineligible to be ranked in the Coaches' Poll due to NCAA probation. Washington became ineligible after August 22.


1993 NCAA Division I-A football season
The 1993 NCAA Division I-A football season saw Florida State crowned national champions, in both the AP and Coaches poll.


1993 NCAA Division I-A football season
Under the Bowl Coalition, undefeated Big 8 champ and No. 2 ranked Nebraska hosted ACC champ and No. 1 ranked Florida State in the Orange Bowl. This produced a clear champion in the Coaches Poll and the AP poll, despite Florida State's loss to  Notre Dame 31–24 during the regular season, in a game known by many as the "Game of the Century".


1993 NCAA Division I-A football season
This much hyped clash between No. 1 and No. 2 was the site of the first ever "live" broadcast of the ESPN College GameDay show and did not fail to live up to expectations as Irish defensive back Shawn Wooden batted down a Charlie Ward pass in the end zone with three seconds left to play. Despite the win over Florida State, Notre Dame's title chances ended the very next week when the Fighting Irish lost to No. 17 Boston College. Further controversy surrounded the inclusion of one-loss Florida State in the national title game over undefeated West Virginia, who was ranked No. 2 (ahead of Florida State) by the final regular season coaches' poll but not the AP (Nebraska was No. 2 in the AP).


1993 NCAA Division I-A football season
Despite beating Florida State in the regular season, Notre Dame finished No. 2 in the two major polls. Florida State, during the 1993 regular season played  No. 2 Notre Dame, No. 3Nebraska, No. 15 Miami, No. 5 Florida, No. 19 North Carolina, and No. 23  Clemson. FSU went 3–1 vs top 7 teams while playing only 1 home game in the 4 contests.


1993 NCAA Division I-A football season
Florida State's Charlie Ward threw for 3,032 yards, completed 70 percent of his passes and became the first player to win the Heisman Trophy and the national championship in the same season since Pittsburgh's Tony Dorsett in 1976.


1993 NCAA Division I-A football season
The Sunshine Classic was no longer sponsored by Blockbuster Entertainment, and was now known as the Carquest Bowl.


1993 NCAA Division I-A football season, Conference and program changes
Five teams changed conferences and one team dropped its football team prior to the season. As such, the total number of Division I-A schools decreased to 106.


1993 NCAA Division I-A football season, No. 1 and No. 2 progress
Florida State's Seminoles were the unanimous choice for No. 1 beginning with the October 19 poll and the three after that, receiving all 62 votes. After Notre Dame's 31–24 defeat of Florida State on November 13, Notre Dame got all 62 first place votes in the next poll.


1993 NCAA Division I-A football season, Awards and honors, Heisman Trophy
The Heisman Memorial Trophy Award is given to the Most Outstanding Player of the year


1993 NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship Game
The 1993 NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship Game was a postseason college football game between the Youngstown State Penguins and the Marshall Thundering Herd. The game was played on December 18, 1993, at Marshall University Stadium in Huntington, West Virginia. The culminating game of the 1993 NCAA Division I-AA football season, it was won by Youngstown State, 17–5. This was the third consecutive season that these two teams met in the championship game.


1993 NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship Game, Teams
The participants of the Championship Game were the finalists of the 1993 I-AA Playoffs, which began with a 16-team bracket. The site of the title game, Marshall University Stadium, had been predetermined months earlier.


1993 NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship Game, Teams, Youngstown State Penguins
Youngstown State finished their regular season with a 9–2 record. Unseeded in the tournament, the Penguins defeated UCF, top-seed Georgia Southern, and Idaho to reach the final. This was the third appearance, both consecutively and overall, for Youngstown State in a Division I-AA championship game, having won in 1991 and having lost in 1992.


1993 NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship Game, Teams, Marshall Thundering Herd
Marshall finished their regular season with an 8–3 record (5–2 in conference). Also unseeded, the Thundering Herd defeated Howard, Delaware, and Troy State to reach the final. This was the fourth appearance overall, and third consecutively, for Marshall in a Division I-AA championship game, having won in 1992 and having lost in 1987 and 1991.


1993 NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship Game, Game summary
The only touchdowns in the game came during Youngstown State's first three plays from scrimmage. After Marshall's game opening kickoff went out of bounds, Youngstown State scored from their own 35-yard-line on two running plays. At the end of Marshall's ensuing possession, the Herd's punter was tackled inside their own 10-yard-line, and Youngstown State scored their second rushing touchdown on the next play. The only scoring throughout the remainder of the game was a field goal by each team, and Youngstown State gave up a safety late in the fourth quarter.


1993 NCAA Division I-AA football rankings
The 1993 NCAA Division I-AA football rankings are from the Sports Network poll of Division I-AA head coaches, athletic directors, sports information directors and media members. This is for the 1993 season.


1993 NCAA Division I-AA football season
The 1993 NCAA Division I-AA football season, part of college football in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association at the Division I-AA level, began in August 1993, and concluded with the 1993 NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship Game on December 18, 1993, at Marshall University Stadium in Huntington, West Virginia. The Youngstown State Penguins won their second I-AA championship, defeating the Marshall Thundering Herd by a score of 17−5. It was the third consecutive year that Marshall and Youngstown State faced off in the I-AA title game.


1993 NCAA Division I-AA football season, Conference changes and new programs
Note: The UC Davis Aggies, although a member of the new American West Conference, were listed in Division II polls, and participated in the Division II postseason.


1993 NCAA Division I-AA football season, Conference champions
American West Conference – Southern Utah and UC DavisBig Sky Conference – MontanaGateway Football Conference –  Northern IowaIvy League – PennMetro Atlantic Athletic Conference – IonaMid-Eastern Athletic Conference – HowardOhio Valley Conference – Eastern KentuckyPatriot League – LehighPioneer Football League – DaytonSouthern Conference – Georgia SouthernSouthland Conference – McNeese StateSouthwestern Athletic Conference – SouthernYankee Conference – Boston University


1993 NCAA Division I-AA football season, Postseason, NCAA Division I-AA playoff bracket
Only the top four teams in the field were seeded, with the NCAA placing others teams in the bracket to avoid early round matchups between teams from the same conference. This was the first season that the NCAA did not use an in-house poll process for I-AA ranking purposes; independent polling by The Sports Network wire service was used. The site of the title game, Marshall University Stadium, had been predetermined months earlier.


1993 NCAA Division I-AA football season, Postseason, NCAA Division I-AA playoff bracket
* Next to team name denotes host institution* Next to score denotes overtime periodSource:


1993 NCAA Division II Men's Basketball Tournament
The 1993 NCAA Division II Men's Basketball Tournament involved 32 schools playing in a single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division II college basketball as a culmination of the 1992-93 NCAA Division II men's basketball season. It was won by California State University, Bakersfield and Cal State Bakersfield's Tyrone Davis was the Most Outstanding Player.


1993 NCAA Division II Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
The 1993 NCAA Men's Division II Ice Hockey Tournament involved 2 schools playing in a best of three game series to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division II college ice hockey. A total of 2 games were played, hosted by Bemidji State.


1993 NCAA Division II Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
Bemidji State, coached by Bob Peters, won the national title over Mercyhurst, two games to none.


1993 NCAA Division II Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
Jamie Erb, of Bemidji State, was the high scorer of the tournament with seven points (4 goals, 3 assists).


1993 NCAA Division II Men's Ice Hockey Tournament, Tournament Format
One eastern and one western team were invited to play a modified best-of-three tournament. In the first two games the teams would be awarded points (2 points for a win, one point for a tie) and whichever team had the most points would be the champion. If the teams were tied after two games then a 20-minute mini-game would be played to determine the champion.


1993 NCAA Division II Men's Soccer Championship
The 1993 NCAA Division II Men's Soccer Championship was the 22nd annual tournament held by the NCAA to determine the top men's Division II college soccer program in the United States.


1993 NCAA Division II Men's Soccer Championship
Seattle Pacific (18-2-1) defeated defending champions Southern Connecticut, 1–0, in the final. This was the fifth national title for the Falcons, who were coached by Cliff McCrath.


1993 NCAA Division II Women's Basketball Tournament
The 1993 NCAA Division II Women's Basketball Tournament was the 12th annual tournament hosted by the NCAA to determine the national champion of Division II women's  collegiate basketball in the United States.


1993 NCAA Division II Women's Basketball Tournament
In a rematch of the previous year's final, North Dakota State defeated defending champions Delta State in the championship game, 95–63, to claim the Bison's second NCAA Division II national title. This was North Dakota State's second title in three years and would go on to be the first of four consecutive titles for the Bison.


1993 NCAA Division II football rankings
The 1993 NCAA Division II football rankings are from the NCAA Division II football committee. This is for the 1993 season.


1993 NCAA Division II football season
The 1993 NCAA Division II football season, part of college football in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association at the Division II level, began in August 1993, and concluded with the NCAA Division II Football Championship on December 11, 1993, at Braly Municipal Stadium in Florence, Alabama, hosted by the University of North Alabama.


1993 NCAA Division II football season
North Alabama defeated IUP in the championship game, 41–34, to win their first Division II national title.


1993 NCAA Division II football season
The Harlon Hill Trophy was awarded to Roger Graham, running back from New Haven.


1993 NCAA Division II football season, Conference summaries
Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association – HamptonEastern Collegiate Football Conference – BentleyGulf South Conference – North AlabamaLone Star Conference – Texas A&M–KingsvilleMid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association – Missouri Southern StateMidwest Intercollegiate Football Conference – Ferris StateNorth Central Conference – Minnesota State–Mankato and North DakotaNorthern California Athletic Conference – Cal State ChicoNorthern Sun Intercollegiate Conference – Winona StatePennsylvania State Athletic Conference – Millersville (East), IUP (West)Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference – Fort Hays StateSouth Atlantic Conference – Carson-NewmanSouthern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Albany StateWest Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Glenville State


1993 NCAA Division II football season, Postseason
The 1993 NCAA Division II Football Championship playoffs were the 21st single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division II college football. The championship game was held at Braly Municipal Stadium in Florence, Alabama, for the eighth time.


1993 NCAA Division III Baseball Tournament
The 1993 NCAA Division III Baseball Tournament was played at the end of the 1993 NCAA Division III baseball season to determine the 18th national champion of college baseball at the NCAA Division III level. The tournament concluded with eight teams competing at C. O. Brown Stadium in Battle Creek, Michigan for the championship. Eight regional tournaments were held to determine the participants in the World Series.


1993 NCAA Division III Baseball Tournament
Regional tournaments were contested in double-elimination format, with one region consisting of six teams, six regions consisting of four teams, and one region consisting of two teams, which was played as best-of-five, for a total of 32 teams participating in the tournament. The tournament champion was Montclair State, who defeated Wisconsin-Oshkosh for the championship.


1993 NCAA Division III Men's Basketball Tournament
The 1993 NCAA Division III Men's Basketball Tournament was the 19th annual single-elimination tournament to determine the national champions of National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) men's Division III collegiate basketball in the United States.


1993 NCAA Division III Men's Basketball Tournament
For the first time, the championship rounds were contested in Buffalo, New York.


1993 NCAA Division III Men's Basketball Tournament
Ohio Northern defeated Augustana (IL), 71–68, in the final, earning their first NCAA Division III national title.


1993 NCAA Division III Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
The 1993 NCAA Division III Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the culmination of the 1992–93 season, the 10th such tournament in NCAA history. It concluded with Wisconsin-Stevens Point defeating Wisconsin-River Falls in the championship game 4-3 in overtime. All Quarterfinals matchups were held at home team venues, while all succeeding games were played in Maplewood, Minnesota.


1993 NCAA Division III Men's Ice Hockey Tournament, Qualifying teams
The following teams qualified for the tournament. There were no automatic bids, however, conference tournament champions were given preferential consideration. No formal seeding was used, quarterfinal matches were arranged so that the road teams would have the shortest possible travel distances.


1993 NCAA Division III Men's Ice Hockey Tournament, Format
The tournament featured three rounds of play. In the Quarterfinals, teams played a two-game series where the first team to reach 3 points was declared a winner (2 points for winning a game, 1 point each for tying). If both teams ended up with 2 points after the first two games a 20-minute mini-game used to determine a winner. Mini-game scores are in italics. Beginning with the Semifinals all games became Single-game eliminations. The winning teams in the semifinals advanced to the National Championship Game with the losers playing in a Third Place game. The teams were seeded according to geographic proximity in the quarterfinals so the visiting team would have the shortest feasible distance to travel.


1993 NCAA Division III Women's Basketball Tournament
The 1993 NCAA Division III Women's Basketball Tournament was the 12th annual tournament hosted by the NCAA to determine the national champion of Division III women's collegiate basketball in the United States.


1993 NCAA Division III Women's Basketball Tournament
Central (IA) defeated Capital in the championship game, 71–63, to claim the Dutch's first Division III national title.


1993 NCAA Division III Women's Basketball Tournament
The championship rounds were hosted by Central College in Pella, Iowa.


1993 NCAA Division III football season
The 1993 NCAA Division III football season, part of the college football season organized by the NCAA at the Division III level in the United States, began in August 1993, and concluded with the NCAA Division III Football Championship, also known as the Stagg Bowl, in December 1993 at Salem Football Stadium in Salem, Virginia. The Mount Union Purple Raiders won their first Division III championship by defeating the Rowan Profs, 34−24. The first Gagliardi Trophy was awarded to Mount Union's quarterback Jim Ballard.


1993 NCAA Division III football season, Conference and program changes
Following an NCAA rule change passed in January 1991, which required Division I schools to conduct all sports at the Division I level by 1993, multiple Division I universities were forced to move their football programs from the Division III level. As such, teams from  Butler University, the University of Dayton, Drake University, the University of Evansville, Valparaiso University, the University of San Diego, Jacksonville University, Creighton University, Bradley University, Davidson College, Georgetown University, Marist College, Canisius College, Duquesne University, Fairfield University, Iona College, St. John's University, St. Peter's University, and Siena College. Many of these teams became football members of non-scholarship Division I FCS football leagues like the Pioneer Football League, the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference, the Patriot League, and the Big South Conference.


1993 NCAA Division III football season, Postseason
The 1993 NCAA Division III Football Championship playoffs were the 21st annual single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division III college football. The championship Stagg Bowl game was held at Salem Football Stadium in Salem, Virginia for the third time. As of 2014, Salem has remained the yearly host of the Stagg Bowl. Like the previous eight tournaments, this year's bracket featured sixteen teams.


1993 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans
The Consensus 1993 College Basketball All-American team, as determined by aggregating the results of four major All-American teams. To earn "consensus" status, a player must win honors from a majority of the following teams: the Associated Press, the USBWA, The United Press International and the National Association of Basketball Coaches.


1993 NCAA Men's Volleyball Tournament
The 1993 NCAA Men's Volleyball Tournament was the 24th annual tournament to determine the national champion of NCAA men's collegiate volleyball. The tournament was played at Pauley Pavilion in Los Angeles, California during May 1993.


1993 NCAA Men's Volleyball Tournament
UCLA defeated Cal State Northridge in the final match, 3–0 (15–8, 15–11, 15–10), to win their fourteenth national title. The Bruins (24–3) were coached by Al Scates.


1993 NCAA Men's Volleyball Tournament
UCLA's Mike Sealy and Jeff Nygaard were named the tournament's Most Outstanding Players. Sealy and Nygaard, along with five other players, comprised the All-Tournament Team.


1993 NCAA Men's Volleyball Tournament, Qualification
Until the creation of the NCAA Men's Division III Volleyball Championship in 2012, there was only a single national championship for men's volleyball. As such, all NCAA men's volleyball programs, whether from Division I, Division II, or Division III, were eligible. A total of 4 teams were invited to contest this championship.


1993 NCAA Men's Water Polo Championship
The 1993 NCAA Men's Water Polo Championship was the 25th annual NCAA Men's Water Polo Championship to determine the national champion of NCAA men's collegiate water polo. Tournament matches were played at the Belmont Plaza Pool in Long Beach, California during December 1993.


1993 NCAA Men's Water Polo Championship
Stanford defeated USC in the final, 11–9, to win their seventh national title. The Cardinal (24–6) were coached by Dante Dettamanti


1993 NCAA Men's Water Polo Championship
Neither a Most Outstanding Player nor an All-Tournament Team was named this year.


1993 NCAA Men's Water Polo Championship
The tournament's leading scorer, with 13 goals, was Michael Nalu from UC San Diego.


1993 NCAA Men's Water Polo Championship, Qualification
Since there has only ever been one single national championship for water polo, all NCAA men's water polo programs (whether from Division I, Division II, or Division III) were eligible. A total of 8 teams were invited to contest this championship.


1993 NCAA Rifle Championships
The 1993 NCAA Rifle Championships were contested at the 13th annual competition to determine the team and individual national champions of NCAA co-ed collegiate rifle shooting in the United States. The championship was hosted by the Virginia Military Institute at Kilbourne Hall in Lexington, Virginia.


1993 NCAA Rifle Championships
Five-time defending champions West Virginia once again retained the team championship, finishing just 10 points ahead of Alaska in the team standings. It was the Mountaineers' ninth overall national title.


1993 NCAA Rifle Championships
The individual champions were, for the smallbore rifle, Eric Uptagrafft (West Virginia), and Trevor Gathman (West Virginia), for the air rifle.


1993 NCAA Rifle Championships, Qualification
Since there is only one national collegiate championship for rifle shooting, all NCAA rifle programs (whether from Division I, Division II, or Division III) were eligible. A total of seven teams ultimately contested this championship.


1993 NCAA Skiing Championships
The 1993 NCAA Skiing Championships were contested at the Steamboat Ski Resort on Mount Werner near Steamboat Springs, Colorado as the 39th annual NCAA-sanctioned ski tournament to determine the individual and team national champions of men's and women's collegiate slalom and cross country skiing in the United States.


1993 NCAA Skiing Championships
Utah, coached by Pat Miller, won the team championship, their seventh overall and sixth as a co-ed team.


1993 NCAA Skiing Championships, Venue
This year's NCAA skiing championships were contested at the Steamboat Ski Resort at Mount Werner in Steamboat Springs, Colorado.


1993 NCAA Skiing Championships, Venue
These were the ninth championships held in the state of Colorado and the fourth at Steamboat Springs (previously 1968, 1969 and 1979).


1993 NCAA Women's Golf Championship
The 1993 NCAA Women's Golf Championships were contested at the 12th annual NCAA-sanctioned golf tournament to determine the individual and team national champions of women's collegiate golf in the United States. Until 1996, the NCAA would hold just one annual women's golf championship for all programs across Division I, Division II, and Division III.


1993 NCAA Women's Golf Championship
The tournament was held again at the University of Georgia Golf Course in Athens, Georgia.


1993 NCAA Women's Golf Championship
Arizona State won the team championship, the Sun Devils' second.


1993 NCAA Women's Gymnastics Championship
The 1993 NCAA Women's Gymnastics championship involved 12 schools competing for the national championship of women's NCAA Division I gymnastics. It was the twelfth NCAA gymnastics national championship and the defending NCAA Team Champion for 1992 was Utah. The Competition took place in Corvallis, Oregon, hosted by Oregon State University in the Gill Coliseum. The 1993 Championship was won by the Georgia Gym Dogs with the first 198 in NCAA Championship history.


1993 NFL Draft
The 1993 NFL draft was the procedure by which National Football League teams selected amateur college football players. It is officially known as the NFL Annual Player Selection Meeting. The draft was held April 25–26, 1993, at the Marriot Marquis in New York City, New York. No teams chose to claim any players in the supplemental draft that year, but the New York Giants and Kansas City Chiefs forfeited their first and second round picks, respectively, due to selecting quarterback Dave Brown and defensive end Darren Mickell in the 1992 supplemental draft.


1993 NFL Draft, Trades
In the explanations below, (D) denotes trades that took place during the 1993 Draft, while (PD) indicates trades completed pre-draft.


1993 NFL season
The 1993 NFL season was the 74th regular season of the National Football League. It was the only season in league history where all NFL teams were scheduled to play their 16-game schedule over a span of 18 weeks (the league again played 16 games over 18 weeks in 2001, but this was not planned and instead was caused by the postponement of a week of games due to the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks).


1993 NFL season
After the success of expanding the regular season to a period of 17 weeks in 1990, the league hoped this new schedule would generate even more revenue. This was also done to avoid scheduling playoff games on January 1 and competing with college football bowl games. However, teams felt that having two weeks off during the regular season was too disruptive for their weekly routines, and thus it reverted to 17 weeks immediately after the season ended.


1993 NFL season
On March 1, 1993, the current free agent system was introduced to the league.


1993 NFL season
When new TV contracts were signed in December 1993, CBS lost their rights to broadcasting NFC games to the then seven-year old Fox Network, which had just started its own sports division. The new contract took effect in the 1994 season, ending a 37 year association with the NFL for CBS.


1993 NFL season
The season ended with Super Bowl XXVIII when the Dallas Cowboys defeated the Buffalo Bills 30–13 for the second consecutive season at the Georgia Dome. This remains the only time both Super Bowl participants have been the same in successive seasons. The Cowboys became the first team to win a Super Bowl after losing their first two regular season games. This game also marked the fourth consecutive Super Bowl loss by the Bills, who remain the only team to reach four straight Super Bowls.


1993 NFL season, Player movement, Draft
The 1993 NFL Draft was held from April 25 to 26, 1993 at New York City's Marriott Marquis. With the first pick, the New England Patriots selected quarterback Drew Bledsoe from Washington State University.


1993 NFL season, New referee
Ron Blum, a line judge from 1985 to 92, was promoted to referee to replace Pat Haggerty, who retired after the 1992 season. In 28 seasons in the NFL, Haggerty was selected as the referee Super Bowl XIII in 1979, XVI in 1982, and XIX in 1985.


1993 NFL season, Preseason, American Bowl
A series of NFL pre-season exhibition games were held at four varying sites outside the United States, with three in Europe and one in Japan.


1993 NFL season, Regular season, Scheduling formula
Inter-conferenceAFC East vs NFC EastAFC Central vs NFC WestAFC West vs NFC Central


1993 NHK Trophy
The NHK Trophy was held in Chiba on December 9-12. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing.


1993 NHL Entry Draft
The 1993 NHL Entry Draft was the 31st NHL Entry Draft. It took place on June 26, 1993, at the Colisée de Québec in Quebec City, Quebec.


1993 NHL Entry Draft
First overall pick Alexandre Daigle is widely regarded today as one of the all-time greatest draft busts in NHL history. Regarding his draft position, Daigle uttered the now infamous comment, "I'm glad I got drafted first, because no one remembers number two". Chris Pronger, selected after Daigle with pick two by the Hartford Whalers, was elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame in 2015.


1993 NHL Entry Draft
The last active player in the NHL from the 1993 NHL entry draft was Kimmo Timonen, who retired in 2015 right after winning the Stanley Cup with the Chicago Blackhawks.


1993 NHL Expansion Draft
The 1993 NHL Expansion Draft was an expansion draft held by the National Hockey League (NHL) to fill the rosters of the league's two expansion teams for the 1993–94 season, the Florida Panthers and the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim. The draft took place on June 24, 1993, in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada.


1993 NHL Expansion Draft, Rules
The 24 teams existing in the league at the time of the draft were each allowed to protect one goaltender, five defensemen, and nine forwards. All first-year pros were exempt, and all second-year pros on the reserve list were also exempt.


1993 NHL Expansion Draft, Rules
Forty-eight players were chosen in the draft, two from each franchise. Only one goaltender or one defensemen could be selected from each franchise. Therefore, six teams would lose one goaltender and one forward, sixteen teams would lose one defenseman and one forward, and two teams would lose two forwards.


1993 NHL Expansion Draft, Rules
Both the Panthers and the Mighty Ducks were to select three goaltenders, eight defensemen, and thirteen forwards.


1993 NHL Expansion Draft, Phase II
There was a second phase to the 1993 NHL Expansion Draft, in which the Tampa Bay Lightning, Ottawa Senators, and San Jose Sharks (the three expansion teams who joined the league in the two previous seasons) selected players from the Panthers and Mighty Ducks. The Panthers and Mighty Ducks were allowed to protect one goaltender, five defensemen, and ten forwards. The three teams each chose two players. The Panthers and Mighty Ducks each were to lose one goaltender, one defenseman, and one forward.


1993 NHL Expansion Draft, Phase II
This mini-draft was held the day after the main draft, on June 25, 1993.


1993 NHL Expansion Draft, Phase II
* The Lightning, on the same day, traded Glenn Healy to the New York Rangers in exchange for a third-round pick in the 1993 NHL Entry Draft.


1993 NHL Supplemental Draft
The 1993 NHL Supplemental Draft took place in June 1993.


1993 NHRA Winston Drag Racing Series season
The 1993 season of the NHRA Winston Drag Racing Series (now NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series) consisted of 19 races run between February and October in different parts of the United States.


1993 NSL First Division
The 1993 National Soccer League First Division was the ninth edition of the NSL First Division in South Africa. It was won by Mamelodi Sundowns.


1993 NSWRL season
The 1993 NSWRL season (known as the 1993 Winfield Cup Premiership for sponsorship reasons) was the eighty-sixth season of professional rugby league football in Australia. The New South Wales Rugby League's sixteen teams competed for the J. J. Giltinan Shield during the season, which culminated in a replay of the previous year's grand final for the Winfield Cup trophy between the Brisbane Broncos and St. George Dragons. As Sydney celebrated winning the 2000 Olympic Games, Brisbane spoiled the party by retaining the NSWRL premiership.


1993 NSWRL season, Season summary
This season the 10-metre rule was introduced, which required the defensive team to retreat 10 metres from where the ball is being played, allowing more room for attacking players.


1993 NSWRL season, Season summary
On 16 June the Gold Coast club was fined $50,000 for exceeding their 1992 salary cap by $150,000.


1993 NSWRL season, Season summary
On 22 August, the Canberra Raiders beat the Parramatta Eels 68-nil. As of 2021 this is still the biggest winning margin where the losing team has been kept scoreless.


1993 NSWRL season, Season summary
The Canberra Raiders' Ricky Stuart won both the Rothmans Medal and Dally M Medal as the best and fairest player in the League in 1993, while Steve Walters, also from the Raiders, was named Rugby League Week's player of the year.


1993 NSWRL season, Season summary
A total of twenty-two regular season rounds were played from March till August, resulting in a top five of Canterbury, St. George, Canberra, Manly and Brisbane who would go on to battle it out in the finals.


1993 NSWRL season, Season summary, Teams
The lineup of teams remained unchanged from the previous season, with sixteen clubs contesting the premiership, including five Sydney-based foundation teams, another six from Sydney, two from greater New South Wales, two from Queensland, and one from the Australian Capital Territory.


1993 NSWRL season, Season summary, Teams
6th seasonGround: Seagulls StadiumCoach: Wally LewisCaptain: Peter Gill & Brent Todd


1993 NSWRL season, Season summary, Advertising
For the second year running the NSWRL and its advertising agency Hertz Walpole used the 1992 re-recording of "The Best" by Tina Turner and Jimmy Barnes which had been released as "Simply the Best", the title by which the song was more popularly known in Australia.


1993 NSWRL season, Season summary, Advertising
No new Tina footage was available until she came to Australia at the season's end, so further shots were taken from the 1992 Tina and Jimmy black & white film clip that accompanied the song's release and used in amongst the usual previous season action and pre-season training images.


1993 NSWRL season, Season summary, Advertising
The League and Winfield enjoyed additional advertising exposure late in the season when Tina aligned an Australian leg of her 1993 tour with the NSWRL's final series. She performed on-stage at the Grand Final, presented the victor's trophy and performed the next week in a number of full-scale rock'n'roll shows with her band at the Sydney Entertainment Centre.


1993 NSWRL season, Finals
With one round remaining the Canberra Raiders were outright first on the ladder and favoured to participate in their 4th grand final in just 5 years. This was not to be however as a horrific leg injury sidelined Ricky Stuart for the last round of competition and the finals series. The Raiders went on to lose to Canterbury in round 22 of the competition and then to Brisbane and St George in the finals, all of which they had beat easily during the preceding season. By the end of the season there were only two points separating 1st and 5th.


1993 NSWRL season, Finals
Week one of the finals saw St George easily account for the Canberra Raiders whilst Brisbane brushed aside Manly on their march through to week two. Canberra went into this game with their third halves combination in as many weeks and were unable to overcome the eventual premiers, succumbing to Brisbane 30–12. St. George beat Minor Premiers' Canterbury in the semi-final then had a week off to prepare for a Grand Final rematch with Brisbane who advanced through after beating Canterbury in a close and spiteful Preliminary Final.


1993 NSWRL season, Finals, Grand Final
For the second year running Brisbane and St George played out the decider. The Broncos had momentum coming into the final, with only one loss in their last six matches. Even though that loss was to St. George in the final regular season round, Brisbane remained favourites. The sides for the grand final replay were largely unchanged between the two years. Only one Bronco (Peter Ryan) had not played in the 1992 grand final and four of the Dragons (Jason Stevens, Nathan Brown, Gorden Tallis and Phil Blake).


1993 NSWRL season, Finals, Grand Final
It was also Glenn Lazarus' fifth consecutive Grand Final appearance, having appeared the previous year's for Brisbane and the three years' before that with Canberra. In the pre-match performance, Tina Turner performed "The Best" on stage at the Sydney Football Stadium alongside her saxophonist, US session musician Timmy Cappello. A ground record crowd for the Sydney Football Stadium of 42,239 was on hand for the match.


1993 NSWRL season, Finals, Grand Final
First halfDuring the first minute of the game, St. George prop Jason Stevens suffered a badly broken thumb and would take no further part in the match. Later, following a Tony Priddle error, the Broncos opened the scoring in the twenty-first minute after Kevin Walters threw a dummy thirty metres out and sliced through the St. George line then passed back inside to Chris Johns who dived over. Julian ONeill converted the try so Brisbane led 6 - 0.


1993 NSWRL season, Finals, Grand Final
About seven minutes later it was Kevin Walters again who set up Terry Matterson on his inside to cross for a soft try from close range, and ONeill missed his kick so Brisbane led 10 – 0 with seven minutes of the first half remaining. About two minutes away from half-time Andrew Gee gave St. George a penalty in the ruck and they decided to take the two points, meaning the score at the break was 10 - 2 in favour of the Broncos.


1993 NSWRL season, Finals, Grand Final
Second halfSt. George opened the scoring in the second half, again with an Ian Herron kick following a penalty from Andrew Gee, bringing the deficit back to a converted try at 10 - 4. Brisbane withstood further raids from the Dragons and when another penalty was awarded to St. George in front of the posts they again took the two points, with Herron making it three from three so the score was 10 - 6 in favour of the Broncos with just over three-quarters of the match gone.


1993 NSWRL season, Finals, Grand Final
However, these would be the last points the Dragons would score with the Broncos getting in close to St. Georges line before passing the ball out to Willie Carne on the right wing to dive over in the corner for the game's third try in the sixty-eighth minute. ONeill missed the sideline conversion attempt so the score was 14 - 6 with under ten minutes of the match remaining. There were no more points before the full-time siren, so this would remain the final score.


1993 NSWRL season, Finals, Grand Final
After the match Tina Turner presented the trophy to Allan Langer and joined in Brisbane's post-game victory song. Despite being on the losing side, Dragons lock Brad Mackay was chosen by NSWRL General Manager John Quayle, Don Furner and two St. George legends, John Raper and Reg Gasnier to be awarded the Clive Churchill Medal as man-of-the-match, with Queensland premier Wayne Goss questioning the decision. By retaining their title Brisbane had also become the first team in history to win a premiership from fifth spot. The match also drew remarkably strong ratings nationwide.


1993 NSWRL season, Attendances
The regular season attendances for the 1993 season aggregated to a total of 2,625,467 at an average of 14,426 per game.


1993 NSWRL season, Attendances
Due to a sponsorship dispute between the Castlemaine XXXX sponsored Queensland Rugby League and the Powers Brewery sponsored Brisbane Broncos, the defending premiers moved from the 32,500 capacity Lang Park to the 59,000 capacity ANZ Stadium for 1993. At the host venue of the 1982 Commonwealth Games, the Broncos set a new league record average home attendance of 43,200. This was almost 27,000 more than the next best for the season set by Canterbury-Bankstown.


1993 Nabisco Dinah Shore
The 1993 Nabisco Dinah Shore was a women's professional golf tournament, held March 25–28 at Mission Hills Country Club in Rancho Mirage, California. This was the 22nd edition of the Nabisco Dinah Shore, and the eleventh as a major championship.


1993 Nabisco Dinah Shore
Helen Alfredsson won her only major title, two strokes ahead of three runners-up. From Sweden, she was the first non-American to win the event as a major. Alfredsson was the rookie of the year the previous season; this was the first of her seven  on wins the LPGA Tour.


1993 Nagaland Legislative Assembly election
Elections to the Nagaland Legislative Assembly were held in February 1993 to elect members of the 60 constituencies in Nagaland, India. The Indian National Congress won the most seats and S. C. Jamir was appointed as the Chief Minister of Nagaland for the third time. The number of constituencies was set as 60 by the recommendation of the Delimitation Commission of India.


1993 Narva and Sillamäe autonomy referendum
The 1993 Narva and Sillamäe autonomy referendum was an unconstitutional referendum held on 16–17 July 1993 in Narva and Sillamäe in north-east Estonia, on whether to seek autonomy within the country.


1993 Narva and Sillamäe autonomy referendum, Background
Narva is a city in north-east Estonia, with strong historical and ethnic ties to Russia. In 1993, ethnic Russians comprised about one third of the population, or 1.6 million people. Some Russian residents complained that planned Estonian laws would limit their political and civil rights.


1993 Narva and Sillamäe autonomy referendum, Results
Voting took place from 16 to 17 July 1993, in Narva, Kohtla-Järve and Sillamäe. The Estonian government declared the referendum unconstitutional.


1993 Narva and Sillamäe autonomy referendum, Results
In Narva, 97% voted in favour of autonomy on a turnout of 54%, and in Sillamäe 95% voted in favour from a turnout of 60%.


1993 NatWest Trophy
The 1993 NatWest Trophy was the 13th NatWest Trophy. It was an English limited overs county cricket tournament which was held between 22 June and 4 September 1993. The tournament was won by Warwickshire County Cricket Club who defeated Sussex County Cricket Club by 5 wickets in the final at Lord's.


1993 NatWest Trophy, Format
The 18 first-class counties, were joined by twelve Minor Counties:  Buckinghamshire, Cheshire, Devon, Dorset, Hertfordshire, Norfolk, Oxfordshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Suffolk, Wales Minor Counties and Wiltshire. The Ireland national cricket team and the Scotland national cricket team also participated. Teams who won in the first round progressed to the second round. The winners in the second round then progressed to the quarter-final stage. Winners from the quarter-finals then progressed to the semi-finals from which the winners then went on to the final at Lord's which was held on 4 September 1993.


1993 National Art Museum of Azerbaijan theft
In July 1993, a total of 304 items were stolen from the National Art Museum of Azerbaijan in Baku. They included 274 artworks and 30 medieval miniatures. The most valuable of them was Women's Bathhouse by Albrecht Dürer, valued at about $10 million. Other stolen artworks were made by Rembrandt, Anthony van Dyck, Nicolas Poussin, Jacob van Ruisdael and Jean-François Millet, among others. The artworks had been smuggled to the United States, from which they were later recovered. In 2001, twelve artworks were returned to their previous place of display, the Kunsthalle Bremen in Germany, while the rest was returned to Azerbaijan.


1993 National Art Museum of Azerbaijan theft, Background
The artworks that were returned to Germany had been acquired by the Kunsthalle Bremen between 1820 and 1860. In 1943, during World War II, the artworks were among 1,520 treasures moved for safekeeping to Karnzow Castle. After advancing Soviet troops had occupied the castle, the drawings disappeared. According to Paul J. Browne, former senior adviser in the US Customs Service's office of investigation, the Soviet authorities transferred the drawings to the National Art Museum of Azerbaijan. In 1993 the museum announced plans to display the drawings, prompting the Germans to ask for their return. Azerbaijan and Germany started a repatriation discussion, when the theft took place in July 1993.


1993 National Art Museum of Azerbaijan theft, Theft
Early circumstances of the theft were described by Ziyadkhan Aliyev, then Head of the Western European and Russian Art Department of the museum. According to him, the museum employee Jabrayil Babayev received a key to the museum's Graphics Fund from the museum's director. Babayev collected the drawings from the fund and took them to the house of the museum's director. The next day, upon request of museum's director, Babayev took the artworks to the Azerbaijani Ministry of Culture, room no. 325. The room housed the Department of Cooperation with Museums and Libraries, headed by Karim Tahirov at the time. However, Babayev in his testimony did not specify the person who received the artworks from him. The artworks then were smuggled from Azerbaijan to the United States.


1993 National Art Museum of Azerbaijan theft, Theft
According to US Customs, in 1995 Aydin Ibrahimov, an Azerbaijani Olympic wrestler, his former wife, Natavan Aleskerova, and former Japanese wrestler Masatsugu Koga met at a Chinese restaurant in the Swissôtel in Istanbul to plot the ransoming of the works to the Germans. Ziyadkhan Aliyev accused the museum employees of the theft, noting that Ibrahimov was not among its masterminds who escaped criminal liability.


1993 National Art Museum of Azerbaijan theft, Theft
Investigative authorities were initially told that the stolen artworks had little value. To determine whether they are authentic, then-Minister of Culture of Azerbaijan Polad Bulbuloglu organized a four-person expert commission, without the knowledge of investigative authorities. The commission included two art conservators, Natig Safarov and Gulshen Hajiyeva. The experts stated that the stolen artworks do not have museum value, but the art conservators were more cautious, stating that the final conclusion could be reached only after a physical and chemical examination. Despite that, the opinion of two other experts prevailed which was reflected in the final conclusion that the stolen artworks are of no museum value. This opinion was announced on television by Polad Bulbuloglu. Bulbuloglu later acknowledged that the stolen artworks were valuable.


1993 National Art Museum of Azerbaijan theft, Recovery and arrests
According to Ziyadkhan Aliyev, the Azerbaijani law enforcement got on the track of the suspects relatively quickly, within about a week.


1993 National Art Museum of Azerbaijan theft, Recovery and arrests
In the summer of 1997, Koga entered the German embassy in Tokyo showing photographs of the stolen drawings, which he described as family heirlooms, and offered to sell them back for $12 million. When the Germans told Koga that the drawings he was trying to sell had been stolen, he said they were not heirlooms after all and dropped the asking price to $6 million, which he said he needed for a kidney transplant. Still being declined, he left.


1993 National Art Museum of Azerbaijan theft, Recovery and arrests
In September 1997, in the Grand Hyatt hotel in New York, Koga met with Anne Rover-Kann, curator of the Kunsthalle Bremen, and a US Customs undercover agent posing as her associate. When Koga showed the Dürer and Rembrandt drawings from a plain manila envelope, he was arrested.


1993 National Art Museum of Azerbaijan theft, Recovery and arrests
In October 1997, Aleskerova, apparently learning of the arrest and concerned about the rest of the art, flew to New York, where she was stopped at John F. Kennedy International Airport until Customs agents could assemble a surveillance team. However, she was picked up by her son from a previous marriage, then a student at New York University. According to US Customs, a car pursuit ensued, where Aleskerova's son drove so erratically that agents had to pull them over. Aleskerova was arrested, while her son was released. Aleskerova was convicted in June 1999 and served an 11-month federal sentence in New York. Koga pleaded guilty, but, having suffered from renal failure, died at 64 in March 1999 in Tokyo.


1993 National Art Museum of Azerbaijan theft, Recovery and arrests
The remaining missing artworks works from the National Art Museum of Azerbaijan were later retrieved from the closet and the bed of an apartment at 540 Ocean Parkway in New York, the home of another Azerbaijani wrestler. According to US Customs, he appeared to have no knowledge of the plot but was doing a favor for Ibrahimov. In 2001, twelve artworks were returned to Germany, while the rest was returned to Azerbaijan.


1993 National Art Museum of Azerbaijan theft, Recovery and arrests
In September 2006, Ibrahimov surrendered to Azerbaijani authorities and was given a seven-year suspended sentence.


1993 National Camogie League
The 1993 National Camogie League, the second most important elite level inter-county competition in the women's team field sport of camogie was won by Kilkenny, who defeated Cork in the final, played at Ballyragget.


1993 National Camogie League, Arrangements
The tournament was played with 15-a-side on an experimental basis, three years before the rules of camogie were changed to facilitate 15-a-side teams.


1993 National Camogie League, The Final
Kilkenny’s victory over three-in-a-row seeking Cork was regarded as a surprise. Angela Downey scored three of their goals and her twin sister Ann the fourth. Kilkenny dominated in most parts of the field. Cork were first to score with a goal after three minutes from Stephanie Dunlea. Points by Angela Downey and Breda Holmes put Kilkenny ahead after 15 minutes. Three well taken points by Colette O'Mahoney put Cork back in front. Ann and Angela Downey scored goals to give Kilkenny a three-point 2-5 to 1-5 lead at half time.


1993 National Camogie League, The Final
Angela Downey’s second goal came 12 minutes into the second half, giving Kilkenny the advantage and after Cork fought back with points from Colette O'Mahoney and Fiona O'Driscoll, Angela Downey put the icing on the cake for Kilkenny with her third goal in the 16th minute to give Kilkenny a 4-7 to 1-9 lead. Cork pulled the lead back to three points before the final whistle.


1993 National Camogie League, Division 2
The Junior National League, known since 2006 as Division Two, was won by Armagh who defeated Dublin in the final. Armagh defeated Tipperary and Dublin defeated Galway in the semi-finals.


1993 National Games of China
The 7th National Games of the People's Republic of China was held from September 4 to September 15, 1993 in Beijing. Qi Yunhui started the Games, to be held every four years one year after the Olympic Games. For the opening ceremony, China's major state leaders including Jiang Zemin, Li, and Zhu were present. The main current games are hosted by Beijing, Sichuan and Qinhuangdao City. The games played a significant role in Beijing's bid for the 2000 Olympic Games, as they were used to test and see if Beijing was capable of hosting big international meetings.


1993 National Games of China, Emblem
The emblem is a burning torch, accompanied by the Roman numeral VII (seven), shaped into a runway by two opposite "7" symbols, representing the number of sessions.


1993 National Games of China, Sports
There were a total of 43 sports contested across three cities.


1993 National Games of China, Sports, Locations
Beijing hosted 26 events: athletics, swimming, gymnastics, artistic gymnastics, weight lifting, fencing , judo, international style wrestling, boxing, modern pentathlon, equestrianism, Chinese-style wrestling, Go , speed skating, short track skating, cycling, navigation model, radio direction finding, parachute, soccer, basketball, table tennis, tennis, handball, hockey, and women's softball.


1993 National Games of China, Sports, Locations
Sichuan hosted 15 events: diving, water polo, synchronized swimming, fencing, shooting, archery, rowing, kayaking, swimming, water skiing, aviation model, volleyball, badminton, baseball, and martial arts.


1993 National Games of China, Records
There were 4 world records set at the Games. Three of them in Athletics were:


1993 National Games of China, Records
More details: See Athletics at the 1993 National Games of China.


1993 National Invitation Tournament
The 1993 National Invitation Tournament was the 1993 edition of the annual NCAA college basketball competition.


1993 National Invitation Tournament, Selected teams
Below is a list of the 32 teams selected for the tournament.


1993 National Invitation Tournament, Bracket
Below are the four first round brackets, along with the four-team championship bracket.


1993 National League Championship Series
The 1993 National League Championship Series was played between the Philadelphia Phillies and Atlanta Braves. The Phillies stunned the 104-win Braves, who were bidding for their third consecutive World Series appearance, and won the NLCS, 4–2.


1993 National League Championship Series
The Phillies would go on to lose to the Toronto Blue Jays in the World Series in six games.


1993 National League Championship Series, Background
The Phillies, led by outfielder Lenny Dykstra and pitcher Curt Schilling, had gone from worst-to-first, fending off a hard-charging Montreal Expos team in late September, to win the division title with a 97–65 record, and continue the Pennsylvania reign of NL East championships by the Phillies and the Pittsburgh Pirates, their in-state rivals during the early 1990s. The Braves, who had advanced to the World Series each of the past two seasons, won a classic division race over the 103–59 San Francisco Giants, finishing with a franchise-best 104–58 record. The heavily favored and playoff-seasoned Braves brought their legendary pitching rotation of Cy Young winner Greg Maddux, Tom Glavine, John Smoltz, and Steve Avery into the NLCS with them.


1993 National League Championship Series, Summary
After Philadelphia edged Atlanta in an exciting Game 1 that went into extra innings, the Braves hammered the Phillies in the next two games to a take a 2–1 series lead. However, the Braves' bats suddenly fell silent and the Phillies rebounded by winning close contests in the final two games in Atlanta to send the series back to Veterans Stadium with Philadelphia on top three games to two. The Phillies took Game 6 by a score of 6–3, sending them to their first World Series appearance in ten years.


1993 National League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 1
Wednesday, October 6, 1993, at Veterans Stadium in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania


1993 National League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 1
Curt Schilling began the series spectacularly by striking out the first five hitters he faced. The Phillies struck first in the bottom of the first on John Kruk's RBI forceout off of Steve Avery with runners on first and third, but the Braves tied the game in the third on back-to-back two-out doubles by Avery and Otis Nixon. Next inning, after a leadoff walk and single, David Justice's sacrifice fly put the Braves up 2–1, but Pete Incaviglia's home run in the bottom of the inning tied the game. The game would be back and forth and low-scoring.


1993 National League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 1
In the sixth, Philadelphia loaded the bases with one out on two walks and a double when a wild pitch by Avery give them to a 3–2 lead. In the top of the ninth, after a leadoff walk to Bill Pecota off of Mitch Williams, third baseman Kim Batiste's errant throw to first on Mark Lemke's groundball put runners on first and third with no out. After a sacrifice bunt, Nixon's groundout tied the game, forcing extra innings. In the bottom of the tenth, after a one-out double by Kruk off of Greg McMichael, Batiste lined a double just beyond the reach of Atlanta third baseman Terry Pendleton to score the winning run. Schilling finished the game with eight innings pitched and ten strikeouts in the no-decision.


1993 National League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 2
Thursday, October 7, 1993, at Veterans Stadium in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania


1993 National League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 2
The Braves offense crushed Phillies starter Tommy Greene in Game 2. An upper deck two-run home run by Fred McGriff gave Atlanta a 2–0 first inning lead. In the third, Jeff Blauser's one-out home run extended their lead to 3–0. After a double, single and walk loaded the bases, Terry Pendleton's two-run single made it 5–0 Braves and knock Greene out of the game. Damon Berryhill's three-run home run off of Bobby Thigpen made it 8–0 Braves. Greg Maddux gave up just two runs (on Dave Hollins's two-run home run in the fourth) in seven innings.


1993 National League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 2
Pendleton's home run in the fifth off of Ben Rivera made it 9–2 Braves. In the eighth, with two on via a single and error, Otis Nixon's RBI single made it 10–2 Braves off of David West. After another single loaded the bases, Ron Gant cleared them with a double. In the ninth, Sid Bream singled with two outs off of Larry Andersen and scored on Nixon's double. Mike Stanton pitched a scoreless eighth and Mark Wohlers allowed a home run to Lenny Dykstra in the ninth as the Braves' 14–3 win tied the series heading south to Atlanta.


1993 National League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 3
Saturday, October 9, 1993, at Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia


1993 National League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 3
The Phillies struck first in Game 3 on back-to-back leadoff triples by Mariano Duncan and John Kruk in the fourth off of Tom Glavine. Kurt's home run in the sixth extended their lead to 2–0, but Glavine allowed no other runs in seven innings pitched. Terry Mulholland pitched five shutout innings before the Braves' offense erupted in the sixth. After a leadoff single and walk, consecutive RBI singles by Fred McGriff and Terry Pendleton tied the game. David Justice's two-run double then put the Braves up 4–2.


1993 National League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 3
Roger Mason relieved Mulholland and second baseman Duncan's error on Mark Lemke's ground ball allowed another run to score to make it 5–2 Braves. Next inning, Pendleton's single with two on off of Larry Andersen made it 6–2 Braves. David West then allowed a two-out walk to load the bases before Lemke's bases-clearing double made it 9–2 Braves. In the top of the eighth, Duncan tripled with one out off of Kent Mercker and scored on Kruk's groundout. Next inning, Greg McMichael allowed a one-out double, single and RBI double to Jim Eisenreich before retiring the next two batters to end the game as the Braves took a 2–1 series lead with a 9–4 win.


1993 National League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 4
Sunday, October 10, 1993, at Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia


1993 National League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 4
John Smoltz and Danny Jackson faced off in a close Game 4. The Braves took an early 1–0 lead on a Mark Lemke double in the second with two on, but the Phillies went on top in the fourth inning with two unearned runs. Darren Daulton reached on Lemke's error, then moved to third on Milt Thompson's double. After Kevin Stocker's sacrifice fly tied the game, starter Jackson hit the go-ahead RBI single. Atlanta had baserunners throughout the rest of the game, but could not get a clutch hit as the Phillies hung on to win 2–1.


1993 National League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 4
Phillies closer Mitch Williams allowed the first two runners to reach in the ninth, but a double play groundout by Ron Gant helped him get out of it and earn the save. The Phillies left 15 runners on, going 1 for 11 with them in scoring position, while the Braves stranded 11, going 1 for 15 with them in scoring position.


1993 National League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 5
Monday, October 11, 1993, at Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia


1993 National League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 5
With the series tied 2–2, the Phillies and Braves needed extra innings to decide Game 5. Philadelphia got on the board in the first off Steve Avery when Mariano Duncan singled and John Kruk doubled down the right field line. In the bottom of the first, the Braves missed a chance to score when Fred McGriff hit one off the top of the right field fence sending Jeff Blauser racing around third to try to score. However, Wes Chamberlain fielded the carom cleanly, threw to shortstop Kevin Stocker, who then relayed the ball home to nail Blauser.


1993 National League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 5
In the fourth the Phils went up 2–0 on Chamberlain's sacrifice fly which scored Pete Incaviglia who had reached on a three base error committed by Ron Gant. Meanwhile, Curt Schilling was again lights out, tossing nine strikeouts. In the top of the ninth, a seemingly inconsequential insurance run scored when Darren Daulton homered off Greg McMichael.


1993 National League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 5
However, up 3–0 entering the bottom of the ninth, trouble brewed on the horizon. Schilling walked Blauser to open the frame. Then Gant hit a sharp grounder to third which Kim Batiste booted for his second key error of the series. Mitch Williams was again asked to relieve Schilling, who would take a seat in the dugout peeking in through a towel at the beleaguered closer. The first batter Williams faced, McGriff, roped an RBI single past Duncan sending Blauser home and Gant to third.


1993 National League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 5
David Justice then hit a sacrifice fly to left scoring Gant which cut the lead to 3–2. Terry Pendleton followed with a bullet past the mound and '92 LCS hero Francisco Cabrera chopped a ball up the middle that skipped past Stocker's glove to tie the game at 3–3. With one out and Pendleton taking third on the Cabrera hit, the series was hanging in the balance with the Braves 90 feet (27 m) away from victory. The next batter Mark Lemke lined a shot down the left field line that looked to be a game-ending base hit for Atlanta. The crowd at Fulton County Stadium screamed and then sighed as the ball veered foul at the last second. Williams regrouped to strikeout Lemke and got Bill Pecota on a flyout to hold the game even.


1993 National League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 5
In the tenth, Lenny Dykstra vaulted Philadelphia back into the lead when he drilled a full count Mark Wohlers fastball over the fence in dead center field. 40-year-old Larry Andersen then came on in the bottom half to retire the Braves in order, closing out the 4–3 nail biter. The victory put the Phillies up 3–2 going back to the Vet.


1993 National League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 5
Game 5 also happened to be the final afternoon League Championship Series game to be played on Columbus Day, which became a regular occurrence after the LCS expanded to being a best-of-seven contest in 1985.


1993 National League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 6
Wednesday, October 13, 1993, at Veterans Stadium in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania


1993 National League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 6
Trying to force a Game 7, the Braves sent their ace, Greg Maddux to the mound in Game 6. However, a Mickey Morandini line drive in the first inning hit Maddux in the leg. He stayed in the game, but was not the same. Darren Daulton hit a bases-loaded two-run double in the third. After the Braves got on the board in the fifth on Jeff Blauser's RBI single with two on off of Tommy Greene, Dave Hollins connected for a two-run home run in the bottom of the inning, putting Philadelphia on top 4–1.


1993 National League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 6
Morandini's two-run triple in the sixth finally chased Maddux, who later refused to make any excuses for his subpar performance but did acknowledge when asked that he had been pitching in pain from the line drive he took off his leg in the 1st inning. Blauser hit a two-run home run in the seventh to make it 6–3 Phillies, but David West and Mitch Williams finished the Braves with a perfect eighth and ninth, respectively. It was their first pennant in 10 years.


1993 National League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 6
Although he did not get any decisions during his two appearances in the six-game series, Curt Schilling's 1.69 ERA and 19 strikeouts were still enough to earn him the 1993 NLCS Most Valuable Player Award. Schilling became the only pitcher in major league history to be named a postseason series MVP (League Championship Series or World Series) without either a pitching decision or a save, as of 2015.


1993 National League Championship Series, Aftermath
Major League Baseball decided to realign by changing the divisional format starting in 1994, with the creation of a third division in each 14-team league. This in turn led to the creation of another round of postseason play, the Division Series and the addition of a wild card; meaning for the first time ever, a team did not have to win their division to qualify for the postseason. The Braves would end their 24-year stay in the National League West and move to the National League East and form a divisional rivalry with the Phillies.


1993 National League Championship Series, Aftermath
Having been exceptional for the Phillies in NLCS, Mitch Williams imploded during the World Series. Williams earned a save in Game 2 of the series, relieving Terry Mulholland as the Phillies tied the series at a game each. However, Williams suffered the loss in Game 4, the highest-scoring game in World Series history, as the Blue Jays scored six times in the eighth inning to earn a 15–14 victory and take a 3–1 series lead. Afterwards, Williams received death threats from angry Phillies fans for blowing the game.


1993 National League Championship Series, Aftermath
After the Phillies won Game 5 in a complete-game shutout by Curt Schilling, the series returned to Toronto for Game 6. The Phillies scored five runs in the seventh inning to take a 6–5 lead, and it was up to Williams to preserve the victory and force a Game 7. With one out and two runners on base in the bottom of the ninth inning, Joe Carter hit a 2–2 pitch over the left-field wall for a walk-off home run, giving the Blue Jays an 8–6 victory and a World Series championship.


1993 National League Championship Series, Aftermath
The ‘93 Phillies proved to be one-hit wonders, as 1993 was the only year the Phillies even posted a winning record in the 1990s. Meanwhile, the Braves continued their dominance of the National League in the remaining years of the 1990s, winning pennants in 1995 (and the 1995 World Series), 1996, and 1999. However, 1999 was the last year the Braves won a pennant to date as a franchise, while the Phillies had their own run of dominance from 2007–2011, which included two consecutive World Series appearances in 2008 and 2009. They beat the Tampa Bay Rays, an expansion team not formed until 1998, in five games in ‘08, and lost to the Yankees in six games in '09.


1993 National Scout Jamboree
The 1993 National Scout Jamboree was the 13th national Scout jamboree of the Boy Scouts of America and was held from August 4-10, 1993, at Fort A.P. Hill, Virginia.


1993 National Scout Jamboree, List of sub-camps
The 1993 National Scout Jamboree was divided into four regional encampments which consisted of a total of 19 sub-camps. Each subcamp consisted of approximately 1300 participants each dispersed among 30-40 troops. Each troop occupied a campsite with dimensions of approximately 90 feet (27 m) X 90 feet. Each subcamp had a special patch depicting a historical flag.


1993 National Scout Jamboree, Program
Jamboree attendees were able to participate in a number of activities. Singer Lee Greenwood and performance group Up With People performed at the opening ceremony, and singer Louise Mandrell performed at the closing ceremony. A list of the main activities is given below.


1993 National Scout Jamboree, Order of the Arrow Jamboree Rendezvous
The Order of the Arrow Jamboree Rendezvous was held on the evening of Monday, August 9.


1993 National Scout Jamboree, Severe weather
A major rainstorm occurred on Friday, August 6 which caused localized flooding throughout Fort A. P. Hill and necessitated the cancellation of all Jamboree activities for the afternoon. This storm deposited over 3 inches (76 mm) of rain on the jamboree site in a 13-hour period.


1993 National Scout Jamboree, Newspaper
A daily newspaper entitled Jamboree Today was distributed to all jamboree participants to inform them of events at the jamboree.


1993 National Society of Film Critics Awards
The 28th National Society of Film Critics Awards, given on 3 January 1994, honored the best filmmaking of 1993.


1993 National Society of Film Critics Awards, Winners, Best Director
1. Steven Spielberg – Schindler's List2. Jane Campion – The Piano3. Robert Altman – Short Cuts


1993 National Society of Film Critics Awards, Winners, Best Actor
1. David Thewlis – Naked2. Daniel Day-Lewis – In the Name of the Father2. Anthony Hopkins – The Remains of the Day and Shadowlands


1993 National Society of Film Critics Awards, Winners, Best Actress
1. Holly Hunter – The Piano2. Ashley Judd – Ruby in Paradise3. Stockard Channing – Six Degrees of Separation


1993 National Society of Film Critics Awards, Winners, Best Supporting Actor
1. Ralph Fiennes – Schindler's List2. Leonardo DiCaprio – What's Eating Gilbert Grape and This Boy's Life2. Tommy Lee Jones – The Fugitive


1993 National Society of Film Critics Awards, Winners, Best Supporting Actress
1. Madeleine Stowe – Short Cuts2. Gwyneth Paltrow – Flesh and Bone3. Jennifer Jason Leigh – Short Cuts3. Anna Paquin – The Piano


1993 National Society of Film Critics Awards, Winners, Best Screenplay
1. Jane Campion – The Piano2. John Guare – Six Degrees of Separation3. Robert Altman and Frank Barhydt – Short Cuts


1993 National Society of Film Critics Awards, Winners, Best Cinematography
1. Janusz Kamiński – Schindler's List2. Stuart Dryburgh – The Piano3. Michael Ballhaus – The Age of Innocence


1993 National Society of Film Critics Awards, Winners, Best Foreign Language Film
1. The Story of Qiu Ju (Qiu Ju da guan si)2. Blue (Trois couleurs: Bleu)3. Farewell My Concubine (Ba wang bie ji)


1993 National Society of Film Critics Awards, Winners, Best Documentary
1. Visions of Light2. It's All True: Based on an Unfinished Film by Orson Welles3. The War Room


1993 Nations Cup
The 1993 Nations Cup was held in Gelsenkirchen on November 18–20. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. The compulsory dance was the Tango Romantica.


1993 Navy Midshipmen football team
The 1993 Navy Midshipmen football team represented the United States Naval Academy (USNA) as an independent during the 1993 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team was led by fourth-year head coach George Chaump.


1993 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team
The 1993 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team represented the University of Nebraska–Lincoln in the 1993 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team was coached by Tom Osborne and played their home games in Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, Nebraska.


1993 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team, After the season, NFL and pro players
The following Nebraska players who participated in the 1993 season later moved on to the next level and joined a professional or semi-pro team as draftees or free agents.


1993 Nehru Cup
The 1993 Nehru Cup was held in Madras at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium. This was the 10th edition of the Nehru Cup. The participating teams were North Korea, Russia, Finland, Bolivia, Cameroon, and India. North Korea won the cup.


1993 Nescafe Extra Challenge
The 1993 Nescafé Extra Challenge was a  professional non-ranking snooker tournament that was played in Bangkok, Thailand in January 1993. Four players participated - Alan McManus, Ronnie O'Sullivan, John Parrott and James Wattana. 17 year old  O'Sullivan won the tournament to collect his first professional title. The tournament was played in a Round-Robin group format.


1993 Nescafe Extra Challenge, Results
If points were level then most frames won determined their positions.


1993 Nevada Wolf Pack football team
The 1993 Nevada Wolf Pack football team represented the University of Nevada, Reno during the 1993 NCAA Division I-A football season. Nevada competed as a member of the Big West Conference (BWC). The Wolf Pack were led by Jeff Horton in his first and only year as head coach and played their home games at Mackay Stadium.


1993 Nevada Wolf Pack football team, Previous season
The Wolf Pack finished the 1992 season 7–5 and 5–1 in BWC play to finish in first place and lost the Las Vegas Bowl against Bowling Green by 34 to 35. Head coach Chris Ault resigned and was replaced by Jeff Horton.


1993 New England Patriots season
The 1993 New England Patriots season was the franchise’s 34th season overall and 24th in the National Football League. The Patriots finished fourth in the AFC East Division with a record of five wins and eleven losses.


1993 New England Patriots season, Season summary
Amid year-long rumors that the team would move to St. Louis and become the Stallions (even to the point of a team logo being unveiled and hats being printed), the Patriots ran through the year, the first for coach Bill Parcells, who’d been a linebackers coach in Foxboro in 1980 under Ron Erhardt. The Patriots drafted Drew Bledsoe as the #1 pick and he was named starter.


1993 New England Patriots season, Season summary
Sweeping changes had been made in the organization before the season. All coaches from the 1992 season with the exception of Dante Scarnecchia and Bobby Grier were fired and replaced with new ones. Scarnecchia would become a special assistant while Grier would move to the front office. The roster had undergone substantial changes; among the holdovers from the 1992 season were Marv Cook, Ben Coates, Kevin Turner, Michael Timpson, Sam Gash, Greg McMurtry, Vincent Brown, Maurice Hurst, Leonard Russell, Bruce Armstrong, Mike Arthur, and Pat Harlow. The 1993 season was also the first season the current Patriots logo and font was used (though the current variation would undergo a color change in 2000).