1993–94 NCAA football bowl games

Season

1993

Number of bowls

Bowl games

December 17, 1993 –
January 1, 1994

National Championship

Orange Bowl

Location of Championship

Miami Orange Bowl
Miami, Florida

Champions

Florida State

Bowl record by conference
Conference	Bowls	Record	Final AP poll
Big Ten	7	4–3 (0.571)	4
ACC	5	2–3 (0.400)	3
Big Eight	4	3–1 (0.750)	4
Pac-10	4	3–1 (0.750)	3
SEC	4	2–2 (0.500)	4
Big East	4	2–2 (0.500)	4
WAC	4	0–4 (0.000)	0
SWC	2	0–2 (0.000)	1
Big West	1	1–0 (1.000)	0
MAC	1	0–1 (0.000)	0

The 1993–94 NCAA football bowl games concluded the 1993 NCAA Division I-A football season. In the second year of the Bowl Coalition era, the 1994 Orange Bowl was designated as the national championship game, pitting Florida State (11–1), ranked first in the AP Poll and third in the Coaches Poll, against Nebraska (11–0), ranked second in the AP Poll and first in the Coaches Poll. Undefeated and untied West Virginia was ranked second in the Coaches Poll but was relegated to the Sugar Bowl after finishing in third in the Bowl Coalition composite rankings. Florida State defeated Nebraska in the Orange Bowl, which, along with West Virginia's loss to Florida in the Sugar Bowl, allowed Florida State to secure a national championship in both major polls.

A total of 19 bowl games were played between December 17, 1993 and January 1, 1994 by 38 bowl-eligible teams. One new bowl game was added during the 1993–94 season: the Alamo Bowl, held in San Antonio, Texas.

Non-Coalition bowls

Date	Time	TV	Game	Site	Result
Dec 17	8:00 PM	ESPN	Las Vegas Bowl	Sam Boyd Stadium Whitney, NV	Utah State 42, Ball State 33
Dec 25	2:30 PM	ABC	Aloha Bowl	Aloha Stadium Honolulu, HI	No. 17 Colorado 41, No. 25–T Fresno State 30
Dec 28	8:00 PM	ESPN	Liberty Bowl	Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium Memphis, TN	No. 25–T Louisville 18, Michigan State 7
Dec 29	8:00 PM	ESPN	Copper Bowl	Arizona Stadium Tucson, AZ	No. 20 Kansas State 52, Wyoming 17
Dec 30	8:00 PM	ESPN	Holiday Bowl	Jack Murphy Stadium San Diego, CA	No. 11 Ohio State 28, BYU 21
Dec 30	9:00 PM	Raycom	Freedom Bowl	Anaheim Stadium Anaheim, CA	USC 28, Utah 21
Dec 31	12:30 PM	ESPN	Independence Bowl	Independence Stadium Shreveport, LA	No. 22 Virginia Tech 45, No. 21 Indiana 20
	6:00 PM	ESPN	Peach Bowl	Georgia Dome Atlanta, GA	No. 24 Clemson 14, Kentucky 13
	9:30 PM	ESPN	Alamo Bowl	Alamo Dome San Antonio, TX	California 37, Iowa 3
Jan 1	11:00 AM	ESPN	Hall of Fame Bowl	Tampa Stadium Tampa, FL	No. 23 Michigan 42, NC State 7
	1:00 PM	ABC	Citrus Bowl	Florida Citrus Bowl Orlando, FL	No. 13 Penn State 31, No. 6 Tennessee 13
	1:30 PM	CBS	Carquest Bowl	Joe Robbie Stadium Miami Gardens, FL	No. 15 Boston College 31, Virginia 13
	4:30 PM	ABC	Rose Bowl	Rose Bowl Pasadena, CA	No. 9 Wisconsin 21, No. 14 UCLA 16
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Bowl Coalition bowls

Tier I
Date	Time	TV	Game	Site	Result
Jan 1	1:00 PM	NBC	Fiesta Bowl	Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, AZ	No. 16 Arizona 29, No. 10 Miami (FL) 0
	4:30 PM	NBC	Cotton Bowl Classic	Cotton Bowl Dallas, TX	No. 4 Notre Dame 24, No. 7 Texas A&M 21
	8:00 PM	NBC	Orange Bowl Championship game	Miami Orange Bowl Miami, FL	No. 1 Florida State 18, No. 2 Nebraska 16
	8:30 PM	ABC	Sugar Bowl	Louisiana Superdome New Orleans, LA	No. 8 Florida 41, No. 3 West Virginia 7
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Tier II
Date	Time	TV	Game	Site	Result
Dec 24	2:30 PM	CBS	John Hancock Bowl	Sun Bowl El Paso, TX	No. 19 Oklahoma 41, Texas Tech 10
Dec 31	7:00 PM	TBS	Gator Bowl	Gator Bowl Stadium Jacksonville, FL	No. 18 Alabama 24, No. 12 North Carolina 10
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game. All times are in Eastern Time.

References

"1993 College Football Bowl Games". Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved January 5, 2019.
^ "College bowls". Press-Republican. Plattsburgh, NY. December 3, 1993. p. 18.

v t e 1993–94 NCAA football bowl game season
Las Vegas (Dec. 17) Aloha (Dec. 25) Liberty (Dec. 28) Copper (Dec. 29) Freedom (Dec. 30) Holiday (Dec. 30) Independence (Dec. 31) Alamo (Dec. 31) Peach (Dec. 31) Carquest (Jan. 1) Florida Citrus (Jan. 1) Rose (Jan. 1) Hall of Fame (Jan. 1)
Bowl Coalition games: John Hancock (Dec. 24) Gator (Dec. 31) Orange (Jan. 1) Sugar (Jan. 1) Fiesta (Jan. 1) Cotton (Jan. 1)

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