The 1993 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team represented the

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in the 1993 college football season. The team was coached by

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and played its home games at

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. On November 13, Notre Dame played

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in a matchup of unbeatens, with the two ranked #1 and #2 in the

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. The winner of this game, at Notre Dame Stadium in South Bend, Indiana, was certain to play #3 Nebraska (which would then move up to #2) in the Orange Bowl for the national championship.Fighting Irish Win Game of the Century
The Tech (MIT newspaper) Mike Duffy and Andrew Heitner. Volume 113, Issue 59 : Friday, November 19, 1993 The next week, they faced

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and although the Notre Dame offense piled up 427 yards of offense, scored 5 touchdowns, including 22 points in the last 11 minutes, the game would forever be remembered on Boston College's last drive as their kicker David Gordon hit a 41-yard field goal as time expired to win it 41–39, ending Notre Dame's bid for an undefeated season. Despite beating #7 Texas A&M in the Cotton Bowl on New Year's Day, the national championship was awarded to Florida State.

Rivalries

* In the

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match against Boston College, BC beat Notre Dame to claim the Frank Leahy Memorial Bowl. * Notre Dame beat Michigan State to claim the

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. * Notre Dame beat Purdue to claim the Shillelagh Trophy. * Notre Dame beat USC to claim the Jeweled Shillelagh.

Schedule

Roster

Rankings

Game summaries

Northwestern

Michigan

Michigan State

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Purdue

Stanford

Pittsburgh

BYU

USC

Navy

Gainesville Sun. 1993 Oct 31.

Florida State

The #2 Fighting Irish prevailed over the #1 Florida State Seminoles as ESPN's College GameDay (football TV program), College GameDay made its first campus visit.

Boston College

Texas A&M

Awards and honors

* Aaron Taylor:

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Team players in the NFL

References

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