1993 Eastern Kentucky Colonels football team

1993 Eastern Kentucky Colonels football
OVC champion
ConferenceOhio Valley Conference
Ranking
Sports NetworkNo. 17
Record8–4 (8–0 OVC)
Head coach
Home stadiumRoy Kidd Stadium
1993 Ohio Valley Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 17 $^ 8 – 0 – 0 8 – 4 – 0
No. 22 Tennessee Tech 7 – 1 – 0 8 – 3 – 0
Tennessee–Martin 5 – 3 – 0 6 – 5 – 0
Middle Tennessee 4 – 4 – 0 5 – 6 – 0
Murray State 4 – 4 – 0 4 – 7 – 0
Tennessee State 4 – 4 – 0 4 – 7 – 0
Morehead State 2 – 6 – 0 3 – 8 – 0
Southeast Missouri State 2 – 6 – 0 3 – 8 – 0
Austin Peay 0 – 8 – 0 1 – 10 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from The Sports Network poll

The 1993 Eastern Kentucky Colonels football team represented Eastern Kentucky University as a member of the Ohio Valley Conference (OVC) during the 1993 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Led by 30th-year head coach Roy Kidd, the Colonels compiled an overall record of 8–4, with a mark of 8–0 in conference play, and finished as OVC champion. Eastern Kentucky advanced to the NCAA Division I-AA playoffs and were defeated by Georgia Southern in the first round.

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 2Western Kentucky*No. 10
L 10–1517,200[1]
September 11at No. 6 Northeast Louisiana*No. 18
L 14–4020,500[2]
September 25Austin Peay
  • Roy Kidd Stadium
  • Richmond, KY
W 48–7[3]
October 2No. 8 Youngstown State*
  • Roy Kidd Stadium
  • Richmond, KY
L 22–26[4]
October 9vs. Tennessee State
W 52–1321,863[5]
October 16at Murray State
W 21–13[6]
October 23Tennessee Tech
  • Roy Kidd Stadium
  • Richmond, KY
W 10–7[7]
October 30Tennessee–MartinNo. 25
  • Roy Kidd Stadium
  • Richmond, KY
W 30–02,500[8]
November 6at Southeast Missouri StateNo. 23
W 35–21[9]
November 13No. 23 Middle TennesseeNo. 20
  • Roy Kidd Stadium
  • Richmond, KY
W 33–27[10]
November 20at Morehead StateNo. 18
W 44–7[11]
November 27at No. 2 Georgia Southern*No. 17
L 12–147,278[12]

References

  1. ^ "Tops open with upset of Eastern". The Park City Daily News. September 3, 1993. Retrieved January 30, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Northeast Louisiana humbles Eastern 40–14". Lexington Herald-Leader. September 12, 1993. Retrieved January 30, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Eastern turns OVC opener into laugher". The Courier-Journal. September 26, 1993. Retrieved January 30, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Eastern rallies but falls to Youngstown State 26–22". The Courier-Journal. October 3, 1993. Retrieved January 30, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Eastern keeps Tennessee State flattened". The Courier-Journal. October 10, 1993. Retrieved January 30, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Eastern rallies past Murray, 21–13". The Park City Daily News. October 17, 1993. Retrieved January 30, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Brown powers Colonels past Tech". The Paducah Sun. October 24, 1993. Retrieved January 30, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Eastern Kentucky rolls against UTM". The Jackson Sun. October 31, 1993. Retrieved January 30, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "SEMO loses, drops to 1–8". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. November 7, 1993. Retrieved January 30, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "MTSU edges 33–27". The Daily News-Journal. November 14, 1993. Retrieved January 30, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "WKU clinches OVC championship". The State Journal. November 21, 1993. Retrieved January 30, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ "Eastern moves ball but falls short 14–12". The Courier-Journal. November 28, 1993. Retrieved January 30, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
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