1993 NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship Game
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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.
Sean McDonough (play-by-play), Dan Jiggetts (color), Jim Gray (sideline)
NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship
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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.
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.
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.
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.
Scoring summary
Scoring summary
Quarter
Time
Drive
Team
Scoring information
Score
Plays
Yards
TOP
YSU
MU
1
14:27
2
65
0:33
YSU
Darnell Clark 50-yard touchdown run, Jeff Wilkins kick good
7
0
1
12:21
1
5
0:03
YSU
Tamron Smith 5-yard touchdown run, Wilkins kick good
14
0
1
1:53
YSU
19-yard field goal by Wilkins
17
0
3
3:34
MU
27-yard field goal by Willy Merrick
17
3
4
2:52
MU
Safety: YSU punter Wilkins stepped out of end zone
17
5
"TOP" = time of possession. For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football.
17
5
Game statistics
1
2
3
4
Total
Penguins
17
0
0
0
17
Thundering Herd
0
0
3
2
5
Statistics
YSU
MU
First downs
16
16
Plays–yards
63–295
64–256
Rushes–yards
55–220
35–49
Passing yards
75
207
Passing: comp–att–int
7–8–0
19–29–2
Time of possession
34:26
25:34
Team
Category
Player
Statistics
Youngstown State
Passing
Mark Brungard
7–8, 75 yds
Rushing
Tamron Smith
24 car, 109 yds, 1 TD
Receiving
Don Zwisler
2 rec, 38 yds
Marshall
Passing
Todd Donnan
19–29, 207 yds, 2 INT
Rushing
Chris Parker
17 car, 47 yds
Receiving
Will Brown
7 rec, 94 yds
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