# 1993–94 NCAA football bowl games

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 |
| Dec 31 | 6:00 PM | ESPN | Peach Bowl | Georgia Dome Atlanta, GA | No. 24 Clemson 14, Kentucky 13 |
| Dec 31 | 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 |
| Jan 1 | 1:00 PM | ABC | Citrus Bowl | Florida Citrus Bowl Orlando, FL | No. 13 Penn State 31, No. 6 Tennessee 13 |
| Jan 1 | 1:30 PM | CBS | Carquest Bowl | Joe Robbie Stadium Miami Gardens, FL | No. 15 Boston College 31, Virginia 13 |
| Jan 1 | 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 |
| Jan 1 | 4:30 PM | NBC | Cotton Bowl Classic | Cotton Bowl Dallas, TX | No. 4 Notre Dame 24, No. 7 Texas A&M 21 |
| Jan 1 | 8:00 PM | NBC | Orange Bowl Championship game | Miami Orange Bowl Miami, FL | No. 1 Florida State 18, No. 2 Nebraska 16 |
| Jan 1 | 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. ||||||