| 1993 NCAA Division II football season | |
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| Regular season | August – November 1993 |
| Playoffs | November 20 – December 11, 1993 |
| National Championship | Braly Municipal Stadium Florence, AL |
| Champion | North Alabama |
| Harlon Hill Trophy | Roger Graham,New Haven |
The1993 NCAA Division II football season, part ofcollege football in the United States organized by theNational Collegiate Athletic Association at theDivision II level, began in August 1993, and concluded with theNCAA Division II Football Championship on December 11, 1993, atBraly Municipal Stadium inFlorence, Alabama, hosted by theUniversity of North Alabama.
North Alabama defeatedIUP in the championship game, 41–34, to win their first Division II national title.[1]
TheHarlon Hill Trophy was awarded to Roger Graham, running back fromNew Haven.
| Team | 1992 conference | 1993 conference |
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| Butler | MIFC (D-II) | Pioneer (I-AA) |
| California–Davis | Northern California (D-II) | American West (I-AA) |
| Cal Lutheran | D-II Independent | SCIAC (D-III) |
| Cal Poly | Western (D-II) | American West (I-AA) |
| Cal State Northridge | Western (D-II) | American West (I-AA) |
| Cameron | Lone Star | Dropped Program |
| Central Arkansas | Arkansas (NAIA) | Gulf South (D-II) |
| Central Connecticut State | D-II Independent | I-AA Independent |
| Henderson State | Arkansas (NAIA) | Gulf South (D-II) |
| Jacksonville State | Gulf South | D-II Independent |
| Mercyhurst | D-III Independent | D-II Independent |
| Northwood | D-II Independent | MIFC |
| Portland State | Western (D-II) | D-II Independent |
| Quincy | D-III Independent | Illini-Badger |
| Sacramento State | Western (D-II) | American West (I-AA) |
| Sacred Heart | D-III Independent | Independent |
| St. Francis (IL) | NAIA Independent | MIFC |
| Santa Clara | Western (D-II) | Dropped Program |
| Southern Utah | Western (D-II) | American West (I-AA) |
| Troy State | D-II Independent | I-AA Independent |
| Valparaiso | MIFC (D-II) | Pioneer (I-AA) |
| Conference Champions |
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Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association –Hampton |
| 1993 NCAA DivisionII Football Championship | |
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| Teams | 16 |
| Finals Site | |
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The1993NCAA Division II Football Championship playoffs were the 21st single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of men'sNCAA Division II college football. The championship game was held atBraly Municipal Stadium inFlorence, Alabama, for the eighth time.
| First round Campus sites | Quarterfinals Campus sites | Semifinals Campus sites | Championship Braly Municipal Stadium Florence, AL | ||||||||||||
| North Alabama | 38 | ||||||||||||||
| Carson–Newman | 28 | ||||||||||||||
| North Alabama | 45 | ||||||||||||||
| Hampton | 20 | ||||||||||||||
| Hampton | 33 | ||||||||||||||
| Albany State | 7 | ||||||||||||||
| North Alabama | 27 | ||||||||||||||
| Texas A&M–Kingsville | 25 | ||||||||||||||
| Texas A&M–Kingsville | 50 | ||||||||||||||
| Portland State | 15 | ||||||||||||||
| Texas A&M–Kingsville | 51 | ||||||||||||||
| UC Davis | 28 | ||||||||||||||
| UC Davis | 37 | ||||||||||||||
| Fort Hays State | 34 | ||||||||||||||
| North Alabama | 41 | ||||||||||||||
| IUP | 34 | ||||||||||||||
| Mankato State | 34 | ||||||||||||||
| Missouri Southern | 13 | ||||||||||||||
| Mankato State | 21 | ||||||||||||||
| North Dakota | 54 | ||||||||||||||
| North Dakota | 17 | ||||||||||||||
| Pittsburg State | 14 | ||||||||||||||
| North Dakota | 6 | ||||||||||||||
| IUP | 21 | ||||||||||||||
| New Haven | 48 | ||||||||||||||
| Edinboro | 28 | ||||||||||||||
| New Haven | 35 | ||||||||||||||
| IUP | 38 | ||||||||||||||
| IUP | 28 | ||||||||||||||
| Ferris State | 21 | ||||||||||||||