1994 Penn State Nittany Lions football team

1994 Penn State Nittany Lions football
Big Ten champion
Rose Bowl champion
Lambert-Meadowlands Trophy
Rose Bowl, W 38–20 vs. Oregon
Conference Big Ten Conference
Ranking
Coaches No. 2
AP No. 2
1994 record 12–0 (8–0 Big Ten)
Head coach Joe Paterno (29th season)
Offensive coordinator Fran Ganter
Defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky
Home stadium Beaver Stadium
(Capacity: 93,967)
1994 Big Ten football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 2 Penn State $ 8 –0 –0  12 –0 –0
No. 14 Ohio State 6 –2 –0  9 –4 –0
Wisconsin 5 –2 –1  8 –3 –1
No. 12 Michigan 5 –3 –0  8 –4 –0
Illinois 4 –4 –0  7 –5 –0
Purdue 3 –3 –2  5 –4 –2
Iowa 3 –4 –1  5 –5 –1
Indiana 3 –5 –0  6 –5 –0
Northwestern 3 –5 –0  4 –6 –1
Minnesota 1 –7 –0  3 –8 –0
Michigan State 0 –8 –0  0 –11 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • Michigan State forfeited 5 wins, 4 conference wins
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1994 Penn State Nittany Lions football team represented the Pennsylvania State University in the 1994 NCAA Division I-A football season.[1] The team was coached by Joe Paterno and played its home games in Beaver Stadium in University Park, Pennsylvania. There is controversy over whether this team should have been crowned National Champions this season, after finishing unbeaten.

Schedule

Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result Attendance
September 3 8:00 p.m. at Minnesota No. 9 Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome • Minneapolis, MN (Governor's Victory Bell) W 56–3   51,134
September 10 3:30 p.m. No. 14 USC* No. 8 Beaver Stadium • University Park, PA ABC W 38–14   96,463
September 17 12:00 p.m. Iowa No. 6 Beaver Stadium • University Park, PA ESPN2 W 61–21   95,834
September 24 12:00 p.m. Rutgers* No. 5 Beaver Stadium • University Park, PA ESPN2 W 55–27   95,379
October 1 4:00 p.m. at Temple* No. 4 Franklin Field • Philadelphia, PA W 48–21   38,140
October 15 3:30 p.m. at No. 5 Michigan No. 3 Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI ABC W 31–24   106,382
October 29 3:30 p.m. No. 21 Ohio Statedagger No. 1 Beaver Stadium • University Park, PA (Rivalry) ABC W 63–14   97,079
November 5 12:30 p.m. at Indiana No. 2 Memorial Stadium • Bloomington, IN ESPN W 35–29   47,754
November 12 3:30 p.m. at Illinois No. 2 Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL ABC W 35–31   72,364
November 19 1:00 p.m. Northwestern No. 2 Beaver Stadium • University Park, PA W 45–17   96,383
November 26 4:00 p.m. Michigan State No. 2 Beaver Stadium • University Park, PA (Land Grant Trophy) ESPN W 59–31   96,493
January 2, 1995 4:30 p.m. vs. No. 12 Oregon No. 2 Rose Bowl • Pasadena, CA (Rose Bowl) ABC W 38–20   102,247
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Post season

Game summaries

Rose Bowl

1 234Total
• Penn State 7 71410 38
Oregon 7 076 20

[2]

Roster

1994 Penn State Nittany Lions football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
RB 2 Mike Archie Jr
TE 81 Kyle Brady Sr
RB 32 Ki-Jana Carter Jr
QB 12 Kerry Collins Sr
WR 10 Bobby Engram Jr
C 60 Bucky Greeley Jr
G 50 Jeff Hartings Jr
T 68 Andre Johnson Jr
WR 83 Joe Jurevicius Fr
RB 22 Brian Milne Jr
G 64 Phil Ostrowski Fr
QB 14 Wally Richardson So
G 54 Marco Rivera Jr
FB 38 Jon Witman Jr
 Defense
Pos.#NameClass
DE 58 Todd Atkins Jr
LB 57 Matt Carroll Fr
DT 89 Eric Clair Jr
S 46 Marlon Forbes Sr
LB 16 Brian Gelzheiser Sr
LB 51 Greg Haren Jr
S 3 Kim Herring So
LB 92 Terry Killens Jr
LB 44 Jim Nelson Fr
DT 93 Brandon Noble So
DE 91 Chris Snyder Fr
 Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
K 6 Brad Aumiller Sr
K 20 Brett Conway So
P 28 Darrell Kania So
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured
  • Redshirt

Roster

References

  1. ↑ "Penn State Yearly Results (1990-1994)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Retrieved July 26, 2015.
  2. ↑ Gainesville Sunday January 3, 1995
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