1994 Penn State Nittany Lions football team

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. Recently, some commentators have opined that perhaps this team should have earned a share of the 1994 national championship.

1994 Penn State Nittany Lions football
National champion (DeVold, Eck, Matthews, NYT)
Co-national champion (FACT, NCF, Sagarin)
Big Ten champion
Rose Bowl champion
Lambert-Meadowlands Trophy
Rose Bowl, W 38–20 vs. Oregon
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 2
APNo. 2
1994 record12–0 (8–0 Big Ten)
Head coachJoe Paterno (29th season)
Offensive coordinatorFran Ganter
Defensive coordinatorJerry Sandusky
Home stadiumBeaver Stadium
(Capacity: 93,967)
1994 Big Ten Conference 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 team was selected national champion by DeVold, Eck Ratings System, Matthews Grid Ratings, and The New York Times, while named co-champion by Rothman (FACT), National Championship Foundation, and Sagarin Ratings.[2]

Schedule
DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 38:00 p.m.at MinnesotaNo. 9
W 56–351,134
September 103:30 p.m.No. 14 USC*No. 8
ABCW 38–1496,463
September 1712:00 p.m.IowaNo. 6
  • Beaver Stadium
  • University Park, PA
ESPN2W 61–2195,834
September 2412:00 p.m.Rutgers*No. 5
  • Beaver Stadium
  • University Park, PA
ESPN2W 55–2795,379
October 14:00 p.m.at Temple*No. 4
W 48–2138,140
October 153:30 p.m.at No. 5 MichiganNo. 3
ABCW 31–24106,382
October 293:30 p.m.No. 21 Ohio StateNo. 1
  • Beaver Stadium
  • University Park, PA (rivalry)
ABCW 63–1497,079
November 512:30 p.m.at IndianaNo. 2
ESPNW 35–2947,754
November 123:30 p.m.at IllinoisNo. 2
ABCW 35–3172,364
November 191:00 p.m.NorthwesternNo. 2
  • Beaver Stadium
  • University Park, PA
W 45–1796,383
November 264:00 p.m.Michigan StateNo. 2
ESPNW 59–3196,493
January 2, 19954:30 p.m.vs. No. 12 OregonNo. 2
ABCW 38–20102,247
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

Roster
1994 Penn State Nittany Lions football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
RB 2 Mike Archie Jr
TE 81 Kyle Brady Sr
WR 11 Chris Campbell So
RB 32 Ki-Jana Carter Jr
QB 12 Kerry Collins Sr
WR 10 Bobby Engram Jr
C 60 Bucky Greeley Sr
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
WR 31 Freddie Scott So
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

Rankings
Main article: 1994 NCAA Division I-A football rankings
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.
Week
Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Final 
AP 9 9 8 (1) 6 (2) 5 (3) 4 (3) 4 (2) 3 (2) 1 (19) 1 (19) 2 (28) 2 (22) 2 (23) 2 (22) 2 (23) 2 (24) 2 (10 ½) 
Coaches 9 (1) 8 5 (2) 5 (3) 4 (3) 4 (3) 3 (5) 1 (22) 1 (28) 1 (32) 2 (20) 2 (21) 2 (22) 2 (18) 2 (18) 2 (8)

Game summaries

Minnesota
See also: 1994 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team and Minnesota–Penn State football rivalry
Overall record Last meeting Result
1–0 1993 W 38–20

USC
See also: 1994 USC Trojans football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
2–3 1993 W 21–20

Iowa
Iowa at Penn State
1 234Total
Hawkeyes 0 7014 21
• Nittany Lions 35 10016 61
See also: 1994 Iowa Hawkeyes football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
7–3 1993 W 31–0

Rutgers
See also: 1994 Rutgers Scarlet Knights football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
20–2 1993 W 31–7

Temple
See also: Temple Owls football
Overall record Last meeting Result
26–3–1 1992 W 49–8

Michigan
See also: 1994 Michigan Wolverines football team and College GameDay (football)
Overall record Last meeting Result
0–1 1993 L 13–21

Ohio State
See also: 1994 Ohio State Buckeyes football team and Ohio State–Penn State football rivalry
Overall record Last meeting Result
6–3 1993 L 6–24

Indiana
See also: 1994 Indiana Hoosiers football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
1–0 1993 W 38–31

Illinois
See also: 1994 Illinois Fighting Illini football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
4–1 1993 W 28–14

Northwestern
See also: 1994 Northwestern Wildcats football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
1–0 1993 W 43–21

Michigan State
See also: 1994 Michigan State Spartans football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
2–8–1 1993 W 38–37

Rose Bowl
Penn State vs. Oregon
1 234Total
• No. 2 Nittany Lions 7 71410 38
No. 12 Ducks 7 076 20
See also: 1995 Rose Bowl and 1994 Oregon Ducks football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
2–1 1964 L, 14–22

[3]

Notes
  • Penn State sets a single season record for most points scored (564).

Players in the 1995 NFL Draft
See also: 1995 NFL Draft
PlayerPositionRoundPickNFL Club
Ki-Jana CarterRB11Cincinnati Bengals
Kerry CollinsQB15Carolina Panthers
Kyle BradyTE19New York Jets
Phil Yeboah-KodieLB5146Denver Broncos
Brian GelzheiserLB6187Indianapolis Colts

References
  1. "Penn State Yearly Results (1990-1994)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Retrieved July 26, 2015.
  2. 2018 NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision Records (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association. August 2018. p. 115. Retrieved December 10, 2018.
  3. Gainesville Sunday January 3, 1995
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