1994 Penn State Nittany Lions football team

American college football season

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
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 2
AP	No. 2
Record	12–0 (8–0 Big Ten)
Head coach	Joe Paterno (29th season)
Offensive coordinator	Fran Ganter (11th season)
Offensive scheme	Pro-style
Defensive coordinator	Jerry Sandusky (18th season)
Base defense	4–3
Home stadium	Beaver Stadium
Seasons ← 1993 1995 →

1994 Big Ten Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		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 including 4 conference victories, over Wisconsin, Indiana, Northwestern, and Purdue. 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.

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

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 (rivalry, College GameDay)	ABC	W 31–24	106,382
October 29	3:30 p.m.	No. 21 Ohio State	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 (rivalry)	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 Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

Rankings

1⁄2)Coaches9 (1)85 (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

USC

Iowa

Iowa at Penn State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Hawkeyes	0	7	0	14	21
• No. 6 Nittany Lions	35	10	0	16	61

Date: September 17
Location: Beaver Stadium, University Park, Pennsylvania
Game start: 12:00 p.m. EDT
Game attendance: 95,834
Game weather: 73°F (23°C); cloudy
Television network: ESPN2

Scoring summary

1		PSU	Mike Archie 20-yard pass from Kerry Collins (Conway kick)	PSU 7–0

1		PSU	Mike Archie 35-yard run (Conway kick)	PSU 14–0

1		PSU	Yeboah-Kodie blocked punt recovery in end zone (Conway kick)	PSU 21–0

1		PSU	Ki-Jana Carter 41-yard run (Conway kick)	PSU 28–0

1		PSU	Ki-Jana Carter 4-yard run (Conway kick)	PSU 35–0

2	14:13	PSU	Mike Archie 4-yard run (Conway kick)	PSU 42–0

2		PSU	Conway 39-yard field goal	PSU 45–0

2		Iowa	Harold Jasper 26-yard pass from Ryan Driscoll (Romano kick)	PSU 45–7

4		Iowa	Scott Slutzker 1-yard pass from Ryan Driscoll (kick failed)	PSU 45–13

4		PSU	Conway 33-yard field goal	PSU 48–13

4		PSU	Slaod 5-yard run (Barninger kick)	PSU 55–13

4		Iowa	Odems 26-yard pass from Matt Sherman (Sedrick Shaw run)	PSU 55–21

4		PSU	Gray 4-yard run (pass failed)	PSU 61–21

Rutgers

Temple

Michigan

Penn State at Michigan

	1	2	3	4	Total
• #3 Nittany Lions	10	6	8	7	31
#5 Wolverines	0	3	14	7	24

Date: October 15
Location: Michigan Stadium, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Game start: 3:30 p.m. EDT
Game attendance: 106,832
Game weather: 66°F (19°C); partly cloudy
Referee: Tom Quinn
TV announcers (ABC Sports): Keith Jackson (play-by-play), Bob Griese (analyst), Lynn Swann (sideline)

Scoring summary

1	10:00	PSU	Brett Conway 24-yard field goal	PSU 3–0

1	0:46	PSU	Keith Olsommer 3-yard pass from Kerry Collins (Conway kick)	PSU 10–0

2	10:00	PSU	Brett Conway 28-yard field goal	PSU 13–0

2	5:49	PSU	Brett Conway 29-yard field goal	PSU 16–0

2	0:00	Mich	Remy Hamilton 33-yard field goal	PSU 16-3

3	14:00	Mich	Tyrone Wheatley 67-yard run (Hamilton kick)	PSU 16-10

3	10:41	Mich	Tyrone Wheatley 21-yard run (Hamilton kick)	Mich 17-16

3	6:27	PSU	Jon Witman 9-yard pass from Kerry Collins (Freddie Scott 2-point conversion pass from Collins)	PSU 24-17

4	11:37	Mich	Tim Biakabutuka 1-yard run (Hamilton kick)	Tied 24-24

4	2:53	PSU	Bobby Engram 16-yard pass from Kerry Collins (Conway kick)	PSU 31–21

Ohio State

Ohio State at Penn State

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 21 Buckeyes	0	0	6	8	14
• No. 1 Nittany Lions	7	28	14	14	63

Date: October 29
Location: Beaver Stadium, University Park, Pennsylvania
Game start: 3:30 p.m. EDT
Elapsed time: 3 hours, 14 minutes
Game attendance: 97,079
Game weather: 66°F (19°C); clear
Referee: Dick Honig
TV announcers (ABC Sports): Roger Twibell (play-by-play), Dick Vermeil (analyst), and Jack Arute (sideline)

Scoring summary

1	10:49	PSU	Ki-Jana Carter 20-yard run (Brett Conway kick)	PSU 7–0

2	10:40	PSU	Ki-Jana Carter 1-yard run (Conway kick)	PSU 14–0

2	6:59	PSU	Bobby Engram, 15-yard pass from Kerry Collins (Conway kick)	PSU 21–0

2	3:26	PSU	Ki-Jana Carter 36-yard run (Conway kick)	PSU 28–0

2	0:56	PSU	Mike Archie 15-yard pass from Kerry Collins (Conway kick)	PSU 35–0

3	12:31	OSU	Chris Sanders 14-yard pass from Bobby Hoying (Josh Jackson kick failed)	PSU 35-6

3	10:57	PSU	Mike Archie 17-yard run (Conway kick)	PSU 42-6

3	6:03	PSU	Ki-Jana Carter 12-yard run (Conway kick)	PSU 49-6

4	14:38	PSU	Chris Mazyck 10-yard interception returned for touchdown (Conway kick)	PSU 56-6

4	6:31	PSU	Ambrose Fletcher 4-yard run (Barninger kick)	PSU 63-6

4	3:07	OSU	Stanley Jackson 6-yard run (Rickey Dudley 2-point conversion pass from Jackson)	PSU 63–14

Indiana

Illinois

Northwestern

Michigan State

Rose Bowl

Penn State vs. Oregon

	1	2	3	4	Total
• No. 2 Nittany Lions	7	7	14	10	38
No. 12 Ducks	7	0	7	6	20

Date: January 2
Location: Rose Bowl, Pasadena, CA
Game attendance: 102,247
Referee: Courtney Mauzy
TV announcers (ABC): Keith Jackson and Bob Griese

Scoring summary

1	10:50	PSU	Carter 83-yard run (Conway kick)	PSU 7-0

1	10:05	ORE	Wilcox 1-yard pass from O'Neil (Bolden kick)	Tied 7-7

2	1:36	PSU	Milne 1-yard run (Conway kick)	PSU 14-7

3	4:54	ORE	McLemore 17-yard pass from O'Neil (Bolden kick)	Tied 14-14

3	3:53	PSU	Carter 17-yard run (Conway kick)	PSU 21-14

3	2:01	PSU	Carter 1-yard run (Conway kick)	PSU 28-14

4	5:43	PSU	Conway 43-yard field goal	PSU 31-14

4	4:24	PSU	Witman 9-yard run (Barninger kick)	PSU 38-14

4	2:44	ORE	Whittle 3-yard run (pass failed)	PSU 38-20

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Roster

1994 Penn State Nittany Lions football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
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
OT	`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.	#	Name	Class
DE	`69`	Michael Plunkett	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.	#	Name	Class
K	`6`	Brad Aumiller	Sr
K	`20`	Brett Conway	So
P	`28`	Darrell Kania	So

Head coach

Joe Paterno

Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible

Injured
Redshirt

Roster

Players in the 1995 NFL Draft

Player	Position	Round	Pick	NFL club
Ki-Jana Carter	RB	1	1	Cincinnati Bengals
Kerry Collins	QB	1	5	Carolina Panthers
Kyle Brady	TE	1	9	New York Jets
Phil Yeboah-Kodie	LB	5	146	Denver Broncos
Brian Gelzheiser	LB	6	187	Indianapolis Colts

References

^ "Penn State Yearly Results (1990-1994)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on August 5, 2015. Retrieved July 26, 2015.
^ 2018 NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision Records (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association. August 2018. p. 115. Retrieved December 10, 2018.
^ Gainesville Sunday January 3, 1995

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