1994 Penn State Nittany Lions football team

1994 Penn State Nittany Lions football
Big Ten champion Rose Bowl champion
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 year)
Offensive coordinator	Fran Ganter
Defensive coordinator	Jerry Sandusky
Home stadium	Beaver Stadium (Capacity: 93,967)

1994 Big Ten football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
#2 Penn State $	8	–	0	–	0			12	–	0	–	0
#14 Ohio State	6	–	2	–	0			9	–	4	–	0
Wisconsin	5	–	2	–	1			8	–	3	–	1
#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.

Roster

1994 Penn State Nittany Lions football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class TE 81 Brady, KyleKyle Brady Sr RB 32 Carter, Ki-JanaKi-Jana Carter Jr QB 12 Collins, KerryKerry Collins Sr WR 10 Engram, BobbyBobby Engram Jr G 50 Hartings, JeffJeff Hartings Fr WR 83 Jurevicius, JoeJoe Jurevicius Fr RB 22 Milne, BrianBrian Milne Jr G 64 Ostrowski, PhilPhil Ostrowski Fr QB 14 Richardson, WallyWally Richardson So G 54 Rivera, MarcoMarco Rivera Jr FB 38 Witman, JonJon Witman Jr	Defense Pos. # Name Class LB 57 Carroll, MattMatt Carroll Fr S 3 Herring, KimKim Herring So LB 92 Killens, TerryTerry Killens Jr LB 44 Nelson, JimJim Nelson Fr DT 93 Noble, BrandonBrandon Noble So	Special teams Pos. # Name Class K 6 Aumiller, BradBrad Aumiller Sr P 28 Kania, DarrellDarrell Kania So	Head coach Joe Paterno Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster Last update: 2015-12-20

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 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 (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. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Post season

Game notes

Rose Bowl

1 2 3 4 Total • Penn State 7 7 14 10 38 Oregon 7 0 7 6 20 Date: January 2 Location: Rose Bowl, Pasadena, CA Game attendance: 102,247 Television network: ABC

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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References

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