1994 Penn State Nittany Lions football team

1994 Penn State Nittany Lions football
Big Ten Champions
Rose Bowl, W 38–20 vs. Oregon
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Ranking
Coaches	#2
AP	#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
Indiana	3	–	5	–	0			6	–	5	–	0
Iowa	3	–	4	–	1			5	–	5	–	1
Purdue	3	–	3	–	2			5	–	4	–	2
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 college football season. The team was coached by Joe Paterno and played its home games in Beaver Stadium in University Park, Pennsylvania.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent#	Rank#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 3	8:00 PM	at Minnesota	#9	Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome • Minneapolis, MN (Governor's Victory Bell)		W 56–3	51,134
September 10	3:30 PM	#14 USC*	#8	Beaver Stadium • University Park, PA	ABC	W 38–14	96,463
September 17	12:00 PM	Iowa	#6	Beaver Stadium • University Park, PA	ESPN2	W 61–21	95,834
September 24	12:00 PM	Rutgers*	#5	Beaver Stadium • University Park, PA	ESPN2	W 55–27	95,379
October 1	4:00 PM	at Temple*	#4	Franklin Field • Philadelphia, PA		W 48–21	38,140
October 15	3:30 PM	at #5 Michigan	#3	Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI	ABC	W 31–24	106,382
October 29	3:30 PM	#21 Ohio State	#1	Beaver Stadium • University Park, PA (Rivalry)	ABC	W 63–14	97,079
November 5	12:30 PM	at Indiana	#2	Memorial Stadium • Bloomington, IN	ESPN	W 35–29	47,754
November 12	3:30 PM	at Illinois	#2	Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL	ABC	W 35–31	72,364
November 19	1:00 PM	Northwestern	#2	Beaver Stadium • University Park, PA		W 45–17	96,383
November 26	4:00 PM	Michigan State	#2	Beaver Stadium • University Park, PA (Land Grant Trophy)	ESPN	W 59–31	96,493
January 2, 1995	4:30 PM	vs. #12 Oregon	#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