Penn State vs. Oregon 1994 GAME STORY Rose Bowl

[@mauricefrontz8570]

'Freddie Scott is the man in motion; here's Carter...and BREAKS IT! He's gone, goodbye! It'll be touchdown Penn State, first play of the ball game!'

[@jakemorro7559]

Came here for good luck before the Big 10 Championship Lets go Lions!!! WE ARE🦁🔵⚪️

[@okedoke1234]

I was there at that game. Right in the corner of the end zone that KiJana ran to for that TD

[@gregswann5479]

He's Gone!!!! Like damn Keith Jackson you just give up and throw your notes up in the air or what?! Lol😂

[@aaronrider4051]

Last game for a lot of great Lions, but I want to single out my all-time favorite Penn State offensive lineman, Bucky Greeley, a TRUE PENN STATER and a great Nittany Lion through and through!

[@aaronrider4051]

Oregon started the season badly but, by the end, they were absolutely one of the 5-10 best teams in the country with an outstanding defense. Remember, this Oregon team beat the Washington team that destroyed the Miami team that almost beat Nebraska. The Ducks also completely changed their offense for this game; normally a power-run team with one of the country's higher rushing attempt percentages, they switched to a pass-happy attack that took PSU time to figure out (with edge blitzes etc). Meanwhile, the PSU offense was a bit sloppy in this game, mostly in the first half. PSU beating this team, in that situation, 38-20 is really impressive.

[@93phils]

finally!

[@joelzambito8597]

Could you please upload the entire 2006 northwestern at Penn State game I'd love to watch that game thank you so much

[@arc-lite]

It's on the way. May not be within the next few months but I assure you it's in my plans to do so down the line here.

[@witness2.512]

I think you may mean the 2005 NW game. Where they fell behind big early on and came back. That long pass to Derrick Williams who ghosted that defender and scored. Many consider it the catalyst for that team going on to come 1 play away from being undefeated (against Michigan, of course), and going on to win the Orange Bowl vs FSU. Unless I'm forgetting a good NW game from 06 that's slipping my mind. I don't have many fond memories from the Anthony Morelli era quite frankly. They'd have been better off getting Daryl Clark 2 more seasons under his belt quite frankly. I tried telling everybody then too, but apparently nobody else saw it in the kid but me. Except of course God and himself.

[@aaronrider4051]

Third (or fourth?) string safety Chuck Penzenik stepping up in this game.

[@joelzambito8597]

This was the 95 rose bowl PSU 38 Oregon 20 final Penn State could have won by a lot more than that

[@TheIsagregorio]

I watched that game. WE ARE.. PENN STATE!

[@joelzambito8597]

Ki-jana Carter's touchdown run was 84 yd not 83 they were at the 16-yard line 84 + 16 is 100

[@arc-lite]

Yup. Not sure why the statisticians miscalculated that one.

[@aaronrider4051]

An odd game. First of all, Oregon was actually a run-heavy team in 1994, even by the standards of the 1990s (when all teams ran more). Then they come out for this game and act like they're a Joe Tiller Purdue team. Clearly Oregon's coaches decided super-aggression was their only chance. Ballsy stuff. They deserve credit. Secondly, while Oregon's defense was good throughout 1994 (or at least after the first few games, which were inexplicably bad for the whole team), it was VERY good in this game - and certainly the most aggressive defense Penn State had played. They decided to stuff the box to do anything to slow down Penn State's amazing offensive line and run game, and their DBs held up fairly well against Engram and Scott. Turning to an unsung young player, Joe Jurevicius finally used his massive size (he's basically Mike Gesicki) to make, in my opinion, perhaps the most crucial offensive play of the game for State. The Penn State offense was good, by most teams' standards, but well off its usual mark. In fairness, Penn State's "usual mark" in 1994 is, in my opinion, by far the best offensive standard ever set (considering that Paterno played the starters the whole game only twice, against Michigan and Illinois). Thirdly, Penn State's players say even today they were somewhat deflated by the fact that the jagoff voters had already crowned Nebraska - meaning Penn State had no chance no matter how well they played. This despite the fact that Oregon was a very good team; Oregon beat the Washington squad that crushed the Miami team that almost beat Nebraska. It's ironic that a team could start off with an explosion like the Carter play yet look somewhat lethargic on offense otherwise. Yet, with all this, Penn State still beats a tough opponent - one that totally changed its templates for this game - by 18 points. And what I most like about this one is how well Penn State's defense adjusted for the second half, finding blitzes that stymied Oregon's passing game in crucial spots. The special teams also chipped in, like with the huge return by Fletcher. Best team ever.

[@arc-lite]

Glad you mention all of this. The '94 team's performance in the Rose Bowl really wasn't indicative of how powerful and great it was that year. The news of the pre-determined crowning of Nebraska being national champions the night before, I feel had a lot to do with the Lions playing such a "ho-hum" game against Oregon.

[@gregswann5479]

Keith Jackson,Musberger,Summerall Madden,Nantz,Nessler all those guys make shit Entertaining i dont care what anybody says i swear by those guys for college or NFL games they dont make em like that anymore now anybody can be thrown on a game just saying 💯💪🔥

[@randyware9645]

Nebraska should had played Penn st for the national championship that would have been a great game

[@witness2.512]

PSU should have been given a share of the National Championship. They decimated basically everybody. Some of the scores looked closer at the end than the games were in reality because they pulled their starters early, and Joe doesn't like to run up scores. Even against OSU... they could have dropped 80 on them possibly if they hadn't called off the dogs sooner. And giving up garbage touchdowns late, like against Indiana, Temple MSU... pretty much everybody. But the national/NY media doesn't actually watch any of their games. Or the voters either, I'd wager. They only see those final scores. Even in this Rose Bowl they were not only up 38-14 when they pulled their starters and began celebrating on the sideline, roses in their teeth and whatnot. But the one Oregon TD earlier was clearly illegitimate. He didn't come down in bounds with the football. So it was really more like 38-7 until that garbage TD. But again, the media and voters are oblivious to this. Everything between NY & LA are just flyover states to them. Of course, even had they known, they'd have still found a reason to screw us. After all, PSU now has 5 undefeated & untied seasons in which they got snubbed from getting even a share of a championship. But 3 times they were actually given the chance to play for it on the field... they won 2 of the 3. Beating Miami & GA. Losing only to Alabama in their own back yard in the Sugar Bowl. They were prohibitive underdogs in all 3 games. That just about says it all about the lack of respect they've always gotten. Heck, the one year President Richard Nixon declared TX the National Champions when again PSU was undefeated and there was a debate. And the whole country just went along with it. Every great team has at least that 1 test where everything seems to be going wrong early. That team was Illinois in this case. But the mark of a great team is that they never stop battling and find a way to win, and persevere. And they did this against the best defense in D1A football at that. Showing they can sleepwalk through a half of football and still hang 35 on the best defense in the country. Nebraska would have likely had to hang at least 30+ to 35 points on the board to beat PSU. Anyone would have to. The Illinois game proved it. And they just didn't have that type of offense/team. I'd predict a score of something like 31 to 35 PSU, - 24 to 27 for Nebraska. With it being a competitive game the entire way there would have been no late garbage touchdowns or starters pulled for Penn State. That being said, Nebraska had a great season too, and deserved a share themselves. But I personally think their 95 team the next season was even better. That team may have been able to give PSU everything they could handle.

[@plumberphil5321]

Defense won that game