1994 Ohio State Buckeyes football team

1994 Ohio State Buckeyes football
Conference Big Ten Conference
Ranking
Coaches #9
AP #14
1994 record 9–4 (6–2 Big Ten)
Head coach John Cooper
Offensive coordinator Joe Hollis
Defensive coordinator Bill Young
Home stadium Ohio Stadium
(Capacity: 91,470)
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 4 – 4 – 0     7 – 4 – 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 Ohio State Buckeyes football team represented the Ohio State University in the college football season of 1994–1995. The Buckeyes compiled a 9–4 record, including the 1995 Florida Citrus Bowl in Orlando, Florida, where they lost 24–17 to the Alabama Crimson Tide, a team one point away from playing in the national championship game. Despite being handed their third worst loss of all time by the Nittany Lions, this was considered a somewhat successful season overall.

Schedule

Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result Attendance
August 29 9:00 PM vs. Fresno State* #20 Anaheim Stadium • Anaheim, CA (Pigskin Classic) ABC W 34–10   28,513[1]
September 10 3:30 PM at #25 Washington* #18 Husky Stadium • Seattle, WA ABC L 16–25   70,861[1]
September 17 12:30 PM Pittsburgh* #23 Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH ESPN W 27–3   93,454[1]
September 24 1:30 PM Houston* #20 Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH W 52–0   91,740[1]
October 1 2:00 PM at Northwestern #20 Dyche Stadium • Evanston, IL W 17–15   34,753[1]
October 8 3:30 PM Illinois #17 Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH (Illibuck) ABC L 10–24   93,351[1]
October 15 12:00 PM at Michigan State Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, MI Creative W 23–7   74,585[1]
October 22 12:30 PM Purdue #24 Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH ESPN W 48–14   92,865[1]
October 29 3:30 PM at #1 Penn State #21 Beaver Stadium • University Park, PA ABC L 14–63   97,079[1]
November 5 3:30 PM Wisconsin Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH ABC W 24–3   93,340[1]
November 12 12:30 PM at Indiana Memorial Stadium • Bloomington, IN ESPN W 32–17   44,672[1]
November 19 12:00 PM #15 Michigan #22 Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH (The Game) ABC W 22–6   93,869[1]
January 2 1:00 PM vs. #6 Alabama* #13 Citrus Bowl • Orlando, FL (Florida Citrus Bowl) ABC L 17–24   71,195[1]
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Eastern Time.

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Game notes

Michigan State

Statistics

Coaching staff

1995 NFL draftees

Player Round Pick Position NFL Club
Joey Galloway 1 8 Wide Receiver Seattle Seahawks
Korey Stringer 1 24 Tackle Minnesota Vikings
Craig Powell 1 30 Linebacker Cleveland Browns
Chris Sanders 3 67 Wide Receiver Houston Oilers
Marlon Kerner 3 76 Defensive Back Buffalo Bills
Lorenzo Styles 3 77 Linebacker Atlanta Falcons
Preston Harrison 3 98 Linebacker San Diego Chargers
Tito Paul 5 167 Defensive Back Arizona Cardinals

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Awards and honors

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 1.10 1.11 1.12 Park, Jack (2003). The Official Ohio State Football Encyclopedia. Champaign, IL: Sports Publishing LLC. ISBN 1-58261-695-7.
  2. ↑ http://cfreference.net/cfr/school.s?id=227&season=1994
  3. ↑ 2012 Ohio State football record book
  4. ↑ http://www.pro-football-reference.com/draft/1995.htm
Win/Loss statistics
Draft data