1995 Penn State Nittany Lions football team

The 1995 Penn State Nittany Lions football team represented the Pennsylvania State University in the 1995 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.

1995 Penn State Nittany Lions football
Outback Bowl champion
Outback Bowl, W 43–14 vs. Auburn
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 12
APNo. 13
1995 record9–3 (5–3 Big Ten)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorFran Ganter
Defensive coordinatorJerry Sandusky
Home stadiumBeaver Stadium
(Capacity: 93,967)
1995 Big Ten Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 8 Northwestern $ 8 0 0  10 2 0
No. 6 Ohio State 7 1 0  11 2 0
No. 13 Penn State 5 3 0  9 3 0
No. 17 Michigan 5 3 0  9 4 0
Michigan State 4 3 1  6 5 1
No. 25 Iowa 4 4 0  8 4 0
Illinois 3 4 1  5 5 1
Wisconsin 3 4 1  4 5 2
Purdue 2 5 1  4 6 1
Minnesota 1 7 0  3 8 0
Indiana 0 8 0  2 9 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 912:00 p.m.Texas Tech*No. 4ABCW 24–2396,034
September 1612:00 p.m.Temple*No. 7
  • Beaver Stadium
  • University Park, PA
CreativeW 66–1495,926
September 237:30 p.m.at Rutgers*No. 6ESPNW 59–3458,870
September 305:45 p.m.WisconsinNo. 6
  • Beaver Stadium
  • University Park, PA
ESPNL 9–1796,540
October 712:00 p.m.No. 5 Ohio StateNo. 12
  • Beaver Stadium
  • University Park, PA (rivalry)
ABCL 25–2896,655
October 1412:30 p.m.at PurdueNo. 20ESPNW 26–2360,455
October 213:30 p.m.at No. 18 IowaNo. 19ABCW 41–2770,397
October 2812:00 p.m.IndianaNo. 16
  • Beaver Stadium
  • University Park, PA
ESPN2W 45–2196,391
November 43:30 p.m.at No. 6 NorthwesternNo. 12ABCL 10–2149,256
November 1812:00 p.m.No. 12 MichiganNo. 19
  • Beaver Stadium
  • University Park, PA
ABCW 27–1796,677
November 253:30 p.m.at Michigan StateNo. 14ESPNW 24–2066,189
January 1, 199611:00 a.m.vs. No. 16 AuburnNo. 15ESPNW 43–1465,313
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

Roster

1995 Penn State Nittany Lions football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
RB 2 Mike Archie Sr
WR 11 Chris Campbell Jr
WR 10 Bobby Engram Sr
G 50 Jeff Hartings Sr
T 68 Andre Johnson Sr
WR 83 Joe Jurevicius So
QB 9 Mike McQueary So
RB 22 Brian Milne Sr
G 64 Phil Ostrowski So
QB 14 Wally Richardson Jr
G 54 Marco Rivera Sr
WR 31 Freddie Scott Jr
FB 38 Jon Witman Sr
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
S 3 Kim Herring Jr
LB 92 Terry Killens Sr
LB 44 Jim Nelson So
DT 93 Brandon Noble Jr
DE 5 Brad Scioli Fr
DE 91 Chris Snyder So
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
K 20 Brett Conway Jr
P 28 Darrell Kania Jr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured
  • Redshirt

Roster

Game summaries

Iowa

#19 Penn State at #18 Iowa
1 234Total
Nittany Lions 10 7717 41
Hawkeyes 7 767 27


Northwestern

#12 Penn State at #6 Northwestern
1 234Total
Nittany Lions 0 730 10
Wildcats 7 707 21

Outback Bowl

#15 Penn State vs. #16 Auburn
1 234Total
Nittany Lions 3 13270 43
Tigers 0 707 14


NFL Draft

Ten Nittany Lions were drafted in the 1996 NFL Draft.

RoundPickOverallNamePositionTeam
1st2323Jeff HartingsOffensive guardDetroit Lions
1st3030Andre JohnsonOffensive tackleWashington Redskins
2nd2252Bobby EngramWide receiverChicago Bears
3rd1374Terry KillensLinebackerHouston Oilers
3rd3192Jon WitmanFullbackPittsburgh Steelers
4th20115Brian MilneFullbackIndianapolis Colts
6th24191Keith ConlinOffensive tackleIndianapolis Colts
6th31198Stephen PittsRunning backSan Francisco 49ers
6th41208Marco RiveraOffensive guardGreen Bay Packers
7th9218Mike ArchieRunning backHouston Oilers

References

  1. "Penn State Yearly Results (1995-1999)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Retrieved July 26, 2015.
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