1994 Ohio State Buckeyes football team

1994 Ohio State Buckeyes football
1994 Ohio State Buckeyes football
Florida Citrus Bowl, L 17–24 vs. Alabama
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 9
AP	No. 14
Record	9–4 (6–2 Big Ten)
Head coach	John Cooper (7th season);
Offensive coordinator	Joe Hollis (3rd season)
Defensive coordinator	Bill Young (7th season)
Home stadium	Ohio Stadium
	Seasons ← 1993 1995 →

The 1994 Ohio State Buckeyes football team represented the Ohio State University in the 1994 NCAA Division I-A football season. 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.

1994 Big Ten Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 2 Penn State $	8	–	0	–	0	12	–	0	–	0
No. 14 Ohio State	6	–	2	–	0	9	–	4	–	0
Wisconsin	5	–	2	–	1	8	–	3	–	1
No. 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 including 4 conference victories, over Wisconsin, Indiana, Northwestern, and Purdue. Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
August 29	9:00 p.m.	vs. Fresno State*	No. 20	Anaheim Stadium Anaheim, CA (Pigskin Classic)	Raycom	W 34–10	28,513
September 10	3:30 p.m.	at No. 25 Washington*	No. 18	Husky Stadium Seattle, WA	ABC	L 16–25	70,861
September 17	12:30 p.m.	Pittsburgh*	No. 23	Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH	ESPN	W 27–3	93,454
September 24	1:30 p.m.	Houston*	No. 20	Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH		W 52–0	91,740
October 1	2:00 p.m.	at Northwestern	No. 20	Dyche Stadium Evanston, IL		W 17–15	34,753
October 8	3:30 p.m.	Illinois	No. 17	Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH (Illibuck Trophy)	ABC	L 10–24	93,351
October 15	12:00 p.m.	at Michigan State		Spartan Stadium East Lansing, MI	ABC	W 23–7	74,585
October 22	12:30 p.m.	Purdue	No. 24	Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH	ESPN	W 48–14	92,865
October 29	3:30 p.m.	at No. 1 Penn State	No. 21	Beaver Stadium University Park, PA (rivalry)	ABC	L 14–63	97,079
November 5	3:30 p.m.	Wisconsin		Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH	ABC	W 24–3	93,340
November 12	12:30 p.m.	at Indiana		Memorial Stadium Bloomington, IN	ESPN	W 32–17	44,672
November 19	12:00 p.m.	No. 15 Michigan	No. 22	Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH (rivalry)	ABC	W 22–6	93,869
January 2, 1995	1:00 p.m.	vs. No. 6 Alabama*	No. 13	Florida Citrus Bowl Orlando, FL (Florida Citrus Bowl)	ABC	L 17–24	71,195	^[1]
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

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Roster

1994 Ohio State Buckeyes football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
WR	`1`	DeWayne Carter	Sr
TE	`80`	Rickey Dudley	Jr
WR	`7`	Joey Galloway	Sr
WR	`83`	Terry Glenn	Jr
RB	`27`	Eddie George	Jr
QB	`14`	Bobby Hoying	Jr
QB	`11`	Mark Zban	So
QB	`8`	Stanley Jackson	So
OT	`75`	Orlando Pace	Fr
RB	`29`	Pepe Pearson	Fr
WR	`17`	Chris Sanders	Sr
RB	`3`	Dimitrious Stanley	So
OT	`78`	Korey Stringer	Jr
WR	`12`	Buster Tillman	So

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
DE	`95`	Jim Bell	So
LB	`30`	Greg Bellisari	So
NT	`99`	Luke Fickell	Jr
LB	`92`	Matt Finkes	So
CB	`2`	Ty Howard	Jr
S	`34`	Rob Kelly	Jr
CB	`46`	Marlon Kerner	Sr
CB	`9`	Tito Paul	Sr
LB	`84`	Craig Powell	Sr
CB	`24`	Shawn Springs	Jr
LB	`90`	Lorenzo Styles	Jr
LB	`94`	Mike Vrabel	So

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class
K	`9`	Josh Jackson	So
P	`23`	Scott Terna	Sr

Head coach

John Cooper

Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible

Injured
Redshirt

Roster

Rankings

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	Final
AP	20	20	18	23	20	20	17	—	24	21	—	—	22	14	13	13	14
Coaches Poll	16	16	14	18	14	13	11	22	19	14	24	21	16	12	11	11	9

Game summaries

Fresno State

Ohio State Buckeyes vs. Fresno State Bulldogs

Period	1	2	3	4	Total
Ohio State	14	7	10	3	34
Fresno State	0	7	3	0	10

at Anaheim Stadium, Anaheim, California

Date: August 29, 1994
Game time: 9:00 p.m. EST
Game weather: Clear, 81 °F (27 °C); wind 5 mph SW
Game attendance: 28,513
Referee: Gordon Riese

Game information

First quarter

OSU - Eddie George 1-yard run (Josh Jackson kick)
OSU - Joey Galloway 67-yard pass from Bobby Hoying (Josh Jackson kick)

Second quarter

OSU - Eddie George 1-yard run (Josh Jackson kick)
FRES - Pittman 4-yard pass from Claiborne (Lyssand kick)

Third quarter

OSU - Josh Jackson 24-yard field goal
FRES - Lyssand 28-yard field goal
OSU - Joey Galloway 8-yard run (Josh Jackson kick)

Fourth quarter

OSU - Josh Jackson 33-yard field goal

Washington

Ohio State Buckeyes at Washington Huskies

Period	1	2	3	4	Total
Ohio State	0	0	8	8	16
Washington	19	3	0	3	25

at Husky Stadium, Seattle, Washington

Date: September 10, 1994
Game time: 3:30 p.m. EST
Game weather: Chance of Rain, 65 °F (18 °C); wind 7-14 mph
Game attendance: 70,861
Referee: Gordon Riese

Game information

First quarter

WASH - Napoleon Kauffman 38-yard run (John Wales kick)
WASH - Richard Thomas 1-yard run (pass failed)
WASH - Eric Bjornson 25-yard pass from Damon Huard (run failed)

Second quarter

WASH - John Wales 44-yard field goal

Third quarter

OSU - Eddie George 24-yard run (Chris Sanders pass from Bobby Hoying)

Fourth quarter

WASH - John Wales 22-yard field goal
OSU - Buster Tillman 13-yard pass from Bobby Hoying (DeWayne Carter pass from Bobby Hoying)

Pitt

Pitt Panthers at Ohio State Buckeyes

Period	1	2	3	4	Total
Pitt	0	3	0	0	3
Ohio State	7	7	10	3	27

at Ohio Stadium, Columbus, Ohio

Date: September 17, 1994
Game time: 12:30 p.m. EST
Game weather: Rain, Overcast, 73 °F (23 °C), Wind 10-20 SW
Game attendance: 93,454
Referee: Tom Thamerk

Game information

First quarter

OSU – Eddie George 5-yard run (Josh Jackson kick)

Second quarter

PITT - David Merrick 37-yard field goal
OSU - Buster Tillman 12-yard pass from Bobby Hoying (Josh Jackson kick)

Third quarter

OSU - Josh Jackson 27-yard field goal
OSU - Chris Sanders 43-yard pass from Bobby Hoying (Josh Jackson kick)

Fourth quarter

OSU - Josh Jackson 20-yard field goal

Houston

Houston Cougars at Ohio State Buckeyes

Period	1	2	3	4	Total
Houston	0	0	0	0	0
Ohio State	23	13	3	13	52

at Ohio Stadium, Columbus, Ohio

Date: September 24, 1994
Game time: 1:30 p.m. EST
Game weather: Mostly Sunny, 78 °F (26 °C), Wind 5 SSW
Game attendance: 91,740
Referee: Steve Pamon

Game information

Northwestern

Ohio State Buckeyes at Northwestern Wildcats

Period	1	2	3	4	Total
Ohio State	0	0	17	0	17
Northwestern	3	6	0	6	15

at Dyche Stadium, Evanston, Illinois

Date: October 1, 1994
Game time: 12:00 p.m. EST
Game weather: Cloudy, 61 °F (16 °C); wind 16 mph NE
Game attendance: 34,753
Referee: Tom Quinn

Game information

Illinois

Illinois Fighting Illini at Ohio State Buckeyes

Period	1	2	3	4	Total
Illinois	0	7	10	7	24
Ohio State	0	10	0	0	10

at Ohio Stadium, Columbus, Ohio

Date: October 8, 1994
Game time: 3:30 p.m. EST
Game weather: Mostly Sunny, 80 °F (27 °C), Wind 10 SSW
Game attendance: 93,351
Referee: Dick Honig

Game information

Michigan State

Ohio State Buckeyes at Michigan State Spartans

Period	1	2	3	4	Total
Ohio State	0	3	7	13	23
Michigan State	0	7	0	0	7

at Spartan Stadium, East Lansing, Michigan

Date: October 15, 1994
Game time: 12:00 p.m. EST
Game weather: Sunny, 65 °F (18 °C); wind 10-15 mph
Game attendance: 74,585
Referee: Jim Kemerling

Game information

Purdue

Purdue Boilermakers at Ohio State Buckeyes

Period	1	2	3	4	Total
Purdue	0	0	7	7	14
Ohio State	14	27	7	0	48

at Ohio Stadium, Columbus, Ohio

Date: October 22, 1994
Game time: 12:30 p.m. EST
Game weather: Mostly Sunny, 65 °F (18 °C), Wind 5-10 SSW
Game attendance: 92,865
Referee: Ron Winter

Game information

Penn State

Ohio State Buckeyes at Penn State Nittany Lions

Period	1	2	3	4	Total
Ohio State	0	0	6	8	14
Penn State	7	28	14	14	63

at Beaver Stadium, State College, Pennsylvania

Date: October 29, 1994
Game time: 3:30 p.m.
Game weather: PClear, 66 °F (19 °C); wind 10-15 SW
Game attendance: 97,079
Referee: Dick Honig

Game information

Wisconsin

Wisconsin Badgers at Ohio State Buckeyes

Period	1	2	3	4	Total
Wisconsin	0	3	0	0	3
Ohio State	3	7	7	7	24

at Ohio Stadium, Columbus, Ohio

Date: November 5, 1994
Game time: 3:30 p.m. EST
Game weather: Overcast, 71 °F (22 °C)
Game attendance: 93,340
Referee: Jim Kemerling
TV: ABC

Game information

Indiana

Ohio State Buckeyes at Indiana Hoosiers

Period	1	2	3	4	Total
Ohio State	12	7	0	13	32
Indiana	7	10	0	0	17

at Memorial Stadium, Bloomington, Indiana

Date: November 12, 1994
Game time: 12:00 p.m. EST
Game weather: Mostly Sunny, 62 °F (17 °C); wind 8-10 SE
Game attendance: 44,672

Game information

Michigan

#15 Michigan Wolverines at #22 Ohio State Buckeyes

Period	1	2	3	4	Total
Michigan	0	3	3	0	6
Ohio State	2	10	0	10	22

at Ohio Stadium, Columbus, Ohio

Date: November 19, 1994
Game time: 12:00 p.m. EST
Game weather: Clear, 60 °F (16 °C)
Game attendance: 93,869
Referee: Ron Winter
TV announcers (ABC): Brent Musburger

Game information

Vs. Alabama (Citrus Bowl)

#6 Alabama Crimson Tide vs. #13 Ohio State Buckeyes

Period	1	2	3	4	Total
Alabama	0	14	0	10	24
Ohio State	0	14	0	3	17

at Citrus Bowl, Orlando, Florida

Date: January 2, 1995
Game time: 12:00 p.m. EST
Game weather: Partly Sunny, 70 °F (21 °C), Wind N 10 mph
Game attendance: 71,195
TV: ABC

Game information

First quarter

No scoring

Second quarter

ALA - Tarrant Lynch 9 yd run (Michael Proctor kick)
OSU - Joey Galloway 69 yd pass from (Bob Hoying Josh Jackson kick)
OSU - Joey Galloway 11 yd pass from (Bob Hoying Josh Jackson kick)
ALA - Sherman Williams 7 yd run (Michael Proctor kick)

Third quarter

No scoring

Fourth quarter

OSU - Josh Jackson 34 yd field goal
ALA - Michael Proctor 27 yd field goal
ALA - Sherman Williams 50 yd pass from Jay Barker (Michael Proctor kick)

Coaching staff

John Cooper – Head coach – 7th year
Bill Conley – Defensive ends & recruiting coordinator (8th year)
Larry Coker – Defensive backs (2nd year)
Joe Hollis – Offensive coordinator (4th year)
Ron Hudson – Quarterbacks (7th year)
Lee Owens – (3rd year)
Fred Pagac – Defensive linebackers (13th year)
Tim Spencer – Running backs (1st year)
Mike Stock – Offensive wide receivers (3rd year)
Bill Young – Defensive coordinator (7th year)

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

Orlando Pace, Big Ten Freshman of the Year

References

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1994 Ohio State Buckeyes football team

Contents

Schedule

Roster

Rankings

Game summaries

Fresno State

Washington

Pitt

Houston

Northwestern

Illinois

Michigan State

Purdue

Penn State

Wisconsin

Indiana

Michigan

Vs. Alabama (Citrus Bowl)

Coaching staff

1995 NFL draftees

Awards and honors

References