1995 Penn State Nittany Lions football team

1995 Penn State Nittany Lions football
Outback Bowl champion
Outback Bowl, W 43–14 vs. Auburn
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 12
AP	No. 13
Record	9–3 (5–3 Big Ten)
Head coach	Joe Paterno (30th season)
Offensive coordinator	Fran Ganter
Defensive coordinator	Jerry Sandusky
Home stadium	Beaver Stadium (Capacity: 93,967)

1995 Big Ten Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		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

The 1995 Penn State Nittany Lions football team represented the Pennsylvania State University in the 1995 NCAA Division I-A 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 9	12:00 p.m.	Texas Tech*	No. 4	Beaver Stadium University Park, PA	ABC	W 24–23	96,034
September 16	12:00 p.m.	Temple*	No. 7	Beaver Stadium University Park, PA	Creative	W 66–14	95,926
September 23	7:30 p.m.	at Rutgers*	No. 6	Giants Stadium East Rutherford, NJ	ESPN	W 59–34	58,870
September 30	5:45 p.m.	Wisconsin	No. 6	Beaver Stadium University Park, PA	ESPN	L 9–17	96,540
October 7	12:00 p.m.	No. 5 Ohio State	No. 12	Beaver Stadium University Park, PA (rivalry)	ABC	L 25–28	96,655
October 14	12:30 p.m.	at Purdue	No. 20	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN	ESPN	W 26–23	60,455
October 21	3:30 p.m.	at No. 18 Iowa	No. 19	Kinnick Stadium Iowa City, IA	ABC	W 41–27	70,397
October 28	12:00 p.m.	Indiana	No. 16	Beaver Stadium University Park, PA	ESPN2	W 45–21	96,391
November 4	3:30 p.m.	at No. 6 Northwestern	No. 12	Ryan Field Evanston, IL	ABC	L 10–21	49,256
November 18	12:00 p.m.	No. 12 Michigan	No. 19	Beaver Stadium University Park, PA	ABC	W 27–17	96,677
November 25	3:30 p.m.	at Michigan State	No. 14	Spartan Stadium East Lansing, MI (Land Grant Trophy)	ESPN	W 24–20	66,189
January 1, 1996	11:00 a.m.	vs. No. 16 Auburn	No. 15	Tampa Stadium Tampa, FL (Outback Bowl)	ESPN	W 43–14	65,313
*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. # Name Class RB 2 Mike Archie Sr WR 11 Chris Campbell Jr WR 10 Bobby Engram Sr G 50 Jeff Hartings Sr OT 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. # Name Class 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. # Name Class K 20 Brett Conway Jr P 28 Darrell Kania Jr	Head coach Joe Paterno Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster

Game summaries

Iowa

#19 Penn State at #18 Iowa

1 2 3 4 Total • Nittany Lions 10 7 7 17 41 Hawkeyes 7 7 6 7 27 Date: September 16 Location: Kinnick Stadium, Iowa City, Iowa Game attendance: 70,397 Television network: ABC

See also: 1995 Iowa Hawkeyes football team

Northwestern

#12 Penn State at #6 Northwestern

1 2 3 4 Total Nittany Lions 0 7 3 0 10 • Wildcats 7 7 0 7 21 Date: November 4 Location: Dyche Stadium, Evanston, Illinois Game attendance: 49,256 TV announcers (ABC): Keith Jackson, Bob Griese, and Lynn Swann

Scoring summary Q1 8:47 NW Darnell Autry 2-yard run (Gowins kick) NW 7–0 Q2 8:07 NW Darnell Autry 11-yard run (Gowins kick) NW 14–0 Q2 0:48 PSU Olsommer 5-yard pass from Richardson (Conway kick) NW 14–7 Q3 8:32 PSU Conway 24-yard field goal NW 14–10 Q4 11:03 NW Darnell Autry 1-yard run (Gowins kick) NW 21–10

See also: 1995 Northwestern Wildcats football team

Outback Bowl

#15 Penn State vs. #16 Auburn

1 2 3 4 Total • Nittany Lions 3 13 27 0 43 Tigers 0 7 0 7 14 Date: January 1 Location: Tampa Stadium, Tampa, Florida Game attendance: 53,161 TV announcers (ESPN): Ron Franklin, Mike Gottfried

See also: 1995 Auburn Tigers football team and 1996 Outback Bowl

NFL Draft

Ten Nittany Lions were drafted in the 1996 NFL Draft.

Round	Pick	Overall	Name	Position	Team
1st	23	23	Jeff Hartings	Offensive guard	Detroit Lions
1st	30	30	Andre Johnson	Offensive tackle	Washington Redskins
2nd	22	52	Bobby Engram	Wide receiver	Chicago Bears
3rd	13	74	Terry Killens	Linebacker	Houston Oilers
3rd	31	92	Jon Witman	Fullback	Pittsburgh Steelers
4th	20	115	Brian Milne	Fullback	Indianapolis Colts
6th	24	191	Keith Conlin	Offensive tackle	Indianapolis Colts
6th	31	198	Stephen Pitts	Running back	San Francisco 49ers
6th	41	208	Marco Rivera	Offensive guard	Green Bay Packers
7th	9	218	Mike Archie	Running back	Houston Oilers