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American college football season
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.
Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | Source |
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August 29 | 9:00 p.m. | vs. Fresno State* | No. 20 | | Raycom | W 34–10 | 28,513 | |
September 10 | 3:30 p.m. | at No. 25 Washington* | No. 18 | | ABC | L 16–25 | 70,861 | |
September 17 | 12:30 p.m. | Pittsburgh* | No. 23 | | ESPN | W 27–3 | 93,454 | |
September 24 | 1:30 p.m. | Houston* | No. 20 | | | W 52–0 | 91,740 | |
October 1 | 2:00 p.m. | at Northwestern | No. 20 | | | W 17–15 | 34,753 | |
October 8 | 3:30 p.m. | Illinois | No. 17 | | ABC | L 10–24 | 93,351 | |
October 15 | 12:00 p.m. | at Michigan State | | | ABC | W 23–7 | 74,585 | |
October 22 | 12:30 p.m. | Purdue | No. 24 | | ESPN | W 48–14 | 92,865 | |
October 29 | 3:30 p.m. | at No. 1 Penn State | No. 21 | | ABC | L 14–63 | 97,079 | |
November 5 | 3:30 p.m. | Wisconsin | | | ABC | W 24–3 | 93,340 | |
November 12 | 12:30 p.m. | at Indiana | | | ESPN | W 32–17 | 44,672 | |
November 19 | 12:00 p.m. | No. 15 Michigan | No. 22 | | ABC | W 22–6 | 93,869 | |
January 2, 1995 | 1:00 p.m. | vs. No. 6 Alabama* | No. 13 | | 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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1994 Ohio State Buckeyes football team roster
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Players
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Coaches
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Offense
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Defense
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Special teams
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Class
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K
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9
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Josh Jackson
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So
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P
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23
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Scott Terna
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Sr
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- Head coach
- Coordinators/assistant coaches
- Legend
- (C) Team captain
- (S) Suspended
- (I) Ineligible
Injured
Redshirt
Roster
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Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked | Week |
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Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | Final |
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AP | 20 | 20 | 18 | 23 | 20 | 20 | 17 | — | 24 | 21 | — | — | 22 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 14 |
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Coaches Poll | 16 | 16 | 14 | 18 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 22 | 19 | 14 | 24 | 21 | 16 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 9 |
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Ohio State Buckeyes vs. Fresno State Bulldogs
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
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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
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Ohio State Buckeyes at Washington Huskies
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
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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)
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Pitt Panthers at Ohio State Buckeyes
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
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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
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Houston Cougars at Ohio State Buckeyes
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
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First quarter
- OSU – Chris Sanders 41-yard pass from Bobby Hoying (Josh Jackson kick)
- OSU - Eddie George 2-yard run (Josh Jackson kick)
- OSU - Safety, Burton tackled by Matt Bonhaus and Luke Fickell in the endzone
- OSU – Jermon Jackson 3-yard run (Josh Jackson kick)
Second quarter
- OSU – Rickey Dudley 11-yard pass from Bobby Hoying (Josh Jackson kick)
- OSU - Pepe Pearson 1-yard run (Josh Jackson kick)
Third quarter
- OSU - Josh Jackson 39-yard field goal
Fourth quarter
- OSU – Jermon Jackson 14-yard run (Mike Malfatt kick)
- OSU – Jermon Jackson 3-yard run (kick failed)
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- Top passers
- OSU – Bobby Hoying – 9/13, 136 yards, 2 TDs
- UH - Clements - 14/29, 92 yards, 2 INTs
- Top rushers
- OSU – Eddie George – 11 rushes, 105 yards, 1 TD
- UH - J. Williams - 15 rushes, 75 yards
- Top receivers
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Ohio State Buckeyes at Northwestern Wildcats
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
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First quarter
- NU - Sam Valenzisi 40-yard field goal
Second quarter
- NU - Sam Valenzisi 33-yard field goal
- NU - Sam Valenzisi 52-yard field goal
Third quarter
- OSU - Joey Galloway 13-yard pass from Bobby Hoying (Josh Jackson kick)
- OSU - Josh Jackson 21-yard field goal
- OSU - Eddie George 6-yard run (Josh Jackson kick)
Fourth quarter
- NU - Dave Beazley 5-yard run (run failed)
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- Top passers
- NU - Tim Hughes - 12/23, 111 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT
- OSU - Bobby Hoying - 10/17, 103 yards, 1 TD, 2 INTs
- Top receivers
- OSU - Joey Galloway 4 receptions, 41 yards, 1 TD
- NU - Darren Droller - 2 receptions, 32 yards
- Top rushers
- OSU - Eddie George - 39 rushes, 206 yards, 1 TD
- NU - D. Lindy - 29 rushes, 80 yards
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Illinois Fighting Illini at Ohio State Buckeyes
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
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Second quarter
- ILL - Ty Douthard 6-yard run (Chris Richardson kick)
- OSU - Eddie George 1-yard run (Josh Jackson kick)
- OSU - Josh Jackson 35-yard field goal
Third quarter
- ILL - Chris Richardson 32-yard field goal
- ILL - Jasper Strong 49-yard pass from Johnny Johnson (Chris Richardson kick)
Fourth quarter
- ILL - Ken Dilger 17-yard pass from Johnny Johnson (Chris Richardson kick)
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- Top passers
- ILL - Johnny Johnson - 16-21, 224 yards, 2 TDs
- OSU – Bobby Hoying – 18/33, 229 yards, 3 INTs
- Top rushers
- OSU – Eddie George – 26 rushes, 124 yards, 1 TD
- ILL - Holcombe - 18 rushes, 79 yards
- Top receivers
- OSU – Joey Galloway – 5 receptions, 87 yards
- ILL - Jasper Strong - 2 receptions, 61 yards, 1 TD
- ILL - Ken Dilger - 5 receptions, 46 yards, 1 TD
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Game information
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Second quarter
- MSU - Duane Goulbourne 2-yard run (Gardner kick)
- OSU - Josh Jackson 33-yard field goal
Third quarter
- OSU - Eddie George 76-yd run (Josh Jackson kick)
Fourth quarter
- OSU - Bobby Hoying 10-yd run (kick blocked)
- OSU - Greg Bellisari 35-yd interception return (Josh Jackson kick)
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- Top passers
- MSU - Banks- 18/29, 198 yards, 1 INT
- OSU - Bobby Hoying - 9/19, 99 yards, 1 INT
- Top receivers
- MSU - Coleman - 7 receptions, 109 yards
- OSU - Chris Sanders 4 receptions, 30 yards
- Top rushers
- OSU - Eddie George - 29 rushes, 219 yards, 1 TD
- MSU - Goulbourne - 17 rushes, 57 yards, 1 TD
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Purdue Boilermakers at Ohio State Buckeyes
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
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First quarter
- OSU – Chris Sanders 41-yard pass from Bobby Hoying (Josh Jackson kick)
- OSU – Joey Galloway 42-yard pass from Bobby Hoying (Josh Jackson kick)
Second quarter
- OSU – Joey Galloway 2-yard pass from Bobby Hoying (Josh Jackson kick)
- OSU - Pepe Pearson 3-yard run (Josh Jackson kick)
- OSU – Joey Galloway 11-yard pass from Bobby Hoying (Josh Jackson kick)
- OSU - Josh Jackson 29-yard field goal
- OSU - Josh Jackson 38-yard field goal
Third quarter
- OSU - Chris Sanders 14-yard pass from Bobby Hoying (Josh Jackson kick)
- PUR - Craig Allen 90-yard pass from Rick Trefzger (Brad Bobich kick)
Fourth quarter
- PUR - Craig Allen 12-yard pass from Rick Trefzger (Brad Bobich kick)
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- Top passers
- OSU – Bobby Hoying – 20/24, 304 yards, 5 TDs
- PUR - Rick Trefzger - 10/19, 157 yards, 1 TD, 2 INTs
- Top rushers
- Top receivers
- PUR - Craig Allen - 3 receptions, 108 yards, 2 TDs
- OSU – Joey Galloway – 7 receptions, 95 yards, 3 TDs
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Game information
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First quarter
- PSU - Ki-Jana Carter 20-yard run (Brett Conway kick)
Second quarter
- PSU - Ki-Jana Carter 1-yard run (Brett Conway kick)
- PSU - Bobby Engram 15-yard pass from Kerry Collins (Brett Conway kick)
- PSU - Ki-Jana Carter 36-yard run (Brett Conway kick)
- PSU - Mike Archie 15-yard pass from Kerry Collins (Brett Conway kick)
Third quarter
- OSU - Chris Sanders 14-yard pass from Bobby Hoying (kick failed)
- PSU - Mike Archie 17-yard run (Brett Conway kick)
- PSU - Ki-Jana Carter 12-yard run (Brett Conway kick)
Fourth quarter
- PSU - Chris Mazyck 10-yard interception return (Brett Conway kick)
- PSU - Ambrose Fletcher 4-yard run (Michael Barninger kick)
- OSU - Stanley Jackson 6-yard run (pass to Rickey Dudley from Stanley Jackson good)
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- Top passers
- Top receivers
- Top rushers
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Game information
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First quarter
- OSU – Josh Jackson 25-yard field goal
Second quarter
- WIS - John Hall 46-yard field goal
- OSU - Chris Sanders 78-yard pass from Bobby Hoying (Josh Jackson kick)
Third quarter
- OSU - Chris Sanders 15-yard pass from Bobby Hoying (Josh Jackson kick)
Fourth quarter
- OSU – Eddie George 1-yard run (Josh Jackson kick)
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- Top passers
- OSU – Bobby Hoying – 14/28, 207 yards, 2 TDs, 1 INT
- WIS - Macias - 6/11, 80 yards, 1 INT
- Top rushers
- Top receivers
- OSU – Chris Sanders – 4 receptions, 107 yards, 2 TDs
- OSU - D.J. Jones - 4 receptions, 47 yards
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Ohio State Buckeyes at Indiana Hoosiers
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
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First quarter
- IND - Ajamu Stoner 13-yd pass from Chris Dittoe (Bill Manolopoulos kick)
- OSU - Joey Galloway 93-yd kickoff return (kick failed)
- OSU - Eddie George 1-yd run (pass failed)
Second quarter
- IND - Bill Manolopoulos 35-yd field goal
- OSU - Eddie George 3-yd run (Josh Jackson kick)
- IND - Chris Dittoe 1-yd run (Bill Manolopoulos kick)
Fourth quarter
- OSU - Rickey Dudley 2-yd pass from Bobby Hoying (kick blocked)
- OSU - Chris Sanders 20-yd pass from Bobby Hoying (Josh Jackson kick)
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- Top passers
- IND - Dittoe - 20/35, 182 yds, 1 TD, 1 INT
- OSU - Bobby Hoying - 13/23, 166 yds, 2 TDs, 1 INT
- Top receivers
- OSU - Joey Galloway - 4 receptions, 69 yards
- IND - Baety, 7 receptions, 66 yards
- IND - Stoner, 5 receptions, 66 yards
- Top rushers
- OSU - Eddie George - 26 rushes, 118 yards, 2 TDs
- IND - Smith - 22 rushes, 98 yards
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Game information
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First quarter
- OSU – Safety, Todd Collins downed in end zone, 3:30. Ohio St 2–0.
Second quarter
- OSU – Bobby Hoying 4-yard run (Josh Jackson kick), 14:11. Ohio St 9–0. Drive: 10 plays, 40 yards, 4:14.
- OSU – Josh Jackson 26-yard field goal, 6:22. Ohio St 12–0. Drive: 14 plays, 64 yards, 6:12.
- MICH – Remy Hamilton 22-yard field goal, 3:52. Ohio St 12–3. Drive: 5 plays, 70 yards, 2:24.
Third quarter
- MICH – Remy Hamilton 22-yard field goal, 7:55. Ohio St 12–6. Drive: 11 plays, 65 yards, 5:28.
Fourth quarter
- OSU – Josh Jackson 36-yard field goal, 11:22. Ohio St 15–6. Drive: 7 plays, 29 yards, 3:15.
- OSU – Eddie George 2-yard run (Josh Jackson kick), 8:35. Ohio St 22–6. Drive: 5 plays, 16 yards, 2:35.
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- Top passers
- Top rushers
- Top receivers
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Vs. Alabama (Citrus Bowl)
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#6 Alabama Crimson Tide vs. #13 Ohio State Buckeyes
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
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First quarter
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
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)
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- 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)
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