The 1994 Penn State Nittany Lions football team represented the Pennsylvania State University as a member of the Big Ten Conference during the 1994 NCAA Division I-A football season. Led by 29th-year head coach Joe Paterno, the Nittany Lions compiled an overall record of 12âÂÂ0 with a mark of 8âÂÂ0 in conference play, winning the Big Ten title. Penn State earned a berth in the Rose Bowl, where the Nittany Lions defeated Oregon. The team played home games at Beaver Stadium in University Park, Pennsylvania.
Nebraska finished the season ranked atop both major polls, and was, thus, the consensus national champion. Penn State was selected as national champion by DeVold, Eck Ratings System, Matthews Grid Ratings, and The New York Times, and named co-champion by Rothman (FACT), National Championship Foundation (NCF), and the Sagarin Ratings.
Penn State scored the first 56 points of the 1994 Division I-A football season.