im 51 and that is one of the top 5 offenses ive ever seen in college football. they beat you with the run or pass. Break long runs or passes. slower methodical drives. blowouts . comebacks. came out on top of back and forth tight battles. this offense did EVERY SINGLE THING and offense could do.
I remember my Dad saying to me after we watched the blowout of Ohio State that year --- "mark my words, this is the greatest college offense of all time" and he was RIGHT
Kerry Collins, Ki-jana Carter, Kyle Brady, Freddie Scott, Bobby Engram, and 3 first team All Americans on the offensive line!!! Andre Johnson, Jeff Hartings, and Marco Rivera!!! Defense, Brian Gelshizer, Willie Smith, Phil Yebokodie, Brian Miller, Kim Herring, and Terry Killens!!! Amazing football team, unbelievable
Penn State should have earned it if it wasnt for those few AP officials that screwed us over and give us the middle finger by handing Nebraska the national championship
That was a travesty and showed why champions shouldn’t win by a vote. Voters loved the idea of Nebraska getting revenge over Miami in the Orange Bowl and handed them the title on a silver platter. That Miami team was wildly OVERRATED. Aside from Sapp and Lewis on defense, they were garbage. Penn State should’ve never pulled the starters against Illinois and should’ve just kept their foot on the gas. Regardless, still can’t believe PSU dropped to #2 (and stayed at #2) despite winning on the road that week.
@@patrickthomas8890 I don't think I'd go so far as to call Miami garbage, but they might have been a bit overrated. The system was stupid in having the bowl ties instead of playing the best teams against each other, but then they made it even more ridiculous by leaving it up to a vote. There should have been an automatic way for them to split the NC given the situation.
@@dadestarmysteries255 Perhaps garbage was a bit too harsh. However, that Miami team was very overrated. The program was coming off an all-time historic run but were not nearly as good in 1994...the hype was still through the roof. That particular squad didn’t have much in terms of offense
As far as I'm concerned, Nebraska considers themselves national champions over us. There is simply no question this PSU team was the #1 team in the nation. Not only that, but a strong argument could be made that this PSU team was *the best team ever.*
The O-Line that year was as impressive as any of the skill-position players. Keith Conlin-Marco Rivera-Bucky Greeley-Jeff Hartings-Andre Johnson Hartings, Rivera and Johnson were freaking beasts.
Love a side by side of Kerry and Clifford. Collins had that fluid motion like Allar and stepped into the deep ball. Clifford throws off his back foot and simply launches it hoping for the best
Yeah, I just tried to put in the starters. Too many highlights to keep the video to a shorter length, which is what I was trying to do. And I agree about the line, everything started with them that year.
4 of 5 were in the NFL. The whole offense was in the NFL. Family had season tickets from 1978-2009, and nothing like that offense happened before or since.
There has NEVER been an offense where EVERY player was so strongly determined to block well on every single play. Look at the receivers at 5:10 for example.
With all due respect to the 2016 offense, which played at a dizzying pace at times; that unit doesn't come close to this unit in '94. In addition to the names in the video, you had that O Line, Mike Archie, Brian Milne, an underclassmen in Joe Jurevicious.
Yup. Never needed to use Jurevicius, never took a snap in shotgun, never ran any kind of option (read option) play, and never really had to spread the field. It was pure execution of basic football with basic plays at it's finest.
@@arc-lite All 5 starters on the OLine played & started in the NFL. Two of them (Rivera and Hartings) were All Pro's. Collins may not have had the career a No. 5 pick in the draft is expected to by fans, but he still beat the system playing as long as he did. Engram played 14 seasons. Brady played 11-12 seasons. Ki-Jana would have been an All Pro, but that injury in that era was a career ender. Things may have been different if he was playing in today's era because guys bounce back better, and his talent/speed was insane.
I wanted to keep the video reasonably short, so I only put in the starters. Witman started more games that season than Milne, but you're right he played a huge part. And so did Archie.
I didn't include Archie just to keep the video to a shorter length. I also left out Milne, but those two were for sure integral parts to that insane offense.
Yes, I as a die hard Nittany Lions fan, did know that!!! They averaged under a minute and 50 seconds in scoring through the whole damn season!!! They were still today, the best and most balanced offense in the history of college football!!! WE ARE 🏈 Unrivaled
Also of note...If you look at the point during each games at which the games were still a contest you will see the defense played quite well, cause turnovers, hit hard, made stops. Once the games became Blowouts, some by the 1st qtr, some by halftime joe substituted liberally, kept everything in front, gave up yards skewing the stat's and points allowed giving the notion that the defense was not good or as good as Nebraska. No matter how much i enojoy these highlights there is an emptyness. It is like I lost a best friend or did something wonderful and great yet got in trouble...it is just a bad taste. I had the bad taste the minute the Pac-10 had no worthy contender in the Rose Bowl with no disrespect to Oregon as they were game and played hard, but i could see it was going to be another shaft job as witnessed in the past.
You're right, by the way. Miami was ranked #3, thus inflating Nebraska's chances, but if you watch Miami closely that year, that team consisted of Warren Sapp (who should have won the Heisman) carrying a glorified cheerleader (Ray Lewis) and a terrible offense. Credit to Sapp for being such a beast, but Nebraska's record really just isn't as impressive as Penn State when you crunch the numbers. Like, NU's other big win was 24-7 at home over Colorado. That's the same Colorado team that needed a freak miracle to beat the Michigan squad that Penn State's offense dropped some amazing advanced stats on (I think we got like 4.5 median average yards per play, which is just absurd).
Penn St wanted in the Big Ten. Penn St knew they would be tied to the Rose to play some 3 loss Pac team if they won the Big Ten. Had they not, very doubtful they would have come within 14 of Nebraska anyway.
Penn State got screwed in so many ways that season; the hail mary, getting dropped after a blowout win over a top 25 team, in the last week both teams had an equal number of games where they struggled against a mediocre team and they each played a mediocre team at the end, but Nebraska's opponent had a much more prestigious name so they got a pass despite winning a lot less impressively than Penn State, and Penn State drawing Oregon instead of playing a more prestigious name equal to Miami gave them no chance at all. I think Nebraska would have won because while they were seemingly equal: Nebraska-good offense, great defense, Penn State-great offense, decent defense, I think Nebraska wins because the great defense always wins over great offense. I've seen it far too many times with my own team in recent years. But Penn State's defense looks like they might have been better than they appeared at later times in the season. Bottom line though is we'll never know, and since they went undefeated they both deserve to call themselves national champions. Ridiculous that Nebraska won in both polls and that it came down to voting by people with their own bias.
Check the PSU defensive play while games were still in doubt -though that was not long- It was not until the games were out of reach that joe substituted, played soft, kept everything in front allowing the points and yards to add up giving the impression that the D was not good....and while it was not one of the Great Lion D it made plenty of big plays, big hits, timely stops... The defense played much better than given credit while the games were still in doubt.
Are you kidding me??? Penn State would have spanked Nebraska, our offense scored on an average of under 2 minutes, that is why our defense stats didn't look great? If you look at the talent and all Americans on the defense that year, we would have spanked Tom Osborne and his goons!!!!! We are
Agree. Nebraska was a wishbone offense. Penn State always stop wishbone offenses. Nebraska's defense would of done nothing to stop Penn State offense. Penn State scored 35 on Illinois who had one of the best defenses in the country. Nebraska defense was mediocre at best.
@@jrutt2675 would've been an all-time game though, I don't think Penn State could've stopped Nebraskas offense, Nebraska ran the same offense for 50+ years and teams couldn't stop it so how could Penn state of done any different?
@@xperez14 Penn State netrualized wishbone offenses. That would not of matter. Nebraska would of done nothing against Penn State's offense. This is considered one of the greatest offenses in college football history!
That was the most amazing PSU football team!!! My Dad and I watched every game in amazement...wish I could go back and see every game.
Freddie Scott. Give that guy some love. He was also a great weapon.
His dad was just as fast, which is saying something.
im 51 and that is one of the top 5 offenses ive ever seen in college football. they beat you with the run or pass. Break long runs or passes. slower methodical drives. blowouts . comebacks. came out on top of back and forth tight battles. this offense did EVERY SINGLE THING and offense could do.
I remember my Dad saying to me after we watched the blowout of Ohio State that year --- "mark my words, this is the greatest college offense of all time" and he was RIGHT
Great team! My sophomore year on campus. Mike Archie and Brian Milne were great players on that offense as well. Stacked!
Can't forget Freddie Scott, he had a near identical season with Engram, with only 5 less receptions, 56 less yards, and 2 more TDs
Mike Archie was from Sharon PA. He was Kijanas Back up but he would have started at any other program
Kerry Collins, Ki-jana Carter, Kyle Brady, Freddie Scott, Bobby Engram, and 3 first team All Americans on the offensive line!!! Andre Johnson, Jeff Hartings, and Marco Rivera!!! Defense, Brian Gelshizer, Willie Smith, Phil Yebokodie, Brian Miller, Kim Herring, and Terry Killens!!! Amazing football team, unbelievable
Yes cannot leave out #2 & #22 they made big plays in key moments in many games that season.
This offense ate up defenses like a wood chipper.
Best team in the nation. WE ARE.... 🐾🐾🐾
I would give anything to see Penn State and Nebraska for the championship. Anyway take care everyone.
No team in college football could touch us that year, I still consider us national champions over Nebraska that year. I was in 8th grade that year
Penn State should have earned it if it wasnt for those few AP officials that screwed us over and give us the middle finger by handing Nebraska the national championship
That was a travesty and showed why champions shouldn’t win by a vote. Voters loved the idea of Nebraska getting revenge over Miami in the Orange Bowl and handed them the title on a silver platter. That Miami team was wildly OVERRATED. Aside from Sapp and Lewis on defense, they were garbage. Penn State should’ve never pulled the starters against Illinois and should’ve just kept their foot on the gas. Regardless, still can’t believe PSU dropped to #2 (and stayed at #2) despite winning on the road that week.
@@patrickthomas8890 I don't think I'd go so far as to call Miami garbage, but they might have been a bit overrated. The system was stupid in having the bowl ties instead of playing the best teams against each other, but then they made it even more ridiculous by leaving it up to a vote. There should have been an automatic way for them to split the NC given the situation.
@@dadestarmysteries255 Perhaps garbage was a bit too harsh. However, that Miami team was very overrated. The program was coming off an all-time historic run but were not nearly as good in 1994...the hype was still through the roof. That particular squad didn’t have much in terms of offense
As far as I'm concerned, Nebraska considers themselves national champions over us.
There is simply no question this PSU team was the #1 team in the nation. Not only that, but a strong argument could be made that this PSU team was *the best team ever.*
I’m an Ohio st fan but I remember how incredible penn st was in 1994, they should have won the national championship.
Not even using the spread. They were just exceptional at every skill position and the O-line.
The O-Line that year was as impressive as any of the skill-position players.
Keith Conlin-Marco Rivera-Bucky Greeley-Jeff Hartings-Andre Johnson
Hartings, Rivera and Johnson were freaking beasts.
Love a side by side of Kerry and Clifford. Collins had that fluid motion like Allar and stepped into the deep ball. Clifford throws off his back foot and simply launches it hoping for the best
needs more Jeff Hartings
Yes, him and Marco Riveria were beast lineman. The best in the game.
Awesome video all around. Only thing it's missing is a segment paying homage to the O-line. But still amazing stuff!
Great video!!
No mention of Mike Archie and my own opinion that offensive line was the best ever.They opened everything up
Yeah, I just tried to put in the starters. Too many highlights to keep the video to a shorter length, which is what I was trying to do. And I agree about the line, everything started with them that year.
Great team. Collins was deadly accurate......
0:57: Jeff Hartings blows some poor linebacker out of the way
The line was good as well
should of had a share of the national title. complete BS
4 of 5 were in the NFL. The whole offense was in the NFL. Family had season tickets from 1978-2009, and nothing like that offense happened before or since.
The line was FANTASTIC
There has NEVER been an offense where EVERY player was so strongly determined to block well on every single play. Look at the receivers at 5:10 for example.
Nittany Lion WR under Joepa Blocked first or did not play.
With all due respect to the 2016 offense, which played at a dizzying pace at times; that unit doesn't come close to this unit in '94. In addition to the names in the video, you had that O Line, Mike Archie, Brian Milne, an underclassmen in Joe Jurevicious.
Yup. Never needed to use Jurevicius, never took a snap in shotgun, never ran any kind of option (read option) play, and never really had to spread the field. It was pure execution of basic football with basic plays at it's finest.
@@arc-lite All 5 starters on the OLine played & started in the NFL. Two of them (Rivera and Hartings) were All Pro's. Collins may not have had the career a No. 5 pick in the draft is expected to by fans, but he still beat the system playing as long as he did. Engram played 14 seasons. Brady played 11-12 seasons. Ki-Jana would have been an All Pro, but that injury in that era was a career ender. Things may have been different if he was playing in today's era because guys bounce back better, and his talent/speed was insane.
@@dougdebiase1827 It was truly an incredible conglomeration of talent and guys who could just simply play ball. No doubt.
In 2017, the offense was better than 2016, but I still think 1994 is the best Penn State offense ever
Put Barkley in the 94 offense and see what you would gave gotten
Where's the love for Brian Milne? The Drive against Illinois?? If they don't win that game - no perfect season!
I wanted to keep the video reasonably short, so I only put in the starters. Witman started more games that season than Milne, but you're right he played a huge part. And so did Archie.
You left out RB Mike Archie!
You know Penn St's average time it took to score a TD from the Original LOS was 1:42 !!! Scored at Will!!
I didn't include Archie just to keep the video to a shorter length. I also left out Milne, but those two were for sure integral parts to that insane offense.
You literally could not leave the room for even a minute. You just never knew when or how they would score. Unforgettable team.
@@anthonylegore1517 The best Offensive unit ever in college football. Not because I'm Penn St bias , it's just fact
Yes, I as a die hard Nittany Lions fan, did know that!!! They averaged under a minute and 50 seconds in scoring through the whole damn season!!! They were still today, the best and most balanced offense in the history of college football!!! WE ARE 🏈 Unrivaled
No Brian Miln?
That is what I am talking about!
#22 was a fine runner, receiver and blocked lights out.
Also of note...If you look at the point during each games at which the games were still a contest you will see the defense played quite well, cause turnovers, hit hard, made stops. Once the games became Blowouts, some by the 1st qtr, some by halftime joe substituted liberally, kept everything in front, gave up yards skewing the stat's and points allowed giving the notion that the defense was not good or as good as Nebraska.
No matter how much i enojoy these highlights there is an emptyness. It is like I lost a best friend or did something wonderful and great yet got in trouble...it is just a bad taste. I had the bad taste the minute the Pac-10 had no worthy contender in the Rose Bowl with no disrespect to Oregon as they were game and played hard, but i could see it was going to be another shaft job as witnessed in the past.
Smedley Butler was a great Pennsylvania. Down with Washington imperialism!
You're right, by the way. Miami was ranked #3, thus inflating Nebraska's chances, but if you watch Miami closely that year, that team consisted of Warren Sapp (who should have won the Heisman) carrying a glorified cheerleader (Ray Lewis) and a terrible offense. Credit to Sapp for being such a beast, but Nebraska's record really just isn't as impressive as Penn State when you crunch the numbers.
Like, NU's other big win was 24-7 at home over Colorado. That's the same Colorado team that needed a freak miracle to beat the Michigan squad that Penn State's offense dropped some amazing advanced stats on (I think we got like 4.5 median average yards per play, which is just absurd).
@@aaronrider4051 That he was and yes down with the district of corruption.
that OLine mauled people
This team absolutely exposed the BIAS in college football voting. They should have played in the National Championship. Shameful...
Paul MacGuire in 1991.... " You can't rob Washington of a piece of the national championship". I guess in 1994, they could rob Penn State.....
Penn St wanted in the Big Ten. Penn St knew they would be tied to the Rose to play some 3 loss Pac team if they won the Big Ten. Had they not, very doubtful they would have come within 14 of Nebraska anyway.
Don't know how they didn't earn a share of the title
Nebraska was afraid to play Penn State
Penn State got screwed in so many ways that season; the hail mary, getting dropped after a blowout win over a top 25 team, in the last week both teams had an equal number of games where they struggled against a mediocre team and they each played a mediocre team at the end, but Nebraska's opponent had a much more prestigious name so they got a pass despite winning a lot less impressively than Penn State, and Penn State drawing Oregon instead of playing a more prestigious name equal to Miami gave them no chance at all.
I think Nebraska would have won because while they were seemingly equal: Nebraska-good offense, great defense, Penn State-great offense, decent defense, I think Nebraska wins because the great defense always wins over great offense. I've seen it far too many times with my own team in recent years. But Penn State's defense looks like they might have been better than they appeared at later times in the season. Bottom line though is we'll never know, and since they went undefeated they both deserve to call themselves national champions. Ridiculous that Nebraska won in both polls and that it came down to voting by people with their own bias.
Check the PSU defensive play while games were still in doubt -though that was not long-
It was not until the games were out of reach that joe substituted, played soft, kept everything in front allowing the points and yards to add up giving the impression that the D was not good....and while it was not one of the Great Lion D it made plenty of big plays, big hits, timely stops...
The defense played much better than given credit while the games were still in doubt.
If it was greatest offense ever why did they not win nat title. Makes no sense
If anyone claims Nebraska was the true number one team that season, they know NOTHING about football. PSU got robbed.
Are you kidding me??? Penn State would have spanked Nebraska, our offense scored on an average of under 2 minutes, that is why our defense stats didn't look great? If you look at the talent and all Americans on the defense that year, we would have spanked Tom Osborne and his goons!!!!! We are
Agree. Nebraska was a wishbone offense. Penn State always stop wishbone offenses. Nebraska's defense would of done nothing to stop Penn State offense. Penn State scored 35 on Illinois who had one of the best defenses in the country. Nebraska defense was mediocre at best.
@@jrutt2675 would've been an all-time game though, I don't think Penn State could've stopped Nebraskas offense, Nebraska ran the same offense for 50+ years and teams couldn't stop it so how could Penn state of done any different?
@@xperez14 Penn State netrualized wishbone offenses. That would not of matter. Nebraska would of done nothing against Penn State's offense. This is considered one of the greatest offenses in college football history!
@@jrutt2675 you don't know shit. Nebraska didn't run the wishbone lol