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The 1995 Rose Bowl was a college
football bowl game
played on Monday January 2, 1995 because New Year's Day was on a
Sunday. It was the 81st Rose Bowl Game.
The Penn State Nittany Lions defeated the Oregon Ducks 38–20. Ki-Jana Carter of
Penn State and Danny
O'Neil of Oregon both were named the Rose Bowl Players of the
Game.[1]
Many observers point to this game as the one that made Ki-Jana
Carter a number one selection in the 1995 NFL Draft.
Teams
Both teams were appearing in the Rose Bowl after being away for
many years. The Oregon Ducks last appeared in the 1958 Rose Bowl,
37 years ago. The Penn State Nittany Lions appeared only one other
time, the 1923
Rose Bowl, when the Rose Bowl stadium was used for the game for
the first time.
Penn
State Nittany Lions
Penn State was playing their second season as the 11th member in
the Big
Ten Conference. They went undefeated through the Big Ten season
and were ranked #2 going in to the contest.
Oregon
Ducks
Oregon opened with a win over Portland State, but then lost to
non-conference opponents Utah and Hawaii. However, on October 1,
1994, the Ducks pulled off a surprise trouncing of #19 USC, a team
that the Ducks had defeated only one other time since 1972. The
Ducks followed this victory with a loss to Washington State. They
would go on to win the rest of their conference games, including a
10-9 victory over Arizona. The season ended with a 17-13 win over
Oregon State with the Rose Bowl on the line. Oregon finished in
sole possession of first place, with Arizona and USC tied for
second.
Game
summary
Penn State running back Ki-Jana Carter provided the highlight of
the game when he scored an 83-yard touchdown on Penn State's first
offensive play, prompting announcer Keith Jackson to utter the quote "They
had him, they thought and then he was gone." After Carter's
touchdown, Oregon came right back to tie the game. Penn State
scored again and led 14-7 at halftime. But Oregon rode the short
passing game of QB Danny O'Neil and kept the ball away from the
Penn State potent offense. Oregon tied the game midway through the
3rd quarter. Penn State scored to take a 21-14 and got the ball
back. The Oregon defense stiffened however, forcing Penn State to
punt. Then came the key play of the game. Oregon muffed the punt
and Penn State recovered deep in Ducks' territory. So instead of
having the ball with a chance to tie the game again, Oregon gave
Penn State's offense a short field and they took advantage. The
Nittany Lions scored to take a 28-14 lead and went on to win,
38-20.
Scoring
First
quarter
- Penn State — Ki-Jana Carter 83 run (Brett Conway kick), 10:50
- Oregon — Josh Wilcox 1 pass from Danny O’Neil (Matt Belden
kick), 10:05
Second
quarter
- Penn State — Brian Milne 1 run (Conway kick), 1:26
Third
quarter
- Oregon — Cristin McLemore 17 pass from O’Neil (Belden kick),
4:54
- Penn State — Carter 17 run (Conway kick), 3:53
- Penn State — Carter 3 run (Conway kick), 2:01
Fourth
quarter
- Penn State — Conway 43 FG, 5:43
- Penn State — Jon Witman 9 run (Michael Barninger kick),
4:24
- Oregon — Ricky Whittle 3 run
(pass failed), 2:44
Aftermath
Danny O'Neil contributed to 13 Rose Bowl records including
individual records for passes attempted, passes completed, and
passing yardage. As of 2008, his records still stood for most
offensive plays (74), most passes attempted (61), most passes
completed (41) and most yards passing (456).[1]
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