Blue White Illustrated

August 2014

Penn State Sports Magazine

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tional championship. So they knew the Rose Bowl was primarily about pride. "A=er the game, we went down for our snack at about 9 o'clock," Richardson remembered, "and Joe came into the room. He knew we were down and he called for our attention and said, 'Don't let what just happened mess up what all of you have accomplished this year.' " They didn't. Carter's stunning 83-yard touchdown run on the Nittany Lions' :rst play from scrimmage set the tone of the 1995 Rose Bowl. Although the explosive o;ense didn't reappear a=er Carter's quick touchdown, Penn State went on to post a convincing 38-20 victory over the Ducks. The next day, the polls gave Os- borne his :rst national title, while Penn State was rated No. 2. Collins and Richardson admit the players were disappointed at the time, but they have never dwelled on the snub by the pollsters. When they get together the weekend of Sept. 5-6 to celebrate the 20th anniversary of that magni:cent season, they will talk more about the camaraderie of the team and the good times they had playing together than anything else. "What's done is done, and we've all moved on," Collins said. Penn State didn't break any NCAA team records that season, but its total o;ense (520.2 yards per game) and scor- ing (47.8 points a game) were remarkable achievements in an era before the BCS and the high-scoring style of today. Collins set eight school records that season: passing yardage (2,679), touch- down passes in consecutive games (11), completions (176), lowest season in- terception percentage (1.46), total of- fense (2,660 yards), passing e

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