American college football season
1992 NCAA Division I-AA season Duration September 5–November 21 Payton Award Michael Payton Duration November 28–December 19 Championship date December 19, 1992 Championship site Marshall University Stadium Huntington, West Virginia Champion Marshall
The 1992 NCAA Division I-AA football season , part of college football in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association at the Division I-AA level, began on September 5, 1992, and concluded with the 1992 NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship Game on December 19, 1992, in Huntington, West Virginia . The Marshall Thundering Herd defeated the Youngstown State Penguins by a score of 31–28.[1] It was the second consecutive year that Marshall and Youngstown State faced off in the I-AA title game.
Notable changes [ ]
Prior to the season, the Gateway Collegiate Athletic Conference , otherwise a women's sports league but sponsoring football as its only men's sport since the 1985 collapse of the football side of the Missouri Valley Conference (MVC), merged into the MVC. The football league became the standalone Gateway Football Conference , later renamed as the Missouri Valley Football Conference (MVFC) in 2008.
Conference changes [ ]
Conference standings [ ]
1992 Big Sky Conference football standings
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
T
W
L
T
No. 5 Idaho $^
6
–
1
–
0
9
–
3
–
0
No. 14 Eastern Washington ^
6
–
1
–
0
7
–
4
–
0
Weber State
4
–
3
–
0
6
–
5
–
0
Montana
4
–
3
–
0
6
–
5
–
0
Boise State
3
–
4
–
0
5
–
6
–
0
Northern Arizona
2
–
5
–
0
4
–
7
–
0
Montana State
2
–
5
–
0
4
–
7
–
0
Idaho State
1
–
6
–
0
3
–
8
–
0
$ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee poll
1992 Gateway Football Conference standings
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
T
W
L
T
No. 3 Northern Iowa $^
5
–
1
–
0
12
–
2
–
0
No. 20 Western Illinois
4
–
2
–
0
7
–
4
–
0
Southwest Missouri State
4
–
2
–
0
6
–
5
–
0
Eastern Illinois
2
–
4
–
0
5
–
6
–
0
Illinois State
2
–
4
–
0
5
–
6
–
0
Indiana State
2
–
4
–
0
4
–
7
–
0
Southern Illinois
2
–
4
–
0
4
–
7
–
0
$ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee poll
1992 Ivy League football standings
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
T
W
L
T
Dartmouth +
6
–
1
–
0
8
–
2
–
0
Princeton +
6
–
1
–
0
8
–
2
–
0
Penn
5
–
2
–
0
7
–
3
–
0
Cornell
4
–
3
–
0
7
–
3
–
0
Harvard
3
–
4
–
0
3
–
7
–
0
Yale
2
–
5
–
0
4
–
6
–
0
Columbia
2
–
5
–
0
3
–
7
–
0
Brown
0
–
7
–
0
0
–
10
–
0
+ – Conference co-champions
1992 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference football standings
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
T
W
L
T
No. 17 North Carolina A&T $^
5
–
1
–
0
9
–
3
–
0
No. 15 Florida A&M
4
–
2
–
0
7
–
4
–
0
South Carolina State
4
–
2
–
0
7
–
4
–
0
Howard
3
–
3
–
0
7
–
4
–
0
Delaware State
3
–
3
–
0
6
–
5
–
0
Bethune–Cookman
2
–
4
–
0
4
–
7
–
0
Morgan State
0
–
6
–
0
2
–
9
–
0
$ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee poll
1992 Ohio Valley Conference football standings
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
T
W
L
T
No. 4 Middle Tennessee $^
8
–
0
–
0
10
–
3
–
0
No. 12 Eastern Kentucky ^
7
–
1
–
0
9
–
3
–
0
Tennessee Tech
6
–
2
–
0
7
–
4
–
0
Tennessee State
5
–
3
–
0
5
–
6
–
0
Morehead State
3
–
5
–
0
3
–
8
–
0
Austin Peay
2
–
6
–
0
3
–
8
–
0
Tennessee–Martin
2
–
6
–
0
3
–
8
–
0
Southeast Missouri State
2
–
6
–
0
2
–
9
–
0
Murray State
1
–
7
–
0
2
–
9
–
0
$ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee poll
1992 Patriot League football standings
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
T
W
L
T
Lafayette $
5
–
0
–
0
8
–
3
–
0
Holy Cross
4
–
1
–
0
6
–
5
–
0
Colgate
2
–
3
–
0
4
–
7
–
0
Lehigh
2
–
3
–
0
3
–
8
–
0
Bucknell
1
–
4
–
0
4
–
7
–
0
Fordham
1
–
4
–
0
1
–
9
–
0
1992 Southern Conference football standings
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
W
L
No. 1 The Citadel $^
6
–
1
11
–
2
No. 6 Marshall ^
5
–
2
12
–
3
No. 16 Appalachian State ^
5
–
2
7
–
5
Western Carolina
5
–
2
7
–
4
Furman
4
–
3
6
–
5
East Tennessee State
2
–
5
5
–
6
VMI
1
–
6
3
–
8
Chattanooga
0
–
7
2
–
9
$ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee poll
1992 Southland Conference football standings
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
T
W
L
T
No. 1 Northeast Louisiana $^
7
–
0
–
0
10
–
3
–
0
No. 11 McNeese State ^
6
–
1
–
0
9
–
4
–
0
Northwestern State
4
–
3
–
0
7
–
4
–
0
Sam Houston State
3
–
2
–
2
6
–
3
–
2
North Texas
3
–
4
–
0
4
–
7
–
0
Southwest Texas State
2
–
4
–
1
5
–
5
–
1
Stephen F. Austin
1
–
6
–
0
3
–
8
–
0
Nicholls State
0
–
6
–
1
1
–
9
–
1
$ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee poll
1992 Southwestern Athletic Conference football standings
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
T
W
L
T
No. 18 Alcorn State $^
7
–
0
–
0
7
–
4
–
0
Grambling State
6
–
1
–
0
10
–
2
–
0
Jackson State
4
–
3
–
0
7
–
4
–
0
Alabama State
3
–
4
–
0
5
–
6
–
0
Southern
3
–
4
–
0
5
–
6
–
0
Texas Southern
3
–
4
–
0
5
–
6
–
0
Mississippi Valley State
2
–
5
–
0
4
–
5
–
0
Prairie View A&M
0
–
7
–
0
0
–
11
–
0
$ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee poll
1992 Yankee Conference football standings
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
T
W
L
T
No. 8 Delaware $^
7
–
1
–
0
11
–
3
–
0
No. 10 Villanova ^
6
–
2
–
0
9
–
3
–
0
UMass
5
–
3
–
0
7
–
3
–
0
Richmond
5
–
3
–
0
7
–
4
–
0
Maine
4
–
4
–
0
6
–
5
–
0
Connecticut
4
–
4
–
0
6
–
5
–
0
New Hampshire
3
–
5
–
0
5
–
5
–
1
Boston University
2
–
6
–
0
3
–
8
–
0
Rhode Island
0
–
8
–
0
1
–
10
–
0
$ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee poll
Conference champions [ ]
This is a listing of conference champions.[2]
Conference
Champion
Atlantic 10 Conference
Delaware
Big Sky Conference
Idaho and Eastern Washington
Ivy League
Dartmouth and Princeton
Gateway Football Conference
Northern Iowa
Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference
North Carolina A&T
Ohio Valley Conference
Middle Tennessee
Patriot League
Lafayette
Southern Conference
The Citadel
Southland Conference
Northeast Louisiana
Southwestern Athletic Conference
Alcorn State
Postseason [ ]
Only the top four teams in the field were seeded, and thus assured of home games in their first-round games.[3] The site of the title game, Marshall University Stadium , had been predetermined months before the playoffs began.[4]
NCAA Division I-AA playoff bracket [ ]
First Round November 28Campus sites
Quarterfinals December 5Campus sites
Semifinals December 12Campus sites
National Championship Game December 19Marshall University Stadium Huntington, West Virginia
Alcorn State
27
1
Northeast Louisiana *
78
1
Northeast Louisiana*
18
Delaware
41
Samford
21
Delaware *
56
Delaware
7
Marshall *
28
Appalachian State
10
4
Middle Tennessee *
35
4
Middle Tennessee
21
Marshall *
35
Eastern Kentucky
0
Marshall *
44
Marshall
31
Youngstown State
28
North Carolina A&T
0
2
The Citadel *
44
2
The Citadel*
17
Youngstown State
42
Villanova
20
Youngstown State *
23
Youngstown State
19
3
Northern Iowa*
7
Eastern Washington
14
3
Northern Iowa *
17
3
Northern Iowa *
29
McNeese State
7
McNeese State
23
Idaho *
20
* Next to team name denotes host institution
Source:[5]
Final poll standings [ ]
NCAA [6]
Ranking
Team
1
The Citadel
1
Northeast Louisiana
3
Northern Iowa
4
Middle Tennessee
5
Idaho
6
Marshall
7
Youngstown State
8
Delaware
9
Samford
10
Villanova
11
McNeese State
12
Eastern Kentucky
13
William & Mary
14
Eastern Washington
15
Florida A&M
16
Appalachian State
17
North Carolina
18
Alcorn State
19
Liberty
20
Western Illinois
References [ ]
^ "1992 NCAA Division I Football Championship" (PDF) . NCAA.org . p. 15. Retrieved December 29, 2013 .
^ "NCAA Football Records" (PDF) . NCAA. p. 13. Retrieved November 13, 2013 .
^ Jensen, Mike (November 23, 1992). " 'Nova girds for playoff on Youngstown's turf" . The Philadelphia Inquirer . p. C10. Retrieved April 15, 2019 – via newspapers.com.
^ Nielsen, Brian (September 9, 1992). "Here's the Word about The Herd" . Journal Gazette . Mattoon, Illinois . p. B3. Retrieved April 17, 2019 .
^ "Championship Results" (PDF) . NCAA. p. 15. Retrieved November 12, 2013 .
^ "2013 NCAA Football Records" (PDF) . NCAA. p. 50. Retrieved November 13, 2013 .
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Appalachian State
The Citadel
Delaware
Eastern Kentucky
Eastern Washington
Idaho
Marshall
McNeese State
Middle Tennessee
North Carolina A&T
Northeast Louisiana
Northern Iowa
Samford
Villanova
Youngstown State
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