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1992 NCAA Division I-AA football season
American college football season
American college football season
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| year | 1992 |
| image | File:NCAA primary logo 1980.svg |
| number_of_teams | 89 |
| regular_season | September 5–November 21 |
| playoffs | November 28–December 19 |
| nc_date | [December 19, 1992](1992-ncaa-division-i-aa-football-championship-game) |
| championship | Marshall University Stadium |
| Huntington, West Virginia | |
| champions | [Marshall](1992-marshall-thundering-herd-football-team) |
| payton | Michael Payton |
| buchanan |
Huntington, West Virginia
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. It was the second consecutive year that Marshall and Youngstown State faced off in the I-AA title game.
Conference changes and new programs
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, forerunner of the present-day Missouri Valley Football Conference (MVFC).
| School | 1991 Conference | 1992 Conference |
|---|---|---|
| Arkansas State | I-AA Independent | I-A Independent |
| Nevada | Big Sky (I-AA) | Big West (I-A) |
| Tennessee–Martin | D-II Independent | Ohio Valley |
Conference standings
Conference champions
This is a listing of conference champions.
| Conference | Champion | |
|---|---|---|
| Atlantic 10 Conference | ||
| Big Sky Conference | ||
| Ivy League | ||
| Gateway Football Conference | ||
| Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference | ||
| Ohio Valley Conference | ||
| Patriot League | ||
| Southern Conference | ||
| Southland Conference | ||
| Southwestern Athletic Conference |
Postseason
Only the top four teams in the field were seeded, and thus assured of home games in their first-round games. The site of the title game, Marshall University Stadium, had been predetermined months before the playoffs began.
NCAA Division I-AA playoff bracket
November 28 Campus sites December 5 Campus sites December 12 Campus sites December 19 Marshall University Stadium Huntington, West Virginia
| RD1-seed01 = | RD1-team01 =Alcorn State | RD1-score01 =27 | RD1-seed02 =1 | RD1-team02 =Northeast Louisiana* | RD1-score02 =78
| RD1-seed03 = | RD1-team03 =Samford | RD1-score03 =21 | RD1-seed04 = | RD1-team04 =Delaware* | RD1-score04 =56
| RD1-seed05 = | RD1-team05 =Appalachian State | RD1-score05 =10 | RD1-seed06 =4 | RD1-team06 =Middle Tennessee* | RD1-score06 =35
| RD1-seed07 = | RD1-team07 =Eastern Kentucky | RD1-score07 =0 | RD1-seed08 = | RD1-team08 =Marshall* | RD1-score08 =44
| RD1-seed09 = | RD1-team09 =North Carolina A&T | RD1-score09 =0 | RD1-seed10 =2 | RD1-team10 =The Citadel* | RD1-score10 =44
| RD1-seed11 = | RD1-team11 =Villanova | RD1-score11 =20 | RD1-seed12 = | RD1-team12 =Youngstown State* | RD1-score12 =23
| RD1-seed13 = | RD1-team13 =Eastern Washington | RD1-score13 =14 | RD1-seed14 =3 | RD1-team14 =Northern Iowa* | RD1-score14 =17
| RD1-seed15 = | RD1-team15 =McNeese State | RD1-score15 =23 | RD1-seed16 = | RD1-team16 =Idaho* | RD1-score16 =20
| RD2-seed01 =1 | RD2-team01 =Northeast Louisiana* | RD2-score01 =18 | RD2-seed02 = | RD2-team02 =Delaware | RD2-score02 =41
| RD2-seed03 =4 | RD2-team03 =Middle Tennessee | RD2-score03 =21 | RD2-seed04 = | RD2-team04 =Marshall* | RD2-score04 =35
| RD2-seed05 =2 | RD2-team05 =The Citadel* | RD2-score05 =17 | RD2-seed06 = | RD2-team06 =Youngstown State | RD2-score06 =42
| RD2-seed07 =3 | RD2-team07 =Northern Iowa* | RD2-score07 =29 | RD2-seed08 = | RD2-team08 =McNeese State | RD2-score08 =7
| RD3-seed01 = | RD3-team01 =Delaware | RD3-score01 =7 | RD3-seed02 = | RD3-team02 =Marshall* | RD3-score02 =28
| RD3-seed03 = | RD3-team03 =Youngstown State | RD3-score03 =19 | RD3-seed04 =3 | RD3-team04 =Northern Iowa* | RD3-score04 =7
| RD4-seed01 = | RD4-team01 =Marshall | RD4-score01 =31 | RD4-seed02 = | RD4-team02 =Youngstown State | RD4-score02 =28
- Next to team name denotes host institution Source:
Final poll standings
| **NCAA** | Ranking | Team |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | [The Citadel](1992-the-citadel-bulldogs-football-team) | |
| 1 | [Northeast Louisiana](1992-northeast-louisiana-indians-football-team) | |
| 3 | [Northern Iowa](1992-northern-iowa-panthers-football-team) | |
| 4 | [Middle Tennessee](1992-middle-tennessee-blue-raiders-football-team) | |
| 5 | [Idaho](1992-idaho-vandals-football-team) | |
| 6 | [Marshall](1992-marshall-thundering-herd-football-team) | |
| 7 | [Youngstown State](1992-youngstown-state-penguins-football-team) | |
| 8 | [Delaware](1992-delaware-fightin-blue-hens-football-team) | |
| 9 | [Samford](1992-samford-bulldogs-football-team) | |
| 10 | [Villanova](1992-villanova-wildcats-football-team) | |
| 11 | [McNeese State](1992-mcneese-state-cowboys-football-team) | |
| 12 | [Eastern Kentucky](1992-eastern-kentucky-colonels-football-team) | |
| 13 | [William & Mary](1992-william-mary-tribe-football-team) | |
| 14 | [Eastern Washington](1992-eastern-washington-eagles-football-team) | |
| 15 | [Florida A&M](1992-florida-a-m-rattlers-football-team) | |
| 16 | [Appalachian State](1992-appalachian-state-mountaineers-football-team) | |
| 17 | [North Carolina A&T](1992-north-carolina-a-t-aggies-football-team) | |
| 18 | [Alcorn State](1992-alcorn-state-braves-football-team) | |
| 19 | [Liberty](1992-liberty-flames-football-team) | |
| 20 | [Western Illinois](1992-western-illinois-leathernecks-football-team) |
References
References
- "1992 NCAA Division I Football Championship".
- "NCAA Football Records". NCAA.
- Jensen, Mike. (November 23, 1992). "'Nova girds for playoff on Youngstown's turf". [[The Philadelphia Inquirer]].
- Nielsen, Brian. (September 9, 1992). "Here's the Word about The Herd". Journal Gazette.
- "Championship Results". NCAA.
- "2013 NCAA Football Records". NCAA.
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