1992 Rice Owls football team

The 1992 Rice Owls football team was an American football team that represented Rice University in the Southwest Conference during the 1992 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their fourth year under head coach Fred Goldsmith, the team compiled a 6–5 record.[1][2]

1992 Rice Owls football
ConferenceSouthwest Conference
Record6–5 (4–3 SWC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorMike Heimerdinger (4th season)
Defensive coordinatorCraig Bohl (4th season)
Home stadiumRice Stadium
Seasons
 1991
1993 
1992 Southwest Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 7 Texas A&M $7001210
Baylor430750
Rice430650
Texas430650
Texas Tech430560
SMU250560
Houston250470
TCU160281
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 5at Air Force*L 21–30
September 19at Duke*L 12–1711,400[3]
September 26Sam Houston State*W 45–1421,500[4]
October 3Texas
L 21–2341,400
October 10SMU
W 28–1315,100
October 17at No. 5 Texas A&ML 9–3553,387
October 24at TCUW 29–12
November 7Texas Tech
  • Rice Stadium
  • Houston, TX
W 34–319,800
November 14Baylor
  • Rice Stadium
  • Houston, TX
W 34–3121,700
November 21Navy*
  • Rice Stadium
  • Houston, TX
W 27–22
November 28at HoustonL 34–6115,006
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Roster

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1992 Rice Owls football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
WR 23 Donald Allen Sr
WR 2 Emerson Allen Fr
OT 69 Mike Appelbaum Sr
WR 20 Louis Balady Sr
RB 45 Trevor Cobb Sr
OT 67 Chris Cooley Fr
RB 34 Byron Coston So
TE 87 Kolis Crier Jr
WR 83 Herschel Crowe Jr
RB 27 Yoncy Edmonds Fr
QB 12 Bert Emanuel Jr
RB 31 Jeff Epp So
G 76 Brandon Fitzgerald So
RB 24 Spencer George Fr
OT 74 Jimmy Golden Jr
C 52 Bill Goins So
TE 83 Bob Gray So
G 64 Charles Gulbronson Jr
OL Chas Gulbronson
WR 5 Chris Hall Fr
C 72 Tom Hetherington Jr
WR 29 Ed Howard Fr
QB 7 Josh LaRocca So
WR 14 Jimmy Lee So
TE 84 Clemente Torres So
QB 6 Greg Willig Sr
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
DL 89 Shawn Alberding Sr
DB 33 Nathan Bennett Jr
LB 56 Joe Davis Fr
DB 36 Bobby Dixon Fr
DT 68 Mike Ecklund So
DB 28 Dana Hogan So
DL 88 Shane Hollas Sr
LB 26 Larry Izzo Fr
CB 21 Clifford Jackson Sr
LB 40 Larry Jeter Jr
DB 47 Jay Lamy Fr
DB 42 Kerry Lewis So
DL 44 Deric Rutherford So
DL 93 Corey Seymour Jr
DL 96 Matt Sign Sr
DL 94 Michael Shirk So
DB 19 Jeff Sowells Fr
LB 50 Emmett Waldron So
DB 9 Sean Washington Jr
LB 48 Joey Wheeler Sr
LB 46 Alonzo Williams Sr
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
P 37 Tucker Phillips Fr
K 10 Darrell Richardson So
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

References

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  1. "1992 Rice Owls Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 30, 2020.
  2. "2020 Rice Football Media Guide" (PDF). Rice University. 2020. p. 137. Retrieved December 30, 2020.
  3. "Duke, lightning bedevil Rice 17–12". Austin American-Statesman. September 20, 1992. Retrieved February 4, 2024 via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Cobb leads Rice to 45–14 rout of Sam Houston". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. September 27, 1992. Retrieved December 17, 2022 via Newspapers.com.