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.

1992 Rice Owls football
Conference	Southwest Conference
Record	6–5 (4–3 SWC)
Head coach	Fred Goldsmith (4th season)
Offensive coordinator	Mike Heimerdinger (4th season)
Defensive coordinator	Craig Bohl (4th season)
Home stadium	Rice Stadium

1992 Southwest Conference football standings

	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 7 Texas A&M $	7	–	0	–	0			12	–	1	–	0
Baylor	4	–	3	–	0			7	–	5	–	0
Rice	4	–	3	–	0			6	–	5	–	0
Texas	4	–	3	–	0			6	–	5	–	0
Texas Tech	4	–	3	–	0			5	–	6	–	0
SMU	2	–	5	–	0			5	–	6	–	0
Houston	2	–	5	–	0			4	–	7	–	0
TCU	1	–	6	–	0			2	–	8	–	1
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 5	at Air Force*	Falcon Stadium Colorado Springs, CO	L 21–30
September 19	at Duke*	Wallace Wade Stadium Durham, NC	L 12–17	11,400
September 26	Sam Houston State*	Rice Stadium Houston, TX	W 45–14	21,500
October 3	Texas	Rice Stadium Houston, TX (rivalry)	L 21–23	41,400
October 10	SMU	Rice Stadium Houston, TX (rivalry)	W 28–13	15,100
October 17	at No. 5 Texas A&M	Kyle Field College Station, TX	L 9–35	53,387
October 24	at TCU	Amon G. Carter Stadium Fort Worth, TX	W 29–12
November 7	Texas Tech	Rice Stadium Houston, TX	W 34–3	19,800
November 14	Baylor	Rice Stadium Houston, TX	W 34–31	21,700
November 21	Navy*	Rice Stadium Houston, TX	W 27–22
November 28	at Houston	Houston Astrodome Houston, TX (rivalry)	L 34–61	15,006
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Roster

1992 Rice Owls football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class 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. # Name Class 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. # Name Class P 37 Tucker Phillips Fr K 10 Darrell Richardson So	Head coach Fred Goldsmith Coordinators/assistant coaches Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt