The 1992 UCF Knights football season was the fourteenth season for the team and eighth for Gene McDowell as the head coach of the Knights.[1] McDowell's 1992 team posted 6–4 overall record (and one exhibition game win).[2] During the 1992 season, Dr. John Hitt, UCF's fourth president, announced that the program would make the move to Division I-A (FBS) in 1996.[2]
| 1992 UCF Knights football | |
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| Conference | Independent |
| Record | 6–4[a] |
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| Offensive coordinator | Mike Kruczek (8th season) |
| Defensive coordinator | Ron McCrone (1st season) |
| Home stadium | Florida Citrus Bowl |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 13 William & Mary | – | 9 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 7 Youngstown State ^ | – | 9 | – | 2 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 9 Samford ^ | – | 9 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Georgia Southern | – | 7 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 19 Liberty | – | 7 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UCF | – | 6 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Northeastern | – | 5 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Towson State | – | 5 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Western Kentucky | – | 4 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| James Madison | – | 4 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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On October 3, the school made history by becoming the first team to play a team from Russia on American soil. The Knights played an exhibition game against the Moscow Bears, the Russia national American football team. The Knights prevailed by the score of 43–6 in front of 5,412 at the Citrus Bowl.[3]
In their season opening game against Gardner-Webb, the Knights rushed for a school record 461 yards.
Schedule
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| Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 5 | Gardner–Webb | W 71–21 | 10,286 | [4] | ||
| September 12 | Bethune–Cookman |
| W 28–3 | 12,075 | [5] | |
| September 19 | Troy State |
| L 16–20 | 7,755 | [6] | |
| September 26 | at Western Illinois | W 35–22 | 9,764 | [7] | ||
| October 3 | Moscow Bears (Russia national American football team) |
| W 43–6 (exhibition) | 5,412 | [8] | |
| October 17 | Nicholls State |
| W 42–18 | 8,087 | [9] | |
| October 24 | at Western Kentucky | No. 19 | L 36–50 | 10,589 | [10] | |
| October 31 | at Liberty | L 28–31 | 8,100 | [11] | ||
| November 7 | Buffalo |
| W 63–21 | 9,067 | [12] | |
| November 14 | James Madison |
| W 41–37 | 6,681 | [13] | |
| November 21 | at No. 9 Samford | L 13–20 | 4,987 | [14] | ||
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Notes
edit- ↑ The official NCAA Statistics, and the school, list a record of 6–4. The overall record including the exhibition game against Moscow is 7–4.
References
edit- ↑ "Central Florida Future, Vol. 25 No. 13, October 6, 1992". Central Florida Future. October 6, 1992.
- 1 2 "Division I-AA Football Comes to Orlando: Part 5 of 8 – The History of UCF Football". University of Central Florida Athletics Association. July 18, 2007. Retrieved June 5, 2012.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ↑ White, Russ (October 4, 1992). "Knights bad news for Bears". Orlando Sentinel. p. 44. Retrieved December 2, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "UCF romps past Gardner–Webb". The Orlando Sentinel. September 6, 1992. Retrieved January 24, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "UCF tops Bethune–Cookman". The Palm Beach Post. September 13, 1992. Retrieved January 24, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Troy State nips Central Florida". The Selma Times-Journal. September 20, 1992. Retrieved January 24, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "UCF stymies W. Illinois". Florida Today. September 27, 1992. Retrieved January 24, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Moscow Bears reach end zone". The Anniston Star. October 4, 1992. Retrieved January 24, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "UCF rolls past Nicholls St. 42–18". Florida Today. October 18, 1992. Retrieved January 24, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Knights embarrassed in high-scoring game". The Orlando Sentinel. October 25, 1992. Retrieved January 24, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Late Cherry TD saves Liberty". Richmond Times-Dispatch. November 1, 1992. Retrieved April 2, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Cooper's 4 scores lift UCF". The Palm Beach Post. November 8, 1992. Retrieved January 24, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "UCF wins, 41–37, with big 2nd half". The Orlando Sentinel. November 15, 1992. Retrieved October 14, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Samford dumps Central Fla. 20–13". Florida Today. November 22, 1992. Retrieved April 14, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
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