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1992 NCAA Division I-A Football Season
The 1992 NCAA Division I-A football season was the first year of the Bowl Coalition and concluded with Alabama's first national championship in thirteen years—their first since the departure of Bear Bryant. One of Bryant's former players, Gene Stallings, was the head coach, and he used a style similar to Bryant's, a smashmouth running game combined with a tough defense. The top-tier games of the Bowl Coalition were the Sugar Bowl, Orange Bowl, Cotton Bowl Classic, and Fiesta Bowl. Under the agreement, the Sugar Bowl, Orange Bowl, and Cotton Bowl Classic hosted the Southeastern Conference, Big 8, and Southwest Conference champions, respectively, and then a pool of at large teams was formed between the Atlantic Coast Conference champ, the Big East champ, Notre Dame, and two conference runners-up from the Big 8, SWC, ACC, Big East and Pac-10. The highest ranked host team would play the highest ranked at-large team. If the two highest ranked teams were both at-large teams, th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1992 Miami Hurricanes Football Team
The 1992 Miami Hurricanes football team represented the University of Miami during the 1992 NCAA Division I-A football season. It was the Hurricanes' 67th season of football and second as a member of the Big East Conference. The Hurricanes were led by fourth-year head coach Dennis Erickson and played their home games at the Orange Bowl. They finished the season 11–1 overall and 4–0 in the Big East while playing a partial conference schedule. They were invited to the Sugar Bowl, which served as the Bowl Coalition National Championship Game, where they lost to Alabama, 34–13. Personnel Coaching staff Support staff Roster Schedule Rankings Season summary Iowa Florida State vs. Alabama (Sugar Bowl) Awards and honors *Gino Torretta, Davey O'Brien Award *Gino Torretta, Heisman Trophy *Gino Torretta, Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award *Gino Torretta, Maxwell Award *Gino Torretta, Walter Camp Award Jack Harding University o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Atlantic Coast Conference
The Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) is a collegiate athletic conference located in the eastern United States. Headquartered in Greensboro, North Carolina, the ACC's fifteen member universities compete in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA)'s Division I. ACC football teams compete in the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision. The ACC sponsors competition in twenty-five sports with many of its member institutions held in high regard nationally. Current members of the conference are Boston College, Clemson University, Duke University, Georgia Institute of Technology, Florida State University, North Carolina State University, Syracuse University, the University of Louisville, the University of Miami, the University of North Carolina, the University of Notre Dame, the University of Pittsburgh, the University of Virginia, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, and Wake Forest University. ACC teams and athletes have claimed dozens of national ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SEC Championship Game
The SEC Championship Game is an annual American football game that has determined the Southeastern Conference's season champion since 1992. The championship game pits the SEC East Division regular season champion against the West Division regular season champion. Since 2007, the game has typically been played on the first Saturday of December, and the game has been held in Atlanta since 1994, first at the Georgia Dome, and at Mercedes-Benz Stadium since 2017. Ten of the fourteen current SEC members have played in the SEC Championship Game. Kentucky and Vanderbilt have yet to reach the game from the East, while Ole Miss and Texas A&M have yet to reach the game from the West. The overall series is led by the Western Division, 18–13. While ten SEC members have played in the game, only six have won: Florida, Georgia, and Tennessee of the East Division, and Alabama, Auburn, and LSU of the West Division. Each of these teams has won the championship multiple times. History The SE ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South Carolina Gamecocks Football
The South Carolina Gamecocks football program represents the University of South Carolina. The Gamecocks compete in the Football Bowl Subdivision of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and the Eastern Division of the Southeastern Conference. The team's head coach is Shane Beamer. They play their home games at Williams–Brice Stadium. From 1953 through 1970, the Gamecocks played in the Atlantic Coast Conference, winning the 1969 ACC championship and finishing No. 15 in the 1958 final AP poll. From 1971 through 1991, they competed as a major independent, producing 1980 Heisman Trophy winner George Rogers, six bowl appearances, and Final Top-25 rankings in 1984 and 1987 (AP No. 11 and No. 15). Since 1992, they have competed in the Southeastern Conference, winning the SEC East division in 2010 and posting six final Top-25 rankings including three Top-10 finishes. South Carolina has produced a National Coach of the Year in Joe Morrison (1984), three SEC coaches of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arkansas Razorbacks Football
The Arkansas Razorbacks football program represents the University of Arkansas in the sport of American football. The Razorbacks compete in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and the Western Division of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). The program has one national championship awarded by the Football Writers Association of America (FWAA) and Helms Athletic Foundation (HAF) in 1964, and one national championship awarded by the Foundation for the Analysis of Competitions and Tournaments (Rothman (FACT)) in 1977. The school does not claim the 1977 title. Arkansas has won 13 conference championships, includes 58 All-Americans amongst its list of players, and holds an all-time record of 735–530–40. Home games are played at stadiums on or near the two largest campuses of the University of Arkansas System: Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium in Fayetteville, Arkansas, Fayetteville, and War Memorial Stadium (Arkansas), War Me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1992 Colorado Buffaloes Football Team
The 1992 Colorado Buffaloes football team represented the University of Colorado at Boulder in the 1992 college football season. The team was led by head coach Bill McCartney and played their home games at Folsom Field in Boulder, Colorado. The Buffaloes participated as members of the Big 8 Conference The Big Eight Conference was a National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA)-affiliated Division I-A college athletic association that sponsored football. It was formed in January 1907 as the Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Associatio .... Schedule Personnel Season summary Colorado State First meeting since 1989 *CU - Westbrook 48 pass from Stewart (Blottiaux kick) *CU - Johnson 60 pass from Stewart (Blottiaux kick) *CSU - Ivlow 67 run (Rantzau kick) *CSU - Rantzau 36 FG *CU - Blottiaux 20 FG *CU - Fauria 17 pass from Stewart (Blottiaux kick) *CSU - Ward 9 run (Rantzau kick) *CU - Blottiaux 28 FG *CU - Blottiaux 29 FG *CU - Westbrook 6 pass from Stewart * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1992 Syracuse Orangemen Football Team
The 1992 Syracuse Orangemen football team represented Syracuse University in the 1992 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Orangemen were led by second-year head coach Paul Pasqualoni and played their home games at the Carrier Dome in Syracuse, New York. Syracuse finished the season 10–2 with a victory in the 1993 Fiesta Bowl over Colorado. Ranked 6th in the final AP Poll, the team was awarded the Lambert-Meadowlands Trophy The Lambert Trophy is an annual award given to the best team in the East in Division I FBS (formerly I-A) college football. In affiliation with the Metropolitan New York Football Writers (founded 1935), the Lambert Trophy was established by brother ..., signifying them as champions of the East. As of 2020, this is the last time the Orangemen won the award, and also the school's last top-10 ranked finish. Schedule *Source: Roster References Syracuse Syracuse Orange football seasons Lambert-Meadowlands Trophy seasons Fiesta Bowl champion se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1992 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Football Team
The 1992 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team represented the University of Notre Dame in the 1992 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team was coached by Lou Holtz and played its home games at Notre Dame Stadium in South Bend, Indiana. Rivalries * In the Holy War match against Boston College, Notre Dame beat BC to claim the Frank Leahy Memorial Bowl. * Notre Dame beat Michigan State to claim the Megaphone Trophy. * Notre Dame beat Purdue to claim the Shillelagh Trophy. * Notre Dame beat USC to claim the Jeweled Shillelagh. *Notre Dame lost the Legends Trophy to Stanford. Schedule Roster Game summaries At Northwestern Michigan At Michigan State Purdue Stanford At Pittsburgh BYU Navy Boston College Penn State * Source:'' With snowfall starting early in the game, heavy during the first half, this game has been nicknamed the "Snow Bowl". At USC Cotton Bowl Team players drafted into the NFL ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1992 Texas A&M Aggies Football Team
The 1992 Texas A&M Aggies football team represented Texas A&M University in the 1992 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Aggies completed the season with a 12–1 record overall and a Southwest Conference The Southwest Conference (SWC) was an NCAA Division I college athletic conference in the United States that existed from 1914 to 1996. Composed primarily of schools from Texas, at various times the conference included schools from Oklahoma an ... mark of 7–0. Schedule Roster *RB Greg Hill *LB Daniel Horn *QB Corey Pulig *RB Rodney Thomas *CB Aaron Glenn *TE Greg Schorp Game summaries Stanford LSU Tulsa Missouri Texas Tech Rice Baylor SMU Louisville Houston TCU Texas Notre Dame References Texas AandM Texas A&M Aggies football seasons Southwest Conference football champion seasons Texas AandM Aggies football {{Collegefootball-1990s-season-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1992 Florida State Seminoles Football Team
The 1992 Florida State Seminoles football team represented Florida State University in the 1992 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team was coached by Bobby Bowden and played their home games at Doak Campbell Stadium. The team was selected national champion by Sagarin. Florida State finished #2 in the AP and Coaches polls with an 11–1 record. The season was FSU's first in the Atlantic Coast Conference, and saw them win the league championship with an undefeated record in conference play. The Seminoles offense scored 446 points while the defense allowed 186 points. Linebacker Marvin Jones finished in fourth place in the Heisman voting while quarterback Charlie Ward finished sixth. Schedule Roster Season summary Miami (FL) Florida vs. Nebraska (Orange Bowl) Awards and honors *Marvin Jones, Butkus Award *Marvin Jones, Lombardi Award Team players in the NFL The following were selected in the 1993 NFL Draft. References Florida Sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1992 Nebraska Cornhuskers Football Team
The 1992 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team represented the University of Nebraska–Lincoln in the 1992 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team was coached by Tom Osborne and played their home games in Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, Nebraska. Schedule Roster and coaching staff 1992 Depth chart Game summaries Utah Middle Tennessee State Washington Arizona State Oklahoma State Missouri Colorado Kansas At Iowa State Oklahoma Kansas State Florida State Rankings Awards NFL and pro players The following Nebraska players who participated in the 1992 season later moved on to the next level and joined a professional or semi-pro team as draftees or free agents. References {{Big Eight Conference football champions Nebraska Nebraska Cornhuskers football seasons Big Eight Conference football champion seasons Nebraska Cornhuskers football The Nebraska Cornhuskers football team competes as p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Hancock Bowl
The Sun Bowl is a college football bowl game that has been played since 1935 in the southwestern United States at El Paso, Texas. Along with the Sugar Bowl and Orange Bowl, it is the second-oldest bowl game in the country, behind the Rose Bowl. Usually held near the end of December, games are played at the Sun Bowl stadium on the campus of the University of Texas at El Paso. Since 2011, it has featured teams from the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) and the Pac-12 Conference. Since 2019, the game has been sponsored by Kellogg's and is officially known as the Tony the Tiger Sun Bowl, after the mascot for the company's Frosted Flakes cereal. Previous sponsors include John Hancock Financial, Norwest Corporation, Wells Fargo, Helen of Troy Limited (using its Vitalis and Brut brands) and Hyundai Motor Company. History The first Sun Bowl was the 1935 edition, played on New Year's Day between Texas high school teams; the 1936 edition, played one year later, was the first Sun Bowl co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
