1992 Minnesota Golden Gophers football
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Record2–9 (2–6 Big Ten)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorBob DeBesse (1st season)
Defensive coordinatorMarc Dove (1st season)
CaptainKeith Ballard, Andre Davis, Marquel Fleetwood, Ted Harrison
Home stadiumHubert H. Humphrey Metrodome
Seasons
← 1991
1993 →
1992 Big Ten Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 5 Michigan $ 6 – 0 – 2 9 – 0 – 3
No. 18 Ohio State 5 – 2 – 1 8 – 3 – 1
Michigan State 5 – 3 – 0 5 – 6 – 0
Illinois 4 – 3 – 1 6 – 5 – 1
Iowa 4 – 4 – 0 5 – 7 – 0
Indiana 3 – 5 – 0 5 – 6 – 0
Wisconsin 3 – 5 – 0 5 – 6 – 0
Purdue 3 – 5 – 0 4 – 7 – 0
Northwestern 3 – 5 – 0 3 – 8 – 0
Minnesota 2 – 6 – 0 2 – 9 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1992 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team represented the University of Minnesota in the 1992 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their first year under head coach Jim Wacker, the Golden Gophers compiled a 2–9 record and were outscored by their opponents by a combined total of 313 to 200.[1]

Offensive lineman Keith Ballard, defensive lineman Dennis Cappella and punter Dean Kaufman were named All-Big Ten second team.[2] Defensive back Justin Conzemius, wide receiver Omar Douglas, defensive lineman Shawn Ehrich, offensive lineman Chris Fowlkes, linebacker Peter Hiestand, defensive back Dan LiSanti, defensive back Jeff Rosga and linebacker Lance Wolkow were named Academic All-Big Ten.[3]

Keith Ballard was awarded the Bronko Nagurski Award.[4] Running back Antonio Carter was awarded the Bruce Smith Award.[4] Dennis Cappella was awarded the Carl Eller Award.[4] Wide receiver Jon Lewis was winner of the Bobby Bell Award.[4] Linebacker Russ Heath was awarded the Butch Nash Award.[4] Running back Ken McClintock was awarded the Paul Giel Award.[4]

Total attendance for the season was 227,446, which averaged out to 37,908 per game. The season high for attendance was against rival Iowa.[5]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendance
September 127:00 pmSan Jose State*
L 30–3936,912
September 196:00 pmNo. 11 Colorado*
  • Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome
  • Minneapolis, MN
L 20–2133,719
September 2611:00 amat Pittsburgh*
L 33–4131,129
October 36:00 pmIllinois
  • Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome
  • Minneapolis, MN
W 18–1732,112
October 101:00 pmat Purdue
L 20–2430,635
October 176:00 pmMichigan Statedagger
  • Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome
  • Minneapolis, MN
L 15–2035,594
October 2412:00 pmat No. 3 Michigan
L 13–63106,579
October 316:00 pmIndiana
  • Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome
  • Minneapolis, MN
L 17–2431,741
November 712:30 pmat No. 22 Ohio State
L 0–1791,764
November 141:00 pmat Wisconsin
L 6–3448,754
November 216:00 pmIowa
W 28–1357,368
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time

Personnel

1992 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
RB 39 Antonio Carter Jr
RB 44 Chris Darkins Fr
WR 80 Omar Douglas Jr
QB 14 Marquel Fleetwood (C) Sr
WR 46 John Lewis Sr
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
LB 16 Craig Sauer Fr
DT 90 Ed Hawthorne So
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
K 6 Aaron Piepkorn Sr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

Roster

Game summaries

Michigan

See also: 1992 Michigan Wolverines football team and Little Brown Jug (college football trophy)
Minnesota Golden Gophers at Michigan Wolverines
Period 1 2 34Total
Minnesota 7 0 6013
Michigan 21 14 28063

at Michigan Stadium, Ann Arbor, Michigan

  • Date: October 24, 1992
  • Game attendance: 106,579
  • [6]
Game information

References

  1. ^ "1992 Minnesota Golden Gophers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 1, 2017.
  2. ^ Keiser, Jeff (2007), 2007 Media Guide (PDF), p. 180[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ Keiser, Jeff (2007), 2007 Media Guide (PDF), p. 182[permanent dead link]
  4. ^ a b c d e f Keiser, Jeff (2007), 2007 Media Guide (PDF), p. 181[permanent dead link]
  5. ^ Keiser, Jeff (2007), 2007 Media Guide (PDF), p. 160[permanent dead link]
  6. ^ Gainesville Sun. 1992 Oct 25. Retrieved 2019-Nov-24.
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