1992 Cincinnati Bengals season

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1992 Cincinnati Bengals season
Owner Mike Brown
Head coach Dave Shula
Home stadium Riverfront Stadium
Results
Record5–11
Division place4th AFC Central
PlayoffsDid not qualify
Pro Bowlers RB Harold Green

The 1992 Cincinnati Bengals season was the team's 25th year in professional football and its 23rd with the National Football League (NFL). They finished the year with five wins and 11 losses, and did not qualify for the playoffs. The Bengals, who were then owned by Mike Brown, the son of coach Paul Brown, now turned to the son of another coach to lead the team on the field when he hired assistant Dave Shula to assume the head coaching reins. The Bengals selected University of Houston quarterback David Klingler in the first round of the 1992 NFL Draft. The younger Shula got off to a good start as the Bengals won their first two games, but then lost its next five games, on the way to a five-win season. Wide receiver Carl Pickens, a second-round selection out of the University of Tennessee, earned Offensive Rookie of the Year honors. Following the season, perennial all-pro offensive tackle Anthony Muñoz retired, as the Bengals moved in a new direction by trading quarterback Boomer Esiason to the New York Jets. [1]

Contents

Offseason

NFL Draft

1992 Cincinnati Bengals draft
RoundPickPlayerPositionCollegeNotes
16 David Klingler   Quarterback Houston
128 Darryl Williams  *  Defensive back Miami (FL)
231 Carl Pickens  *  Wide receiver Tennessee
384 Leonard Wheeler  Defensive back Troy State
488 Ricardo McDonald   Linebacker Pittsburgh
5115 Craig Thompson   Tight end North Carolina A&T
6142Chris Burns  Defensive tackle Middle Tennessee State
7172 Lance Olberding   Offensive tackle Iowa
8199 Roosevelt Nix   Defensive end Central State (OH)
9226 Ostell Miles   Running back Houston
10256Horace Smith Defensive back Oregon Tech
11283 John Earle  Offensive tackle Western Illinois
12310 Eric Shaw  Linebacker Louisiana Tech
      Made roster    *   Made at least one Pro Bowl during career

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Personnel

Staff

1992 Cincinnati Bengals staff

Front office

  • President – John Sawyer
  • Vice President/General Manager – Mike Brown
  • Director of Player Personnel – Pete Brown

Head coaches

Offensive coaches

Defensive coaches

Special teams coaches

  • Special Teams – Marv Braden

Strength and conditioning

  • Strength – Kim Wood

Roster

1992 Cincinnati Bengals roster
Quarterbacks (QB)

Running backs (RB)

Wide receivers (WR)

Tight ends (TE)

Offensive linemen (OL)

Defensive linemen (DL)

Linebackers (LB)

Defensive backs (DB)

Special teams (ST)

Practice squad

47 active, 13 inactive, 2 practice squadReserve


Rookies in italics

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Regular season

Schedule

WeekDateOpponentResultRecordVenueRecap
1September 6at Seattle Seahawks W 21–31–0 Kingdome Recap
2September 13 Los Angeles Raiders W 24–21 (OT)2–0 Riverfront Stadium Recap
3September 20at Green Bay Packers L 23–242–1 Lambeau Field Recap
4September 27 Minnesota Vikings L 7–422–2Riverfront Stadium Recap
5 Bye
6October 11 Houston Oilers L 24–382–3Riverfront Stadium Recap
7October 19at Pittsburgh Steelers L 0–202–4 Three Rivers Stadium Recap
8October 25at Houston Oilers L 10–262–5 Houston Astrodome Recap
9November 1 Cleveland Browns W 30–103–5Riverfront Stadium Recap
10November 8at Chicago Bears W 31–28 (OT)4–5 Soldier Field Recap
11November 15at New York Jets L 17–144–6 The Meadowlands Recap
12November 22 Detroit Lions L 13–194–7Riverfront Stadium Recap
13November 29 Pittsburgh Steelers L 9–214–8Riverfront Stadium Recap
14December 6at Cleveland Browns L 21–374–9 Cleveland Stadium Recap
15December 13at San Diego Chargers L 10–274–10 Jack Murphy Stadium Recap
16December 20 New England Patriots W 20–105–10Riverfront Stadium Recap
17December 27 Indianapolis Colts L 17–215–11Riverfront Stadium Recap

Game summaries

Week 3 at Packers

Week Three: Cincinnati Bengals (2–0) at Green Bay Packers (0–2)
Quarter1234Total
Bengals 0107623
Packers 0302124

at Lambeau Field, Green Bay, Wisconsin

Game information

Week 10

1234OTTotal
Bengals70147331
Bears71470028
  • Date: November 8
  • Location: Soldier Field, Chicago
  • Game start: 7:00 p.m.
  • Game attendance: 56,120
  • Game weather: 36 °F (2.2 °C); wind 10 miles per hour (16 km/h; 8.7 kn)

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Standings

AFC Central
WLTPCTDIVCONFPFPASTK
(1) Pittsburgh Steelers 1150.6885–110–2299225W1
(5) Houston Oilers 1060.6253–37–5352258W2
Cleveland Browns 790.4383–35–7272275L3
Cincinnati Bengals 5110.3131–54–8274364L1

Team leaders

Passing

PlayerAttCompYdsTDINTRating
Boomer Esiason 2781441407111557.0

Rushing

PlayerAttYdsYPCLongTD
Harold Green 26511704.4532
Derrick Fenner 1125004.5357

Receiving

PlayerRecYdsAvgLongTD
Harold Green 412145.2190
Tim McGee 3540811.7363
Jeff Query 1626516.6833

Defensive

PlayerTacklesSacksINTsFFFR
Tim Krumrie 974.0021
Alfred Williams 4410.0030
Darryl Williams 782.0421

Kicking and punting

PlayerFGAFGMFG%XPAXPMXP%Points
Jim Breech 271970.4%3131100.0%88
PlayerPuntsYardsLongBlkdAvg.
Lee Johnson 76319664042.1

Special teams

PlayerKRKRYardsKRAvgKRLongKRTDPRPRYardsPRAvgPRLongPRTD
Milt Stegall 2543017.2390000.000
Carl Pickens 000.0001822912.7951

Awards and records

All Rookies

Pro Bowl selections

Milestones

References

  1. Season summary and statistics at Sports E Cylclopedia
  2. "1992 Cincinnati Bengals draftees". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved January 28, 2014.
  3. "1992 Cincinnati Bengals starters and roster". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved November 1, 2014.
  4. Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2014-Apr-07.
  5. "Harold Green Stats, News and Video - RB".