1992 Cincinnati Bengals season

1992 Cincinnati Bengals season
Owner	Mike Brown
Head coach	Dave Shula
Home stadium	Riverfront Stadium
Results
Record	5–11
Division place	4th AFC Central
Playoffs	Did not qualify
Pro Bowlers	RB Harold Green
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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]

Offseason

NFL Draft

Main article: 1992 NFL Draft

1992 Cincinnati Bengals draft
Round	Pick	Player	Position	College	Notes
1	6	David Klingler	Quarterback	Houston
1	28	Darryl Williams  *	Defensive back	Miami (FL)
2	31	Carl Pickens  *	Wide receiver	Tennessee
3	84	Leonard Wheeler	Defensive back	Troy State
4	88	Ricardo McDonald	Linebacker	Pittsburgh
5	115	Craig Thompson	Tight end	North Carolina A&T
6	142	Chris Burns	Defensive tackle	Middle Tennessee State
7	172	Lance Olberding	Offensive tackle	Iowa
8	199	Roosevelt Nix	Defensive end	Central State (OH)
9	226	Ostell Miles	Running back	Houston
10	256	Horace Smith	Defensive back	Oregon Tech
11	283	John Earle	Offensive tackle	Western Illinois
12	310	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 Head Coach – Dave Shula Offensive coaches Quarterbacks – Dana Bible Running Backs – Jim Anderson Wide Receivers – Richard Williamson Tight Ends – Mike Pope Offensive Line – Jim McNally

Defensive coaches Defensive Coordinator – Ron Lynn Defensive Line – Bob Karmelowicz Linebackers – Mike Haluchak Defensive Backs – Ron Meeks Special teams coaches Special Teams – Marv Braden Strength and conditioning Strength – Kim Wood

Roster

1992 Cincinnati Bengals roster

Quarterbacks (QB)  7 Boomer Esiason 12 Donald Hollas 15 David Klingler Running backs (RB) 42 Eric Ball FB 44 Derrick Fenner 28 Harold Green 36 Ostell Miles Wide receivers (WR) 85 Tim McGee 80 Carl Pickens 88 Reggie Rembert 84 Milt Stegall 83 Elbert Turner Tight ends (TE) 82 Rodney Holman 49 Jeff Thomason 48 Craig Thompson

Offensive linemen (OL) 65 Mike Arthur C 64 Bruce Kozerski G 62 Jon Melander G 78 Anthony Muñoz T 61 Thomas Rayam G 77 Kevin Sargent T 76 Kirk Scrafford G 63 Joe Walter T 60 Mike Withycombe C Defensive linemen (DL) 97 Mike Frier DE 69 Tim Krumrie NT 99 Alonzo Mitz DE 79 Lamar Rogers DE 98 Tony Savage NT

Linebackers (LB) 58 Alex Gordon OLB 56 Ricardo McDonald ILB 52 Gary Reasons ILB 90 Eric Shaw ILB 96 Danny Stubbs OLB 51 Brian Townsend OLB 94 Alfred Williams OLB Defensive backs (DB) 27 Barney Bussey SS 29 Rickey Dixon FS 33 David Fulcher SS 25 Rod Jones CB 32 Mitchell Price CB 22 Eric Thomas CB 37 Leonard Wheeler CB 31 Darryl Williams FS Special teams (ST)  3 Jim Breech K 11 Lee Johnson P 55 Randy Kirk LS

Practice squad 38 Mike Dingle RB 26 Richard Isaiah WR 47 active, 13 inactive, 2 practice squadReserve 57 Ray Bentley LB (IR) 81 Eddie Brown WR (NF-Inj.) 50 James Francis LB (IR) 35 Shane Garrett WR (IR) -- Adrian Jones CB (IR) -- Tom Ladd T (IR) 73 Ken Moyer G (IR) 95 Roosevelt Nix DE (IR) 89 Jeff Query WR (IR) 87 Jim Riggs TE (IR) -- Horace Smith CB (NF-Inj.) 34 Fernandus Vinson S (IR) 59 Kevin Walker ILB (IR) Rookies in italics

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Regular season

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Venue	Recap
1	September 6	at Seattle Seahawks	W 21–3	1–0	Kingdome	Recap
2	September 13	Los Angeles Raiders	W 24–21 (OT)	2–0	Riverfront Stadium	Recap
3	September 20	at Green Bay Packers	L 23–24	2–1	Lambeau Field	Recap
4	September 27	Minnesota Vikings	L 7–42	2–2	Riverfront Stadium	Recap
5	Bye
6	October 11	Houston Oilers	L 24–38	2–3	Riverfront Stadium	Recap
7	October 19	at Pittsburgh Steelers	L 0–20	2–4	Three Rivers Stadium	Recap
8	October 25	at Houston Oilers	L 10–26	2–5	Houston Astrodome	Recap
9	November 1	Cleveland Browns	W 30–10	3–5	Riverfront Stadium	Recap
10	November 8	at Chicago Bears	W 31–28 (OT)	4–5	Soldier Field	Recap
11	November 15	at New York Jets	L 17–14	4–6	The Meadowlands	Recap
12	November 22	Detroit Lions	L 13–19	4–7	Riverfront Stadium	Recap
13	November 29	Pittsburgh Steelers	L 9–21	4–8	Riverfront Stadium	Recap
14	December 6	at Cleveland Browns	L 21–37	4–9	Cleveland Stadium	Recap
15	December 13	at San Diego Chargers	L 10–27	4–10	Jack Murphy Stadium	Recap
16	December 20	New England Patriots	W 20–10	5–10	Riverfront Stadium	Recap
17	December 27	Indianapolis Colts	L 17–21	5–11	Riverfront Stadium	Recap

Game summaries

Week 3 at Packers

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

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Bengals	0	10	7	6	23
Packers	0	3	0	21	24

at Lambeau Field, Green Bay, Wisconsin

• Date: September 20
• Game time: 12:00 p.m. CST
• Game weather: Clear, 56 °F (13 °C)
• Game attendance: 57,272
• Referee: Dick Hantak
• TV announcers (NBC): Jim Lampley and Ahmad Rashad
• Box Score, Box Score

Game information

First quarter No scoring Second quarter CIN – Jim Breech 20-yard field goal, 9:44. Bengals 3–0. CIN – Carl Pickens 95-yard punt return (Jim Breech kick), 6:55. Bengals 10–0. GB – Chris Jacke 37-yard field goal, 0:36. Bengals 10–3. Third quarter CIN – Eric Ball 17-yard pass from Boomer Esiason (Jim Breech kick), 2:21. Bengals 17–3. Fourth quarter GB – Terrell Buckley 58-yard punt return (Chris Jacke kick), 12:43. Bengals 17–10. GB – Sterling Sharpe 5-yard pass from Brett Favre (Chris Jacke kick), 10:49. Tie 17–17. CIN – Jim Breech 34-yard field goal, 8:05. Bengals 20–17. CIN – Jim Breech 41-yard field goal, 2:07. Bengals 23–17. GB – Kitrick Taylor 35-yard pass from Brett Favre (Chris Jacke kick), 0:13. Packers 24–23. Top passers CIN – Boomer Esiason – 11/23, 128 yards, TD, 2 INT GB – Brett Favre – 22/39, 289 yards, 2 TD Top rushers CIN – Harold Green – 21 rushes, 101 yards GB – Vince Workman – 14 rushes, 50 yards Top receivers CIN – Tim McGee – 3 receptions, 43 yards GB – Sterling Sharpe – 7 receptions, 109 yards, TD

Week 10

1 2 3 4 OT Total • Bengals 7 0 14 7 3 31 Bears 7 14 7 0 0 28 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)

Scoring summary Q1 CIN Derrick Fenner 2 yard run (Jim Breech kick) CIN 7–0 Q1 CHI Darren Lewis 15 yard run (Kevin Butler kick) Tie 7–7 Q2 CHI Anthony Morgan 46 yard pass from Jim Harbaugh (Kevin Butler kick) CHI 14–7 Q2 CHI Mark Green 1 yard run (Kevin Butler kick) CHI 21–7 Q3 CIN Eric Ball 35 yard pass from Boomer Esiason (Jim Breech kick) CHI 21–14 Q3 CHI Darren Lewis 97 yard kickoff return (Kevin Butler kick) CHI 28–14 Q3 CIN Craig Thompson 1 yard pass from Boomer Esiason (Jim Breech kick) CHI 28–21 Q4 CIN Carl Pickens 23 yard pass from Boomer Esiason (Jim Breech kick) Tie 28–28 OT CIN Jim Breech 36 yard field goal CIN 31–28

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Standings

AFC Central
view talk edit	W	L	T	PCT	DIV	CONF	PF	PA	STK
(1) Pittsburgh Steelers	11	5	0	.688	5–1	10–2	299	225	W1
(5) Houston Oilers	10	6	0	.625	3–3	7–5	352	258	W2
Cleveland Browns	7	9	0	.438	3–3	5–7	272	275	L3
Cincinnati Bengals	5	11	0	.313	1–5	4–8	274	364	L1

Team leaders

Passing

Player	Att	Comp	Yds	TD	INT	Rating
Boomer Esiason	278	144	1407	11	15	57.0

Rushing

Player	Att	Yds	YPC	Long	TD
Harold Green	265	1170	4.4	53	2
Derrick Fenner	112	500	4.5	35	7

Receiving

Player	Rec	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
Harold Green	41	214	5.2	19	0
Tim McGee	35	408	11.7	36	3
Jeff Query	16	265	16.6	83	3

Defensive

Player	Tackles	Sacks	INTs	FF	FR
Tim Krumrie	97	4.0	0	2	1
Alfred Williams	44	10.0	0	3	0
Darryl Williams	78	2.0	4	2	1

Kicking and punting

Player	FGA	FGM	FG%	XPA	XPM	XP%	Points
Jim Breech	27	19	70.4%	31	31	100.0%	88

Player	Punts	Yards	Long	Blkd	Avg.
Lee Johnson	76	3196	64	0	42.1

Special teams

Player	KR	KRYards	KRAvg	KRLong	KRTD	PR	PRYards	PRAvg	PRLong	PRTD
Milt Stegall	25	430	17.2	39	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
Carl Pickens	0	0	0.0	0	0	18	229	12.7	95	1

Awards and records

All Rookies

• David Klingler, QB, PFWA All-Rookie Team
• Ricardo McDonald, ILB, PFWA All-Rookie Team
• Carl Pickens, WR, PFWA All-Rookie Team

Pro Bowl selections

• Harold Green RB, AFC Pro-Bowl Selection

Milestones

• Harold Green, 1st 1,000-yard season (1,170 yards) ^[5]

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".

External links

• Official website
• 1992 Cincinnati Bengals at Pro-Football-Reference.com