1992 New England Patriots season

1992 New England Patriots season
Owner	James Orthwein
Head coach	Dick MacPherson
Home stadium	Foxboro Stadium
Results
Record	2–14
Division place	5th AFC East
Playoffs	Did not qualify
All-Pros	None
Pro Bowlers	TE Marv Cook
Uniform
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The 1992 New England Patriots season was the team’s 33rd season overall and 23rd in the National Football League. It was the team’s second year with Dick MacPherson as head coach, but the team had its third owner in the last five seasons. Businessman Victor Kiam, who had purchased the team from its founders, the Sullivan family, in 1988, sold the team to advertising executive and Anheuser-Busch scion James Orthwein in the 1991–92 offseason. ^[1] Rumours Orthwein planned to move the Patriots from Foxborough were denied. ^[2]

The Patriots were looking to improve on their 6–10 record from the year before but instead regressed back to a 2–14 record, being affected by serious knee damage to mainstay offensive tackle Bruce Armstrong that caused him to miss the second half of the season. ^[3] However, an inept running game that did not score a rushing touchdown until the ninth game was the primary cause of the Patriots’ bad record. ^[3] They finished last in the AFC East and their record tied the Seattle Seahawks for the worst mark in the entire league. However, the Patriots finished in last place in the NFL because of their Week 3 loss to the Seahawks. The Patriots thus received the first pick in the subsequent draft.

Following the season, wholesale changes were made. MacPherson and his staff were fired ^[4] and Bill Parcells, who had last coached the New York Giants to victory in Super Bowl XXV, was brought in as his replacement. The 1992 team was also the last to play in the colors that the Patriots had played in since their founding, as the team adopted a new logo and a blue, silver, and red color scheme.

After the season, Gene Chilton decided he had played his final NFL game.

Offseason

1992 NFL draft

Main article: 1992 NFL draft

1992 New England Patriots Draft Selections

Round	Overall	Player	Position	College
1	13	Eugene Chung	Offensive Tackle	Virginia Tech
2	35	Rod Smith	Cornerback	Notre Dame
3	64	Todd Collins	Linebacker	Carson–Newman
3	71	Kevin Turner	Running back	Alabama
4	90	Dion Lambert	Cornerback	UCLA
4	93	Darren Anderson	Cornerback	Toledo
5	116	Dwayne Sabb	Linebacker	New Hampshire
6	165	Tracy Boyd	Guard	Elizabeth City State
6	142	Lawrence Hatch	Cornerback	Florida
7	176	Wayne Hawkins	Wide receiver	Southwest Minnesota State
7	194	Jim Gray	Defensive tackle	West Virginia
8	204	Scott Lockwood	Running back	USC
8	205	Sam Gash	Fullback	Penn State
9	232	David Dixon	Guard	Arizona State
10	261	Turner Baur	Tight end	Stanford
10	277	Steve Gordon	Center	California
11	288	Mike Petko	Linebacker	Nebraska
12	333	Freeman Baysinger	Wide receiver	Humboldt State

Undrafted free agents

1992 undrafted free agents of note

Player	Position	College
Waldy Clark	Cornerback	Boston College
Charles Esty	Guard	St. Lawrence
Al Golden	Tight end	Penn State
Greg Lahr	Tackle	Kentucky
William Price	Safety	Kansas State

Staff

1992 New England Patriots staff

Front office Chairman of the board – James Orthwein Vice chairman of the board – Michael O'Hallaron Chief executive officer – Sam Jankovich President – Fran Murray Vice president – Bucko Kilroy Vice president of administration – Patrick Forte Vice president of pro personnel and player assistance – Tom Bass Director of college scouting – Charley Armey Head coaches Head coach – Dick MacPherson Offensive coaches Offensive coordinator – Dick Coury Running backs – Bobby Grier Assistant running backs/assistant wide receivers – Joel Collier Wide receivers – Ivan Fears Offensive line – Rod Humenuik

Defensive coaches Defensive coordinator – Joe Collier Defensive line – Stan Jones Assistant defensive line/assistant special teams – Dave Uyrus Inside linebackers – Norm Gerber Outside linebackers – Myrel Moore Defensive backs – Charlie West Special teams coaches Special teams/tight ends – Dante Scarnecchia Strength and conditioning Strength and conditioning – Ian Pyka

Roster

1992 New England Patriots roster

Quarterbacks (QB) 17 Jeff Carlson 12 Lee Saltz Running backs (RB) 33 Sam Gash FB 40 Scott Lockwood 44 John Stephens 34 Kevin Turner FB 24 Jon Vaughn Wide receivers (WR) 80 Irving Fryar 86 Greg McMurtry 81 Walter Stanley 83 Michael Timpson Tight ends (TE) 87 Ben Coates 85 Marv Cook

Offensive linemen (OL) 74 Scott Bowles T 63 Gene Chilton C 69 Eugene Chung T 66 Steve Gordon C 77 Pat Harlow T 68 Calvin Stephens G 75 Larry Williams G Defensive linemen (DL) 92 Ray Agnew DE 98 Tim Edwards DE 91 Chris Gannon DE 72 Tim Goad NT 76 Fred Smerlas NT 96 Brent Williams DE

Linebackers (LB) 54 Todd Collins ILB 99 David Howard OLB 51 Eugene Lockhart ILB 58 Rob McGovern ILB 52 Johnny Rembert ILB 95 Dwayne Sabb OLB 55 Chris Singleton OLB 56 Andre Tippett OLB Defensive backs (DB) 47 Roger Brown FS 41 Tim Gordon SS 25 John Granby CB 36 Jerome Henderson FS 37 Maurice Hurst CB 28 Dion Lambert CB 27 David Pool CB 48 Randy Robbins S 22 Rod Smith CB Special teams (ST)  8 Charlie Baumann K 11 Shawn McCarthy P 71 Gregg Rakoczy LS

Practice squad 46 Al Golden TE 19 Wayne Hawkins WR 47 active, 11 inactive, 2 practice squadReserve 78 Bruce Armstrong T (IR) 59 Vincent Brown LB (IR) 88 Hart Lee Dykes WR (PUP) 60 Marion Hobby DE (IR) 13 Tommy Hodson QB (IR) 45 Ivy Joe Hunter FB (IR)  7 Hugh Millen QB (IR) 70 Reggie Redding G (IR) 32 Leonard Russell RB (IR) 53 Richard Tardits LB (IR) 16 Scott Zolak QB (IR) Rookies in italics

Regular season

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Venue	Attendance
1	Bye
2	September 13	at Los Angeles Rams	L 0–14	0–1	Anaheim Stadium	40,402
3	September 20	Seattle Seahawks	L 6–10	0–2	Foxboro Stadium	42,327
4	September 27	Buffalo Bills	L 7–41	0–3	Foxboro Stadium	52,527
5	October 4	at New York Jets	L 21–30	0–4	Giants Stadium	60,180
6	October 11	San Francisco 49ers	L 12–24	0–5	Foxboro Stadium	54,126
7	October 18	at Miami Dolphins	L 17–38	0–6	Joe Robbie Stadium	57,282
8	October 25	Cleveland Browns	L 17–19	0–7	Foxboro Stadium	32,219
9	November 1	at Buffalo Bills	L 7–16	0–8	Rich Stadium	78,268
10	November 8	New Orleans Saints	L 14–31	0–9	Foxboro Stadium	45,413
11	November 15	at Indianapolis Colts	W 37–34 (OT)	1–9	Hoosier Dome	42,631
12	November 22	New York Jets	W 24–3	2–9	Foxboro Stadium	27,642
13	November 29	at Atlanta Falcons	L 0–34	2–10	Georgia Dome	54,494
14	December 6	Indianapolis Colts	L 0–6	2–11	Foxboro Stadium	19,429
15	December 13	at Kansas City Chiefs	L 20–27	2–12	Arrowhead Stadium	52,208
16	December 20	at Cincinnati Bengals	L 10–20	2–13	Riverfront Stadium	45,355
17	December 27	Miami Dolphins	L 13–16 (OT)	2–14	Foxboro Stadium	34,726
Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.

Standings

AFC East
view talk edit	W	L	T	PCT	DIV	CONF	PF	PA	STK
(2) Miami Dolphins	11	5	0	.688	5–3	9–3	340	281	W3
(4) Buffalo Bills	11	5	0	.688	5–3	7–5	381	283	L1
Indianapolis Colts	9	7	0	.563	5–3	7–7	216	302	W5
New York Jets	4	12	0	.250	3–5	4–8	220	315	L3
New England Patriots	2	14	0	.125	2–6	2–10	205	363	L5

See also

• List of New England Patriots seasons

External links

• "1992 New England Patriots Statistics & Players". Pro-Football-Reference.com.

References

1. "Kiam Sells His Share of Patriots". Hartford Courant . Hartford, Connecticut. March 20, 1992. p. D9.
2. "Orthwein Agrees To Assume Kiam's Debt". Harford Courant. Hartford, Connecticut. March 20, 1992. p. D1.
3. Price, Terry (November 2, 1992). "Armstrong Probably Out for the Season: Pro Bowl Tackle Suffers Serious Knee Injury". Hartford Courant. Hartford, Connecticut.
4. "MacPherson Fired by Patriots". St. Cloud Times . St. Cloud, Minnesota. January 9, 1993. p. 19.