1992 Sonoma State Cossacks football team

1992 Sonoma State Cossacks football
Conference	Northern California Athletic Conference
Record	7–3 (3–2 NCAC)
Head coach	Tim Walsh (4th season)
Home stadium	Cossacks Stadium
Seasons ←  1991 1993  →

1992 Northern California Athletic Conference football standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 7 UC Davis $^	5	–	0	–	0			8	–	2	–	1
Sonoma State	3	–	2	–	0			7	–	3	–	0
Humboldt State	3	–	2	–	0			7	–	4	–	0
Cal State Hayward	3	–	2	–	0			5	–	5	–	0
San Francisco State	1	–	4	–	0			2	–	7	–	0
Chico State	0	–	5	–	0			1	–	9	–	0
$ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division II playoff participant Rankings from NCAA Division II Football Committee poll

The 1992 Sonoma State Cossacks football team represented Sonoma State University as a member of the Northern California Athletic Conference (NCAC) during the 1992 NCAA Division II football season. Led by Tim Walsh in his fourth and final season as head coach, Sonoma State compiled an overall record of 7–3 with a mark of 3–2 in conference play, tying for second place in the NCAC. The team outscored its opponents 296 to 266 for the season. The Cossacks played home games at Cossacks Stadium ^{[note 1]} in Rohnert Park, California.

Walsh finished his tenure at Sonoma State with an overall record of 27–14, for a .659 winning percentage. He was the most successful coach in the history of the Sonoma State Cossacks football program, with more wins and a higher winning percentage than any other coach.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 12	at Santa Clara *		Buck Shaw Stadium Santa Clara, CA	W 27–7	1,100
September 19	at Eastern Washington *	No. 18	Woodward Field Cheney, WA	L 14–45	4,013	[1]
September 26	No. 6 Portland State *		Cossacks Stadium Rohnert Park, CA	W 37–27	2,143
October 3	at Cal Poly *	No. 16	Mustang Stadium San Luis Obispo, CA	W 36–35	4,170
October 10	at Saint Mary's *	No. 9	Saint Mary's Stadium Moraga, CA	W 26–21	4,120
October 17	at UC Davis	No. 7	Toomey Field Davis, CA	L 38–41	7,800–8,000	[2]
October 24	Cal State Hayward		Cossacks Stadium Rohnert Park, CA	W 37–20	1,096–2,500	[3]
October 31	Humboldt State		Cossacks Stadium Rohnert Park, CA	L 7–19	921	[4]
November 7	at Chico State		University Stadium Chico, CA	W 41–23	1,443
November 14	San Francisco State		Cossacks Stadium Rohnert Park, CA	W 33–28	871
*Non-conference game Rankings from NCAA Division II Football Committee Poll released prior to the game

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Notes

1. Cossacks Stadium was renamed in 2002 to Seawolf Stadium when the University changed the name of the mascot to Seawolves.

References

1. "SSU suffers shock". The Press Democrat. September 20, 1992. Retrieved April 14, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
2. "Final 1992 Division II Cumulative Football Statistics Report". National Collegiate Athletic Association . Retrieved May 14, 2022.
3. "Final 1992 Division II Cumulative Football Statistics Report". National Collegiate Athletic Association . Retrieved May 16, 2022.
4. Ralph Leef (November 1, 1992). "Humboldt stuns Cossacks, 19-7". The Press Democrat. Santa Rosa, California. p. 29. Retrieved March 11, 2018– via Newspapers.com.
5. "Final 1992 Division II Cumulative Football Statistics Report". National Collegiate Athletic Association . Retrieved May 18, 2022.
6. "Sonoma State Football - 1992" . Retrieved November 14, 2017.