1992 WPI Engineers football team

1992 WPI Engineers football
FFC champion
Conference	Freedom Football Conference
Record	9–2 (5–0 FFC)
Head coach	Jack Siedlecki (5th season)
Home stadium	Alumni Stadium
Seasons ← 1991 1993 →

1992 Freedom Football Conference standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
WPI $^	5	–	0	–	0			9	–	2	–	0
Merchant Marine	4	–	1	–	0			7	–	1	–	1
Plymouth State	4	–	1	–	1			4	–	4	–	1
UMass Lowell	2	–	3	–	1			4	–	4	–	1
Stony Brook	2	–	3	–	0			5	–	5	–	0
Norwich	2	–	4	–	0			3	–	6	–	0
Western Connecticut	2	–	4	–	0			2	–	8	–	0
Coast Guard	1	–	6	–	0			1	–	8	–	0
$ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant

The 1992 WPI Engineers football team represented Worcester Polytechnic Institute in the 1992 NCAA Division III football season. ^[1] It marked the Engineers' 103rd overall season and the team played its home games in Worcester, Massachusetts. They were led by fifth-year head coach Jack Siedlecki. They were a member of the Freedom Football Conference (FFC). The Engineers finished the season 9–2 and earned the school's first-ever bid to the NCAA Division III Football Championship playoffs. ^[2]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance
September 11	Worcester State *		Alumni Stadium Worcester, MA	W 56–0	3,208
September 19	Union *	No. 1	Alumni Stadium Worcester, MA	L 20–34	3,650
September 26	at UMass Lowell *	No. 1	Cawley Memorial Stadium Lowell, MA	W 13–9	631
October 3	at RPI *	No. 1	'86 Field Troy, NY (Transit Trophy Game)	W 28–14	1,400
October 10	at Norwich	No. 1	Sabine Field Northfield, VT	W 56–6	2,467
October 17	at Merchant Marine	No. 1	Kings Point, NY	W 17–15	2,447
October 24	Randolph–Macon *	No. 1	Alumni Stadium Worcester, MA	W 45–7	812
October 31	at Ursinus *	No. 1	Patterson Field Collegeville, PA	W 24–10	823
November 7	Coast Guard	No. 1	Alumni Stadium Worcester, MA	W 28–10	600
November 14	at Plymouth State	No. 1	Plymouth, NH	W 43–20	987
November 21	Rowan *		Division III Regional Playoff Game Glassboro, NJ	L 14–41
*Non-conference game Rankings from New England Region poll released prior to the game

Schedule Source: ^[1]

Awards and honors

Weekly awards

Freedom Football Conference Offensive Player of the Week

• Dave Ceppetelli - Week of September 13, 1992 ^[3]

Freedom Football Conference Offensive Player of the Week

• Peter Perivolarakis - Week of September 13, 1992 ^[3]

Annual awards

Freedom Football Conference Rookie of the Year

• Ernie Ansah ^[4]

References

1. "Final 1992 Division III Cumulative Football Statistics Report - Worcester Polytechnic Institute" (PDF). athletics.wpi.edu.
2. Toland, Jennifer (September 26, 2017). "Jennifer Toland: 25 years later, WPI to celebrate sports triumvirate". telegram.com. Retrieved October 2, 2017.
3. The Students of Worcester Polytechnic Institute, "Newspeak Volume 20, Issue 18, September 22, 1992" (1992). Newspeak All Issues. 479. http://digitalcommons.wpi.edu/newspeak/479
4. "- Ernie Ansah '96 - WPI Hall of Fame - Class of 2010 - WPI Athletics - WPI Athletics". athletics.wpi.edu. Retrieved October 2, 2017.