1992 Western Illinois Leathernecks football team

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1992 Western Illinois Leathernecks football
Conference Gateway Football Conference
Record7–4 (4–2 GFC)
Head coach
Home stadium Hanson Field
Seasons
←  1991
1993 →
1992 Gateway Football Conference standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 3 Northern Iowa $^ 5 –1 –012 –2 –0
No. 20 Western Illinois 4 –2 –07 –4 –0
Southwest Missouri State 4 –2 –06 –5 –0
Eastern Illinois 2 –4 –05 –6 –0
Illinois State 2 –4 –05 –6 –0
Indiana State 2 –4 –04 –7 –0
Southern Illinois 2 –4 –04 –7 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee poll

The 1992 Western Illinois Leathernecks football team represented Western Illinois University as a member of the Gateway Football Conference (GFC) during the 1992 NCAA Division I-AA football season. The team was led by third-year head coach Randy Ball and played their home games at Hanson Field in Macomb, Illinois. The Leathernecks finished the season with a 7–4 record overall and a 4–2 record in conference play.

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 5 Missouri Western State *
W 42–78,307 [1]
September 12at Sam Houston State *
L 14–19 [2]
September 19 Western Kentucky *
  • Hanson Field
  • Macomb, IL
W 31–306,230 [3]
September 26 UCF *
  • Hanson Field
  • Macomb, IL
L 22–359,764 [4]
October 3at No. 17 Southwest Missouri State
L 13–16 [5]
October 10at Southern Illinois
W 50–4213,000 [6]
October 17 Eastern Illinois
  • Hanson Field
  • Macomb, IL
W 28–24 [7]
October 24 Indiana State
  • Hanson Field
  • Macomb, IL
W 42–30 [8]
October 31 Illinois State
  • Hanson Field
  • Macomb, IL
W 37–94,621 [9]
November 7 Morgan State *
  • Hanson Field
  • Macomb, IL
W 63–133,127 [10]
November 14at No. 4 Northern Iowa No. 19
L 6–3714,552 [11]

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The 2002 Western Illinois Leathernecks football team represented Western Illinois University as a member of the Gateway Football Conference during the 2002 NCAA Division I-AA football season. They were led by fourth-year head coach Don Patterson and played their home games at Hanson Field. The Leathernecks finished the season with an 11–2 record overall and a 6–1 record in conference play, making them conference co-champions. The team received an automatic bid to the NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship playoffs, where they defeated Eastern Illinois in the first round and lost to Western Kentucky in the quarterfinal. The team was ranked No. 5 in The Sports Network's postseason ranking of Division I-AA.

The 2000 Western Illinois Leathernecks football team represented Western Illinois University as a member of the Gateway Football Conference during the 2000 NCAA Division I-AA football season. They were led by second-year head coach Don Patterson and played their home games at Hanson Field. The Leathernecks finished the season with a 9–3 record overall and a 5–1 record in conference play, making them conference champions. The team received an automatic bid to the NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship playoffs, where they lost to Lehigh in the first round. The team was ranked No. 12 in The Sports Network's postseason ranking of Division I-AA.

The 1998 Western Illinois Leathernecks football team represented Western Illinois University as a member of the Gateway Football Conference during the 1998 NCAA Division I-AA football season. They were led by ninth-year head coach Randy Ball and played their home games at Hanson Field. The Leathernecks finished the season with an 11–3 record overall and a 5–1 record in conference play, making them conference champions. The team received an automatic bid to the NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship playoffs, where they defeated Montana and Florida A&M before losing to Georgia Southern in the semifinals. The team was ranked No. 4 in The Sports Network's postseason ranking of Division I-AA.

The 1997 Western Illinois Leathernecks football team represented Western Illinois University as a member of the Gateway Football Conference during the 1997 NCAA Division I-AA football season. They were led by eighth-year head coach Randy Ball and played their home games at Hanson Field. The Leathernecks finished the season with an 11–2 record overall and a 6–0 record in conference play, making them conference champions. The team received an automatic bid to the NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship playoffs, where they defeated Jackson State before losing to McNeese State in the quarterfinals.

The 1996 Western Illinois Leathernecks football team represented Western Illinois University as a member of the Gateway Football Conference during the 1996 NCAA Division I-AA football season. They were led by seventh-year head coach Randy Ball and played their home games at Hanson Field. The Leathernecks finished the season with a 9–3 record overall and a 3–2 record in conference play. The team received an at-large bid to the NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship playoffs, where they lost to Murray State in the first round.

The 1991 Western Illinois Leathernecks football team represented Western Illinois University as a member of the Gateway Collegiate Athletic Conference during the 1991 NCAA Division I-AA football season. They were led by second-year head coach Randy Ball and played their home games at Hanson Field. The Leathernecks finished the season with a 7–4–1 record overall and a 4–2 record in conference play. The team received an at-large bid to the NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship playoffs, where they lost to Marshall in the first round.

The 1988 Western Illinois Leathernecks football team represented Western Illinois University as a member of the Gateway Collegiate Athletic Conference during the 1988 NCAA Division I-AA football season. They were led by sixth-year head coach Bruce Craddock and played their home games at Hanson Field. The Leathernecks finished the season with a 10–1 record overall and a 6–0 record in conference play, making them the conference champions. Senior and 4-year starter Paul Singer was the Leathernecks' quarterback. He was selected to five All-American teams, as well as being a GTE and NCAA Academic All-American, the Conference Player of the Year, and the national Player of the Year runner-up. He held nearly every WIU passing and offensive record, as well as several conference records. The 10 wins were the most in the nearly 100-year history of WIU football.

The 1981 Western Illinois Leathernecks football team represented Western Illinois University as a member of the Association of Mid-Continent Universities during the 1981 NCAA Division I-AA football season. They were led by third-year head coach Pete Rodriguez and played their home games at Hanson Field. The Leathernecks finished the season with a 5–6 record overall and a 2–1 record in conference play, making them conference co-champions with Eastern Illinois and Northern Iowa.

The 1969 Western Illinois Leathernecks football team represented Western Illinois University as a member of the Interstate Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (IIAC) during the 1969 NCAA College Division football season. They were led by first-year head coach Darrell Mudra and played their home games at Hanson Field. The Leathernecks finished the season with a 8–2 record and a 3–0 record in conference play, winning the IIAC title.

The 1964 Western Illinois Leathernecks football team represented Western Illinois University as a member of the Interstate Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (IIAC) during the 1964 NCAA College Division football season. They were led by fifth-year head coach Art Dufelmeier and played their home games at Hanson Field. The Leathernecks finished the season with a 6–3 record overall and a 3–1 record in conference play, sharing the IIAC title with Northern Illinois.

The 1958 Western Illinois Leathernecks football team represented Western Illinois University as a member of the Interstate Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (IIAC) during the 1958 college football season. They were led by second-year head coach Lou Saban and played their home games at Hanson Field. The Leathernecks finished the season with a 6–1–1 record overall and a 5–1 record in conference play, winning the IIAC title.

The 1953 Western Illinois Leathernecks football team represented Western Illinois University as a member of the Interstate Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (IIAC) during the 1953 college football season. They were led by fifth-year head coach Vince DiFrancesca and played their home games at Hanson Field. The Leathernecks finished the season with a 8–2 record overall and a 5–1 record in conference play, placing second in the IIAC. They were invited to the postseason Corn Bowl, where they defeated Iowa Wesleyan 32–0.

The 2005 Western Illinois Leathernecks football team represented Western Illinois University as a member of the Gateway Football Conference during the 2005 NCAA Division I-AA football season. They were led by seventh-year head coach Don Patterson and played their home games at Hanson Field in Macomb, Illinois. The Leathernecks finished the season with a 5–6 record overall and a 3–4 record in conference play.

The 2007 Western Illinois Leathernecks football team represented Western Illinois University as a member of the Gateway Football Conference during the 2007 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by ninth-year head coach Don Patterson and played their home games at Hanson Field in Macomb, Illinois. The Leathernecks finished the season with a 6–5 record overall and a 3–3 record in conference play, tying for third place in the Gateway.

The 2001 Western Illinois Leathernecks football team represented Western Illinois University as a member of the Gateway Football Conference during the 2001 NCAA Division I-AA football season. They were led by third-year head coach Don Patterson and played their home games at Hanson Field in Macomb, Illinois. The Leathernecks finished the season with a 5–5 record overall and a 4–3 record in conference play. Western Illinois played a ten-game schedule instead of the typical eleven-game schedule in Division I-AA, as they were unable to schedule an eleventh opponent before the season began.

The 1954 Western Illinois Leathernecks football team represented Western Illinois University as a member of the Interstate Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (IIAC) during the 1954 college football season. They were led by first-year head coach Wes Stevens and played their home games at Hanson Field. The Leathernecks finished the season with a 6–1–3 record overall and a 3–1–2 record in conference play, placing third in the IIAC.

The 1984 Western Illinois Leathernecks football team represented Western Illinois University as a member of the Association of Mid-Continent Universities (Mid-Con) during the 1984 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Led by second-year head coach Bruce Craddock, the Leathernecks compiled an overall record of 6–4–1, with a mark of 0–2–1 in conference play, and finished fourth in the Mid-Con.

The 1986 Western Illinois Leathernecks football team represented Western Illinois University as a member of the Gateway Collegiate Athletic Conference (GCAC) during the 1986 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Led by fourth-year head coach Bruce Craddock, the Leathernecks compiled an overall record of 6–5, with a mark of 2–4 in conference play, and finished fifth in the GCAC. The Leathernecks were led by senior All-American center Frank Winters, senior All- American defensive lineman Todd Auer, and sophomore quarterback Paul Singer, who was 6 -2 as the starter and led the Leathernecks in passing for the second consecutive season. All - conference receiver Albert Brown led the Leathernecks in receiving yards.

The 1990 Western Illinois Leathernecks football team represented Western Illinois University as a member of the Gateway Collegiate Athletic Conference (GCAC) during the 1990 NCAA Division I-AA football season. The team was led by first-year head coach Randy Ball and played their home games at Hanson Field in Macomb, Illinois. The Leathernecks finished the season with a 3–8 record overall and a 3–3 record in conference play.

The 1992 Illinois State Redbirds football team represented Illinois State University as a member of the Gateway Football Conference (GFC) during the 1992 NCAA Division I-AA football season. In their fifth year under head coach Jim Heacock, the Redbirds compiled an overall record of 5–6, with a mark of 2–4 in conference play, and finished tied for fourth in the GFC. Illinois State played home games at Hancock Stadium in Normal, Illinois.

References

  1. ↑ "Good news: Griffs lose, but no one injured". St. Joseph News-Press. September 6, 1992. Retrieved January 24, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
  2. ↑ "Sam Houston 19, Western 14". The Pantagraph. September 13, 1992. Retrieved January 24, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
  3. ↑ "Western falls 31–30 when late kick fails". The Courier-Journal. September 20, 1992. Retrieved January 24, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ "UCF stymies W. Illinois". Florida Today. September 27, 1992. Retrieved January 24, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ "Southwest Missouri State 16, Western Illinois 13". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. October 4, 1992. Retrieved January 24, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
  6. ↑ "WIU wins wild one, 50–42". Southern Illinoisan. October 11, 1992. Retrieved January 24, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
  7. ↑ "Western slips by Eastern". Herald and Review. October 18, 1992. Retrieved January 24, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
  8. ↑ "Western Illinois tops Indiana State". The Pantagraph. October 25, 1992. Retrieved January 24, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
  9. ↑ "W. Illinois 37, Illinois St. 9". The Courier. November 1, 1992. Retrieved January 24, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
  10. ↑ "Western Illinois hands Morgan State its fifth straight loss, 63–13". The Baltimore Sun. November 8, 1992. Retrieved January 24, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
  11. ↑ "After loss, Panthers dominate W. Illinois". The Des Moines Register. November 15, 1992. Retrieved January 24, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
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