1992 Michigan Wolverines football team

1992 Michigan Wolverines football
Big Ten champion
Rose Bowl champion
Rose Bowl, W 38–31 vs. Washington
Conference Big Ten Conference
Ranking
Coaches No. 5
AP No. 5
1992 record 9–0–3 (6–0–2 Big Ten)
Head coach Gary Moeller (3rd year)
Defensive coordinator Lloyd Carr (6th year)
MVP Chris Hutchinson
Captain Corwin Brown
Captain Elvis Grbac
Captain Chris Hutchinson
Home stadium Michigan Stadium
(Capacity: 102,501)
1992 Big Ten football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
#5 Michigan $ 6 – 0 – 2     9 – 0 – 3
#18 Ohio State 5 – 2 – 1     8 – 3 – 1
Michigan State 5 – 3 – 0     5 – 6 – 0
Illinois 4 – 3 – 1     6 – 5 – 1
Iowa 4 – 4 – 0     5 – 7 – 0
Indiana 3 – 5 – 0     5 – 6 – 0
Wisconsin 3 – 5 – 0     5 – 6 – 0
Purdue 3 – 5 – 0     4 – 7 – 0
Northwestern 3 – 5 – 0     3 – 8 – 0
Minnesota 2 – 6 – 0     2 – 9 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1992 Michigan Wolverines football team represented the University of Michigan in the 1992 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team's head coach was Gary Moeller. The Wolverines played their home games at Michigan Stadium. The team went undefeated—albeit with three ties—and won its fifth consecutive Big Ten Conference championship.[1]

Schedule

Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result Attendance
September 12 2:30 p.m. at No. 3/3 Notre Dame* No. 6/5 Notre Dame Stadium • Notre Dame, IN (Rivalry) NBC T 17–17   59,075
September 19 12:30 p.m. Oklahoma State* No. 6/6 Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI ESPN W 35–3   104,253
September 26 3:30 p.m. Houston* No. 4/5 Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI ABC W 61–7   104,968
October 3 3:30 p.m. Iowa No. 4/4 Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI ABC W 52–28   106,132
October 10 1:00 p.m. Michigan State No. 3/3 Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI (Paul Bunyan Trophy) ABC W 35–10   106,788
October 17 3:30 p.m. at Indiana No. 3/3 Memorial Stadium • Bloomington, IN ABC W 31–3   51,735
October 24 1:00 p.m. Minnesotadagger No. 3/3 Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI (Little Brown Jug) MSC W 63–13   106,579
October 31 12:30 p.m. at Purdue No. 3/3 Ross–Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, IN ESPN W 24–17   37,218
November 7 12:30 p.m. at Northwestern No. 4/3 Dyche Stadium • Evanston, IL ESPN W 40–7   37,903
November 14 12:00 p.m. Illinois No. 3/3 Michigan Stadium • Ann Arbor, MI (Rivalry) ABC T 22–22   106,481
November 21 12:00 p.m. at No. 17/16 Ohio State No. 6/8 Ohio Stadium • Columbus, OH (Rivalry) ABC T 13–13   95,330
January 1, 1993 4:30 p.m. vs. No. 9/11 Washington* No. 7/7 Rose Bowl • Pasadena, CA (Rose Bowl) ABC W 38–31   94,236
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll / Coaches' Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Statistical achievements

Elvis Grbac established a Big Ten Conference career passing efficiency record that would stand for six seasons until it was surpassed by Joe Germaine.[2] Grbac successfully defended his passing efficiency NCAA Division I FBS championship.[3] On October 24, Derrick Alexander tied the conference single-game record with four touchdown receptions against Minnesota, becoming the fourth athlete to do so. The following season Minnesota's Omar Douglas broke the record with five.[2] No Wolverine has matched this feat.[4]

Tyrone Wheatley was the Big Ten rushing leader with 131.3 yards per conference game and 123.4 yards per game against all opponents.[5] Wheatley also led the conference in scoring (for the first of two consecutive season) with an average of 9.3 points per game in all games, although he trailed Michigan State's Craig Thomas in conference games.[6] Grbac led the conference in passing efficiency for the third consecutive year (157.9 efficiency in conference games and 150.2 in all games).[5]

The team led the Big Ten in rushing offense both in conference games (284.8 yards per game) and all games (268.1 yards per game).[7] It also led in passing efficiency for both conference games (148.3) and all games (148.1).[7] It was the conference leader in total offense both for conference games (463.0 yards per game) and all games (466.9 yards per game).[8] The Wolverines also led the Big Ten in scoring for conference games (35.0 points per game) and all games (35.9 points per game).[8]

The team led the conference in rushing defense for the third of four consecutive years (six times in the 1990s) for all games by holding opponents to 90.8 yards per game.[8] The team also led the conference for the second of five consecutive (six times in the 1990s) in rushing defense against conference opponents (78.6 yards per game).[8] The team led the conference in total defense for all games (305.3), while Ohio State led for conference games.[9] The team was led the conference in quarterback sacks for conference games (4.9 sacks per game) and all games (3.8 sacks per game).[10] It led the conference in net punting average for conference games (35.9 yards), while Wisconsin led for all games.[10]

The team extended the streak that set the conference record for most consecutive conference game wins (19) that stood until Ohio State eclipsed it in 2007. The team still holds the record for most consecutive conference road wins (17).[11]

Wheatley established the following school records: career rushing touchdowns (47), eclipsing Rick Leach's 16-year-old record of 34 and broken six years later by Anthony Thomas; single-season yards per carry (7.34, min 75 carries), eclipsing Bill Daley's 49-year-old record of 6.81 and still standing; single-game yards per carry (11.79 - October 3, min 15 carries), eclipsing Ron Johnson's 24-year-old record of 11.19 and eclipsed by his own 15.70 performance in the January 1, 1993 Rose Bowl, which is still unsurpassed.[12] On September 19 against Oklahoma State, Todd Collins set the school record for single-game pass completions (29), which would last until Tom Brady threw for 31 in 1998. That season, he set the current single-season pass completion record (65.3), surpassing Jim Harbaugh's 65.0 set in 1986 and tied by Elvis Grbac in 1991. Collins and Grbac posted the sixth and seventh four-touchdown pass single-game performance in school history. For Grbac who was the first with two the prior season, this was his third time (a current record). Grbac extended his own career touchdown record set the prior season to 71. John Navarre would reach 72 in 2003. Grbac also ended his career as the school record holder in pass attempts (835), surpassing Steve Smith's 648 set in 1983 and broken by Navarre in 2003; pass completions (522), eclipsing Harbaugh's 387 set in 1986 and broken by Navarre in 2003; completion percentage (62.5), eclipsing Harbaugh's 62.4 and broken by Collins in 1994; career passing efficiency (148.1), eclipsing Harbaugh's 145.6 and still unbroken; passing yards (6460), eclipsing Harbaugh's career yardage record of 5449, but Navarre would eclipse this record in 2003; career 150-yard passing games (23) eclipsing Harbaugh's 19, tied by Collins in 1994 and eclipsed by Navarre in 2003.[13]

Game notes

Iowa

Northwestern

1 234Total
• Michigan 21 937 40
Northwestern 7 000 7
  • Source:

Rose Bowl

Awards and honors

The 1992 team honored at Michigan Stadium on the occasion of its 20-year reunion in 2012.

The individuals in the sections below earned recognition for meritorious performances.[15][16]

National

Conference

Team

Coaching staff

References

  1. ↑ "Big Ten Conference Football Full Media Guide". CBS Interactive/Big Ten Conference. January 5, 2009. p. 68. Retrieved July 10, 2010.
  2. 1 2 "Big Ten Conference Football Full Media Guide". CBS Interactive/Big Ten Conference. January 5, 2010. p. 39. Retrieved July 8, 2010.
  3. ↑ "2009 Division I Football Records Book: Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) Records" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association. p. 43. Retrieved July 9, 2010.
  4. ↑ "Record Book" (PDF). CBS Interactive. January 5, 2009. pp. 124–125. Retrieved July 10, 2010.
  5. 1 2 "Big Ten Conference Football Full Media Guide". CBS Interactive/Big Ten Conference. January 5, 2010. pp. 51–2. Retrieved July 8, 2010.
  6. ↑ "Big Ten Conference Football Full Media Guide". CBS Interactive/Big Ten Conference. January 5, 2010. pp. 53–4. Retrieved July 8, 2010.
  7. 1 2 "Big Ten Conference Football Full Media Guide". CBS Interactive/Big Ten Conference. January 5, 2010. p. 55. Retrieved July 8, 2010.
  8. 1 2 3 4 "Big Ten Conference Football Full Media Guide". CBS Interactive/Big Ten Conference. January 5, 2010. p. 56. Retrieved July 8, 2010.
  9. ↑ "Big Ten Conference Football Full Media Guide". CBS Interactive/Big Ten Conference. January 5, 2010. p. 57. Retrieved July 8, 2010.
  10. 1 2 "Big Ten Conference Football Full Media Guide". CBS Interactive/Big Ten Conference. January 5, 2010. p. 58. Retrieved July 8, 2010.
  11. ↑ "Big Ten Conference Football Full Media Guide". CBS Interactive/Big Ten Conference. January 5, 2010. p. 63. Retrieved July 8, 2010.
  12. ↑ "Record Book" (PDF). CBS Interactive. January 5, 2009. p. 114. Retrieved July 10, 2010.
  13. ↑ "Record Book" (PDF). CBS Interactive. January 5, 2009. pp. 120–123. Retrieved July 10, 2010.
  14. 1 2 University of Michigan Football Record Book Pt. 1
  15. ↑ "1992 Football Team". The Regents of the University of Michigan. April 9, 2007. Retrieved July 8, 2010.
  16. ↑ "Big Ten Conference Football Full Media Guide". CBS Interactive/Big Ten Conference. January 5, 2010. pp. 70–82. Retrieved July 8, 2010.
  17. ↑ "Michigan's Academic All-Americans". CBS Interactive. Retrieved July 10, 2010.

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