1992 UCF Knights football team

1992 UCF Knights football
Conference Independent
1992 record 74
Head coach Gene McDowell (8th season)
Home stadium Citrus Bowl
1992 NCAA Division I-AA independents football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
#13 William & Mary 0 0 0  9 2 0
#7 Youngstown State ^ 0 0 0  9 2 1
#9 Samford ^ 0 0 0  9 3 0
#19 Liberty 0 0 0  7 4 0
UCF 0 0 0  6 4 0
Northeastern 0 0 0  5 5 1
Towson 0 0 0  5 5 0
Hofstra 0 0 0  4 6 0
Western Kentucky 0 0 0  4 6 0
James Madison 0 0 0  4 7 0
  • ^ Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from The Sports Network poll

The 1992 UCF Knights football season was the eighth for Gene McDowell as the head coach of the Knights. McDowell's 1992 team posted 74 overall record.[1] During the 1992 season, Dr. John Hitt, UCF's fourth president, announced that the program would make the move to Division I-A (FBS) in 1996.[1]

On October 3, the school made history by becoming the first team to play a team from Russia on American soil. The Knights played an exhibition game against the Moscow Bears of the Russian League of American Football. The Knights prevailed by the score of 42-6 in front of 5,412 at the Citrus Bowl.

Schedule

The Citrus Bowl, the Knights home field.
Date Opponent Site Result Attendance
September 5 Gardner–Webb Citrus BowlOrlando, Florida W 7121   10,286
September 12 Bethune–Cookman Citrus Bowl • Orlando, Florida W 283   12,075
September 19 Troy Citrus Bowl • Orlando, Florida L 1620   7,755
September 26 at Western Illinois Hanson FieldMacomb, Illinois W 3522   9,764
October 3 Moscow (Russia) Citrus Bowl • Orlando, Florida (Exhibition Game) W 436   5,412
October 17 Nicholls State Citrus Bowl • Orlando, Florida W 4218   8,087
October 24 at Western Kentucky L. T. Smith StadiumBowling Green, Kentucky L 3650   10,589
October 31 at Liberty Williams StadiumLynchburg, Virginia L 2831   8,100
November 7 Buffalo Citrus Bowl • Orlando, Florida W 6321   9,067
November 14 James Madison Citrus Bowl • Orlando, Florida W 4137   6,681
November 21 at Samford Seibert StadiumBirmingham, Alabama L 1320   4,987
All times are in Eastern Time.

References

  1. 1 2 "Division I-AA Football Comes to Orlando: Part 5 of 8 – The History of UCF Football". University of Central Florida Athletics Association. 2007-07-18. Retrieved 2012-06-05.
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