1992 Carleton Knights football team

1992 Carleton Knights football
MIAC champion
ConferenceMinnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
Record9–2 (8–1 MIAC)
Head coach
Defensive coordinatorGerald Young (1st season)
Home stadiumLaird Stadium
Seasons
← 1991
1993 →
1992 Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Carleton $^ 8 1 0 9 2 0
Saint John's (MN) 7 1 1 8 1 1
Concordia–Moorhead 6 2 1 7 2 1
Hamline 5 4 0 6 4 0
Bethel (MN) 5 4 0 5 5 0
Gustavus Adolphus 4 5 0 4 6 0
St. Olaf 4 5 0 4 6 0
St. Thomas (MN) 3 6 0 3 7 0
Augsburg 2 7 0 3 7 0
Macalester 0 9 0 0 10 0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant

The 1992 Carleton Knights football team represented Carleton College in the 1992 NCAA Division III football season. Bob Sullivan returned as the head coach, and Gerald Young was hired as the team's new defensive coordinator. The team compiled a 9–1 record and won the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC) championship,[1] but lost to the Central Dutch in the first round of the NCAA Division III playoffs.

The Knights had 19 players return from the 1991 season, with Scott Hanks moving from running back to tight end.[2]

The team scored 287 points (including 34 touchdowns and eight field goals) and totaled 3,757 yards of total offense in 10 regular season games, consisting of 1,732 rushing yards and 2,025 passing yards. It totaled 4,892 all-purpose yards. On defense, the team totaled a school record 1,034 tackles, including 107 tackles for loss. It also recorded 41 quarterback sacks and 17 interceptions for a school record 288 interception return yards.[3]

  1. ^ "1992 MIAC Football Standings". Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference. Retrieved December 7, 2017.
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  3. ^ "Carleton Football Records" (PDF). Carleton College. Retrieved December 7, 2017.