1992 Youngstown State Penguins football team

1992 Youngstown State Penguins football
NCAA Division I-AA runner up
ConferenceIndependent
Record11–3–1
Head coach
Home stadiumStambaugh Stadium
Seasons
← 1991
1993 →
1992 NCAA Division I-AA independents football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 13 William & Mary     9 2 0
No. 7 Youngstown State ^     9 2 1
No. 9 Samford ^     9 3 0
Georgia Southern     7 4 0
No. 19 Liberty     7 4 0
UCF     6 4 0
Northeastern     5 5 1
Towson State     5 5 0
Hofstra     4 6 0
Western Kentucky     4 6 0
James Madison     4 7 0
  • ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee poll

The 1992 Youngstown State Penguins football team was an American football team represented Youngstown State University as an independent during the 1992 NCAA Division I-AA football season. In their seventh season under head coach Jim Tressel, the team compiled an 11–3–1 record and lost to Marshall in the 1992 NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship Game.[1] Youngstown appeared in the Division I-AA national championship game six times, and won the championship four times, during the 1990s.

Quarterback Nick Cochran received the team's most valuable player award.[2] The team's statistical leaders included Cochran with 2,196 passing yards, Tamron Smith with 1,403 rushing yards and 126 points scored, and Leon Jones with 125 tackles (including 75 solo tackles).[3]

  1. ^ "2018 YSU Football Media Guide" (PDF). Youngstown State University. p. 43. Retrieved February 15, 2021.
  2. ^ 2018 Media Guide, p. 45.
  3. ^ 2018 Media Guide, pp. 31-33.