1992 Cincinnati Bengals season
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The 1992
1992 NFL season
The 1992 NFL season was the 73rd regular season of the National Football League.Due to the damage caused by Hurricane Andrew, the New England Patriots–Miami Dolphins game that was scheduled for September 6 at Joe Robbie Stadium was rescheduled to October 18. Both teams originally had that...

 Cincinnati Bengals
Cincinnati Bengals
The Cincinnati Bengals are a professional football team based in Cincinnati, Ohio. They are members of the AFC's North Division in the National Football League . The Bengals began play in 1968 as an expansion team in the American Football League , and joined the NFL in 1970 in the AFL-NFL...

 season
was the team's 25th year in professional football and its 23rd with the National Football League
National Football League
The National Football League is the highest level of professional American football in the United States, and is considered the top professional American football league in the world. It was formed by eleven teams in 1920 as the American Professional Football Association, with the league changing...

. The Bengals finished the 1992 season with 5 wins and 11 losses, and did not qualify for the playoffs.

NFL Draft

Round Player Position School/Club Team
1 David Klingler
David Klingler
David Ryan Klingler , is a former American football player. He was drafted by the Cincinnati Bengals after a record setting quarterback career at the University of Houston...

Quarterback Houston
Houston Cougars
Houston Cougars is the name given to the sports teams of the University of Houston. Informally, the Houston Cougars have also been referred to as the Coogs, UH, or simply Houston. Houston's nickname was created by early physical education instructor of the university and former head football...

1 Darryl Williams
Darryl Williams (American football)
Darryl Edwin Williams is a former American football safety in the National Football League. He was drafted by the Cincinnati Bengals 28th overall in the 1992 NFL Draft...

Defensive Back Miami
Miami Hurricanes
The Miami Hurricanes, of Coral Gables, Florida, are the varsity sports teams of the University of Miami. They compete in the Coastal Division of the Atlantic Coast Conference . The university fields 15 athletic teams for 17 varsity sports...

2 Carl Pickens
Carl Pickens
Carl McNally Pickens is a former American football wide receiver in the NFL who played for the Cincinnati Bengals, Dallas Cowboys and Tennessee Titans....

Wide Receiver Tennessee
Tennessee Volunteers
The Tennessee Volunteers and Lady Volunteers are the National Collegiate Athletic Association college sports teams at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville, Tennessee. Mike Hamilton is the most recent Men's Athletic Director, but resigned on June 7, 2011, and Joan Cronan is the current Women's...

3 Leonard Wheeler
Leonard Wheeler
Leonard Tyrone Wheeler is a former American football safety in the National Football League. He was drafted by the Cincinnati Bengals in the third round of the 1992 NFL Draft. He played college football at Mississippi and Troy.Wheeler also played for the Minnesota Vikings and Carolina Panthers....

Defensive Back Troy State
4 Ricardo McDonald
Ricardo McDonald
Ricardo McDonald is a former linebacker in the National Football League that played for the Cincinnati Bengals and the Chicago Bears. He played college football for the University of Pittsburgh....

Linebacker Pittsburgh
5 Craig Thompson Tight End North Carolina A&T
North Carolina A&T Aggies
The North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State University Aggies are the athletic teams that represent North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State University in Greensboro, North Carolina, United States. The Aggies compete in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association and have...

6 Chris Burns Defensive Tackle Middle Tennessee State
Middle Tennessee State University
Middle Tennessee State University, commonly abbreviated as MTSU, is a public university located in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, United States....

7 Lance Olberding Tackle Iowa
Iowa Hawkeyes
The Iowa Hawkeyes are the athletics teams that represent the University of Iowa in Iowa City, Iowa, United States. The Hawkeyes have varsity teams in 24 sports, 11 for men and 13 for women. The teams participate in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association and are members of the...


Staff

1992 Cincinnati Bengals staff

Head Coaches
  • Head Coach – Dave Shula
    Dave Shula
    David Donald Shula is a former American football player and coach. The son of famed National Football League coach Don Shula and brother of Mike Shula, he now works with his father in the family's restaurant business, Shula's Steak Houses....



Offensive Coaches
  • Quarterbacks – Dana Bible
    Dana Bible
    Dana Bible is currently the offensive coordinator/quarterbacks/wide receivers coach for the North Carolina State University Wolfpack.Bible graduated from St. Xavier High School in 1972 and the University of Cincinnati in 1976, where he earned a BA in Economics and in 1982 an MBA in Management. He...

  • Running Backs – Jim Anderson
  • Wide Receivers – Richard Williamson
  • Tight Ends – Mike Pope
  • Offensive Line – Jim McNally
    Jim McNally
    Jim McNally is a retired NFL offensive line coach, whose 28-year career included tenures with the Cincinnati Bengals, Carolina Panthers and New York Giants before retiring following a four-year stint with the Buffalo Bills...

 
Defensive Coaches
  • Defensive Coordinator – Ron Lynn
    Ron Lynn
    Ron Lynn is the current director of player development for Stanford University football. He also served as defensive coordinator for Stanford from 2008 to 2009, and was a defensive coordination in the NFL for 11 seasons from 1986–96. His coordinating stints were with the San Diego Chargers ,...

  • Defensive Line – Bob Karmelowicz
  • Linebackers – Mike Haluchak
    Mike Haluchak
    Mike Haluchak is an American football coach. He served as the linebackers coach for the Oakland Raiders from 2009 until 2010.-Coaching career:Haluchak has coached at the college and pro level since 1976....

  • Defensive Backs – Ron Meeks
    Ron Meeks
    Ron Meeks was most recently the defensive coordinator for the Carolina Panthers of the National Football League.Meeks played high school football for the Robert E...



Special Teams Coaches
  • Special Teams – Marv Braden


Strength and Conditioning
  • Strength – Kim Wood


Roster

1992 Cincinnati Bengals roster

Quarterbacks
  •  7 Boomer Esiason
    Boomer Esiason
    Norman Julius "Boomer" Esiason is a former American football quarterback and current network color commentator. He played for the National Football League's Cincinnati Bengals, New York Jets, and Arizona Cardinals before working as an analyst for ABC and HBO...

  • 12 Donald Hollas
    Donald Hollas
    Donald Wayne Hollas is a former professional American football quarterback in the NFL. He was selected in the 4th round of the 1991 NFL Draft by the Cincinnati Bengals. He played 20 games between 1991-1994 for the Bengals. He was out of the league between 1995-1997, until the Oakland Raiders...

  • 15 David Klingler
    David Klingler
    David Ryan Klingler , is a former American football player. He was drafted by the Cincinnati Bengals after a record setting quarterback career at the University of Houston...



Running Backs
  • 42 Eric Ball FB
  • 44 Derrick Fenner
    Derrick Fenner
    Derrick Steven Fenner , is a former professional American football player who was selected by the Seattle Seahawks in the 10th round of the 1989 NFL Draft. A 6'-3", 234-lb. running back from the North Carolina, Fenner played in 9 NFL seasons from 1989 to 1997...

  • 28 Harold Green
  • 36 Ostell Miles


Wide Receivers
  • 83 Brian Brennan
    Brian Brennan
    Brian Michael Brennan is a former professional American football player who was selected by the Cleveland Browns in the fourth round of the 1984 NFL Draft...

  • 85 Tim McGee
    Tim McGee
    Timothy Dwanye Hatchett McGee is a retired professional American football wide receiver who played in the National Football League for the Cincinnati Bengals and the Washington Redskins from 1986 to 1994...

  • 80 Carl Pickens
    Carl Pickens
    Carl McNally Pickens is a former American football wide receiver in the NFL who played for the Cincinnati Bengals, Dallas Cowboys and Tennessee Titans....

  • 89 Jeff Query
    Jeff Query
    Jeff Lee Query is a former American football wide receiver in the National Football League for the Green Bay Packers, Cincinnati Bengals, and the Washington Redskins. Query played college football at Millikin University and was drafted in the fifth round of the 1989 NFL Draft....

  • 88 Reggie Rembert
    Reggie Rembert
    Reginald Bernard "Reggie" Rembert is a retired American football wide receiver in the National Football League. He was drafted in the second round of the 1990 NFL Draft by the New York Jets. He played college football at West Virginia.Rembert played only three of four seasons in the NFL...

  • 84 Milt Stegall
    Milt Stegall
    Milton Eugene Stegall is a retired professional gridiron football player who played 17 years of professional football, three years in the National Football League with the Cincinnati Bengals and 14 years in the Canadian Football League with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers.Stegall was an All-Star...



Tight Ends
  • 82 Rodney Holman
    Rodney Holman
    Rodney Holman is a former professional American football player who played tight end for the Cincinnati Bengals , and the Detroit Lions . Holman graduated from Ypsilanti High School in 1978 where he starred on the football team and was an all-state wrestler...

  • 87 Jim Riggs
  • 49 Jeff Thomason
    Jeff Thomason
    Jeffrey David Thomason is a former American football tight end and is currently a construction worker. He played college football at Oregon, and was signed as an undrafted free agent by the Cincinnati Bengals in 1992...

  • 48 Craig Thompson

Offensive Linemen
  • 65 Mike Arthur
    Mike Arthur
    Mike Arthur is a former center in the National Football League.-Biography:Arthur was born Michael Scott Arthur on May 7, 1968 in Minneapolis, Minnesota.Arthur grew up in Houston, Texas, and played football at Spring Woods High School.-Career:...

     C
  • 64 Bruce Kozerski
    Bruce Kozerski
    Bruce Kozerski is a former American football center who played twelve seasons with the Cincinnati Bengals in the National Football League. He was an alternate in the 1988, 1989, and 1990 Pro Bowls. "Mr. Versatile" as he was called, retired after the 1995 season. He married Elizabeth McMurrer and ...

     G
  • 62 Jon Melander G
  • 73 Ken Moyer
    Ken Moyer
    Kenneth Wayne Moyer is a former professional American football player who played offensive lineman for five seasons for the Cincinnati Bengals....

     G/T
  • 78 Anthony Muñoz
    Anthony Muñoz
    Michael Anthony Muñoz , is a Pro Football Hall of Fame offensive tackle who played most of his career for the National Football League's Cincinnati Bengals...

     T
  • 61 Tom Rayam G
  • 77 Kevin Sargent
    Kevin Sargent (American football)
    Kevin Sargent is a former American football Offensive tackle in the National Football League. He was signed by the Cincinnati Bengals as an undrafted free agent in 1992. He played college football at Eastern Washington....

     T
  • 76 Kirk Scrafford
    Kirk Scrafford
    Kirk Tippet Scrafford is a former professional American football player who played offensive lineman for nine seasons for the Cincinnati Bengals, the Denver Broncos, and the San Francisco 49ers....

     T
  • 63 Joe Walter T
  • 60 Mike Withycombe
    Mike Withycombe
    William Michael Withycombe is a former professional American and Canadian football offensive lineman who played three seasons in the Canadian Football League, mainly for the Baltimore Stallions. Previously he played four seasons in the NFL for three different teams. He played college football at...



Defensive Linemen
  • 97 Mike Frier
    Mike Frier
    Michael Frier is a former American football defensive end/defensive tackle in the National Football League...

     DE
  • 69 Tim Krumrie
    Tim Krumrie
    Timothy A. Krumrie is a former American football nose tackle who played his entire NFL career for the Cincinnati Bengals, from 1983 through 1994...

     NT
  • 99 Alonzo Mitz
    Alonzo Mitz
    Alonzo Loqwone Mitz is a former American college and professional football player who was a defensive end in the National Football League for seven seasons during the 1980s and early 1990s...

     DE
  • 95 Roosevelt Nix DE
  • 72 Elston Ridgle DE
  • 79 Lamar Rogers
    Lamar Rogers
    Lamar Rogers is a former American football defensive end in the National Football League. He played for the Cincinnati Bengals in 1991 and 1992. Rogers played college football at Auburn University....

     DE
  • 98 Tony Savage DE

Linebackers
  • 57 Ray Bentley
    Ray Bentley
    Ray Russell Bentley is a former professional American football linebacker.-Playing career:...

  • 50 James Francis
    James Francis (American football)
    James Henry Francis is a former American football linebacker in the National Football League for the Cincinnati Bengals and Washington Redskins...

     OLB
  • 58 Alex Gordon
  • 55 Randy Kirk
    Randy Kirk
    Randall Scott Kirk is a former American football linebacker and special teams member who played thirteen seasons in the National Football League. He played college football at San Diego State University....

  • 56 Ricardo McDonald
    Ricardo McDonald
    Ricardo McDonald is a former linebacker in the National Football League that played for the Cincinnati Bengals and the Chicago Bears. He played college football for the University of Pittsburgh....

    ILB
  • 52 Gary Reasons
    Gary Reasons
    Gary Phillip Reasons is a former American football linebacker for the New York Giants of the National Football League, winning Super Bowl XXI and Super Bowl XXV as a member of the team.-Biography:...

     ILB
  • 90 Eric Shaw ILB
  • 96 Danny Stubbs
    Danny Stubbs
    Daniel Stubbs II is a former professional American football defensive end in the National Football League. He played for ten seasons from 1988 to 1999 for the San Francisco 49ers, the Dallas Cowboys, the Cincinnati Bengals, the Philadelphia Eagles, and the Miami Dolphins...

     OLB
  • 51 Brian Townsend
    Brian Townsend (American football)
    Brian Lewis Townsend is a college athletics administrator and a former American football player. He is currently the director of basketball operations and assistant athletic director at the University of Michigan...

  • 59 Kevin Walker
  • 94 Alfred Williams
    Alfred Williams
    Alfred Williams is a former American football player. He was a linebacker and defensive end for the Cincinnati Bengals, San Francisco 49ers and the Denver Broncos. He finished his career with the New Orleans Saints.-College:...

     OLB/DE


Defensive Backs
  • 35 Antoine Bennett CB
  • 27 Barney Bussey
    Barney Bussey
    Barney Bussey is a former American football safety. He attended high school at Lincoln County High School in Lincolnton, Georgia where he was a major reason behind Lincoln County's defensive success in the late '70s. Bussey was a terror on both sides of the ball, breaking long runs and chasing...

     S
  • 29 Rickey Dixon
    Rickey Dixon
    Rickey Dixon was a defensive back and special teams player for the Oklahoma Sooners and later the National Football League’s Cincinnati Bengals and Los Angeles Raiders.-College football career:...

     DB
  • 33 David Fulcher
    David Fulcher
    David Dwayne Fulcher is a former American Football safety who played for the Cincinnati Bengals , and the Los Angeles Raiders in the National Football League...

     SS
  • 25 Rod Jones CB
  • 32 Mitchell Price CB
  • 23 Frank Robinson CB
  • 22 Eric Thomas CB
  • 34 Fernandus Vinson S
  • 31 Darryl Williams
    Darryl Williams (American football)
    Darryl Edwin Williams is a former American football safety in the National Football League. He was drafted by the Cincinnati Bengals 28th overall in the 1992 NFL Draft...

    FS
  • 37 Leonard Wheeler
    Leonard Wheeler
    Leonard Tyrone Wheeler is a former American football safety in the National Football League. He was drafted by the Cincinnati Bengals in the third round of the 1992 NFL Draft. He played college football at Mississippi and Troy.Wheeler also played for the Minnesota Vikings and Carolina Panthers....

    CB


Special Teams
  •  3 Jim Breech
    Jim Breech
    James Thomas Breech is a former American football kicker in the National Football League, who played for Oakland Raiders in 1979 and Cincinnati Bengals from 1980-1992. Before his NFL career, Breech played for the University of California and Sacramento High School...

     K
  • 11 Lee Johnson P
Practice Squad
  • 38 Mike Dingle RB
  • —— Elbert Turner WR


  • Reserve Lists
    • 89 Shane Garrett WR (IR)

    Rookies in italics

    Schedule

    1992 Cincinnati Bengals Schedule
    Date Opponent # Result Score Attendance Stadium
    Sept 6 at Seattle Seahawks
    Seattle Seahawks
    The Seattle Seahawks are a professional American football team based in Seattle, Washington. They are currently members of the Western Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League . The team joined the NFL in 1976 as an expansion team...

     
    W 21–3 57,350 Kingdome
    Kingdome
    The Kingdome was a multi-purpose stadium located in Seattle's SoDo neighborhood. Owned and operated by King County, the Kingdome opened in 1976 and was best known as the home stadium of the Seattle Seahawks of the National Football League , the Seattle Mariners of Major League Baseball , and the...

    Sept 13 Los Angeles Raiders
    Oakland Raiders
    The Oakland Raiders are a professional American football team based in Oakland, California. They currently play in the Western Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League...

     
    W 24–21 54,240 Riverfront Stadium
    Sept 20 at Green Bay Packers
    Green Bay Packers
    The Green Bay Packers are an American football team based in Green Bay, Wisconsin. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League . The Packers are the current NFL champions...

     
    L 24–23 57,272 Lambeau Field
    Lambeau Field
    Lambeau Field is an outdoor football stadium in Green Bay, Wisconsin, the home of the NFL's Green Bay Packers. Opened in 1957 as City Stadium, it replaced the original City Stadium as the Packers' home field...

    Sept 27 Minnesota Vikings
    Minnesota Vikings
    The Minnesota Vikings are a professional American football team based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The Vikings joined the National Football League as an expansion team in 1960...

     
    L 42–7 53,847 Riverfront Stadium
    Oct 11 Houston Oilers
    Tennessee Titans
    The Tennessee Titans are a professional American football team based in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. They are members of the South Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League . Previously known as the Houston Oilers, the team began play in 1960 as a charter...

     
    L 38–24 54,254 Riverfront Stadium
    Oct 19 at Pittsburgh Steelers
    Pittsburgh Steelers
    The Pittsburgh Steelers are a professional football team based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The team currently belongs to the North Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League . Founded in , the Steelers are the oldest franchise in the AFC...

     
    L 20–0 55,411 Three Rivers Stadium
    Three Rivers Stadium
    Three Rivers Stadium was a multi-purpose stadium located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania from 1970 to 2000. It was home to the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Pittsburgh Steelers, the city's Major League Baseball franchise and National Football League franchise respectively.Built as a replacement to...

    Oct 25 at Houston Oilers
    Tennessee Titans
    The Tennessee Titans are a professional American football team based in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. They are members of the South Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League . Previously known as the Houston Oilers, the team began play in 1960 as a charter...

     
    L 26–10 58,701 Houston Astrodome
    Reliant Astrodome
    Reliant Astrodome, also known as the Houston Astrodome or simply the Astrodome, is the world's first multi-purpose, domed sports stadium, located in Houston, Texas, USA. The stadium is part of the Reliant Park complex...

    Nov 1 Cleveland Browns
    Cleveland Browns
    The Cleveland Browns are a professional football team based in Cleveland, Ohio. They are currently members of the North Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League...

     
    W 30–10 54,765 Riverfront Stadium
    Nov 8 at Chicago Bears
    Chicago Bears
    The Chicago Bears are a professional American football team based in Chicago, Illinois. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League...

     
    W 31–28 56,120 Soldier Field
    Soldier Field
    Soldier Field is located on Lake Shore Drive in Chicago, Illinois, United States, in the Near South Side. It is home to the NFL's Chicago Bears...

    Nov 15 at New York Jets
    New York Jets
    The New York Jets are a professional football team headquartered in Florham Park, New Jersey, representing the New York metropolitan area. The team is a member of the Eastern Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League...

     
    L 17–14 60,196 The Meadowlands
    Giants Stadium
    Giants Stadium was a multi-purpose stadium, located in East Rutherford, New Jersey, USA, in the Meadowlands Sports Complex. Maximum seating capacity was 80,242. The building itself was 230.5 m long, 180.5 m wide and 44 m high from service level to the top of the seating bowl and 54 m high to...

    Nov 22 Detroit Lions
    Detroit Lions
    The Detroit Lions are a professional American football team based in Detroit, Michigan. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League , and play their home games at Ford Field in Downtown Detroit.Originally based in Portsmouth, Ohio and...

     
    L 19–13 48,574 Riverfront Stadium
    Nov 29 Pittsburgh Steelers
    Pittsburgh Steelers
    The Pittsburgh Steelers are a professional football team based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The team currently belongs to the North Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League . Founded in , the Steelers are the oldest franchise in the AFC...

     
    L 21–9 54,253 Riverfront Stadium
    Dec 6 at Cleveland Browns
    Cleveland Browns
    The Cleveland Browns are a professional football team based in Cleveland, Ohio. They are currently members of the North Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League...

     
    L 37–21 68,368 Cleveland Stadium
    Cleveland Stadium
    Cleveland Stadium was a multi-purpose stadium, located in Cleveland, Ohio. In its final years, the stadium seated 74,438, for baseball and 81,000, for football. It was one of the early multi-purpose stadiums, built to accommodate both baseball and football...

    Dec 13 at San Diego Chargers
    San Diego Chargers
    The San Diego Chargers are a professional American football team based in San Diego, California. they were members of the Western Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League...

     
    L 27–10 50,579 Jack Murphy Stadium
    Qualcomm Stadium
    Qualcomm Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium, in San Diego, California, in the Mission Valley area....

    Dec 20 New England Patriots
    New England Patriots
    The New England Patriots, commonly called the "Pats", are a professional football team based in the Greater Boston area, playing their home games in the town of Foxborough, Massachusetts at Gillette Stadium. The team is part of the East Division of the American Football Conference in the National...

     
    W 20–10 45,355 Riverfront Stadium
    Dec 27 Indianapolis Colts
    Indianapolis Colts
    The Indianapolis Colts are a professional American football team based in Indianapolis. They are currently members of the South Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League ....

     
    L 21–17 47,837 Riverfront Stadium

    Standings

    AFC Central
    TeamWLTPCTPFPA
    Pittsburgh Steelers
    1992 Pittsburgh Steelers season
    The Pittsburgh Steelers celebrated their 60th Anniversary season in 1992. This was also Bill Cowher's first season as head coach following the retirement of Chuck Noll after 23 seasons. The team was coming off a 7–9 season in 1991....

    11 5 0 .688 299 225
    Houston Oilers
    1992 Houston Oilers season
    -Schedule:-Standings:-AFC Wildcard:Miracle at ReichFrank Reich's defining moment in his pro career is actually another comeback, this one often called the greatest comeback in NFL history , in the playoffs following the 1992 season against the Houston Oilers...

    10 6 0 .625 352 258
    Cleveland Browns
    1992 Cleveland Browns season
    The 1992 Cleveland Browns season was the team's 43rd season with the National Football League.-Staff:-Schedule:-Standings:-References:...

    7 9 0 .438 272 275
    Cincinnati Bengals 5 11 0 .313 274 364
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