1992 UCF Knights football team

The 1992 UCF Knights football season was the fourteenth season for the team and eighth for Gene McDowell as the head coach of the Knights. McDowell's 1992 team posted 64 overall record (and one exhibition game win).[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]

1992 UCF Knights football
ConferenceIndependent
1992 record6–4
Head coach
Home stadiumCitrus Bowl
1992 NCAA Division I-AA independents football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 13 William & Mary 0 0 0  9 2 0
No. 7 Youngstown State ^ 0 0 0  9 2 1
No. 9 Samford ^ 0 0 0  9 3 0
Georgia Southern 0 0 0  7 4 0
No. 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
  • ^ NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from The Sports Network poll

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.[2]

Schedule

The Citrus Bowl, the Knights home field.
DateOpponentSiteResultAttendance
September 5Gardner–WebbW 71–2110,286
September 12Bethune–Cookman
  • Citrus Bowl
  • Orlando, Florida
W 28–312,075
September 19Troy State
  • Citrus Bowl
  • Orlando, Florida
L 16–207,755
September 26at Western IllinoisW 35–229,764
October 3Moscow Bears (RLAF)
  • Citrus Bowl
  • Orlando, Florida (Exhibition)
W 43–65,412
October 17Nicholls State
  • Citrus Bowl
  • Orlando, Florida
W 42–188,087
October 24at Western KentuckyL 36–5010,589
October 31at LibertyL 28–318,100
November 7Buffalo
  • Citrus Bowl
  • Orlando, Florida
W 63–219,067
November 14James Madison
  • Citrus Bowl
  • Orlando, Florida
W 41–376,681
November 21at SamfordL 13–204,987

References

  1. "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. Archived from the original on 2012-07-15. Retrieved 2012-06-05.
  2. https://stars.library.ucf.edu/centralfloridafuture/1157/
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