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1992 Youngstown State Penguins football
1992 Youngstown State Penguins football
NCAA Division I-AA runner up
NCAA Division I-AA Championship Game, L 28–31 vs. Marshall
Conference	Independent
Record	11–3–1
Head coach	Jim Tressel (7th season);
Home stadium	Stambaugh Stadium
	Seasons ← 1991 1993 →

1992 NCAA Division I-AA independents football standings
v t e	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]

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 5		Clarion	No. 2	Stambaugh Stadium Youngstown, OH		W 48–7
September 12		Delaware State	No. 2	Stambaugh Stadium Youngstown, OH		W 42–20
September 19		at Southwest Texas State	No. 1	Bobcat Stadium San Marcos, TX		W 23–20	11,217	^[4]
September 26		James Madison	No. 1	Stambaugh Stadium Youngstown, OH		L 49–52	16,826	^[5]
October 3		at Indiana State	No. 7	Memorial Stadium Terre Haute, IN		W 30–24
October 10		Illinois State	No. 7	Stambaugh Stadium Youngstown, OH		W 34–10
October 17		at Northeastern	No. 6	Parsons Field Brookline, MA		L 23–28
October 31		Eastern Illinois	No. 11	Stambaugh Stadium Youngstown, OH		W 28–19
November 7		at Ohio	No. 9	Peden Stadium Athens, OH		W 28–20
November 14		at Akron	No. 7	Rubber Bowl Akron, OH (Steel Tire)		T 10–10
November 21		No. 20 Georgia Southern	No. 7	Stambaugh Stadium Youngstown, OH		W 21–10	8,984
November 28		No. 10 Villanova	No. 7	Stambaugh Stadium Youngstown, OH (NCAA Division I-AA First Round)		W 23–20	9,465	^[6]
December 5	1:00 p.m.	at No. 1 The Citadel	No. 7	Johnson Hagood Stadium Charleston, SC (NCAA Division I-AA Quarterfinal)		W 42–17	13,021
December 12		at No. 3 Northern Iowa	No. 7	UNI-Dome Cedar Falls, IA (NCAA Division I-AA Semifinal)		W 19–7	14,682
December 19	12:00 p.m.	at No. 6 Marshall	No. 7	Marshall University Stadium Huntington, WV (NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship Game)	CBS	L 28–31	31,304
Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

References

^ "2018 YSU Football Media Guide" (PDF). Youngstown State University. p. 43. Retrieved February 15, 2021.
^ 2018 Media Guide, p. 45.
^ 2018 Media Guide, pp. 31-33.
^ "An 81-yard nightmare ends SWT upset bid". Austin American-Statesman. September 20, 1992. Retrieved March 6, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "JMU topples No. 1 Penguins". Daily Press. September 27, 1992. Retrieved October 14, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Penguins knock off Villanova". The Newark Advocate. November 29, 1992. Retrieved April 21, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.