The 1992 Cincinnati Bengals season was the team's 25th year in professional football and its 23rd with the National Football League (NFL). They finished the year with five wins and 11 losses, and did not qualify for the playoffs. The Bengals, who were then owned by Mike Brown, the son of coach Paul Brown, now turned to the son of another coach to lead the team on the field when he hired assistant Dave Shula to assume the head coaching reins. The Bengals selected University of Houston quarterback David Klingler in the first round of the 1992 NFL Draft. The younger Shula got off to a good start as the Bengals won their first two games, but then lost its next five games, on the way to a five-win season. Wide receiver Carl Pickens, a second-round selection out of the University of Tennessee, earned Offensive Rookie of the Year honors. Following the season, perennial all-pro offensive tackle Anthony Muñoz retired, as the Bengals moved in a new direction by trading quarterback Boomer Esiason to the New York Jets.Season summary and statistics at Sports E Cylclopedia
Offseason
NFL draft
Personnel
Staff
Roster
Regular season
Schedule Week Date Opponent Result Record Venue Recap 1 September 6 at Seattle Seahawks W 21–3 1–0 Kingdome Recap 2September 13 Los Angeles Raiders W 24–21 (OT)2–0 Riverfront Stadium Recap 3 September 20 at Green Bay Packers L 23–24 2–1 Lambeau Field Recap 4 September 27 Minnesota Vikings L 7–42 2–2 Riverfront Stadium Recap 5Bye 6 October 11 Houston Oilers L 24–38 2–3 Riverfront Stadium Recap 7 at Pittsburgh Steelers L 0–20 2–4 Three Rivers Stadium Recap 8 October 25 at Houston Oilers L 10–26 2–5 Houston Astrodome Recap 9 November 1 Cleveland Browns W 30–10 3–5 Riverfront Stadium Recap 10 November 8 at Chicago Bears W 31–28 (OT) 4–5 Soldier Field Recap 11 November 15 at New York Jets L 17–14 4–6The Meadowlands Recap 12 November 22 Detroit Lions L 13–19 4–7 Riverfront Stadium Recap 13 November 29 Pittsburgh Steelers L 9–21 4–8 Riverfront Stadium Recap 14 December 6 at Cleveland Browns L 21–37 4–9Cleveland Stadium Recap 15 December 13 at San Diego Chargers L 10–27 4–10Jack Murphy Stadium Recap 16 December 20 New England Patriots W 20–10 5–10 Riverfront Stadium Recap 17 December 27 Indianapolis Colts L 17–21 5–11 Riverfront Stadium Recap
Game summaries
Week 3 at Packers
Week 10
Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2014-Apr-07.
Standings
Team leaders
Passing Player Att Comp Yds TD INT Rating Boomer Esiason 278 144 1407 11 15 57.0
Rushing Player Att Yds YPC Long TD Harold Green 265 1170 4.4 53 2 Derrick Fenner 112 500 4.5 35 7
Receiving Player Rec Yds Avg Long TD Harold Green 41 214 5.2 19 0 Tim McGee 35 408 11.7 36 3 Jeff Query 16 265 16.6 83 3
Defensive Player Tackles Sacks INTs FF FR Tim Krumrie 97 4.0 0 2 1 Alfred Williams 44 10.0 0 3 0 Darryl Williams 78 2.0 4 2 1
Kicking and punting Player FGA FGM FG% XPA XPM XP% Points Jim Breech 27 19 70.4% 31 31 100.0% 88 Player Punts Yards Long Blkd Avg. Lee Johnson 76 3196 64 0 42.1
Special teams Player KR KRYards KRAvg KRLong KRTD PR PRYards PRAvg PRLong PRTD Milt Stegall 25 430 17.2 39 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 Carl Pickens 0 0 0.0 0 0 18 229 12.7 95 1
Awards and records
All Rookies David Klingler, QB, PFWA All-Rookie Team Ricardo McDonald, ILB, PFWA All-Rookie Team Carl Pickens, WR, PFWA All-Rookie Team
Pro Bowl selections Harold Green RB, AFC Pro Bowl selection
Milestones Harold Green, 1st 1,000-yard season (1,170 yards)
References
External links
1992 Cincinnati Bengals at Pro-Football-Reference.com