1992 Pittsburgh Steelers season

1992 Pittsburgh Steelers season

Head coach	Bill Cowher
Home field	Three Rivers Stadium

Results
Record	11–5
Division Place	1st AFC Central
Playoff finish	Lost AFC Divisional Playoff to Buffalo Bills
Pro Bowlers	6 C Dermontti Dawson RB Barry Foster OG Carlton Haselrig OLB Greg Lloyd QB Neil O'Donnell CB Rod Woodson
AP All-Pros	2 Barry Foster (1st team) Rod Woodson (1st team)
Team MVP	Barry Foster
Team ROY	Darren Perry
Timeline

Previous season	Next season
1991	1993

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.

Cowher led the Steelers to an 11–5 record in his first season and the top seed in the AFC playoffs. However, in what later became somewhat commonplace in Cowher's reign as coach of the Steelers, the team failed to capitalize on the seeding and lost to the eventual AFC Champion Buffalo Bills in the divisional playoffs.

1 Personnel
- 1.1 Staff
2 Regular season
3 Playoffs
- 3.1 Game summary
  - 3.1.1 AFC Divisional Playoff (Saturday January 9, 1993): vs. Buffalo Bills
4 Awards, honors, and records
5 References

Personnel

Staff

1992 Pittsburgh Steelers staff

Front Office

President – Dan Rooney
Vice President – John R. McGinley
Vice President – Arthur J. Rooney, Jr.
Administration Advisor – Chuck Noll
Director of Football Operations – Tom Donahue

Head Coaches

Head Coach – Bill Cowher

Offensive Coaches

Offensive Coordinator – Ron Erhardt
Running Backs – Dick Hoak
Wide Receivers – Bob Harrison
Tight Ends – Pat Hodgson
Offensive Line – Kent Stephenson

Defensive Coaches

Defensive Coordinator – Dom Capers
Defensive Line – Steve Furness
Linebackers – Marvin Lewis
Defensive Backs – Dick LeBeau

Special Teams Coaches

Special Teams – John Guy

Strength and Conditioning

Conditioning Coordinator – Chet Fuhrman

Regular season

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Location	Time (ET)	TV	Result	Record
1	Sunday September 6	Houston Oilers	Astrodome	1:00 pm	NBC	W 29–24	1–0
2	Sunday September 13	New York Jets	Three Rivers Stadium	4:00 pm	NBC	W 27–10	2–0
3	Sunday September 20	San Diego Chargers	Jack Murphy Stadium	4:00 pm	NBC	W 23–6	3–0
4	Sunday September 27	Green Bay Packers	Lambeau Field	4:00 pm	NBC	L 17–3	3–1
5	Sunday October 4	Bye
6	Sunday October 11	Cleveland Browns	Cleveland Municipal Stadium	1:00 pm	NBC	L 17–9	3–2
7	Monday October 19	Cincinnati Bengals	Three Rivers Stadium	9:00 pm	ABC	W 20–0	4–2
8	Sunday October 25	Kansas City Chiefs	Arrowhead Stadium	7:30 pm	TNT	W 27–3	5–2
9	Sunday November 1	Houston Oilers	Three Rivers Stadium	1:00 pm	NBC	W 21–20	6–2
10	Sunday November 8	Buffalo Bills	Rich Stadium	4:00 pm	NBC	L 28–20	6–3
11	Sunday November 15	Detroit Lions	Three Rivers Stadium	1:00 pm	CBS	W 17–14	7–3
12	Sunday November 22	Indianapolis Colts	Three Rivers Stadium	1:00 pm	NBC	W 30–14	8–3
13	Sunday November 29	Cincinnati Bengals	Riverfront Stadium	1:00 pm	NBC	W 21–9	9–3
14	Sunday December 6	Seattle Seahawks	Three Rivers Stadium	1:00 pm	NBC	W 20–14	10–3
15	Sunday December 13	Chicago Bears	Soldier Field	1:00 pm	NBC	L 30–6	10–4
16	Sunday December 20	Minnesota Vikings	Three Rivers Stadium	1:00 pm	CBS	L 6–3	10–5
17	Sunday December 27	Cleveland Browns	Three Rivers Stadium	1:00 pm	NBC	W 23–13	11–5

Game summaries

Week 1 (Sunday September 6, 1992): at Houston Oilers

	1	2	3	4	Total
Steelers	7	9	6	7	29
Oilers	14	10	0	0	24

at Astrodome, Houston, Texas

Game time: 1:00 pm EDT
Game weather: Dome
Game attendance: 63,713
Referee: Gary Lane
TV announcers: (NBC) Charlie Jones (play by play), Todd Christensen (color commentator)

Bill Cowher wins his first game as Steelers Head Coach.

Scoring Drives:

Houston – Meads 15 fumble return (Del Greco kick)
Houston – Givins 11 pass from Moon (Del Greco kick)
Pittsburgh – Foster 1 run (Anderson kick)
Pittsburgh – FG Anderson – 30
Houston – FG Del Greco 36
Pittsburgh – Graham 26 pass from O'Donnell (Anderson kick)
Houston – Givins 8 pass from Moon (Del Greco kick)
Pittsburgh – FG Anderson 25
Pittsburgh – FG Anderson 37
Pittsburgh – Cooper 9 pass from O'Donnell (Anderson kick)

Week 2 (Sunday September 13, 1992): vs. New York Jets

	1	2	3	4	Total
Jets	3	7	0	0	10
Steelers	0	10	0	17	27

at Three Rivers Stadium, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Game time: 4:00 pm EDT
Game weather: 74 °F (Mostly Sunny)
Game attendance: 56,050
Referee: Gordon McCarter
TV announcers: (NBC) Charlie Jones (play by play), Todd Christensen (color commentator)

Scoring Drives:

New York Jets – FG Staurovsky 32
Pittsburgh – Foster 23 run (Anderson kick)
New York Jets – Brim 77 interception return (Staurovsky kick)
Pittsburgh – FG Anderson 28
Pittsburgh – Foster 54 run (Anderson kick)
Pittsburgh – FG Anderson 35
Pittsburgh – Griffin 65 interception return (Anderson kick)

Week 3 (Sunday September 20, 1992): at San Diego Chargers

	1	2	3	4	Total
Steelers	0	7	0	16	23
Chargers	3	3	0	0	6

at Jack Murphy Stadium, San Diego, California

Game time: 4:00 pm EDT
Game weather:
Game attendance: 46,127
Referee: Pat Haggerty
TV announcers: (NBC) Charlie Jones (play by play), Todd Christensen (color commentator)

Scoring Drives:

San Diego – FG Carney 24
Pittsburgh – Cooper 24 pass from O'Donnell (Anderson kick)
San Diego – FG Carney 43
Pittsburgh – Stone 6 pass from O'Donnell (kick failed)
Pittsburgh – O'Donnell 1 run (Anderson kick)
Pittsburgh – FG Anderson 42

Week 4 (Sunday September 27, 1992): at Green Bay Packers

	1	2	3	4	Total
Steelers	3	0	0	0	3
Packers	0	10	0	7	17

at Lambeau Field, Green Bay, Wisconsin

Game time: 4:00 pm EDT
Game weather:
Game attendance: 58,724
Referee: Howard Roe
TV announcers: (NBC) Charlie Jones (play by play), Todd Christensen (color commentator)

Scoring Drives:

Pittsburgh – FG Anderson 35
Green Bay – FG Jacke 47
Green Bay – Sharpe 76 pass from Favre (Jacke kick)
Green Bay – Brooks 8 pass from Favre (Jacke kick)

Week 5 (Sunday October 4, 1992): Bye Week

Week 6 (Sunday October 11, 1992): at Cleveland Browns

	1	2	3	4	Total
Steelers	3	3	0	3	9
Browns	0	3	7	7	17

at Cleveland Municipal Stadium, Cleveland, Ohio

Game time: 1:00 pm EDT
Game weather:
Game attendance: 78,080
Referee: Larry Nemmers
TV announcers: (NBC) Joel Meyers (play by play), Ahmad Rashad (color commentator)

Scoring Drives:

Pittsburgh – FG Anderson 25
Pittsburgh – FG Anderson 36
Cleveland – FG Stover 51
Cleveland – Mack 1 run (Stover kick)
Pittsburgh – FG Anderson 40
Cleveland – Jackson 47 pass from Tomczak (Stover kick)

Week 7 (Monday October 19, 1992): vs. Cincinnati Bengals

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bengals	0	0	0	0	0
Steelers	3	7	0	10	20

at Three Rivers Stadium, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Game time: 9:00 pm EDT
Game weather: 33 °F (Partly Cloudy)
Game attendance: 55,411
Referee: Gerald Austin
TV announcers: (ABC) Al Michaels (play by play), Frank Gifford & Dan Dierdorf (color commentators)

Scoring Drives:

Pittsburgh – FG Anderson 21
Pittsburgh – Stone 24 pass from O'Donnell (Anderson kick)
Pittsburgh – Stone 5 pass from O'Donnell (Anderson kick)
Pittsburgh – FG Anderson 27

Week 8 (Sunday October 25, 1992): at Kansas City Chiefs

	1	2	3	4	Total
Steelers	7	6	7	7	27
Chiefs	0	3	0	0	3

at Arrowhead Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri

Game time: 7:30 pm EST
Game weather:
Game attendance: 76,175
Referee: Tom White
TV announcers: (TNT) Gary Bender (play by play), Pat Haden (color commentator)

Scoring Drives:

Pittsburgh – Woodson 80 punt return (Anderson kick)
Pittsburgh – FG Anderson 49
Pittsburgh – FG Anderson 30
Kansas City – FG Murray 52
Pittsburgh – Foster 4 run (Anderson kick)
Pittsburgh – Green 4 pass from O'Donnell (Anderson kick)

Week 9 (Sunday November 1, 1992): vs. Houston Oilers

	1	2	3	4	Total
Oilers	3	3	14	0	20
Steelers	0	7	0	14	21

at Three Rivers Stadium, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Game time: 1:00 pm EST
Game weather: 43 °F (Cloudy)
Game attendance: 58,074
Referee: Ed Hochuli
TV announcers: (NBC) Marv Albert (play by play), Bill Parcells (color commentator)

Scoring Drives:

Houston – FG Del Greco 29
Houston – FG Del Greco 19
Pittsburgh – Foster 1 run (Anderson kick)
Houston – Slaughter 11 pass from Carlson (Del Greco kick)
Houston – Childress 8 fumble return (Del Greco kick)
Pittsburgh – Cooper 2 pass from O'Donnell (Anderson kick)
Pittsburgh – Green 5 pass from O'Donnell (Anderson kick)

Week 10 (Sunday November 8, 1992): at Buffalo Bills

	1	2	3	4	Total
Steelers	0	6	14	0	20
Bills	7	14	7	0	28

at Rich Stadium, Orchard Park, New York

Game time: 4:00 pm EST
Game weather:
Game attendance: 80,294
Referee: Bob McElwee
TV announcers: (NBC) Marv Albert (play by play), Bill Parcells (color commentator)

Scoring Drives:

Buffalo – Lofton 22 pass from Kelly (Christie kick)
Pittsburgh – FG Anderson 28
Buffalo – Frerotte 2 pass from Kelly (Christie kick)
Buffalo – Thomas 1 run (Christie kick)
Pittsburgh – FG Anderson 49
Pittsburgh – Mills 12 pass from O'Donnell (Anderson kick)
Buffalo – Lofton 45 pass from Kelly (Christie kick)
Pittsburgh – Hoge 11 pass from O'Donnell (Anderson kick)

Week 11 (Sunday November 15, 1992): vs. Detroit Lions

	1	2	3	4	Total
Lions	0	7	0	7	14
Steelers	7	3	0	7	17

at Three Rivers Stadium, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Game time: 1:00 pm EST
Game weather: 29 °F (Snow Showers)
Game attendance: 52,242
Referee: Johnny Grier
TV announcers: (CBS) Sean McDonough (play by play), John Robinson (color commentator)

Scoring Drives:

Pittsburgh – Mills 11 pass from O'Donnell (Anderson kick)
Pittsburgh – FG Anderson 20
Detroit – Green 73 pass from Kramer (Hanson kick)
Detroit – Sanders 1 run (Hanson kick)
Pittsburgh – Jorden 1 pass from Brister (Anderson kick)

Week 12 (Sunday November 22, 1992): vs. Indianapolis Colts

	1	2	3	4	Total
Colts	0	0	7	7	14
Steelers	7	6	14	3	30

at Three Rivers Stadium, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Game time: 1:00 pm EST
Game weather: 63 °F (Partly Sunny)
Game attendance: 51,101
Referee: Gary Lane
TV announcers: (NBC) Tom Hammond (play by play), Cris Collinsworth (color commentator)

Scoring Drives:

Pittsburgh – Foster 20 run (Anderson kick)
Pittsburgh – FG Anderson 31
Pittsburgh – FG Anderson 22
Indianapolis – Culver 1 run (Biasucci kick)
Pittsburgh – Foster 13 run (Anderson kick)
Pittsburgh – Thompson 2 run (Anderson kick)
Indianapolis – Culver 4 pass from Trudeau (Biasucci kick)
Pittsburgh – FG Anderson 36

Week 13 (Sunday November 29, 1992): at Cincinnati Bengals

	1	2	3	4	Total
Steelers	7	7	7	0	21
Bengals	0	6	0	3	9

at Riverfront Stadium, Cincinnati, Ohio

Game time: 1:00 pm EST
Game weather:
Game attendance: 54,253
Referee: Jerry Markbreit
TV announcers: (NBC) Dan Hicks (play by play), John Dockery (color commentator)

Scoring Drives:

Pittsburgh – Davenport 34 fumble return (Anderson kick)
Cincinnati – FG Breech 33
Pittsburgh – Foster 2 run (Anderson kick)
Cincinnati – FG Breech 42
Pittsburgh – Foster 1 run (Anderson kick)
Cincinnati – FG Breech 38

Week 14 (Sunday December 6, 1992): vs. Seattle Seahawks

	1	2	3	4	Total
Seahawks	0	7	7	0	14
Steelers	7	3	0	10	20

at Three Rivers Stadium, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Game time: 1:00 pm EST
Game weather: 26 °F (Cloudy)
Game attendance: 47,015
Referee: Larry Nemmers
TV announcers: (NBC) Jim Lampley (play by play), Ahmad Rashad (color commentator)

Scoring Drives:

Pittsburgh – Mills 19 pass from O'Donnell (Anderson kick)
Pittsburgh – FG Anderson 38
Seattle – Kane 28 pass from Gelbaugh (Kasay kick)
Seattle – Williams 3 pass from Gelbaugh (Kasay kick)
Pittsburgh – Foster 4 run (Anderson kick)
Pittsburgh – FG Anderson 39

Week 15 (Sunday December 13, 1992): at Chicago Bears

	1	2	3	4	Total
Steelers	0	3	0	3	6
Bears	3	10	7	10	30

at Soldier Field, Chicago, Illinois

Game time: 1:00 pm EST
Game weather:
Game attendance: 52,904
Referee: Gerald Austin
TV announcers: (NBC) Marv Albert (play by play), Bill Parcells (color commentator)

Scoring Drives:

Chicago – FG Butler 37
Chicago – Lewis 3 run (Butler kick)
Chicago – FG Butler 26
Pittsburgh – FG Anderson 38
Chicago – Anderson 15 pass from Harbaugh (Butler kick)
Chicago – FG Butler 38
Pittsburgh – FG Anderson 38
Chicago – Anderson 6 run (Butler kick)

Week 16 (Sunday December 20, 1992): vs. Minnesota Vikings

	1	2	3	4	Total
Vikings	0	0	0	6	6
Steelers	0	3	0	0	3

at Three Rivers Stadium, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Game time: 1:00 pm EST
Game weather: 37 °F (Partly Sunny)
Game attendance: 53,613
Referee: Dick Hantak
TV announcers: (CBS) Verne Lundquist (play by play), Dan Fouts (color commentator)

Scoring Drives:

Pittsburgh – FG Anderson 23
Minnesota – FG Reveiz 38
Minnesota – FG Reveiz 36

Week 17 (Sunday December 27, 1992): vs. Cleveland Browns

	1	2	3	4	Total
Browns	0	3	7	3	13
Steelers	7	10	3	3	23

at Three Rivers Stadium, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Game time: 1:00 pm EST
Game weather: 32 °F (Sunny)
Game attendance: 53,776
Referee: Bob McElwee
TV announcers: (NBC) Joel Meyers (play by play), Paul Maguire (color commentator)

Scoring Drives:

Pittsburgh – Foster 7 run (Anderson kick)
Cleveland – FG Stover 22
Pittsburgh – Jorden 2 pass from Brister (Anderson kick)
Pittsburgh – FG Anderson 26
Cleveland – M. Jackson 38 pass from Tomczak (Stover kick)
Pittsburgh – FG Anderson 29
Cleveland – FG Stover 22
Pittsburgh – FG Anderson 28

Standings

Team	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA
AFC Central
Pittsburgh Steelers	11	5	0	.688	299	225
Houston Oilers	10	6	0	.625	352	258
Cleveland Browns	7	9	0	.438	272	275
Cincinnati Bengals	5	11	0	.313	274	364

Playoffs

Game summary

AFC Divisional Playoff (Saturday January 9, 1993): vs. Buffalo Bills

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bills	0	7	7	10	24
Steelers	3	0	0	0	3

at Three Rivers Stadium, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Game time: 12:30 pm EST
Game weather: 37 °F (Light Rain)
Game attendance: 60,407
Referee: Bernie Kukar
TV announcers: (NBC) Marv Albert (play by play), Bill Parcells (color commentator)

Scoring Drives:

Pittsburgh – FG Anderson 38
Buffalo – Frerotte 1 pass from Reich (Christie kick)
Buffalo – Lofton 17 pass from Reich (Christie kick)
Buffalo – FG Christie 43
Buffalo – Gardner 1 run (Christie kick)

Awards, honors, and records

Bill Cowher, AP NFL Coach of the Year
Bill Cowher, Sporting News NFL Coach of the Year

References

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Current league affiliations	League: National Football League · Conference: American Football Conference · Division: North Division


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1992 Pittsburgh Steelers season

Contents

Personnel

Staff

Regular season

Schedule

Game summaries

Week 1 (Sunday September 6, 1992): at Houston Oilers

Week 2 (Sunday September 13, 1992): vs. New York Jets

Week 3 (Sunday September 20, 1992): at San Diego Chargers

Week 4 (Sunday September 27, 1992): at Green Bay Packers

Week 5 (Sunday October 4, 1992): Bye Week

Week 6 (Sunday October 11, 1992): at Cleveland Browns

Week 7 (Monday October 19, 1992): vs. Cincinnati Bengals

Week 8 (Sunday October 25, 1992): at Kansas City Chiefs

Week 9 (Sunday November 1, 1992): vs. Houston Oilers

Week 10 (Sunday November 8, 1992): at Buffalo Bills

Week 11 (Sunday November 15, 1992): vs. Detroit Lions

Week 12 (Sunday November 22, 1992): vs. Indianapolis Colts

Week 13 (Sunday November 29, 1992): at Cincinnati Bengals

Week 14 (Sunday December 6, 1992): vs. Seattle Seahawks

Week 15 (Sunday December 13, 1992): at Chicago Bears

Week 16 (Sunday December 20, 1992): vs. Minnesota Vikings

Week 17 (Sunday December 27, 1992): vs. Cleveland Browns

Standings

Playoffs

Game summary

AFC Divisional Playoff (Saturday January 9, 1993): vs. Buffalo Bills

Awards, honors, and records

References