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1992 Pittsburgh Steelers season

The 1992 Pittsburgh Steelers season was the franchise's 60th season as a professional sports franchise and as a member of the National Football League.

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 commonplace in Cowher's reign as coach of the Steelers, the team failed to capitalize on the seeding and lost at home to the eventual AFC champion Buffalo Bills in the divisional playoffs.

Offseason

NFL draft

Undrafted free agents

Staff

Notable additions include Levon Kirkland, Joel Steed, Darren Perry and Yancey Thigpen

Roster

Preseason

Schedule

Regular season

Schedule

Game summaries

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

at Astrodome, Houston, Texas

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

at Three Rivers Stadium, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

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

at Jack Murphy Stadium, San Diego, California

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

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

at Cleveland Municipal Stadium, Cleveland, Ohio

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

at Three Rivers Stadium, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Scoring drives:

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

at Arrowhead Stadium, Kansas City, Missouri

Scoring drives:

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

at Three Rivers Stadium, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

  • Game time: 1:00 pm EST
  • Game weather: (Light Rain)
  • 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

at Rich Stadium, Orchard Park, New York

Scoring drives:

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

at Three Rivers Stadium, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

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

at Three Rivers Stadium, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

  • Game time: 1:00 pm EST
  • Game weather: (Light Rain)
  • 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

at Riverfront Stadium, Cincinnati, Ohio

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

at Three Rivers Stadium, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

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

Scoring drives:

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

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

at Three Rivers Stadium, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

  • Game time: 1:00 pm EST
  • Game weather: (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

at Three Rivers Stadium, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

  • Game time: 1:00 pm EST
  • Game weather: (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

Playoffs

Game summary

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

at Three Rivers Stadium, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

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

References

External links