1992 WPI Engineers football team

The 1992 WPI Engineers football team represented Worcester Polytechnic Institute in the 1992 NCAA Division III football season.[1] It marked the Engineers' 103rd overall season and the team played its home games in Worcester, Massachusetts. They were led by fifth-year head coach Jack Siedlecki. They were a member of the Freedom Football Conference (FFC). The Engineers finished the season 9–2 and earned the school's first-ever bid to the NCAA Division III Football Championship playoffs.[2]

1992 WPI Engineers football
FFC champion
ConferenceFreedom Football Conference
1992 record9–2 (5–0 FFC)
Head coach
1992 Freedom Football Conference standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
WPI $^ 5 0 0  9 2 0
Merchant Marine 4 1 0  7 1 1
Plymouth State 4 1 1  4 4 1
UMass Lowell 2 3 1  4 4 1
Stony Brook 2 3 0  5 5 0
Norwich 2 4 0  3 6 0
Western Connecticut 2 4 0  2 8 0
Coast Guard 1 6 0  1 8 0
  • $ Conference champion
  • ^ NCAA Division III playoff participant

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendance
September 11Worcester State*W 56–03,208
September 19Union*No. 1
  • Alumni Stadium
  • Worcester, MA
L 20–343,650
September 26at UMass Lowell*No. 1W 13–9631
October 3at RPI*No. 1
W 28–141,400
October 10at NorwichNo. 1W 56–62,467
October 17at Merchant MarineNo. 1Kings Point, NYW 17–152,447
October 24Randolph–Macon*No. 1
  • Alumni Stadium
  • Worcester, MA
W 45–7812
October 31at Ursinus*No. 1
W 24–10823
November 7Coast GuardNo. 1
  • Alumni Stadium
  • Worcester, MA
W 28–10600
November 14at Plymouth StateNo. 1Plymouth, NHW 43–20987
November 21Rowan*L 14–41
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from New England Region poll released prior to the game

Schedule Source:[1]

Awards and honors

Weekly awards

Freedom Football Conference Offensive Player of the Week

  • Dave Ceppetelli - Week of September 13, 1992[3]

Freedom Football Conference Offensive Player of the Week

  • Peter Perivolarakis - Week of September 13, 1992[3]

Annual awards

Freedom Football Conference Rookie of the Year

References

  1. http://athletics.wpi.edu/sports/fball/archives_folder/1992_Football_Stats_and_Results.pdf
  2. Toland, Jennifer (2017-09-26). "Jennifer Toland: 25 years later, WPI to celebrate sports triumvirate". telegram.com. Retrieved 2017-10-02.
  3. The Students of Worcester Polytechnic Institute, "Newspeak Volume 20, Issue 18, September 22, 1992" (1992). Newspeak All Issues. 479. http://digitalcommons.wpi.edu/newspeak/479
  4. "- Ernie Ansah '96 - WPI Hall of Fame - Class of 2010 - WPI Athletics - WPI Athletics". athletics.wpi.edu. Retrieved 2017-10-02.
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