1992 WPI Engineers football team
American college football season
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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]
ConferenceFreedom Football Conference
Record9–2 (5–0 FFC)
Headcoach
- Jack Siedlecki (5th season)
HomestadiumAlumni Stadium
| 1992 WPI Engineers football | |
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FFC champion | |
| Conference | Freedom Football Conference |
| Record | 9–2 (5–0 FFC) |
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| Home stadium | Alumni Stadium |
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| Team | W | 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance |
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| September 11 | Worcester State* | W 56–0 | 3,208 | ||
| September 19 | Union (NY)* | No. 1 |
| L 20–34 | 3,650 |
| September 26 | at UMass Lowell | No. 1 | W 13–9 | 631 | |
| October 3 | at RPI* | No. 1 |
| W 28–14 | 1,400 |
| October 10 | at Norwich | No. 1 | W 56–6 | 2,467 | |
| October 17 | at Merchant Marine | No. 1 | Kings Point, NY | W 17–15 | 2,447 |
| October 24 | Randolph–Macon* | No. 1 |
| W 45–7 | 812 |
| October 31 | at Ursinus* | No. 1 |
| W 24–10 | 823 |
| November 7 | Coast Guard | No. 1 |
| W 28–10 | 600 |
| November 14 | at Plymouth State | No. 1 | Plymouth, NH | W 43–20 | 987 |
| November 21 | Rowan* | Glassboro, NJ (NCAA Division III First Round) | L 14–41 | ||
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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
- Ernie Ansah[4]
