1992 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships
Arkansas and LSU topped the men's and women's team standings, respectively; it was the Razorbacks' second men's team title and the sixth for the Lady Tigers. This was Arkansas' first title since 1985 and was the first of eight consecutive titles for the Razorbacks. The Lady Tigers, meanwhile, captured their sixth consecutive title and, ultimately, the sixth of eleven straight titles they won between 1987 and 1997.


1992 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships, Individual champions, Men's, 400-meter relay
LSU (Reggie Jones, Bryant Williams, Chris King, Jason Sanders), 38.70


1992 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships, Individual champions, Men's, 1,600-meter relay
Georgia Tech (Octavius Terry, Julian Amede, Derrick Adkins, Derek Mills), 2:59.95


1992 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships, Individual champions, Women's, 400-meter relay
LSU (Dawn Bowles, Cheryl Taplin, Cinnamon Sheffield, Dahlia Duhaney), 43.03


1992 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships, Individual champions, Women's, 1,600-meter relay
Florida (Nekita Beasley, Michelle Freeman, Kim Mitchell, Anita Howard), 3:27.53


1992 NCAA Division I Softball Tournament
The 1992 NCAA Division I Softball Tournament was the eleventh annual tournament to determine the national champion of NCAA women's collegiate softball. Held during May 1992, twenty Division I college softball teams contested the championship. The tournament featured eight regionals of either two or three teams, each in a double elimination format. The 1992 Women's College World Series was held in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma from May 23 through May 26 and marked the conclusion of the 1992 NCAA Division I softball season. UCLA won their seventh championship by defeating defending champions Arizona 2–0 in the final game.


1992 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament
The 1992 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament began on March 18 and ended on April 5. The tournament featured 48 teams. The Final Four consisted of Virginia, Stanford, Southwest Missouri State (now known as Missouri State), and Western Kentucky, with Stanford defeating Western Kentucky 78–62 to win its second NCAA title. Stanford's Molly Goodenbour was named the Most Outstanding Player of the tournament.


1992 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament, Notable events
Missouri State (then Southwest Missouri State), was not a regular participant in the Tournament. They had not earned a bid until 1991, when they won their first game and lost their second game. In 1992, they were assigned an eight seed. Their first game was against Kansas, which they won 75–59. That win matched them up against the number one seed in the Midwest region, Iowa. The Hawkeyes were 25–3, winner of the Big Ten conference in their ninth year under Hall of Fame coach C. Vivian Stringer.


1992 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament, Notable events
Despite the odds, the Missouri State team took Iowa to overtime, and won 61–60 in the overtime period. That matched up the Bears against fifth-seeded UCLA, but Missouri State won easily, 83–57. Their next game was against SEC regular season champion Ole Miss, one of a small number of teams who had played in every NCAA tournament since the first one in 1982. Ole Miss was the number two seed in the region, but Missouri State again achieved an upset, winning the game 94–71. That win placed Missouri State in the Final Four. Prior to this win, the lowest seed to make it to the Final Four was a four seed. Only one team, Arkansas in 1998, with a nine seed, has made it to the Final four with a weaker seed.


1992 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament, Notable events
Missouri State's opponent in the semi-final game was Western Kentucky, who has also achieved some upsets. After beating Alabama, the Hilltoppers faced Tennessee, the number one seed in the Mideast region, and the defending national champions. Western Kentucky won the game 75–70, and went on to beat the number 2 seed in the region, Maryland, by the identical score.


1992 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament, Notable events
The other semi-final included two of the powerhouses of the sport at the time. Both Virginia and Stanford were number one seeds. Stanford had won the National championship two years before, while Virginia was competing in their third consecutive final four, and were the runner-up in the prior year's tournament.


1992 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament, Notable events
In the game between Western Kentucky and Missouri State, the Hilltoppers dashed the upset hopes of the Missouri State Bears, and won the game 84–72. The game between Stanford and Virginia was much closer, with Virginia leading late but Stanford pulled to a small lead. Virginia's Dawn Staley scored to cut the lead to one with eleven seconds left. Stanford now controlled the ball, and in bounded it, but with time running out, the ball was loose on the floor.


1992 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament, Notable events
Staley dived after the loose ball, recovered it and flung it to teammate Melanee Wagener while Staley called for a timeout. The referee did not hear her call for the timeout, then heard the horn announcing the end of the game, so the refs and the teams headed off the court. Staley chased after Doug Cloud, the referee, insisting she had called a time out. A different referee, Bob Trammell, had heard her call for the timeout, so the teams were called back, and a fraction of a second were placed back on the clock.


1992 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament, Notable events
Virginia in bounded the ball and got it to Staley, but she was unable to get a final shot off. Stanford coach Tara VanDerveer would call it, "the longest seven-tenths of a second in my life". The Cardinal won a one-point game 66–65. Van Derveer would later recount the story when preparing to train the USA National team, including Staley, for the 1996 Olympics.


1992 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament, Notable events
After losing three starters from the prior year's team, including All-American Sonia Henning, some observers, including assistant coach Amy Tucker, were not expecting a stellar season. Their point guard, Molly Goodenbour, had not seen a lot of playing time in prior years playing behind Henning and Jennifer Azzi, but she would go on to hit 18 three-pointers in the tournament, at the time an NCAA record, and win the MVP award for the tournament. Teammates Rachel Hemmer and Val Whiting also earned spots on the All-Tournament team as the team won a 78–62 victory over Western Kentucky to claim their second national championship in three years.


1992 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament, Qualifying teams – automatic
Forty-eight teams were selected to participate in the 1992 NCAA Tournament. Twenty-two conferences were eligible for an automatic bid to the 1992 NCAA tournament.


1992 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament, Qualifying teams – at-large
Twenty-six additional teams were selected to complete the forty-eight invitations.


1992 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament, Bids by conference
Twenty-two conferences earned an automatic bid. In eleven cases, the automatic bid was the only representative from the conference. Three conferences, the Great Midwest, the Midwestern Collegiate, and the North Atlantic conferences sent a single representative as an at-large team. One independent school was selected. Twenty-five additional at-large teams were selected from ten of the conferences.


1992 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament, First and second rounds
In 1992, the field remained at 48 teams. The teams were seeded, and assigned to four geographic regions, with seeds 1–12 in each region. In Round 1, seeds 8 and 9 faced each other for the opportunity to face the 1 seed in the second round, seeds 7 and 10 played for the opportunity to face the 2 seed, seeds 5 and 12 played for the opportunity to face the 4 seed, and seeds 6 and 11 played for the opportunity to face the 3 seed. In the first two rounds, the higher seed was given the opportunity to host the first-round game. In most cases, the higher seed accepted the opportunity. The exceptions:


1992 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament, First and second rounds
The following table lists the region, host school, venue and the thirty-two first and second round locations:


1992 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament, Regionals and Final Four
The Regionals, named for the general location, were held from March 26 to March 28 at these sites:


1992 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament, Regionals and Final Four
Each regional winner advanced to the Final Four, held April 4 and April 5 in Los Angeles at the Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena (co-hosts: University of Southern California, University of California, Los Angeles)


1992 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament, Bids by state
The forty-eight teams came from twenty-nine states, plus Washington, D.C. California had the most teams with seven bids, the first time in tournament history a state had more than four bids. Twenty-one states did not have any teams receiving bids.


1992 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament, Brackets
First and second-round games played at higher seed except where noted.


1992 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament, Record by conference
Fifteen conferences had more than one bid, or at least one win in NCAA Tournament play:


1992 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament, Record by conference
Seven conferences went 0-1: Colonial, Metro, MAAC, Midwestern Collegiate, North Atlantic Conference, Ohio Valley Conference, and Southern Conference.


1992 NCAA Division I Women's Lacrosse Championship
The 1992 NCAA Division I Women's Lacrosse Championship was the 11th annual single-elimination tournament to determine the national championship of Division I NCAA women's college lacrosse. The championship game was played at Goodman Stadium in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania during May 1992. All NCAA Division I women's lacrosse programs were eligible for this championship; a total of 6 teams were invited to participate.


1992 NCAA Division I Women's Lacrosse Championship
Maryland defeated Harvard, 11–10 (in overtime), to win their second national championship.


1992 NCAA Division I Women's Lacrosse Championship
The leading scorers for the tournament, both with 7 goals, were Liz Berkery (Harvard) and Betsy Elder (Maryland). The Most Outstanding Player trophy was not awarded this year.


1992 NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Tournament
The 1992 NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Tournament was the 11th annual single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of NCAA Division I women's collegiate soccer. The championship game was played at Fetzer Field in Chapel Hill, North Carolina during December 1992.


1992 NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Tournament
North Carolina defeated rival Duke in the final, 9–1, to win their tenth national title. Coached by Anson Dorrance, the Tar Heels again finished the season undefeated, 25–0. This would go on to become the seventh of North Carolina's record nine consecutive national titles (1986–1994). It also comprised the Tar Heels' ten-year unbeaten streak that ran from the 1984 final all the way until the 1994 season.


1992 NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Tournament
The Most Outstanding Offensive Player was Mia Hamm from North Carolina, and the Most Outstanding Defensive Player was Sue Wall, from Santa Clara. Hamm was also the tournament's leading scorer (5 goals, 2 assists). An All-tournament team was named for the first time since 1983.


1992 NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Tournament, Qualification
All Division I women's soccer programs were eligible to qualify for the tournament. The tournament field remained fixed at 12 teams.


1992 NCAA Division I Women's Swimming and Diving Championships
The 1992 NCAA Women's Division I Swimming and Diving Championships were contested at the 11th annual NCAA-sanctioned swim meet to determine the team and individual national champions of Division I women's collegiate swimming and diving in the United States.


1992 NCAA Division I Women's Swimming and Diving Championships
This year's events were hosted by the University of Texas at the Texas Swimming Center in Austin, Texas.


1992 NCAA Division I Women's Swimming and Diving Championships
Stanford upset hosts and two-time defending champions Texas to claim the team title, the Cardinal's third.


1992 NCAA Division I Women's Tennis Championships
The 1992 NCAA Division I Women's Tennis Championships were the 11th annual championships to determine the national champions of NCAA Division I women's singles, doubles, and team collegiate tennis in the United States. They were hosted by Stanford University at the Stanford Tennis Stadium in Stanford, California between May 13–17, 1992.


1992 NCAA Division I Women's Tennis Championships
Florida defeated Texas, 5–3, in the championship match, the Gators' first team national title. Florida, in turn, completed a sweep of all three national championships in women's tennis.


1992 NCAA Division I Women's Volleyball Tournament
The 1992 NCAA Division I Women's Volleyball Tournament began with 32 teams and ended on December 19, 1992, when Stanford defeated UCLA 3-1 in the NCAA championship match.


1992 NCAA Division I Women's Volleyball Tournament
Stanford won the program's first NCAA title after three previous runner-up finishes. UCLA was the top ranked team in the country and was undefeated coming into the match. The Bruins were the two time defending national champions, and became the first university to appear in three straight NCAA title matches, equaling its previous AIAW national title match streak from 1974 through 1976. UCLA's 43 match win streak was snapped with the loss.


1992 NCAA Division I Women's Volleyball Tournament
The 1992 Final Four was held at The Pit in Albuquerque, New Mexico.


1992 NCAA Division I baseball rankings
The following polls make up the 1992 NCAA Division I baseball rankings. USA Today and ESPN began publishing the Coaches' Poll of 31 active coaches ranking the top 25 teams in the nation in 1992. Each coach is a member of the American Baseball Coaches Association. Baseball America began publishing its poll of the top 20 teams in college baseball in 1981. Beginning with the 1985 season, it expanded to the top 25. Collegiate Baseball Newspaper published its first human poll of the top 20 teams in college baseball in 1957, and expanded to rank the top 30 teams in 1961.


1992 NCAA Division I baseball rankings, USA Today/ESPN Coaches' Poll
Currently, only the final poll from the 1992 season is available.


1992 NCAA Division I baseball rankings, Baseball America
Currently, only the final poll from the 1992 season is available.


1992 NCAA Division I baseball rankings, Collegiate Baseball
Currently, only the final poll from the 1992 season is available.


1992 NCAA Division I baseball season
The 1992 NCAA Division I baseball season, play of college baseball in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) began in the spring of 1992. The season progressed through the regular season and concluded with the 1992 College World Series. The College World Series, held for the forty sixth time in 1992, consisted of one team from each of eight regional competitions and was held in Omaha, Nebraska at Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium as a double-elimination tournament. Pepperdine claimed the championship for the first time.


1992 NCAA Division I baseball season, Conference winners
This is a partial list of conference champions from the 1992 season. The NCAA sponsored regional competitions to determine the College World Series participants. Each of the eight regionals consisted of six teams competing in double-elimination tournaments, with the winners advancing to Omaha. 24 teams earned automatic bids by winning their conference championship while 24 teams earned at-large selections.


1992 NCAA Division I baseball season, College World Series
The 1992 season marked the forty sixth NCAA Baseball Tournament, which culminated with the eight team College World Series. The College World Series was held in Omaha, Nebraska. The eight teams played a double-elimination format, with Pepperdine claiming their first championship with a 3–2 win over Cal State Fullerton in the final.


1992 NCAA Division I softball season
The 1992 NCAA Division I softball season, play of college softball in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at the Division I level, began in February 1992. The season progressed through the regular season, many conference tournaments and championship series, and concluded with the 1992 NCAA Division I Softball Tournament and 1992 Women's College World Series. The Women's College World Series, consisting of the eight remaining teams in the NCAA Tournament and held in Oklahoma City at ASA Hall of Fame Stadium, ended on May 26, 1992.


1992 NCAA Division I softball season, Women's College World Series
The 1992 NCAA Women's College World Series took place from May 23 to May 26, 1992 in Oklahoma City.


1992 NCAA Division I softball season, Records
Freshman class single game triples:3 – Melissa Scarborough, UMBC Retrievers; April 3, 1992


1992 NCAA Division I softball season, Records
Sophomore class single game walks:5 – Coli Turley, Eastern Illinois Panthers; March 31, 1992


1992 NCAA Division I softball season, Records
Junior class consecutive games hit streak:30 – Janna Venice, UConn Huskies; March 13-April 26, 1992


1992 NCAA Division I softball season, Records
Senior class single game stolen bases:6 – Ronda Carter, Akron Zips; April 24, 1992


1992 NCAA Division I softball season, Records
Sophomore class winning percentage:28-0 (100%) – Rebecca Aase, Florida State Seminoles


1992 NCAA Division I-A football rankings
Two human polls comprised the 1992 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I-A football rankings. Unlike most sports, college football's governing body, the NCAA, does not bestow a national championship, instead that title is bestowed by one or more different polling agencies. There are two main weekly polls that begin in the preseason—the AP Poll and the Coaches' Poll.


1992 NCAA Division I-A football season
The 1992 NCAA Division I-A football season was the first year of the Bowl Coalition and concluded with Alabama's first national championship in thirteen years—their first since the departure of Bear Bryant. One of Bryant's former players, Gene Stallings, was the head coach, and he used a style similar to Bryant's, a smashmouth running game combined with a tough defense.


1992 NCAA Division I-A football season
The top-tier games of the Bowl Coalition were the Sugar Bowl, Orange Bowl, Cotton Bowl Classic, and Fiesta Bowl. Under the agreement, the Sugar Bowl, Orange Bowl, and Cotton Bowl Classic hosted the Southeastern Conference, Big 8, and Southwest Conference champions, respectively, and then a pool of at large teams was formed between the Atlantic Coast Conference champ, the Big East champ, Notre Dame, and two conference runners-up from the Big 8, SWC, ACC, Big East and Pac-10. The highest ranked host team would play the highest ranked at-large team. If the two highest ranked teams were both at-large teams, the championship game would be hosted by the Fiesta Bowl. Three other bowls—the Blockbuster Bowl, Gator Bowl, and John Hancock Bowl—were second-tier games of the Bowl Coalition.


1992 NCAA Division I-A football season
For this year, (host) SEC champ Alabama played (at-large) Big East Champ Miami-FL, the Orange Bowl featured (host) Big-8 champ Nebraska and (at-large) ACC champ Florida St., the Cotton Bowl Classic featured (host) SWC champ Texas A&M and (at-large) independent Notre Dame, and the Fiesta Bowl featured (at-large) Big East runner up Syracuse and (at-large) Big 8 runner up Colorado.


1992 NCAA Division I-A football season
The 1992 season also saw the expansion of the SEC and the first conference championship game to be played in the country. Before the 1992 season, the Arkansas Razorbacks and the South Carolina Gamecocks joined the SEC, which expanded the conference to twelve teams. The conference then split into two divisions, and the winner of each division would face off in the SEC Championship Game in Birmingham's historic Legion Field (later moved to Atlanta's Georgia Dome, in 1994). In the first year of the new system, Alabama won the SEC West, Florida won the SEC East, and the Tide won the match-up 28–21 on an Antonio Langham interception return for a touchdown in the closing minutes.


1992 NCAA Division I-A football season
In the Sugar Bowl, to decide the national champion, Miami came in a heavy favorite with even heavier swagger. The Tide defense, however, with its eleven-man fronts and zone blitzes, heavily confused Heisman Trophy winner Gino Torretta and Alabama won in a defensive rout, 34–13.


1992 NCAA Division I-A football season
In other circles, the Big West Conference lost two members; Fresno State left for the WAC and Long Beach State stopped sponsoring football, but they also gained a member in Nevada, which made the jump from Division I-AA. Nevada went 5–1 in conference, winning the Big West championship and representing the conference in the 1992 Las Vegas Bowl (formerly the California Bowl held in Fresno, California).


1992 NCAA Division I-A football season, No. 1 and No. 2 progress
Until the November 10, 1992, poll, No. 1 and No. 2 shifted between Miami and Seattle, as the Miami Hurricanes and the Washington Huskies were only points apart at the top. In the preseason poll, Miami had 40 of the 62 first place votes cast, and Washington 12.


1992 NCAA Division I-A football season, No. 1 and No. 2 progress
After both teams went 5–0, they each got first place votes from 31 electors, split 31½ each, and on October 13, the Huskies were ahead by a single point 1,517½ to 1,516½. The following week, there was a tie for first place for the first time in the history of the AP poll, with Miami and Washington each collecting 1,517 points (Miami had more first place votes, 31 to 30, as another writer went with 7–0–0 Alabama). The next week, Miami was ahead 1,517 to 1,516, and the week after, Washington was on top again.


1992 NCAA Division I-A football season, No. 1 and No. 2 progress
On November 7, the Huskies lost at Arizona, 16–3 to fall to 8–1–0. In the remaining polls, Miami was the clear cut favorite for No. 1, with 61 of the 62 votes, and Alabama was everyone's favorite No. 2 . Both finished the regular season unbeaten. Since Miami was an "at-large" school, and Alabama was the highest ranked of the "host schools" (qualifying for the Sugar Bowl as the Southeastern Conference champion), the No. 1 vs. No. 2 matchup would take place in New Orleans.


1992 NCAA Division I-A football season, Awards and honors, Heisman Trophy
The Heisman Memorial Trophy Award is given to the Most Outstanding Player of the year.


1992 NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship Game
The 1992 NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship Game was a postseason college football game between the Youngstown State Penguins and the Marshall Thundering Herd. The game was played on December 19, 1992, at Marshall University Stadium in Huntington, West Virginia. The culminating game of the 1992 NCAA Division I-AA football season, it was won by Marshall, 31–28. The game was a rematch of the prior season's championship game.


1992 NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship Game, Teams
The participants of the Championship Game were the finalists of the 1992 I-AA Playoffs, which began with a 16-team bracket. The site of the title game, Marshall University Stadium, had been predetermined months earlier.


1992 NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship Game, Teams, Youngstown State Penguins
Youngstown State finished their regular season with an 8–2–1 record. Unseeded in the tournament and ranked seventh in the final NCAA I-AA in-house poll, the Penguins defeated Villanova, second-seed The Citadel, and third-seed Northern Iowa to reach the final. This was the second appearance, both consecutively and overall, for Youngstown State in a Division I-AA championship game, having won in 1991.


1992 NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship Game, Teams, Marshall Thundering Herd
Marshall finished their regular season with an 8–3 record (5–2 in conference). Unseeded and ranked sixth in the final NCAA I-AA in-house poll, the Thundering Herd defeated Eastern Kentucky, fourth-seed Middle Tennessee, and Delaware to reach the final. This was the third appearance overall, and second consecutively, for Marshall in a Division I-AA championship game, having lost in 1987 and 1991.


1992 NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship Game, Game summary
After a scoreless first quarter, Marshall led 14–0 at halftime, and extended their lead to 28–0 with 5:46 left in the third quarter. Youngstown State then rallied, cutting the lead to 28–14 by the end of the third quarter, and tying the game with 2:28 left in the fourth quarter. Marshall then drove from their 19-yard-line to the Youngstown State 5-yard-line, and senior kicker Willy Merrick made a 22-yard-field goal with seven seconds left to play, providing the winning points for Marshall. It was Merrick's first collegiate field goal, as the team's usual kicker, Merrick's sophomore brother David, was suspended for the game due to missing a practice.


1992 NCAA Division I-AA football rankings
The 1992 NCAA Division I-AA football rankings are from the NCAA Division I-AA football committee, which in the 1992 season was composed of four components. One of these components was the Sports Network poll of 49 Division I-AA head coaches, athletic directors, sports information directors and media members, which was sometimes published separately.


1992 NCAA Division I-AA football rankings, NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee poll
Currently, the following polls are only ones available. A preseason poll was also released.


1992 NCAA Division I-AA football season
The 1992 NCAA Division I-AA football season, part of college football in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association at the Division I-AA level, began on September 5, 1992, and concluded with the 1992 NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship Game on December 19, 1992, in Huntington, West Virginia. The Marshall Thundering Herd defeated the Youngstown State Penguins by a score of 31–28. It was the second consecutive year that Marshall and Youngstown State faced off in the I-AA title game.


1992 NCAA Division I-AA football season, Notable changes
Prior to the season, the Gateway Collegiate Athletic Conference, otherwise a women's sports league but sponsoring football as its only men's sport since the 1985 collapse of the football side of the Missouri Valley Conference (MVC), merged into the MVC. The football league became the standalone Gateway Football Conference, later renamed as the Missouri Valley Football Conference (MVFC) in 2008.


1992 NCAA Division I-AA football season, Postseason
Only the top four teams in the field were seeded, and thus assured of home games in their first-round games. The site of the title game, Marshall University Stadium, had been predetermined months before the playoffs began.


1992 NCAA Division II Men's Basketball Tournament
The 1992 NCAA Division II Men's Basketball Tournament involved 32 schools playing in a single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division II college basketball as a culmination of the 1991-92 NCAA Division II men's basketball season. It was won by Virginia Union University and Virginia Union's Derrick Johnson was the Most Outstanding Player.


1992 NCAA Division II Men's Soccer Championship
The 1992 NCAA Division II Men's Soccer Championship was the 21st annual tournament held by the NCAA to determine the top men's Division II college soccer program in the United States.


1992 NCAA Division II Men's Soccer Championship
Southern Connecticut (21-2-1) defeated Tampa, 1–0, to win a third national title. The Fighting Owls were coached by Ray Reid.


1992 NCAA Division II Men's Soccer Championship
The final match was held in Tampa, Florida on December 5, 1992.


1992 NCAA Division II Women's Basketball Tournament
The 1992 NCAA Division II Women's Basketball Tournament was the 11th annual tournament hosted by the NCAA to determine the national champion of Division II women's  collegiate basketball in the United States.


1992 NCAA Division II Women's Basketball Tournament
Delta State defeated defending champions North Dakota State in the championship game, 65–63, claiming the Lady Statesmen's third NCAA Division II national title. It was also Delta State's third title in four seasons.


1992 NCAA Division II Women's Soccer Tournament
The 1992 NCAA Division II Women's Soccer Tournament was the fifth annual NCAA-sponsored tournament to determine the team national champion of Division II women's college soccer in the United States.


1992 NCAA Division II Women's Soccer Tournament
The championship match was hosted at Adelphi University in Garden City, New York.


1992 NCAA Division II Women's Soccer Tournament
Barry defeated hosts Adelphi in the final, 3–2, to claim their second national title.


1992 NCAA Division II football rankings
The 1992 NCAA Division II football rankings are from the NCAA Division II football committee. This is for the 1992 season.


1992 NCAA Division II football season
The 1992 NCAA Division II football season, part of college football in the United States organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association at the Division II level, began in August 1992, and concluded with the NCAA Division II Football Championship on December 12, 1992, at Braly Municipal Stadium in Florence, Alabama, hosted by the University of North Alabama. The Jacksonville State Gamecocks defeated the Pittsburg State Gorillas, 17–13, to win their first Division II national title.


1992 NCAA Division II football season
The Harlon Hill Trophy was awarded to Ronald Moore, running back from Pittsburg State.


1992 NCAA Division II football season, Conference summaries
Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association – HamptonGulf South Conference – Jacksonville StateLone Star Conference – Texas A&IMid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association – Pittsburg StateMidwest Intercollegiate Football Conference – Butler, Ferris State, Grand Valley State, and HillsdaleNorth Central Conference – North Dakota StateNorthern California Athletic Conference – UC DavisNorthern Intercollegiate Conference – Northern StatePennsylvania State Athletic Conference – West Chester (East), Indiana (PA) (West)Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference – Western StateSouth Atlantic Conference – Gardner–WebbSouthern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference – Fort Valley StateWestern Football Conference – Portland State


1992 NCAA Division II football season, Postseason
The 1992 NCAA Division II Football Championship playoffs were the 20th single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division II college football. The championship game was held at Braly Municipal Stadium in Florence, Alabama, for the seventh time.


1992 NCAA Division III Baseball Tournament
The 1992 NCAA Division III Baseball Tournament was played at the end of the 1992 NCAA Division III baseball season to determine the 17th national champion of college baseball at the NCAA Division III level. The tournament concluded with eight teams competing at C. O. Brown Stadium in Battle Creek, Michigan for the championship. Eight regional tournaments were held to determine the participants in the World Series.


1992 NCAA Division III Baseball Tournament
Regional tournaments were contested in double-elimination format, with one region consisting of six teams, six regions consisting of four teams, and one region consisting of two teams, which was played as best-of-five, for a total of 32 teams participating in the tournament. The tournament champion was William Paterson, who defeated Cal Lutheran for the championship.


1992 NCAA Division III Men's Basketball Tournament
The 1992 NCAA Division III Men's Basketball Tournament was the 18th annual single-elimination tournament to determine the national champions of National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) men's Division III collegiate basketball in the United States.


1992 NCAA Division III Men's Basketball Tournament
The field featured forty teams, with the championship rounds again contested in Springfield, Ohio.


1992 NCAA Division III Men's Basketball Tournament
Calvin defeated Rochester, 62–49, to clinch their first NCAA Division III national title. The Knights (31–1) were coached by Ed Douma.


1992 NCAA Division III Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
The 1992 NCAA Division III Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the culmination of the 1991–92 season, the 9th such tournament in NCAA history. It concluded with Plattsburgh State defeating Wisconsin-Stevens Point in the championship game 7–3. All Quarterfinals matchups were held at home team venues, while all succeeding games were played in Plattsburgh, New York.


1992 NCAA Division III Men's Ice Hockey Tournament, Qualifying teams
The following teams qualified for the tournament. There were no automatic bids, however, conference tournament champions were given preferential consideration. No formal seeding was used, quarterfinal matches were arranged so that the road teams would have the shortest possible travel distances.


1992 NCAA Division III Men's Ice Hockey Tournament, Format
The tournament featured three rounds of play. In the Quarterfinals, teams played a two-game series where the first team to reach 3 points was declared a winner (2 points for winning a game, 1 point each for tying). If both teams ended up with 2 points after the first two games a 20-minute mini-game used to determine a winner. Mini-game scores are in italics. Beginning with the Semifinals all games became Single-game eliminations. The winning teams in the Semifinals advanced to the National Championship Game with the losers playing in a Third Place game. The teams were seeded according to geographic proximity in the quarterfinals so the visiting team would have the shortest feasible distance to travel.


1992 NCAA Division III Women's Basketball Tournament
The 1992 NCAA Division III Women's Basketball Tournament was the 11th annual tournament hosted by the NCAA to determine the national champion of Division III women's collegiate basketball in the United States.


1992 NCAA Division III Women's Basketball Tournament
Alma defeated Moravian in the championship game, 79–75, to claim the Scots' first Division III national title.


1992 NCAA Division III Women's Basketball Tournament
The championship rounds were hosted by Moravian College in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.


1992 NCAA Division III football season
The 1992 NCAA Division III football season, part of the college football season organized by the NCAA at the Division III level in the United States, began in August 1992, and concluded with the NCAA Division III Football Championship, also known as the Stagg Bowl, in December 1992 at Hawkins Stadium in Bradenton, Florida. The Wisconsin–La Crosse Eagles won their first Division III championship by defeating the Washington & Jefferson Presidents, 16−12.


1992 NCAA Division III football season, Postseason
The 1992 NCAA Division III Football Championship playoffs were the 20th annual single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division III college football. The championship Stagg Bowl game was held at Hawkins Stadium in Bradenton, Florida for the third, and final, time. Like the previous seven tournaments, this year's bracket featured sixteen teams.


1992 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans
The Consensus 1992 College Basketball All-American team, as determined by aggregating the results of four major All-American teams. To earn "consensus" status, a player must win honors from a majority of the following teams: the Associated Press, the USBWA, The United Press International and the National Association of Basketball Coaches.


1992 NCAA Men's Volleyball Tournament
The 1992 NCAA Men's Volleyball Tournament was the 23rd annual tournament to determine the national champion of NCAA men's collegiate volleyball. The tournament was played at the John E. Worthen Arena in Muncie, Indiana during May 1992.


1992 NCAA Men's Volleyball Tournament
Pepperdine defeated Stanford in the final match, 3–0 (15–7, 15–13, 16–14), to win their third national title. The Waves (24–4) were coached by Marv Dunphy.


1992 NCAA Men's Volleyball Tournament
Pepperdine's Alon Grinberg was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player. Grinberg, along with five other players, comprised the All-Tournament Team.


1992 NCAA Men's Volleyball Tournament, Qualification
Until the creation of the NCAA Men's Division III Volleyball Championship in 2012, there was only a single national championship for men's volleyball. As such, all NCAA men's volleyball programs, whether from Division I, Division II, or Division III, were eligible. A total of 4 teams were invited to contest this championship.


1992 NCAA Men's Water Polo Championship
The 1992 NCAA Men's Water Polo Championship was the 24th annual NCAA Men's Water Polo Championship to determine the national champion of NCAA men's collegiate water polo. Tournament matches were played at the Belmont Plaza Pool in Long Beach, California during December 1992.


1992 NCAA Men's Water Polo Championship
California defeated rival Stanford in the final, 12–11 (in three overtimes), to win their eleventh, and third consecutive, national title. The undefeated Golden Bears (31–0) were coached by Steve Heaston.


1992 NCAA Men's Water Polo Championship
The Most Outstanding Player of the tournament was Dirk Zeien from California. Zeien, along with six other players, was named to the All-Tournament Team.


1992 NCAA Men's Water Polo Championship
The tournament's leading scorer, with 12 goals, was Danny Leyson from USC.


1992 NCAA Men's Water Polo Championship, Qualification
Since there has only ever been one single national championship for water polo, all NCAA men's water polo programs (whether from Division I, Division II, or Division III) were eligible. A total of 8 teams were invited to contest this championship.


1992 NCAA Rifle Championships
The 1992 NCAA Rifle Championships were contested at the 13th annual competition to determine the team and individual national champions of NCAA co-ed collegiate rifle shooting in the United States. The championship was hosted by Murray State University in Murray, Kentucky.


1992 NCAA Rifle Championships
Four-time defending champions West Virginia once again retained the team championship, finishing 48 points ahead of Alaska in the team standings. It was the Mountaineers' eighth overall national title.


1992 NCAA Rifle Championships
The individual champions were, for the smallbore rifle, Tim Manges (West Virginia), and Ann-Marie Pfiffner (West Virginia), for the air rifle.


1992 NCAA Rifle Championships, Qualification
Since there is only one national collegiate championship for rifle shooting, all NCAA rifle programs (whether from Division I, Division II, or Division III) were eligible. A total of five teams ultimately contested this championship.


1992 NCAA Skiing Championships
The 1992 NCAA Skiing Championships were contested at the Wildcat Mountain Ski Area in Jackson, New Hampshire as the 39th annual NCAA-sanctioned ski tournament to determine the individual and team national champions of men's and women's collegiate slalom and cross country skiing in the United States.


1992 NCAA Skiing Championships
Vermont, coached by Chip LaCasse, claimed their fourth overall team championship and third as a co-ed team.


1992 NCAA Skiing Championships, Venue
This year's NCAA skiing championships were hosted by the Wildcat Mountain Ski Area near Jackson, New Hampshire.


1992 NCAA Skiing Championships, Venue
These were the sixth championships held in the state of New Hampshire (previously 1958, 1964, 1970, 1978, and 1984).


1992 NCAA Women's Golf Championship
The 1992 NCAA Women's Golf Championships were contested at the 11th annual NCAA-sanctioned golf tournament to determine the individual and team national champions of women's collegiate golf in the United States. Until 1996, the NCAA would hold just one annual women's golf championship for all programs across Division I, Division II, and Division III.


1992 NCAA Women's Golf Championship
The tournament was held at the Karsten Golf Course in Tempe, Arizona.


1992 NCAA Women's Golf Championship
San Jose State won the team championship, the Spartans' third win.


1992 NCAA Women's Gymnastics Championship
The 1992 NCAA Women's Gymnastics championship involved 12 schools competing for the national championship of women's NCAA Division I gymnastics. It was the eleventh NCAA gymnastics national championship and the defending NCAA Team Champion for 1991 was Alabama. The Competition took place in St. Paul, Minnesota in the St. Paul Civic Center. The 1991 Championship was won by the Utah Red Rocks.


1992 NFL Draft
The 1992 NFL draft was the procedure by which National Football League teams selected amateur college football players. It is officially known as the NFL Annual Player Selection Meeting. The draft was held April 26–27, 1992, at the Marriott Marquis in New York City, New York. The league also held a supplemental draft after the regular draft and before the regular season.


1992 NFL Draft
The 1992 draft was notable because for the first time since 1958 one team, the Indianapolis Colts, held the first two overall picks. Neither made a major impact in the league, and the 1992 draft in retrospect is considered one of the worst in league history. It is the only draft since 1984 to produce no Pro Football Hall of Famers. It was also the final NFL Draft featuring twelve rounds of selections; the league would reduce the rounds to eight the following season, and then seven the year after that, where it has remained since.


1992 NFL Draft, Hall of Famers
To date, no member of the 1992 NFL draft has been inducted into the Professional Football Hall of Fame.


1992 NFL season
The 1992 NFL season was the 73rd regular season of the National Football League. Due to the damage caused by Hurricane Andrew, the New England Patriots at Miami Dolphins game that was scheduled for September 6 at Joe Robbie Stadium was rescheduled to October 18. Both teams originally had that weekend off.


1992 NFL season
This marked the first time since the 1966 NFL season and the AFL seasons of 1966 and 1967 that there were byes in week 1; in those years, byes were necessary every week since there were an odd number of teams, which would happen again between 1999 and 2001. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Dolphins also had their 2017 season opener postponed due to Hurricane Irma.


1992 NFL season
The season ended with Super Bowl XXVII when the Dallas Cowboys defeated the Buffalo Bills 52–17 at the Rose Bowl. This would be the third of the Bills’ four consecutive Super Bowl losses; as of 2021, no team has ever lost three OR four Super Bowls in a row (the earliest possible date that these figures could be matched would be either 2023 or 2024, and that would only happen if the Kansas City Chiefs--who lost Super Bowl LV in February 2020--lost in the Super Bowl for the next 2-3 seasons). Buffalo would join the Miami Dolphins of the early 1970s as the only team to reach three straight Super Bowls and not until the New England Patriots of the late 2010s would another team reach three in a row.


1992 NFL season, Player movement, Draft
The 1992 NFL Draft was held from April 26 to 27, 1992 at New York City's Marriott Marquis. With the first pick, the Indianapolis Colts selected defensive tackle Steve Emtman from the University of Washington.


1992 NFL season, Referee changes
After one season as referee, Stan Kemp stepped down after he was diagnosed with Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Tom Dooley also retired during the off-season. Gary Lane and Ed Hochuli were then promoted to referee.


1992 NFL season, Preseason, American Bowl
A series of National Football League pre-season exhibition games that were held at sites outside the United States, a total of three games were contested.


1992 NFL season, Regular season, Scheduling formula
Inter-conferenceAFC East vs NFC WestAFC Central vs NFC CentralAFC West vs NFC East


1992 NFL season, Regular season, Final standings
There was an unusual deviation between good teams and bad teams in the NFL in 1992. Only one team, the Denver Broncos; finished with eight wins and eight losses, nine teams had at least 11 wins, and eight teams had at least 11 losses. Only six teams had between seven, eight or nine wins in 1992.


1992 NFL season, Stadium changes
The Atlanta Falcons played their first season in the new Georgia Dome, replacing Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium. The Falcons would play at the Georgia Dome until 2016.


1992 NFL season, Uniform changes
The Tampa Bay Buccaneers began wearing orange pants with their white jerseys


1992 NHK Trophy
The 1992 NHK Trophy was held at the Yoyogi National Stadium in Tokyo. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing.


1992 NHL Entry Draft
The 1992 NHL Entry Draft was the 30th NHL Entry Draft. It was held on June 20 at the Montreal Forum in Montreal, Quebec. A total of 264 players were drafted.


1992 NHL Entry Draft, Selections by round
Club teams are located in North America unless otherwise noted.


1992 NHL Expansion Draft
The 1992 NHL Expansion Draft was an expansion draft held by the National Hockey League (NHL) to fill the rosters of the league's two expansion teams for the 1992–93 season, the Ottawa Senators and the Tampa Bay Lightning. The draft was held on June 18, 1992, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.


1992 NHL Expansion Draft, Rules
21 of the 22 franchises in the league at the time of the draft were allowed to protect two goaltenders and fourteen position players (the San Jose Sharks were the only team exempt from protection restrictions as they were an expansion team the previous season). Beyond that, every team had to make available at least one goaltender who had played at least one NHL game.


1992 NHL Expansion Draft, Rules
This clause (known to the league teams far in advance) led to several trades so that teams could fulfill the requirement without exposing their lead goaltenders. It also led to anomalies such as Ray LeBlanc (the star of the 1992 United States Olympic team) being put into the only NHL game of his career so that the Chicago Blackhawks could expose him and not Ed Belfour, Dominik Hasek or Jimmy Waite. To avoid exposing any of their three goaltenders, the Washington Capitals re-signed former goalie Bernie Wolfe, who was 40 years old and last played an NHL game in 1979. League president John Ziegler held up approval of the contract and summoned Capitals general manager David Poile to Toronto to explain himself; not willing to risk being sanctioned, the team signed Steve Weeks instead.


1992 NHL Expansion Draft, Rules
There were 42 players selected in the draft, two from each participating franchise. The Lightning and Senators were each to pick two goaltenders, seven defensemen, and twelve forwards.


1992 NHL Expansion Draft, Post-draft
Among players selected in the 1992 NHL Expansion Draft and then moved before the start of the 1992–93 season were the following:


1992 NHL Supplemental Draft
The 1992 NHL Supplemental Draft took place on June 19, 1992.


1992 NHL strike
The 1992 NHL strike was the first strike action initiated by the National Hockey League Players' Association (NHLPA) against the National Hockey League's (NHL) owners. It was called on April 1, 1992, and lasted ten days. The settlement saw the players earn a large increase in their playoff bonuses, increased control over the licensing of their likenesses and changes to the free agency system. In addition, the season was expanded to 84 games and included provisions for each team to play two games per season in non-NHL cities. As a result of the strike, the owners removed John Ziegler as President, replacing him with Gil Stein. The strike fundamentally altered the relationship between the league and its players.


1992 NHL strike, Background
The NHLPA was formed in 1967, and led by Alan Eagleson, who served as executive-director. Eagleson remained in that position until December 1991, when he was forced to resign after the players became uneasy with the relationship he had with the league's owners. Three years later, in November 1994, the Law Society of Upper Canada charged Eagleson with numerous offences, accusing him of embezzlement, providing unauthorized loans using union funds to his friends and associates and of colluding with the NHL's owners. In 1996, he faced similar charges from the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and later the Federal Bureau of Investigation in the United States. In 1998, Eagleson pleaded guilty to the charges, earning him a C$1 million fine and eighteen-months in jail.


1992 NHL strike, Background
Eagleson was succeeded as NHLPA executive-director on January 1, 1992, by former player agent Bob Goodenow. He had served as deputy director of the NHLPA since 1990, and had spent his time instructing the players on the issues the union faced in its relations with the league. As executive-director,  Goodenow was tasked with negotiating a new collective bargaining agreement, which had expired prior to the start of the 1991–92 NHL season.


1992 NHL strike, Background
Goodenow met with NHL President John Ziegler as the two attempted to negotiate an agreement on a range of issues including how free agency worked, the arbitration process, playoff bonuses and pensions. The issue of how to share trading card revenue was considered to be one of the greatest stumbling blocks the two sides faced.


1992 NHL strike, Strike
The players called the first general strike in NHL history on April 1, 1992, after the union rejected the owners' last offer before their deadline by a vote of 560-to-4. By calling the strike so close to the end of the regular season, the players felt they had the advantage, as the majority of owners profits were realized in the playoffs. Playoff bonuses for players ranged from between US$3,000 for players on teams who lost in the first round, up to $25,000 for players on the Stanley Cup championship team. The owners, meanwhile, stood to earn $500,000 per playoff game played.


1992 NHL strike, Strike
Talks continued after the players walked out, though it appeared for a time that the season was lost after union negotiators rejected the league's "final offer" on April 7. A United States Federal Mediator joined the negotiations the next day amidst pessimism over the two sides' willingness to negotiate. While the two sides had reached an agreement on most issues, negotiations on how revenue from trading cards was to be split became a key sticking point as the owners hoped to increase their share of the $16 million in annual revenues.


1992 NHL strike, Strike
The strike ended on April 10 after the two sides reached an agreement on a two-year deal, retroactive to the beginning of the season, allowing the final 30 games of the regular season and the playoffs to go on. As part of the deal, the following seasons were expanded from 80 to 84 games (later reduced to 82 games, after the 1994–95 NHL lockout), and the players received a large increase in playoff bonuses and changes to free agency and arbitration.


1992 NHL strike, Strike
The two sides agreed to have each team play two games in neutral site locations, partly as a means of gauging interest in future expansion. The players conceded to the owners demands on a one-year deal, immediately creating fears that the owners could lock the players out following the 1992–93 season.


1992 NHL strike, Legacy
Goodenow called the strike a "major moment", stating "I don't think the owners took the players seriously and it wasn't until the strike that they understood the players were serious." The owners replaced Ziegler as president following the season, naming Gil Stein as interim president. Stein was replaced in 1993 by former National Basketball Association vice-president Gary Bettman, who became the first Commissioner of the NHL. Working towards labour peace was among the tasks handed to Bettman when the owners hired him. The spectre of a lockout was realized one year later than feared, as after playing the 1993–94 season without a valid CBA, the owners locked the players out on the eve of the 1994–95 season.


1992 NSL First Division, Table
The 1992 National Soccer League First Division was the eighth edition of the NSL First Division in South Africa. It was won by Kaizer Chiefs.


1992 NSW Open
The 1992 NSW Open was a combined men's and women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at the NSW Tennis Centre in Sydney, Australia that was part of the World Series of the 1992 ATP Tour and Tier II of the 1992 WTA Tour. It was the 100th edition of the tournament and was held from 6 January through 12 January 1994. Emilio Sánchez and Gabriela Sabatini won the singles titles.


1992 NSW Open, Finals, Men's Doubles
Sergio Casal /  Emilio Sánchez defeated  Scott Davis /  Kelly Jones, 3–6, 6–1, 6–4


1992 NSW Open, Finals, Women's Doubles
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario /  Helena Suková defeated  Mary Joe Fernández /  Zina Garrison-Jackson, 7–6(7–4), 6–7(4–7), 6–2


1992 NSWRL season
The 1992 New South Wales Rugby League Premiership season was the eighty-fifth season of professional rugby league football in Australia. Sixteen teams competed for the J.J. Giltinan Shield during the season which culminated in a grand final for the Winfield Cup between the Brisbane Broncos, making their grand final debut, and the St. George Dragons.


1992 NSWRL season, Season summary
The 1992 Great Britain Lions tour of Australia and New Zealand also took place during the season. Having decided in May that a team from Auckland would join the premiership in 1995, the NSWRL announced in November that three more new clubs – from Townsville, Perth and a second team from Brisbane – will also be invited.


1992 NSWRL season, Season summary
Twenty-two regular season rounds were played from March till August, resulting in a top five of Brisbane, St. George, Illawarra, Newcastle and Wests, who battled it out in the finals. The 3rd-place finish for the Illawarra Steelers would be the best season they ever had in its time as a standalone club.


1992 NSWRL season, Season summary
The 1992 season's Rothmans Medallist was the Brisbane Broncos' halfback and captain, Allan Langer. The Dally M Award went to Eastern Suburbs' halfback, Gary Freeman, while Western Suburbs forward Paul Langmack was named Rugby League Week's player of the year.


1992 NSWRL season, Season summary
The 1992 season also saw the retirement from the League of future Australian Rugby League Hall of Fame inductee, Wally Lewis.


1992 NSWRL season, Season summary, Teams
The lineup of teams remained unchanged for the fourth consecutive season, with sixteen clubs contesting the 1992 premiership, including five Sydney-based foundation teams, another six from Sydney, two from elsewhere in New South Wales, two from Queensland, and one from the Australian Capital Territory.


1992 NSWRL season, Season summary, Teams
45th seasonGround: Parramatta StadiumCoach: Mick CroninCaptain: Peter Sterling → Brett Kenny


1992 NSWRL season, Season summary, Teams
26th seasonGround: Penrith StadiumCoach: Phil GouldCaptain: Greg Alexander → John Cartwright


1992 NSWRL season, Season summary, Teams
85th seasonGround: Campbelltown StadiumCoach: Warren RyanCaptain: Joe Thomas → Paul Langmack


1992 NSWRL season, Season summary, Advertising
Riding the consistent Australian popularity of "The Best" since its 1989 release, due partially to its use and association with the NSWRL, Tina Turner went into a Los Angeles recording studio in early 1992 with Jimmy Barnes to record a duet version specifically for Australian release. The production capitalised on the complementary vocal styles of Turner and Barnes and also features Barnes' brother-in-law Johnny Diesel on guitar.


1992 NSWRL season, Season summary, Advertising
A simple black-and-white film clip shot around the recording sessions was produced and the track was released and renamed "Simply the Best" to coincide with the 1992 NSWRL season. That year the track peaked at #13 on the Australian charts.


1992 NSWRL season, Season summary, Advertising
In 1992 and 1993 the League and its advertising agency Hertz Walpole would use the new duet performance of the song in the season launch ads. Excerpts from the black-and-white film clip start the 1992 ad with firstly Tina and then Barnes in wistful solo shots before coming together and displaying a camaraderie that's intended to capture the good times they appear to have had in recording the track. Diesel also appears in the black-and-white footage before the ad bursts into colour with the standard fare of big hits and previous season action.


1992 NSWRL season, Finals
A great advertisement for the expansion of the game was the appearance of three non-Sydney teams in the final five - Brisbane, Illawarra and Newcastle - all of whom had only been admitted to the NSWRL within the previous decade. The "steel-city cousins", Illawarra and Newcastle, both won their first semi-finals from their initial attempt, Illawarra defeating St George, and Newcastle downing Wests.


1992 NSWRL season, Finals
An all non-Sydney decider was a real possibility, with Illawarra and St George meeting a second time in the preliminary final, with Brisbane waiting to play the winner in the grand final.


1992 NSWRL season, Finals
The Dragons played two of the lowest scoring matches in finals history as they beat Newcastle 3–2 in the semi-final, and Illawarra 4–0 in the preliminary final.


1992 NSWRL season, Finals
The preliminary final saw four disallowed tries, with Saints denied once in the first half and Illawarra three times in the second half. Illawarra looked as though they were going to finish on top and began opening up the St George defence after the half-time break, only to be denied twice by referee Greg McCallum for forward passes. A late attacking movement from the Steelers saw winger Alan McIndoe excitedly appeal for a try off a John Simon grubber kick, but was denied by the in-goal touch judge. St George held on to win 4-0 and ensure a Sydney club appeared in the grand final once again (with this Sydney representation in grand finals being maintained until the Brisbane-Melbourne decider of 2006).


1992 NSWRL season, Finals, Grand Final
In just their fifth year in the competition, Brisbane finally put together the right combination to reach the grand final. Their big names in Allan Langer, twins Kevin and Kerrod Walters, Steve Renouf, Michael Hancock and Glenn Lazarus had been unstoppable all year and helped the club power their way straight through to the finals as minor premiers, losing just four games in the regular season, and easily winning their only semi-final. This meant the Broncos went into the grand final as runaway favourites.


1992 NSWRL season, Finals, Grand Final
The 1992 grand final was played on the afternoon of Sunday, 27 September at the Sydney Football Stadium before a crowd of 41,560. For the pre-match entertainment, Debbie Byrne sang I Still Call Australia Home in a duet with the late Peter Allen, thanks to video on the big screen. Yothu Yindi also performed, and Jodie Gillies sang the national anthem.


1992 NSWRL season, Finals, Grand Final
Referee Greg McCallum blew time on and, early in the first half, St. George came very close to scoring first when Ricky Walford dived over in the corner, but had only just slipped into touch. Around the ten-minute mark, Brisbane were on the attack when, on the last tackle, Allan Langer cleverly stepped and passed inside to Gavin Allen who charged at the line. Allen drew the defence before flicking the ball back to the little half off the head of the Dragons fullback Mick Potter. Langer then nipped in to score untouched between the posts. Terry Matterson kicked the simplest of conversions to make it 6–0 in favour of the Broncos.


1992 NSWRL season, Finals, Grand Final
The Dragons hit back about five minutes later when Scott Gourley charged from just within his own half and produced a remarkable off-load for Michael Beattie in support, who then passed it out for Walford to race off and score in the right-hand corner. Ian Herron hooked the conversion attempt wide, so Brisbane remained in the lead at 6–4. Both sides then came close to scoring from kicks but no further points were posted before half-time.


1992 NSWRL season, Finals, Grand Final
In the second half, the Broncos ran away with the game. About ten minutes after the break, following a scrum win close to the Dragons’ try-line, Langer scurried through the defence from dummy-half and reached out to put the ball down. Matterson kicked the extras and Brisbane's lead was now 12–4.


1992 NSWRL season, Finals, Grand Final
A few minutes later, they scored again when, from about thirty metres out, the Broncos again decided to run on the fifth tackle, the ball reaching Alan Cann who beat several defenders to ground the ball before celebrating the try by throwing it down, inadvertently into the forehead of an exhausted and demoralised Potter. Matterson once again kicked the extras to give Brisbane an 18–4 lead.


1992 NSWRL season, Finals, Grand Final
Around the midpoint of the second half, after Willie Carne did well to return a kick from his own in-goal area to get back into the field of play before being tackled, the Broncos decided to swing the ball left, out to centre Steve Renouf, who outpaced Walford on a 90-metre run to the try-line. This try became a defining moment in the game, the Broncos' season and Renouf’s career. Matterson missed the conversion attempt so the score remained at 22–4. About five minutes later, Cann scored a second try when he ran from over twenty metres out, stepping past tired and lazy defence to score untouched. The extras were kicked successfully this time by Matterson, giving the Bronocos a lead of 28–4.


1992 NSWRL season, Finals, Grand Final
In the seventy-ninth minute, St. George got a consolation try when Gourley crossed in the right corner and as the full-time siren sounded. Herron's kick from the sideline was unsuccessful, leaving the final score Brisbane 28, St. George 8.


1992 NSWRL season, Finals, Grand Final
Brisbane Broncos 28Tries: Langer 2, Cann 2, RenoufGoals: Matterson 4/5


1992 NSWRL season, Finals, Grand Final
The win enabled Brisbane captain Allan Langer, in his first year in the role, to hoist the Winfield Cup and ring the trophy and title back to Queensland. As a result of his two-try performance, Langer also became the first Queenslander to be awarded the Clive Churchill Medal. Brisbane thus became the second non-New South Wales team to win the premiership after the Canberra Raiders’ previous victories in 1989 and 1990.


1992 NSWRL season, Great Britain Lions Tour
The 1992 Great Britain Lions tour of Australasia was a tour by the Great Britain national rugby league team, nicknamed the 'Lions', of Papua New Guinea, Australia and New Zealand which took place between May and July 1992. The tour was the last of such length undertaken by the Great Britain team, and included a test match against Papua New Guinea, a three-test series against Australia for The Ashes, and a two-test series against New Zealand for the Baskerville Shield, all interspersed with matches against local club and representative teams.


1992 NSWRL season, Great Britain Lions Tour
The British team was coached by two-time premiership winner with Manly-Warringah, Mal Reilly, who had toured as a player in 1970 and was coach of the 1988 team. The team captain was Ellery Hanley who was making his third Lions tour as a player, though injury to Hanley would see the Lions captained by Garry Schofield in The Ashes tests.


1992 NSWRL season, Great Britain Lions Tour
Taking place following the conclusion of England's 1991–92 Rugby Football League season and during Australia's 1992 Winfield Cup premiership season, the tour led to friction between the Great Britain team's management and the Australian Rugby League over match scheduling and promotion. For the first time ever, a Lions tour was shown live on television in the United Kingdom through Sky Sports.


1992 NSWRL season, Great Britain Lions Tour
The commentators for the tour were Eddie Hemmings and former Lions World Cup hooker Mike Stephenson who had a greater insight into the Australian game having spent most of the 1970s and 1980s, playing, coaching and commentating in the Sydney premiership. The Lions finished the tour with thirteen wins and four losses and a profit of £244,645. Unfortunately for the Lions, three of their losses came in the Test matches, two against Australia and one against New Zealand with the other loss coming against Sydney club side Parramatta.


1992 NSWRL season, World Club Challenge
On 31 October the Broncos travelled to England to play in the World Club Challenge against British champions, Wigan. Brisbane became the first team since 1975's premiers, Eastern Suburbs, to defeat the English champions, and the first to do so on English soil, winning the match 22 - 8 in front of 17,460 spectators.


1992 NSWRL season, Attendances
The regular season attendances for the 1992 season aggregated to a total of 2,282,194 at an average of 12,540 per game. Each of the top ten most attended games of the season were home games for either the Brisbane Broncos or the Newcastle Knights, with the two highest attended games featuring both clubs.


1992 Nabisco Dinah Shore
The 1992 Nabisco Dinah Shore was a women's professional golf tournament, held March 26–29 at Mission Hills Country Club in Rancho Mirage, California. This was the 21st edition of the Nabisco Dinah Shore, and the tenth as a major championship.


1992 Nabisco Dinah Shore
Dottie Pepper (Mochrie) won the first of her two major titles in a sudden-death playoff over Juli Inkster with a par on the first extra hole. Pepper won the event  again in 1999.


1992 Nagoya Grampus Eight season
The 1992 Nagoya Grampus Eight season was the club's first season as members of the J.League. Due to the transition period between the Japan Soccer League and the J.League no league games were played, however Nagoya Grampus Eight did take part in the newly founded J.League Cup and Emperor's Cup, reaching the First Round of the Emperor's Cup and the Semi-Final of the J.League Cup.


1992 Nagoya Grampus Eight season, Squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


1992 Nagoya Grampus Eight season, Transfers
In:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


1992 Nagoya Grampus Eight season, Transfers
Out:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


1992 Nairn District Council election
Elections to the Nairn District Council took place in May 1992, alongside elections to the councils of Scotland's various other districts.


1992 Namibian local and regional elections
Local Authority Council and Regional Council Elections in Namibia were held from 30 November to 3 December 1992.


1992 Namibian local and regional elections, Results, Regional Councils
A total of 534,437 voters were registered, but 64,431 were in uncontested constituencies.


1992 NatWest Trophy
The 1992 NatWest Trophy was the 12th NatWest Trophy. It was an English limited overs county cricket tournament which was held between 24 June and 5 September 1992. The tournament was won by Northamptonshire County Cricket Club who defeated Leicestershire County Cricket Club by 8 wickets in the final at Lord's.


1992 NatWest Trophy, Format
Following the elevation of Durham to first-class status, the 18 first-class counties, were joined by twelve Minor Counties: Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire, Cheshire, Cumberland, Devon, Dorset, Norfolk, Northumberland, Oxfordshire, Shropshire and Staffordshire. The Ireland national cricket team and the Scotland national cricket team also participated. Teams who won in the first round progressed to the second round. The winners in the second round then progressed to the quarter-final stage. Winners from the quarter-finals then progressed to the semi-finals from which the winners then went on to the final at Lord's which was held on 5 September 1992.


1992 National Camogie League
The 1992 National Camogie League, the second most important elite level inter-county competition in the women's team field sport of camogie was won by Cork, who defeated Wexford in the final, played at Enniscorthy.


1992 National Camogie League, Arrangements
Wexford beat Dublin by 2-14 to 3-3 in the semi-final at O'Toole Park.


1992 National Camogie League, The Final
Cork outclassed Wexford in the final on front of a large crowd at Belfield, Eniscorthy. Two goals just before half time from Fiona O'Driscoll and Collette O'Mahony killed off any chance Wexford had, and left Cork 2-10 to 0-6 at half time. The Irish Press reported:


1992 National Camogie League, The Final
Wexford squandered too many scoring opportunities during the game, their forwards having a completely off day.


1992 National Camogie League, Division 2
The Junior National League, known since 2006 as Division Two, was won by Limerick who defeated Down in the final.


1992 National Invitation Tournament
The 1992 National Invitation Tournament was the 1992 edition of the annual NCAA college basketball competition.


1992 National Invitation Tournament, Selected teams
Below is a list of the 32 teams selected for the tournament.


1992 National Invitation Tournament, Bracket
Below are the four first round brackets, along with the four-team championship bracket.


1992 National League Championship Series
The 1992 National League Championship Series was played between the Atlanta Braves (98–64) and the Pittsburgh Pirates (96–66) from October 6 to 14. A rematch of the 1991 NLCS, Atlanta won the 1992 NLCS in seven games to advance to their second straight World Series. The series ended in dramatic fashion; in the bottom of the ninth inning of Game 7, with Atlanta down 2–1 and the bases loaded, the Braves' Francisco Cabrera cracked a two-run single that scored David Justice and Sid Bream. Bream famously slid to score the Series-winning run, beating the throw by Pirates left fielder Barry Bonds.


1992 National League Championship Series
The Braves would go on to lose to the Toronto Blue Jays in the World Series in six games, while the Pirates did not return to the playoffs until 2013, suffering a sports-record 20 consecutive losing season drought.


1992 National League Championship Series, The teams
The Braves were attempting to return to the World Series one year after their dramatic seven-game loss to the Minnesota Twins. Atlanta featured largely the same lineup that had won the 1991 pennant, but they still fell into a tie for last place, seven games behind the Giants, by the end of May. However, Atlanta went 19–6 in June and 16–9 in July and pulled away from the rest of the NL West by winning 15 of their first 18 games in August.


1992 National League Championship Series, The teams
The Pirates were in the NLCS for the third year in a row after losing to the eventual World Series champion Cincinnati Reds in 1990 and the Braves in 1991. It was also the third of four straight NLCS appearances by either the Pirates or their in-state rivals, the Philadelphia Phillies.


1992 National League Championship Series, The teams
The Pirates lost slugging right fielder Bobby Bonilla to free agency after the 1991 season, replacing him with speedster Alex Cole. Ace pitcher John Smiley was traded to the Minnesota Twins.


1992 National League Championship Series, The teams
Despite the departure of Smiley and Bonilla, Pittsburgh charged out to a seven-game lead by late June, suffered through an 11–15 July that allowed the Montreal Expos to tie them for the lead by the end of the month, then won 11 straight in early August before pulling away from the Expos in September to earn its third straight NL East title, becoming the first team to win three straight NL East titles since the Phillies from 1976 to 1978. Future home run champion Barry Bonds won his second MVP Award and led the Pirates with 34 home runs and 103 RBI.


1992 National League Championship Series, The teams
Pressure beyond the moment made it imperative for the Pirates to break through and win the pennant in 1992. Financial demands had already resulted in losing Smiley and Bonilla, and the departure of pending free agents Bonds (left fielder) and Doug Drabek (starting pitcher) loomed. 1992 appeared to be the last chance for Pittsburgh to win with its current core of players.


1992 National League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 1
Tuesday, October 6, 1992 (8:42 pm EDT) at Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia


1992 National League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 1
The first game of the NLCS pitted Atlanta's John Smoltz against Pittsburgh ace Doug Drabek. Smoltz was the winning pitcher in Game 7 of the previous NLCS, where the Braves shut out the Pirates, 4–0. Drabek had won once and lost once in the 1991 NLCS.


1992 National League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 1
The Braves scored all five of their runs in the first seven innings. In the second, Mark Lemke's single scored Sid Bream to put Atlanta on the board. They added two more in the fourth inning as Bream doubled to score David Justice and then scored on an error when Orlando Merced threw the ball away while attempting to field a bunt. Jeff Blauser's home run in the fifth made it 4–0, and Terry Pendleton drove in Otis Nixon in the seventh to complete the Braves' scoring.


1992 National League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 1
The Pirates' José Lind was responsible for his team's only run as he homered in the eighth inning off of Smoltz. Lind's run, however, was the first the Pirates had scored against the Braves in 30 innings, going back to Lind's RBI single in Game 5 of the 1991 NLCS.


1992 National League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 1
Smoltz went eight innings for the win, while Drabek suffered the loss and was pulled in the fifth inning.


1992 National League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 2
Wednesday, October 7, 1992 (3:08 pm EDT) at Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia


1992 National League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 2
Atlanta's Steve Avery, who defeated Pittsburgh twice in the 1991 NLCS without surrendering a run, started Game 2 in Atlanta while Danny Jackson, who was a late season acquisition from the Chicago Cubs, started for Pittsburgh.


1992 National League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 2
The Braves scored early and often in Game 2. Jackson gave up a single to Brian Hunter, then walked Ron Gant. Damon Berryhill followed with a single to drive in Hunter, and Mark Lemke added one of his own to score Gant. Avery then flied out to center field to score Berryhill from third, and after Otis Nixon popped out Jeff Blauser followed with a triple, scoring Berryhill and chasing Jackson from the game. In the fifth, Gant faced Bob Walk with the bases loaded and two out. On the third pitch of the at-bat Gant hit a deep fly ball to left field that cleared the fence for a grand slam home run, his first career grand slam.


1992 National League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 2
With Avery still pitching a shutout into the seventh, the Pirates struck. With Barry Bonds on base and one out, Lloyd McClendon doubled to score him. Don Slaught followed with a walk and Jose Lind hit a triple after that, scoring both runners ahead of him and making it an 8–3 game. With Cecil Espy batting, Avery then threw a wild pitch enabling Lind to score and cut the lead in half. After Espy singled, Marvin Freeman came in to relieve the tiring Avery and retired Orlando Merced to get the second out. Jay Bell followed with a single, but Mike Stanton forced Andy Van Slyke to ground out to end the inning.


1992 National League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 2
The Braves put the game out of reach in the bottom of the seventh. With Gant on base and two outs, Stanton doubled him home. Denny Neagle then intentionally walked Nixon and unintentionally walked Blauser, then gave up a double to Terry Pendleton to score Stanton and Nixon. David Justice then singled, scoring Blauser and Pendleton and ending Neagle's afternoon. The Braves did not score again, and after Slaught scored on a passed ball in the eighth nothing further was done and the Braves took a 2–0 lead in the series with a 13–5 victory.


1992 National League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 2
Avery kept his winning streak in postseason play intact, having yet to lose in five postseason starts. Jackson took the loss after giving up the first four Atlanta runs.


1992 National League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 3
Friday, October 9, 1992 (8:39 pm EDT) at Three Rivers Stadium in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania


1992 National League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 3
As play moved to Three Rivers Stadium in Pittsburgh, Atlanta turned to 20-game winner Tom Glavine to try to give them a 3–0 series lead. Pittsburgh countered with rookie Tim Wakefield, a knuckleballer who had made 13 starts during the season.


1992 National League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 3
The first run of the game came in the top of the fourth as Sid Bream homered to give the Braves an early 1–0 lead. In the bottom of the next inning, Don Slaught hit a home run of his own to tie the score. The Pirates added a run in the sixth to take the lead as Andy Van Slyke scored on a Jeff King double. Ron Gant hit a home run in the top of the seventh to tie the game, but the Pirates scored what proved to be the winning run in the bottom of the seventh as Van Slyke doubled to score Gary Redus.


1992 National League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 3
Wakefield pitched a complete game and earned a victory. Glavine took the loss after pitching seven innings.


1992 National League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 4
Saturday, October 10, 1992 (8:39 pm EDT) at Three Rivers Stadium in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania


1992 National League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 4
Game 4 saw a rematch of the Game 1 starters, as Doug Drabek faced John Smoltz for the second time.


1992 National League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 4
As they had in Game 1, Atlanta scored early against Drabek. With two runners on and two out in the second, Smoltz drove in the first run by singling to center and scoring Ron Gant. Otis Nixon followed by singling himself, scoring Mark Lemke. Pittsburgh responded in their half by scoring twice, as a single by Alex Cole with one out scored Mike LaValliere. On the same play, Jose Lind scored as Jeff Blauser made a throwing error at shortstop. Orlando Merced drove in a run in the third by doubling home Jeff King.


1992 National League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 4
In the top of the fifth, the Braves scored again as David Justice singled with two runners on, scoring Nixon. Randy Tomlin came in to face pinch-hitter Brian Hunter, and he promptly grounded to third. King, however, decided to throw home to try to get Blauser at the plate and made an error allowing a second run to score. Atlanta scored twice more the next inning as Nixon drove in Smoltz with a two out double and scored himself when Blauser singled off of Danny Cox. Andy Van Slyke drove in Cole with a double in the seventh but the Pirates got no closer and Jeff Reardon shut them down in the ninth inning to earn his first save of the postseason.


1992 National League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 4
Smoltz, in addition to scoring a run and driving in a run, stole a base and got his second win of the series. Drabek took his second loss, having failed to get out of the fifth inning for a second time in as many starts. The Braves now had a 3–1 series lead and needed only one more win to advance to their second consecutive World Series.


1992 National League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 5
Sunday, October 11, 1992 (8:44 pm EDT) at Three Rivers Stadium in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania


1992 National League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 5
Looking to clinch the series, the Braves trotted out Steve Avery for the second time in the series. The Pirates decided not to go back to Danny Jackson after his performance in Game 2 and instead called on Bob Walk, who also saw action in Game 2 and gave up the grand slam to Ron Gant that broke the game open, to make his first start of the series


1992 National League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 5
This time, the Pirates solved Avery after failing to do so in any of his three previous starts against them in the LCS. Gary Redus led off the home first with a double, scoring on a single by Jay Bell. Avery then induced a groundout off the bat of Andy Van Slyke, which turned out to be the only out he recorded. Barry Bonds, Jeff King, and Lloyd McClendon all doubled following the first out, and three more runs scored before Avery was pulled.


1992 National League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 5
McClendon scored Bonds on a sacrifice fly in the third, Redus doubled in Don Slaught in the sixth, and Slaught drove in King in the seventh with a single to make it 7–0. The Braves' only run came in the eighth, as Lonnie Smith led off the inning with a triple and scored on a groundout. Smith's triple was one of only three hits Walk allowed in a complete game, the second for the Pirates in the series.


1992 National League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 5
As it took the Pirates until 2013 to reach the playoffs again, Game 5 of the NLCS was the last postseason game ever played in Three Rivers Stadium.


1992 National League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 6
Tuesday, October 13, 1992 (8:44 pm EDT) at Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia


1992 National League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 6
Game 6 saw the series return to Atlanta, with Tom Glavine taking on Tim Wakefield in a Game 3 rematch.


1992 National League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 6
Once again, as in Game 5, the Pirates scored early and often. After retiring the Pirates in order in the first, Glavine collapsed in the second. Barry Bonds led off with a home run, and after singles by Jeff King and Lloyd McClendon, Don Slaught drove them both in with a double. An error by Jeff Blauser allowed Slaught to score, and after Wakefield reached on a sacrifice bunt attempt Gary Redus hit his fourth double of the series to drive in Jose Lind. Jay Bell then homered to score Redus and Wakefield. Glavine was pulled after this, having faced eight batters in the second without an out.


1992 National League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 6
With the Pirates' lead at 8–1 in the fifth, Lind doubled to score Slaught and McClendon, scored himself on a single by Redus, who scored on a single by Andy Van Slyke. McClendon's home run in the sixth ended the Pittsburgh scoring. David Justice hit two home runs in the late innings but they were meaningless as the Pirates tied the series.


1992 National League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 6
The stadium was largely empty by the end of the game as most fans left once the Pirates put the game out of reach—a bad omen for the Braves as seven of the previous ten teams that managed to come back from a 3–1 deficit to force a Game 7 had gone on to complete the comeback.


1992 National League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 6
Wakefield again went the distance for his second win—a somewhat questionable decision by Leyland, since had he removed him earlier once he had a comfortable lead, Wakefield could have been available for relief duty in Game 7 to supplant Pittsburgh's notoriously unreliable bullpen. Glavine's eight run, one-inning outing garnered him his second loss.


1992 National League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 7
Wednesday, October 14, 1992 (8:30 pm EDT) at Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia


1992 National League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 7
The deciding game of the NLCS featured the third matchup of the series between John Smoltz and Doug Drabek. Smoltz was an MVP candidate for the series, having started and won both of his games. Drabek had struggled in his two starts, failing to make it past the fifth inning in either matchup.


1992 National League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 7
However, the Pirates were carrying momentum from their previous two wins, having knocked out Steve Avery in the first inning and Tom Glavine in the second on their way to outscoring the Braves, 20–5, and looked to become the first team to win the NLCS after trailing, 3–1. The game that followed was regarded as one of the greatest ever, as years later MLB Network ranked it the fourth best game of all-time.


1992 National League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 7
The Pirates scored first as Alex Cole led off with a walk, advanced to third on a double by Andy Van Slyke, and scored on a sacrifice fly by Orlando Merced. The Pirates would add a run in the sixth as Jay Bell scored on a single by Van Slyke, and the lead held up as Drabek pitched his best game of the series in holding the Braves scoreless. The closest the Braves got to breaking through was in the sixth inning, when Drabek allowed three consecutive singles to Mark Lemke, Jeff Treadway, and Otis Nixon to load the bases. Jeff Blauser, however, lined into an unassisted double play and Terry Pendleton lined out to Barry Bonds in left to end the threat.


1992 National League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 7
An incident involving the umpires early in the game set a different tone that would come into play later on. In the second inning, home plate umpire John McSherry became ill and complained of nausea and dizziness. After being checked out by the stadium medical staff, McSherry was removed from the game as a precaution and first base umpire Randy Marsh was summoned over from his position to take over behind the plate. The move gave both Smoltz and Drabek a different target to hit for strikes as Marsh had a consistent strike zone that was much tighter than McSherry's.


1992 National League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 7
This was also the first public sign of what would later prove to be fatal cardiac issues for the veteran umpire; it was one of five times he would leave games with similar symptoms, and in 1996, on Opening Day in Cincinnati, McSherry went into cardiac arrest and died on the field at Riverfront Stadium while behind the plate.


1992 National League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 7
Entering the bottom of the ninth, Drabek had only allowed five hits in eight shutout innings and the Pirates were three outs away from advancing to their first World Series since 1979. If the lead held, Braves manager Bobby Cox would have become the first manager in the era of seven-game LCS play to have blown two 3–1 series leads and lost; Cox previously had seen this happen in 1985, when his Toronto Blue Jays lost to the eventual World Series champion Kansas City Royals after being one victory away from going to the World Series.


1992 National League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 7
Pirates manager Jim Leyland sent Drabek out for the ninth to complete the shutout, with the middle of the Braves' order due up. The first batter, Terry Pendleton, doubled. David Justice followed by hitting a sharp grounder to José Lind, who was eventually awarded a Gold Glove at second base for the season. Lind, however, misplayed the ball and runners were at the corners with nobody out. Drabek then walked Sid Bream on four pitches, which moved the tying run into scoring position and loaded the bases.


1992 National League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 7
With the winning run now on base and Ron Gant scheduled next, Leyland made a pitching change and brought in his closer, Stan Belinda, to make his second appearance of the series and attempt to preserve the victory for Drabek, who was responsible for all three baserunners. Gant hit a deep fly ball that was caught by Bonds, enabling Pendleton to score and put the Braves on the board.


1992 National League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 7
Damon Berryhill was the next batter and worked a 3–1 count out of Belinda, then walked on the fifth pitch of the at bat, which Marsh called a ball that appeared to be a strike. There was speculation that at least two of the pitches called balls to Berryhill may have been strikes with McSherry still behind the plate.


1992 National League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 7
With the bases once again loaded, the Braves sent up Brian Hunter to pinch hit for second baseman Rafael Belliard. Belinda was able to get Hunter to pop out, which brought the Braves down to their final out and put the Pirates one step closer to erasing the 3–1 deficit and advancing to their first World Series since their 1979 championship. Francisco Cabrera, a seldom-used utility player who had spent most of 1992 in the minor leagues, was sent to the plate to pinch hit for pitcher Jeff Reardon.


1992 National League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 7
On the third pitch, with Belinda behind, 2-0, Cabrera ripped a foul line drive to left field. After the play, Van Slyke and Bonds got into a brief argument as Van Slyke signaled to the left fielder to move in so he could cut off a potential single and keep the runners from scoring; Bonds gave Van Slyke the finger and refused to move. Sure enough, Cabrera again lined a pitch to left that dropped in front of Bonds for a hit. Justice scored from third easily, which tied the game.


1992 National League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 7
Bonds came up with the ball, but was out of position and had to throw across his body. Third base coach Jimy Williams spotted this as Bream, running on five-times surgically repaired knees and thus, one of the slowest baserunners in the league, got to him at third. Williams decided to wave Bream in, thinking the off balance throw might not reach catcher Mike LaValliere in time for him to tag the slow-footed first baseman. Bonds' throw was indeed offline, which caused LaValliere to move to his right to field the ball just before Bream got to the plate. The extra motion allowed Bream to slide in ahead of LaValliere's tag, and the Braves won, 3–2.


1992 National League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 7
The victory was picked up by Jeff Reardon, who pitched the ninth inning. The loss was charged to Drabek, who took his third defeat of the series--though two of the three the runs he was charged with were unearned, stemming from the Lind error. Smoltz, with his two victories and solid start keeping the Braves in the game in Game 7, was named the series MVP.


1992 National League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 7
Andy Van Slyke sat motionless in centerfield for several minutes after the game ended, while the Braves celebrated at home plate.


1992 National League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 7
In the celebration at home plate after Sid Bream's pennant-winning slide, Braves pitcher Kent Mercker was hurt and unable to pitch in the World Series.


1992 National League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 7
Game 7 of the 1992 NLCS marked the first time (and to date, still the only time) in MLB history that a team which was one out away from losing in a winner-take-all game of a playoff series instead won on the last pitch. To date, Francisco Cabrera is the only player in MLB history to win a postseason series with a hit during an at bat in which he could have lost the series with an out. All other series walk-off hits occurred either with the score already tied (as with Bill Mazeroski's 1960 World Series winning home run) or in a game that was not winner-take-all, as with Joe Carter's home run to win the 1993 World Series, which occurred in Game 6.


1992 National League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 7
The March 1993 issue of Baseball Digest pronounced it the greatest baseball comeback ever, as did John Smoltz immediately after the game. A 2006 study by the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette pronounced Cabrera's game-winning single the eighth-"clutchest" hit in MLB history. ESPN called the Pirates' defeat the eighth most painful in baseball history. Don Ohlmeyer, the former head of NBC Sports and President of NBC West Coast, supposedly called the event "one of the most exciting baseball moments he had ever seen," albeit regretting the time of day it took place.


1992 National League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 7
Game 7 was the last postseason game for the Pirates until 2013, when the team faced and defeated the Cincinnati Reds in the National League Wild Card Game. The Pirates also went 20 years without a winning season after 1992. Game 7 was the last Pirates game for Bonds and Drabek who left via free agency, signing with the Giants and Astros, respectively.


1992 National League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 7
Until 2008, the Braves were the last team in Major League Baseball to win a seventh game after blowing a 3–1 series lead, and only the fourth of 11 total to do it up to that point. That year, the Tampa Bay Rays won Game 7 of the ALCS after blowing a 3–1 lead to the Boston Red Sox.


1992 National League Championship Series, Aftermath, Atlanta Braves
The Braves lost the 1992 World Series to the Toronto Blue Jays in six games. 1992 was the second of five National League pennants for the Braves from 1991 to 1999. After making their second consecutive NLCS in 1992, the Braves made seven of the next nine that followed. In 1993, the Braves again came back from a second half deficit to win their division, but were upset by the Philadelphia Phillies in the NLCS. Atlanta won their first and only World Series under Bobby Cox in 1995.


1992 National League Championship Series, Aftermath, Atlanta Braves
They lost the 1996 and 1999 World Series to the New York Yankees. In 1997, the Braves fell to Jim Leyland's Marlins in the NLCS and in 1998, they were defeated by the San Diego Padres. After being defeated in the NLDS in 2000, the Braves made it back to the NLCS in 2001 only be defeated by the eventual World Series champion Arizona Diamondbacks. Their most recent NLCS appearance came in 2020, when they were defeated by the Los Angeles Dodgers.


1992 National League Championship Series, Aftermath, Atlanta Braves
Francisco Cabrera went 0–1 in the 1992 Series. He played only one more season in the big leagues, accruing 91 plate appearances for the 1993 Braves. He later managed the St. Louis Cardinals' Dominican League affiliate. Cox eventually retired as Braves manager following the 2010 season, and was elected to the Hall of Fame in 2014. He was joined by his ace from this series, Tom Glavine, who was elected as a player that same year and won 305 games in his career.


1992 National League Championship Series, Aftermath, Pittsburgh Pirates
"The Slide" also proved to be the end of the Pirates' mini-dynasty of losing three straight NLCS. The Pirates never recovered from their loss to the Braves, going 75-87 in 1993. The Pirates would not have another winning season until 2013; their streak of 20 consecutive losing seasons through 2012 remains an all-time record for major North American professional sports.


1992 National League Championship Series, Aftermath, Pittsburgh Pirates
Barry Bonds and Doug Drabek played their last games for the team, as both departed in free agency that offseason. Bonds went to the San Francisco Giants, where he played for the remainder of his career and eventually set baseball's all-time single season and career home run record with 762. Bonds became eligible for the Hall of Fame in 2013, but has yet to be elected due in part to concerns about his use of performance-enhancing drugs.


1992 National League Championship Series, Aftermath, Pittsburgh Pirates
Drabek signed with the Houston Astros and stayed there for four seasons, but did not maintain the consistency that he had in Pittsburgh and eventually retired in 1998. Manager Jim Leyland stayed with the Pirates through the 1996 season, with his team losing 80 or more games three of those four years. He moved on to the Florida Marlins, where his team beat Cox's Braves in the NLCS and went on to win the World Series in 1997. Leyland moved on to manage the Detroit Tigers to two World Series losses in 2006 and 2012 (including 3 straight ALCS appearances from 2011–13) before retiring following the 2013 season.


1992 National League Championship Series, Aftermath, Pittsburgh Pirates
To date, this is the Pirates' most recent NLCS appearance.


1992 National Soccer League season
The 1992 National Soccer League season was the sixth ninth and final season under the National Soccer League (NSL) name. The season began May 8, 1992 with Richmond Hill Kick facing North York Atletico Argentina at Centennial Park Stadium. The season concluded with Toronto Croatia securing the league double (NSL Championship and league cup). Croatia would defeat the North York Atletico Argentina SC for the NSL Ontario Cup by a score of 2-1 at Centennial Park Stadium in Etobicoke, Ontario.


1992 National Soccer League season
The season marked the final usage of the National Soccer League banner and was changed to Canadian National Soccer League in 1993. The change occurred due to the financial collapse of the Canadian Soccer League (CSL) and its merger with the National Soccer League.


1992 National Soccer League season, Overview
The majority of the teams returned for the season with the addition of Richmond Hill Kick. The departing clubs were North York Strikers, and Scarborough International. Toronto Italia were involved in a number of friendly matches with notable Italian clubs such as Inter Milan, and S.S. Lazio. Toronto initially faced Lazio on May 30, 1992, and later played against Inter Milan on June 5, 1992 both concluded in a losing effort.


1992 National Soccer League season, Overview
In late 1992, reports of financial instability regarding the Canadian Soccer League were becoming apparent as several of the league's Ontario clubs were expressing a desire to join the National Soccer League. The following season the Canadian Soccer League was suspended by the Canadian Soccer Association, and was amalgamated into the National Soccer League and became known as the Canadian National Soccer League.