1991–92 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team
This season's team is one of the most fondly remembered in UK's long basketball history. Due to major recruiting violations committed by Pitino's predecessor Eddie Sutton, the 1991-92 Wildcats were coming off a three-year postseason ban where the team was not allowed to compete in tournament play. (Note the NCAA did not find Sutton personally liable.) The violations had mainly centered on alleged cheating by 1987-89 player Eric Manuel on the ACT college entrance exam and cash payments to the guardian of another former player, Chris Mills.


1991–92 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team
The 1991-92 season was the first year after probation when the Wildcats were allowed to compete and the only opportunity for the team's four seniors, who remained loyal to the program as opposed to transferring to teams allowed in the tournament. Three of these seniors were Kentucky natives. Together, all four would enter Kentucky basketball history as "The Unforgettables":


1991–92 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team
Although the seniors were the heart and soul of the team, its biggest star was sophomore Jamal Mashburn, who would go on to become a consensus first-team All-American the following season and have a successful 12-year NBA career; he is now an NBA analyst for ESPN.


1991–92 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team
The Wildcats' run in the NCAA Tournament would end in a regional final against Duke that is often cited as the greatest college game ever played. The heavily favored Blue Devils survived an overtime thriller on Christian Laettner's last-second shot at the buzzer.


1991–92 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team, Team legacy
The legacy of "The Unforgettables" was so great within the university that the UK program decided to retire the players' jerseys (but not their numbers) almost immediately after their final tournament game. (While jersey retirement is not uncommon, it is rare for a school to bestow this honor so soon after a player's career ends.) The team also went on a post-tournament all-county exhibition tour, where thousands of Kentuckians gathered in high school gyms across the commonwealth to meet and express pride in the team.


1991–92 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team, Team legacy
National and local sports news outlets continued to cover the players in "where are they now" and similar features for at least 25 years after the tournament. In 2005, a documentary film about the team, "Beyond the Glory," was released.


1991–92 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team, Team players drafted into the NBA
Not one member of the Wildcats was claimed in the 1992 NBA Draft.


1991–92 Kuwaiti Premier League, Overview
It was contested by 14 teams, and Al Qadisiya Kuwait won the championship.


1991–92 LFF Lyga
The 1991–92 season of competitive football (soccer) in Lithuania was the second season since the nation regained its independence from the Soviet Union in 1991. In the Premier League, named A Lyga, fourteen teams competed, with FK Žalgiris Vilnius winning the title.


1991–92 LSU Tigers basketball team
The 1991-92 LSU Tigers men's basketball team represented Louisiana State University during the 1991–92 NCAA men's college basketball season. The head coach was Dale Brown. The team was a member of the Southeastern Conference and played their home games at Pete Maravich Assembly Center.


1991–92 La Liga
The 1991–92 La Liga season, the 61st since its establishment, started on August 31, 1991, and finished on June 7, 1992. Barcelona – which also won the European Cup for the first time in their history – finished the season as champions for the second season running.


1991–92 La Salle Explorers men's basketball team
The 1991–92 La Salle Explorers men's basketball team represented La Salle University during the 1991–92 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Led by sixth-year head coach Speedy Morris, the team finished second in the conference regular season standings. The Explorers won the MAAC Tournament to gain an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament as the No. 13 seed in the East region. La Salle would lose in the opening round to Seton Hall, a game they led by as many as 8 points, 78–76.


1991–92 Lake Superior State Lakers men's ice hockey season
The 1991–92 Lake Superior State Lakers men's ice hockey team represented the Lake Superior State University in college ice hockey. In its 2nd year under head coach Jeff Jackson the team compiled a 30–9–4 record and reached the NCAA tournament for the sixth time. The Lakers defeated Wisconsin 5–3 to win the championship game at the Knickerbocker Arena in Albany, New York.


1991–92 Lake Superior State Lakers men's ice hockey season, Season
After two consecutive 30+ win seasons Lake Superior was expected to take a step back. Losing its top five scorers from 1990–91, the formerly high-scoring Lakers would need to find a sway to get over the postseason hump that had seem them bow out in the national quarterfinals two years in a row. Stepping into the breach was freshman Brian Rolston, the 11th overall pick in the 1991 NHL Entry Draft and probably the most heralded prospect ever to appear in a Laker uniform. Also returning was the nations' top goaltender from the previous season, Darrin Madeley.


1991–92 Lake Superior State Lakers men's ice hockey season, Season, Good Start
In their first five games Lake Superior looked to be just as impressive as they had been over the past two seasons, winning each game by an average of five goals. In those games, however, they weren't playing good teams. When the team took on defending national champion Northern Michigan in early November they earned a split in the home-and-home series. While they did acquit themselves well, losing the road game was the start of a pattern that would continue throughout the entire season.


1991–92 Lake Superior State Lakers men's ice hockey season, Season, Good Start
The next weekend, at perennial power Michigan State, Madeley demonstrated that he was going to have another strong season by limiting the Spartans to a single goal in each game but LSSU could only manage a split after being shut out in the first game. Even when facing lowly Illinois–Chicago on the road, Lake Superior could only keep the weekends even. While their defensive game was strong, None of their players were particularly strong on offense; no Laker finished the season in the top 40 in scoring and the best points per game for Lake State was Sandy Moger's 1.21 ppg, good for 88th in the country.


1991–92 Lake Superior State Lakers men's ice hockey season, Season, Home Dominance
While the Lakers struggled to win on the road they were absolutely deadly at home. When eventual CCHA champion Michigan came to town in early December the Lakers earned a sweep in the series but did so with a 10–0 demolition of the Wolverines. Unfortunately, Lake Superior immediately surrendered that advantage with only 1 point against Miami the week after. Lake Superior was able to balance out their adequate road swings with stifling defense at home; only twice did the Lakers give up more than three goals at the Norris Center but timely offense allowed them to win both games.


1991–92 Lake Superior State Lakers men's ice hockey season, Season, Home Dominance
The only blemish on their otherwise impeccable home record came from Michigan State. The Spartans took three points from LSSU in early February, the only two games in Sault Ste. Marie that the Lakers did not win. That poor home series also could not have come at a worse time; having lost both games at Michigan the week before Lake State was in a dogfight with their southern rivals for the top spot in the CCHA. With all three teams separated by just 3 points, the conference would be determined by how the final month of the season played out.


1991–92 Lake Superior State Lakers men's ice hockey season, Season, Down to the wire
While Lake Superior and Michigan swept their respective weekends in mid-February, Michigan State could only manage a single point against lowly Bowling Green. The Lakers then earned a much-needed 3 points on the road against Western Michigan while the Wolverines all but ended the Spartans hopes with a sweep at the Joe Louis Arena. Michigan was now ahead of Lake State by 1 point with four games to play.


1991–92 Lake Superior State Lakers men's ice hockey season, Season, Down to the wire
With their next series against bottom-feeding Ohio State the Lakers had hopes that they could end their road woes but instead the team produced its worst defense efforts of the season, surrendering 15 goals in the two games and dropping five points behind the Wolverines, guaranteeing Michigan the CCHA championship. MSU, meanwhile, had recovered after their debacle at 'The Joe' and crept up into a tie with Lake State for second place. Not wanting to drop even further back, Lake Superior showed their mettle by taking both games against Western Michigan to finish one point ahead of the Spartans (who held the tie breaker) and lock up the second seed in the CCHA Tournament.


1991–92 Lake Superior State Lakers men's ice hockey season, Season, CCHA Tournament
In their final home games of the year, Lake Superior easily defeated Illinois–Chicago in the conference quarterfinals, winning twice before heading to Detroit. The semifinals saw them pitted against the Spartans but again, MSU failed in the Red Wings' building and the Lakers won the game 5–3. Michigan met them in the finals and were looking to avenge the championship loss from 1991. Tournament MVP Darrin Madeley stole the show, holding the conference's top offensive team to a single goal en route to the Laker's championship.


1991–92 Lake Superior State Lakers men's ice hockey season, Season, NCAA Tournament
While the CCHA crown guaranteed Lake Superior a spot in the NCAA Tournament, it was not enough to earn them a bye into the quarterfinals. Lake Superior was given the third western seed, which would have allowed them to play at home in years past, but the NCAA Tournament format had been changed for 1992. The first two rounds were now single-game elimination, like the championship rounds. With that came the ability create regional brackets with a single venue used as host.


1991–92 Lake Superior State Lakers men's ice hockey season, Season, NCAA Tournament
All games played by teams in the western regional were held at the Joe Louis Arena, a distinct advantage for CCHA teams. Lake Superior used that advantage and trounced Alaska–Anchorage in the quarterfinal. Two nights later they took on Minnesota, the team that led the nation in wins, and again dominated the competition with an 8–3 victory.


1991–92 Lake Superior State Lakers men's ice hockey season, Season, NCAA Tournament
Showing just how strong they were that year, Michigan, Michigan State and Lake Superior State all made the Frozen Four, the most the CCHA has ever produced. At least one of those teams would make the finals when MSU took on Lake State. The two squads battled to a 2–2 tie after two periods before Mark Astley scored the game winner midway through the third. LSSU's defense held the Spartans to six shots in the final frame and gave the Lakers their second championship appearance.


1991–92 Lake Superior State Lakers men's ice hockey season, Season, NCAA Tournament, Controversial Finish
With only a surprising Wisconsin team standing in their way, the Lakers started the game well but soon found themselves down a goal. Wisconsin added a power play marker before the end of the first and Lake Superior, who had had trouble scoring at times during the season, were hoping that the game wasn't already out of hand. Rather than the game being remembered for performances by players, however, referee Tim McConaghy called an inordinate amount of penalties in the game.


1991–92 Lake Superior State Lakers men's ice hockey season, Season, NCAA Tournament, Controversial Finish
Many in attendance had difficulty in understanding the calls and things went from bad to worse when the Badgers' captain Doug MacDonald was given a 10-minute misconduct for questioning the calls. While the Lakers were hit for 10 penalties in the game, Wisconsin players headed to the box 15 times and Lake Superior managed to use the disproportionate advantages to even the game after 40 minutes.


1991–92 Lake Superior State Lakers men's ice hockey season, Season, NCAA Tournament, Controversial Finish
Michael Smith scored early in the third to give the Lakers their first lead of the game but a power play goal by Jason Zent tied the game at 3-all. Just after the fifteen-minute mark Brian Rolston scored to put Lake State up 4–3 and Wisconsin began a furious attempt to come back. With three minutes to play Blaine Moore was charged with elbowing to the obvious frustration of the Badgers. Wisconsin was forced to pull their goaltender but an empty-net goal by Jay Ness salted away the game and gave Lake Superior their second national championship.


1991–92 Lake Superior State Lakers men's ice hockey season, Season, NCAA Tournament, Controversial Finish
The Lakers had outshot Wisconsin 37–27 in the game while both teams scored twice on the power play, but the enduring legacy from the match was a confrontation between McConaghy and Wisconsin team members after the game. The ugly incident would eventually lead to three separate suspensions, a sour finish for what should have been a Lake Superior triumph.


1991–92 Lake Superior State Lakers men's ice hockey season, Season, NCAA Tournament, Controversial Finish
To make matters worse, Wisconsin's participation was later vacated for unrelated violations by team members leaving the 1992 championship one of the most mired in controversy in NCAA history.


1991–92 Lake Superior State Lakers men's ice hockey season, Season, Awards and Honors
Regardless of Wisconsin's response, Paul Constantin, who had started the laker's comeback in the second period, was named the tournament MOP and joined Darrin Madeley, Mark Astley and Brian Rolston on the All-Tournament team. For the second year in a row Madeley possessed the best goals against average in the nation, posting the best numbers for any qualifying goalie in seven years. His stellar play earn him an AHCA First-Team All-American spot along with Astley.


1991–92 Lake Superior State Lakers men's ice hockey season, Season, Awards and Honors
Both Madeley and Astley were on the All-CCHA First Team while Steve Barnes and Sandy Moger made the second team. Astley was also named as the Best Offensive Defenseman in the CCHA.


1991–92 Lancashire Cup
The 1991–92 Lancashire Cup was the seventy-ninth occasion on which the completion had been held. St. Helens won the trophy  by beating Rochdale Hornets by the score of 24-14 in the final. The match was played at Wilderspool, Warrington, now in the County Palatine of Chester but (historically in the county of Lancashire). The attendance was 9,269 and receipts were £ ?


1991–92 Lancashire Cup, Background
The total entrants remained the same as last season, i.e. at 17. This necessitated the need for a preliminary round (consisting of just 1 game). The first round (proper) then involved 16 clubs, thus removing the need of  any  “blank” or “dummy” fixtures or any byes.


1991–92 Lancashire Cup, Competition and Results, Final, Teams and Scorers
Scoring - Try = four (4) points - Goal = two (2) points - Drop goal = one (1) point


1991–92 Lancashire Cup, Notes and comments
1 * The attendance is given as 3,500 in the Widnes official archives - RUGBYLEAGUEproject gives it as 3,499|| 2 * First Lancashire Cup match by newly named/reformed club and also at this stadium, home at the time of St Helens Town A.F.C. 3 * The first Lancashire Cup match to be played on this ground, one of many used by Fulham during the nomadic period between 1985-19934 * The second score of over 100 points (and the second highest score) in the history of the competition when ||St. Helens beat Trafford Borough by 104 to 12.


1991–92 Lancashire Cup, Notes and comments
The highest occurred on 14 September 1986 when St. Helens beat Carlisle by 112 to 04 * Wilderspool was the home ground of Warrington from 1883 to the end of the 2003 Summer season when they moved into the new purpose built Halliwell Jones Stadium. Wilderspool remained as a sports/Ruugby League ground and is/was used by Woolston Rovers/Warrington Wizards junior club. The ground had a final capacity of 9,000 although the record attendance was set in a Challenge cup third round match on 13 March 1948 when 34,304 spectators saw Warrington lose to Wigan 10-13.


1991–92 Latvian Hockey League season
The 1991–92 Latvian Hockey League season was the first season of the Latvian Hockey League, the top level of ice hockey in Latvia. Fourteen teams participated in the league, and HK Sāga Ķekava Riga won the championship.


1991–92 League Cup (rugby league)
This was the twenty-first season of rugby league's League Cup competition, known as the Regal Trophy for sponsorship purposes.


1991–92 League Cup (rugby league)
Widnes won the final, beating Leeds by the score of 24-0. The match was played at Central Park, Wigan. The attendance was 15,070.


1991–92 League Cup (rugby league), Background
This season saw two "name" changes and one of the three junior clubs being replaced by a new league club. The number of entrants remained the  same at thirty-eight.


1991–92 League Cup (rugby league), Background
The  changes were :-1 Runcorn Highfield became Highfield and now played at Hoghton Road Stadium in Sutton, a suburb of St. Helens and home to  St Helens Town A.F.C. (although signing a 99-year lease, the club moved on after 4½ years after a proposed rent increase made a stay unviable - Fulham became London Crusaders but were still nomadic, although playing many home matches at Crystal Palace National Sports Centre before settling at Barnet Copthall for season 1993-942 Scarborough Pirates joined the  league and the  competition (albeit for a very brief one season stay before going into administration), taking the place of one of the  junior teams-The preliminary round involved twelve clubs, to reduce the numbers to entrants to the  first round proper to thirty-two.


1991–92 League Cup (rugby league), Competition and Results, Final, Teams and Scorers
Scoring - Try = four (4) points - Goal = two (2) points - Drop goal = one (1) point


1991–92 League Cup (rugby league), Competition and Results, Prize Money
As part of the sponsorship deal and funds, the  prize money awarded to the competing teams for this season is as follows :-


1991–92 League Cup (rugby league), Competition and Results, Prize Money
Note - the  author is unable to trace the award amounts for this season. Can anyone help ?


1991–92 League Cup (rugby league), Notes and comments
1 * Saddleworth Rangers are a Junior (amateur) club from Oldham2 * Watersheddings was the home ground of Oldham3 * Leigh East are a Junior (amateur) club from Leigh4 * Hilton Park was the home ground of Leigh5 * RUGBYLEAGUEproject gives the attendance as 1,874 but Widnes official archives gives it as 2,0006 * Valley Parade was originally the home of Manningham Rugby League Football Club until 1903, when they changed name and codes and became Bradford City A.F.C. 7 * RUGBYLEAGUEproject gives the attendance as 15,070 but Widnes official archives gives it as 15,0238  * Central Park was the home ground of Wigan with a final capacity of 18,000, although the record attendance was  47,747 for Wigan v St Helens 27 March 1959


1991–92 League Cup (rugby league), Notes and comments, General information for those unfamiliar
The council of the Rugby Football League voted to introduce a new competition, to be similar to The Football Association and Scottish Football Association's "League Cup". It was to be a similar knock-out structure to, and to be secondary to, the Challenge Cup.


1991–92 League Cup (rugby league), Notes and comments, General information for those unfamiliar
As this was being formulated, sports sponsorship was becoming more prevalent and as a result John Player and Sons, a division of Imperial Tobacco Company, became sponsors, and the competition never became widely known as the "League Cup" The competition ran from 1971-72 until 1995-96 and was initially intended for the professional clubs plus the two amateur BARLA National Cup finalists. In later seasons the entries were expanded to take in other amateur and French teams.


1991–92 League Cup (rugby league), Notes and comments, General information for those unfamiliar
The competition was dropped due to "fixture congestion" when Rugby League became a summer sportThe Rugby League season always (until the onset of "Summer Rugby" in 1996) ran from around August-time through to around May-time and this competition always took place early in the season, in the Autumn, with the final usually taking place in late January The competition was variably known, by its sponsorship name, as the Player's No.6 Trophy (1971–1977), the John Player Trophy (1977–1983), the John Player Special Trophy (1983–1989), and the Regal Trophy in 1989.


1991–92 League of Ireland First Division
The 1991–92 League of Ireland First Division season was the seventh season of the League of Ireland First Division, the second tier of the league system.


1991–92 League of Ireland First Division, Overview
The First Division was contested by 10 teams and Limerick City F.C. won the division. Limerick were managed by Sam Allardyce, who was player-manager for one season only, taking Limerick back to the Premier Division a year after they were relegated.


1991–92 League of Ireland Premier Division
The 1991–92 League of Ireland Premier Division was the seventh season of the League of Ireland Premier Division. The Premier Division was made up of 12 teams.


1991–92 League of Ireland Premier Division, Overview
The Premier Division was contested by 12 teams and Shelbourne F.C. won the championship.


1991–92 Lebanese Premier League
The 1991–92 Lebanese Premier League season was the 32nd season of the Lebanese Premier League, the top Lebanese professional league for association football clubs in the country, established in 1934.


1991–92 Lebanese Premier League
Ansar, the defending champions, won their fourth consecutive—and overall—Lebanese Premier League title.


1991–92 Leeds United A.F.C. season
The 1991–92 season was Leeds United A.F.C. 's 73rd season in their history, their 37th in the top tier of English football and their second consecutive and final season in the Football League First Division before its rebranding as the FA Premier League.


1991–92 Leeds United A.F.C. season, Season summary
Having finished fourth the previous season, this time round Leeds clinched the First Division title, ahead of archrivals Manchester United, in only their second consecutive season as First Division club. As champions of the Football League, United qualified for the European Cup, which would be rebranded as the UEFA Champions League for the next season. They lost just four league games all season, and were held to 1–1 draws both home and away by Manchester United (who also knocked them out of both domestic cups).


1991–92 Leeds United A.F.C. season, Season summary
Eric Cantona signed for the club in mid-season, making his debut at Oldham Athletic on 8 February 1992, and scored three goals in the remainder of the season. Leeds clinched the title in the penultimate game of the season with a 3–2 win at Sheffield United. The first goal that day was scored by striker Rod Wallace, who had joined Leeds the previous summer from Southampton.


1991–92 Leeds United A.F.C. season, Squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


1991–92 Leeds United A.F.C. season, Awards
At the end of the season, left-back Tony Dorigo was named the club's Player of the Year.


1991–92 Leicester City F.C. season
During the 1991–92 English football season, Leicester City F.C. competed in the Football League Second Division.


1991–92 Leicester City F.C. season, Season summary
After narrowly avoiding relegation to the Third Division the previous season, Leicester City appointed Darlington manager Brian Little as the replacement for David Pleat, who had been sacked during the previous season. Little turned Leicester's fortunes around and the club finished in fourth, qualifying for the play-offs. After drawing 1–1 with fifth-placed Cambridge United at Abbey Stadium, Leicester crushed United 5–0 in the return leg at Filbert Street to qualify for the final. Leicester faced Blackburn Rovers at Wembley, but lost 1–0 from a penalty from former City player Mike Newell, thus denying Leicester a place in the inaugural season of the Premiership.


1991–92 Leicester City F.C. season, Squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


1991–92 Libyan Premier League
The 1991–92 Libyan Premier League was contested between August 1991 and May 1992. The league was composed of 21 teams. Each of these teams played each other once, meaning each side played 20 matches. The 21 sides that competed in this season were:


1991–92 Liga Alef
The 1991–92 Liga Alef season saw Hapoel Daliyat al-Karmel (champions of the North Division) and Hapoel Ashkelon (champions of the South Division) win their regional divisions and promotion to Liga Artzit.


1991–92 Liga Alef
At the bottom, Maccabi Tamra, Maccabi Kafr Kanna (from the North division), Hapoel Aliyah Kfar Saba and Hapoel Yehud (from the South division) relegated to Liga Bet.


1991–92 Liga Alef, Promotion/relegation play-offs
The two second-placed clubs (Hapoel Kiryat Shmona and Beitar Ramla) played off to face the 14th-placed club from Liga Artzit (Hapoel Ashdod). Hapoel Kiryat Shmona won the first match, but lost to Hapoel Ashdod in the second round, so Hapoel Ashdod remained in Liga Artzit and Kiryat Shmona remained in Liga Alef.


1991–92 Liga Artzit
The 1991–92 Liga Artzit season saw Beitar Jerusalem and Hapoel Haifa promoted to Liga Leumit. At the other end of the table, Beitar Netanya and Hapoel Tiberias relegated to Liga Alef.


1991–92 Liga Artzit, Promotion-relegation play-offs
14th placed Hapoel Ashdod had to play-off against Liga Alef play-off winners Hapoel Kiryat Shmona:


1991–92 Liga Artzit, Promotion-relegation play-offs
The result meant that Hapoel Ashdod remained in Liga Artzit.


1991–92 Liga Leumit
The 1991–92 Liga Leumit season began on 1991 and ended on 1992, with Maccabi Tel Aviv winning their 15th title and qualifying for the Champions League as Israel's first representative in the competition.


1991–92 Liga Nacional de Fútbol Femenino
The 1991–92 Liga Nacional de Fútbol Femenino was the 4th season of the Spanish women's football first division. Añorga won their first title ever.


1991–92 Liga Nacional de Hockey Hielo season
The 1991–92 Superliga Espanola de Hockey Hielo season was the 18th season of the Superliga Espanola de Hockey Hielo, the top level of ice hockey in Spain. Five teams participated in the league, and CH Txuri Urdin won the championship.


1991–92 Lithuanian Hockey League season
The 1991–92 Lithuanian Hockey League season was the first season of the Lithuanian Hockey League. SC Energija won the inaugural championship.


1991–92 Liverpool F.C. season
The 1991–92 Liverpool F.C. season was the 100th season in club history and Graeme Souness's first full season as manager of the club. The manager needed heart surgery in April, only to be present at Liverpool won the final of the FA Cup the following month. However, it was a disappointing season in the league for Liverpool, whose sixth-place finish was their first outside the top two since 1981.


1991–92 Liverpool F.C. season
Souness reshaped his side substantially over the close season. Out went older players including Peter Beardsley, David Speedie and Gary Gillespie as well as the young Steve Staunton, and in came £2.9million national record signing Dean Saunders from Derby County along with his Derby colleague, defender Mark Wright.


1991–92 Liverpool F.C. season
He also forked out for Rangers midfielder Mark Walters and blooded in young talent in midfield in the shape of Steve McManaman and Jamie Redknapp, and just after the season began he drafted in Rob Jones from Fourth Division Crewe Alexandra, and within a few months the player, barely in his twenties, was representing England at senior level.


1991–92 Liverpool F.C. season
On his way out of Anfield halfway through the season was midfielder Steve McMahon to Manchester City, followed by defender Barry Venison to Newcastle United at the end of it. Mid season also saw the arrival of midfielder Michael Thomas from Arsenal, two and a half years after the player's goal for his former club had denied Liverpool the league title. Thomas ended the season by scoring one of Liverpool's two goals in the FA Cup final against Sunderland, the other coming from Ian Rush.


1991–92 Liverpool F.C. season, Season overview, Pre season
As manager Graeme Souness prepared for his first full season as manager of Liverpool, a number of significant changes were made. The biggest stories of the summer were the arrival of Dean Saunders, the Derby County and Wales striker, for a national record fee of £2.9million, and Derby's centre-half Mark Wright for £2.2million. He bolstered the midfield with a £1.25million move for Rangers midfielder Mark Walters, bringing the 27-year-old Birmingham born player back to England four years after he left Aston Villa to move north of the border. Leaving the club were strikers David Speedie to Blackburn Rovers and Peter Beardsley to Everton. A surprise sale came when highly promising 22-year-old defender Steve Staunton moved to Aston Villa 10 days before the start of the season.


1991–92 Liverpool F.C. season, Season overview, August
Liverpool's centenary season began at Anfield on 17 August 1991, where they beat Oldham Athletic (in the top flight for the first time since 1923) 2–1 in the opening First Division game. The next game was a disappointment as they lost 2–1 to Manchester City at Maine Road, but highly rated 19-year-old midfielder Steve McManaman managed to score his first goal for the club in this game.


1991–92 Liverpool F.C. season, Season overview, August
Record signing Dean Saunders found the net for the first time on 27 August, scoring the only goal of a 1–0 home win over Queen's Park Rangers, Saunders had also missed a penalty in the match at Manchester City.


1991–92 Liverpool F.C. season, Season overview, August
The month ended on a high as the Reds triumphed 3–1 over Everton in the Merseyside derby at Anfield.


1991–92 Liverpool F.C. season, Season overview, September
September saw Liverpool disappoint in the league, losing at Leeds United, drawing with Aston Villa and Sheffield Wednesday, and only managing a narrow win at newly promoted relegation favourites Notts County.


1991–92 Liverpool F.C. season, Season overview, September
There was more success on the European front, as Liverpool marked the end of their six-year ban by defeating Kuusysi Lahti 6–1 in the UEFA Cup first round first leg at Anfield, with Dean Saunders scoring four goals and Ray Houghton scoring twice.


1991–92 Liverpool F.C. season, Season overview, September
On 23 September, winger John Barnes, a key part in Liverpool's successes since his arrival in 1987, was told that he would be out of action until at least January due to an achilles tendon injury. Although he did make a brief return to the side in the new year, he was soon out of action again.


1991–92 Liverpool F.C. season, Season overview, October
Graeme Souness pulled off one of the biggest transfer bargains of the season when he paid Crewe Alexandra £300,000 for full-back Rob Jones. Jones, who turned 20 a month after arriving at Anfield, broke into the Liverpool first team almost instantly, and was capped by England after just four months of First Division football.


1991–92 Liverpool F.C. season, Season overview, October
Liverpool's disappointing league form continued throughout October as they were held to draws by Manchester United and Chelsea and could only scrape a 1–0 win over struggling Coventry City, though there was better news in the cup competitions as they progressed to the next stage of the UEFA Cup and the League Cup, though they were held to a draw by Second Division strugglers Port Vale in the League Cup third round, and were left with an uphill struggle in the UEFA Cup after losing 2–0 to Auxerre of France in the second round first leg.


1991–92 Liverpool F.C. season, Season overview, November
November began on a high note as Liverpool overturned Auxerre's 2–0 lead in the UEFA Cup to win the second leg 3–0. Their hopes of a quarter-final appearance were boosted at the end of the month when they won the third round first leg 2–0 win over Swarovski Tirol in Austria. The Reds also overcame Port Vale in the League Cup by winning the replay 4–1 at Vale Park.


1991–92 Liverpool F.C. season, Season overview, November
However, there was little improvement in the league as a defeat by Crystal Palace and goalless draws at West Ham United and Wimbledon - both struggling at the wrong end of the First Division - left a league title win looking unlikely for this season. Their only league win of the month came when they beat Norwich City 2–1 at Anfield.


1991–92 Liverpool F.C. season, Season overview, December
December began on a humiliating note for the Reds as they suffered a shock League Cup exit at the hands of Peterborough United in the fourth round, losing 1–0 to the Third Division underdogs at London Road.


1991–92 Liverpool F.C. season, Season overview, December
They did, however, progress to the last eight of the UEFA Cup, beating Swarovski Tirol 4–0 in the third round second leg at Anfield with Dean Saunders scoring a hat-trick, taking his European tally to nine goals.


1991–92 Liverpool F.C. season, Season overview, December
December brought little change in Liverpool's league fortunes, however. They went through the month unbeaten in the First Division, managing wins over Nottingham Forest and Tottenham Hotspur but being held to draws by Southampton (in a game where 18-year-old midfielder Jamie Redknapp scored his first Liverpool goal), Manchester City, QPR and last of all Everton in the Merseyside derby at Goodison Park. They ended 1991 in sixth place, with their great north western rivals Manchester United top of the pack with a two-point advantage and two games in hand over a resurgent Leeds United.


1991–92 Liverpool F.C. season, Season overview, January
As the new year dawned, Liverpool began an upturn in league fortunes as they won all four of their games. There was also good news in the FA Cup as they travelled to Gresty Road to take on Fourth Division Crewe Alexandra, winning 4-0 and with John Barnes making an explosive - though ultimately brief - comeback from his absence by scoring a hat-trick.


1991–92 Liverpool F.C. season, Season overview, January
Liverpool ended the month in third place, just eight points behind leaders Manchester United and six points behind second placed Leeds United, suggesting that they might still be able to win the title.


1991–92 Liverpool F.C. season, Season overview, February
Liverpool managed to reach the FA Cup quarter-finals, but not without difficulty. The fourth round visit to Second Division underdogs Bristol Rovers saw them held to a 1–1 draw, and the replay at Anfield brought a narrow 2–1 win. The fifth round saw them travel to Suffolk for a clash with Ipswich Town - Second Division promotion contenders - which ended in a goalless draw. Once again, Liverpool won the Anfield replay, but it was also a narrow victory as they needed extra time to manage a 3–2 win as the score stood at 1–1 with 90 minutes on the clock.


1991–92 Liverpool F.C. season, Season overview, February
After an excellent series of league results in January had raised hopes of a late run to the title, February was a disaster which effectively killed off talk of Liverpool winning the last old First Division title - as the top flight of English football would become the FA Premier League from the start of the 1992-93 season. The month began with a 2–1 home defeat by Chelsea, followed by a goalless draw at relegation threatened Coventry City and a 3-0 hammering at fellow strugglers Norwich City.


1991–92 Liverpool F.C. season, Season overview, February
The month ended with another struggling side, Southampton, paying a visit to Anfield, but neither side could find the net and the match ended as a goalless draw. The Reds ended the month fifth in the league, but were now 13 points adrift of leaders Manchester United with 12 games to go. It was now looking as though Liverpool would finish outside the top two for the first time since 1981, as 11 points separated them from second placed Leeds United.


1991–92 Liverpool F.C. season, Season overview, March
A 4-1 aggregate defeat by Genoa of Italy in the UEFA Cup quarter-finals ended Liverpool's hopes of a glorious return to European football, but their last hope of silverware was kept alive when recently signed midfielder Michael Thomas - whose last minute goal against them for former club Arsenal had deprived them of title glory in 1989 - scored the only goal for a quarter-final win over Aston Villa in the FA Cup.


1991–92 Liverpool F.C. season, Season overview, March
Liverpool's league form improved as they managed wins over West Ham United, Notts County and Tottenham Hotspur, but were defeated by Crystal Palace and Sheffield United, ensuring that they ended the month no higher than fourth in the league. The title was still a mathematical possibility as they trailed leaders Manchester United by 12 points with seven games remaining at the end of the month, but it now appeared a practical impossibility and Liverpool's efforts were now better focused on FA Cup success.


1991–92 Liverpool F.C. season, Season overview, April
It had been a long and hard route for Liverpool in the FA Cup, but they finally did get to the FA Cup final. The semi-final draw paired them with Second Division Portsmouth, and the game was still deadlock with 90 minutes on the clock. The Hampshire side went ahead in extra time, and only a late equaliser by Ronnie Whelan prevented a defeat which would have sent Portsmouth through to the first non top division final to take on fellow Second Division side Sunderland.


1991–92 Liverpool F.C. season, Season overview, April
Hours after the game, Liverpool manager Graeme Souness was rushed to hospital for an emergency triple heart bypass operation. He was still recovering in hospital eight days later when coach Ronnie Moran took charge of Liverpool for the FA Cup semi final replay, in which Portsmouth held the Reds to a goalless draw to force a penalty shoot-out which the Reds won.


1991–92 Liverpool F.C. season, Season overview, April
By April, everyone at Liverpool appeared to have conceded the league title for this season, and focused their minds on winning the FA Cup. After a five-match winless run in the league, the month ended with a 2–0 home win over Manchester United - a result which handed the title to Leeds United.


1991–92 Liverpool F.C. season, Season overview, May
On 9 May 1992, Liverpool travelled to Wembley Stadium for the FA Cup final. Their opponents were Sunderland, the unfashionable Second Division side who had been unremarkable in the league but performed wonders in the FA Cup under interim manager Malcolm Crosby. There were hopes among Sunderland fans that they could achieve a repeat of their famous 1973 win over Leeds United and achieve a shock victory, but these were dispelled as goals from Ian Rush and Michael Thomas gave the Reds a 2–0 victory and their fifth FA Cup triumph.


1991–92 Liverpool F.C. season, Squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


1991–92 London Crusaders season
The 1991–92 London Crusaders season was the twelfth in the club's history. It was their first season under the name of the London Crusaders, after a decade under the Fulham RLFC name. They competed in the 1991–92 Second Division of the Rugby Football League. They also competed in the 1992 Challenge Cup, 1991–92 Lancashire Cup and the 1991–92 League Cup. They finished the season in 4th place in the second tier of British professional rugby league.


1991–92 Los Angeles Clippers season
The 1991–92 NBA season was the Clippers' 22nd season in the National Basketball Association, and their 8th season in Los Angeles. During the offseason, the Clippers acquired Doc Rivers from the Atlanta Hawks, and James Edwards from the Detroit Pistons. The Clippers, led by Danny Manning and Ron Harper won five of their first seven games. They would lose six straight afterwards, but then post an 8-game winning streak in December which led them to a 14–10 start. However, they would struggle over the next few weeks sliding back below .500 with a 21–24 record as head coach Mike Schuler was fired. After splitting two games under interim Mack Calvin, the team hired Larry Brown, who resigned as coach of the San Antonio Spurs a few weeks earlier.


1991–92 Los Angeles Clippers season
Under Brown, the Clippers won 23 of their final 35 games to finish fifth in the Pacific Division with a 45–37 record. Making their first playoff appearance since the 1975–76 season when they were known as the Buffalo Braves, and ending a fifteen-year playoff drought. This season also marked the first time that the Clippers finished with a better record than their crosstown rival, the Los Angeles Lakers, who finished two games behind them with a 43–39 record. In the first round of the playoffs, the Clippers lost in five games to the Utah Jazz.


1991–92 Los Angeles Clippers season
Following the season, Rivers was traded along with Charles D. Smith, and second-year guard Bo Kimble to the New York Knicks, Edwards signed as an unrestricted free agent with the Los Angeles Lakers, and Olden Polynice was dealt to the Detroit Pistons.


1991–92 Los Angeles Clippers season, Transactions
The Clippers were involved in the following transactions during the 1991–92 season.


1991–92 Los Angeles Kings season
The 1991–92 Los Angeles Kings season, was the Kings' 25th season in the National Hockey League. It saw the Kings finishing second in the Smythe Division with a record of 35–31–14. However, they were eliminated in the first round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs by the Edmonton Oilers in six games.


1991–92 Los Angeles Kings season, Offseason
In the Entry Draft, the Kings first pick, in the second round, was used to choose Guy Leveque from the Cornwall Royals of the Ontario Hockey League. Their first-round pick had been dealt to the Edmonton Oilers in the Wayne Gretzky trade.


1991–92 Los Angeles Kings season, Pre-Season
On September 27, 1991, the Kings played the New York Rangers in the first ever outdoor NHL game in Las Vegas, Nevada, at Caesars Palace. This was also the first NHL game in Las Vegas since 1968. The crowd on hand was 13,000 with the Kings beating the Rangers 5 to 2.


1991–92 Los Angeles Kings season, Regular season, Season standings
Divisions: NRS – Norris, SMY – Smythe bold – Qualified for playoffs


1991–92 Los Angeles Kings season, Playoffs
The Kings lost in the Division Semi-finals to the Edmonton Oilers, four games to two.


1991–92 Los Angeles Kings season, Player statistics, Forwards
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalties in minutes


1991–92 Los Angeles Kings season, Player statistics, Defensemen
Note: GP = Games played; G=  Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes


1991–92 Los Angeles Kings season, Player statistics, Goaltending
Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; SO = Shutouts; GAA = Goals against average


1991–92 Los Angeles Kings season, Transactions
The Kings were involved in the following transactions during the 1991–92 season.


1991–92 Los Angeles Kings season, Draft picks
Los Angeles's draft picks at the 1991 NHL Entry Draft held at the Buffalo Memorial Auditorium in Buffalo, New York.


1991–92 Los Angeles Lakers season
The 1991–92 NBA season was the Lakers' 44th season in the National Basketball Association, and 32nd in the city of Los Angeles. This was the start of a new era for the Los Angeles Lakers, as they were coming from an NBA Finals defeat to the Chicago Bulls in five games, but also with the sudden retirement of their longtime superstar, Magic Johnson, after he announced that he was HIV positive. Johnson would briefly come back and play in the 1992 NBA All-Star Game, winning the All-Star MVP award.


1991–92 Los Angeles Lakers season
During the offseason, the Lakers acquired Sedale Threatt from the Seattle SuperSonics. Starting the season without Johnson for the first time since 1979, the Lakers won 10 of their first 13 games, including a nine-game winning streak. However, they struggled in February, losing seven straight games and posting a 3–9 record during the month. The Lakers ultimately finished sixth in the Pacific Division with a 43–39 record, which was their worst record since the 1975–76 season.


1991–92 Los Angeles Lakers season
As the #8 seed in the Western Conference, the Lakers were defeated in the first round of the playoffs by the Portland Trail Blazers, 3–1. Following the season, Mike Dunleavy left and took a coaching job with the Milwaukee Bucks.


1991–92 Los Angeles Lakers season, Regular season, Record vs. opponents
The Lakers were the first team in NBA history to start the season with three straight overtime games, with their season opener being a double-overtime loss to the Houston Rockets. They went 1-2 during that time. After a third loss, to the Phoenix Suns, they went on a nine-game winning streak to finish November with an 11-4 record, which would be their longest winning streak of the season. They struggled in February, going 3-9, with a seven-game losing streak. They would finish the season with a 43-39 record, placing sixth in the Pacific Division and clinching the eighth and final seed for the playoffs.


1991–92 Los Angeles Lakers season, Player statistics
NOTE: Please write the players statistics in alphabetical order by last name.


1991–92 Los Angeles Lakers season, Magic’s retirement
Starting point guard Magic Johnson missed the first three games with an unspecified "stomach ailment". On November 7, 1991, Johnson announced that he had tested positive for HIV and would immediately retire. Johnson discovered his condition after attempting to purchase life insurance and failing the HIV test conducted by Lakers team doctor. During the press conference, he stated that his wife Cookie and unborn child were HIV negative and that he would become an advocate for HIV education and prevention. The NBA world was shocked; U. S. president George H. W. Bush said: "For me, Magic is a hero, a hero for anyone who loves sports." Johnson was still listed on the roster, as an injured reserve, and continued to be paid.


1991–92 Los Angeles Lakers season, Magic’s retirement
Johnson was voted in on the West team for the 1992 NBA All-Star Game. Columnists and other people speculated on whether he would play. Because HIV is spread through blood, some players voiced concerns about being infected if Johnson were to get a bleeding wound and touch them. Utah Jazz forward Karl Malone was the most vocal player to express concern. Nevertheless, Johnson played in the All-Star Game, leading the West to a 153-113 win and being named the All-Star Most Valuable Player (MVP). The game ended with 14.5 seconds remaining; when Johnson drained a last-minute three-pointer, other players ran on the court to congratulate Johnson and exchange high-fives. It would be Johnson's last game until he made a brief return at the end of the 1995–96 season.


1991–92 Los Angeles Lakers season, Magic and the Dream Team
Despite being HIV positive, Johnson was chosen for the US team for the 1992 Summer Olympics. The squad was quickly dubbed the Dream Team because of its abundance of NBA stars such as Jordan, Karl Malone and Bird, but Johnson was the main attraction. At the Olympic Opening Ceremony, German tennis player Steffi Graf ordered colleague Barbara Rittner to photograph her with Johnson, and in the match against Spain, Spanish captain Juan Antonio San Epifanio and his squad demonstratively hugged him, showing that his HIV infection did not matter to them.


1991–92 Los Angeles Lakers season, Magic and the Dream Team
During the tournament, Johnson struggled with knee problems and played for only a fraction of the games. The point guard position was mostly run by Utah Jazz all-time assist leader John Stockton, but Johnson's presence alone was enough to provoke standing ovations from the crowd. He used the spotlight to attempt to inspire HIV positive people in several interviews.


1991–92 Louisville Cardinals men's basketball team
The 1991–92 Louisville Cardinals men's basketball team represented the University of Louisville in the 1991–92 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The head coach was Denny Crum and the team finished the season with an overall record of 19–11.


1991–92 Luton Town F.C. season
The 1991–92 season was the 106th season in the history of Luton Town Football Club. It was Luton Town's 71st consecutive season in the Football League, and their 74th overall. It was also their tenth successive season in the First Division, and their 16th overall. Luton Town were relegated on the season's final day, and thus condemned to second-tier football for the following season. This deprived them of a place in the new FA Premier League.


1991–92 Luton Town F.C. season
It was the first season of David Pleat's second spell as Luton Town manager; he had returned in the 1991 close season as successor to Jimmy Ryan, having previously been the club's manager from 1978 to 1986.


1991–92 Luton Town F.C. season
This article covers the period from 1 July 1991 to 30 June 1992.


1991–92 Luton Town F.C. season, Background
The 1985–86 season was David Pleat's final year with Luton, and it was a success as Luton finished ninth. Even following his departure, the team continued to play well – 1986–87 saw a best-ever finish of seventh under John Moore. The following year Ray Harford's team won the League Cup with a 3–2 victory over Arsenal, and finished ninth in the league to boot. However, 1988–89 saw Luton drop to 16th, and in 1989–90 the team were battling relegation by December.


1991–92 Luton Town F.C. season, Background
The replacement of Harford with Jimmy Ryan in January saw Luton improve enough to escape demotion on the final day of the season, a feat that Ryan's team repeated a year later. Despite keeping Luton in Division One for a ninth successive season, Ryan was fired by chairman Peter Nelkin two days later due a "personality clash". David Pleat was promptly re-appointed in his stead.


1991–92 Luton Town F.C. season, Review, July–September
Right away, Pleat was forced to sell, as homesick star forward Lars Elstrup was sold back to Odense for £200,000. Brian Stein was brought back as his replacement, while another striker, Phil Gray, was signed from Tottenham Hotspur. On the pitch, the season started badly – Luton did not score a goal for four matches, and failed to win in five. Trevor Peake arrived on 27 August, while Kingsley Black, the Northern Ireland international, was sold to Nottingham Forest for £1.5 million on 2 September.


1991–92 Luton Town F.C. season, Review, July–September
The first victory of the season came two days after the sale of Black, as Luton defeated Southampton 2–1 at Kenilworth Road. Wimbledon then inflicted a 3–0 reverse at Selhurst Park, before the news came that former player Mick Harford had returned from Derby County to lead the forward line. Harford scored two in his first match, to secure a 2–1 win over Oldham Athletic. However, Luton then lost 1–0 at home to Queens Park Rangers before Manchester United piled on the misery with a 5–0 demolition at Old Trafford. A 1–1 draw with Notts County rounded up the month.


1991–92 Luton Town F.C. season, Review, October–December
Two months then followed without a win, as Dave Beaumont left for Hibernian and new signing Steve Thompson left after only seven matches in a swap deal with Leicester City for Des Linton and Scott Oakes. Talented full back Matt Jackson also moved on, to sign for Everton. Form was no better in the cups, as Luton were knocked out of both the League Cup and the Full Members' Cup in October.


1991–92 Luton Town F.C. season, Review, October–December
The acquisition of goalkeeper Steve Sutton in November raised spirits, though Luton's next victory did not come until 20 December, when a Harford goal sealed a 1–0 win over Coventry. The next two matches were at home, and Luton won them both – another goal from Harford secured a defeat of Arsenal on Boxing Day, and Chelsea were beaten 2–0 two days later. Despite three successive wins, Luton still remained in the relegation zone on New Year's Day.


1991–92 Luton Town F.C. season, Review, January–March
January was a fruitless month – Nottingham Forest's Des Walker scored an injury-time equaliser to deny Luton their first away win, and the team crashed out of the FA Cup at Sheffield United three days later. Graham Rodger was sold to Hibernian on 8 January, and Chris Kamara was acquired as a replacement. Three consecutive defeats preceded a win against Norwich City on 8 February. Manchester City then beat Luton 4–0 at Maine Road, before Sheffield United visited Kenilworth Road in the League – this time around, Luton won 2–1.


1991–92 Luton Town F.C. season, Review, January–March
The next six matches saw four draws and two losses – tellingly, Luton had not won on the road all season. The board refused to pay the fee to keep Sutton, and so he signed for Derby County instead. Mervyn Day was brought in as a short-term replacement, while midfielder Darron McDonough moved to Newcastle United.


1991–92 Luton Town F.C. season, Review, April–June
Imre Varadi arrived on loan, and scored on his debut as Luton beat Wimbledon. A week later, Luton lost 5–1 at Oldham. Victory over Nottingham Forest at Kenilworth Road gave Luton hope – they were now only three points behind Coventry City with four matches left. Luton drew at home to Manchester United on the 18th, and as Coventry lost to Everton, reduced the gap to two points. Coventry lost again two days later, but as Luton slumped to defeat at Queens Park Rangers no ground was made up.


1991–92 Luton Town F.C. season, Review, April–June
The task was made even more difficult as Luton's terrible goal difference meant that they would have to finish a point ahead of Coventry to stay up – to equal them would not be enough. Luton beat Aston Villa on 25 April, but the news came that Luton fans were dreading – Coventry had beaten West Ham United, and the gap was still two points.


1991–92 Luton Town F.C. season, Review, April–June
In order for Luton to stay up, they would have to travel to already-relegated Notts County, win their first away match of the campaign, and hope for an Aston Villa victory over Coventry. Julian James gave Luton the lead required, but two goals from County's Rob Matthews put the seal on a dismal season that had gone by without a single away win. Despite losing 2–0 at Villa Park, Coventry stayed up – Luton were relegated after ten years of Division One football.


1991–92 Luton Town F.C. season, Review, April–June
Ever-present midfielder Mark Pembridge left for Derby County for a £1.25 million fee in June.


1991–92 Luxembourg National Division
The 1991–92 Luxembourg National Division was the 78th season of top level association football in Luxembourg.


1991–92 Luxembourg National Division, Overview
It was performed in 10 teams, and FC Avenir Beggen won the championship.


1991–92 Macedonian Republic League
The 1991–92 Macedonian Republic League was the 48th and last season since its establishment. Sasa won their first and only championship title.


1991–92 Macedonian Republic League
It was the last season of the Macedonian Republic League as part of the Yugoslav football league system. On September 8, 1991, Macedonia declared independence, and the first 7 teams joined the newly-formed Macedonian First Football League.


1991–92 Magyar Kupa
The 1991–92 Magyar Kupa (English: Hungarian Cup) was the 52nd season of Hungary's annual knock-out cup football competition.


1991–92 Major Soccer League season
The 1991–92 Major Soccer League season was the 14th and final season in league history and would end with the San Diego Sockers winning their tenth NASL or MISL title in 11 indoor seasons, and fifth MISL title in a row.


1991–92 Major Soccer League season, Recap
After a relatively tranquil 1990-91 season, the league's unstable finances reared their head again at season's end. Attempts to find other financiers for the Kansas City Comets failed and the club folded. Both San Diego and the Dallas Sidekicks were saved by civic outpouring and new ownership groups. A reborn version of the Pittsburgh Spirit was announced on April 29, and the owners of the NHL's Buffalo Sabres expressed interest in putting a team in Buffalo. When faced with the instability of the league, however, both sets of potential owners decided to not put up the $350,000 line of credit needed to play in 1991–92.


1991–92 Major Soccer League season, Recap
Despite the upheaval, the seven teams left soldiered on. The regular season was wide open as playoff positioning went right down to the final game on the schedule. The Cleveland Crunch's George Fernandez scored in overtime to put Cleveland into the playoffs and knock the Wichita Wings out. Wichita had been in first place at the beginning of February, but a 6–13 finish doomed their chances at the postseason. Still, the playoffs themselves went according to form as San Diego defeated Baltimore and Dallas for their fifth straight MSL/MISL title.


1991–92 Major Soccer League season, Recap
There were early signs that the league would survive for another year. Attendance was up over 1990–91, and there were reports in April that the league planned on a 1992-93 season with all seven teams returning and an expanded schedule of 44 games.


1991–92 Major Soccer League season, Recap
However, the Tacoma Stars announced they were folding on June 5. The hoped-for expansion into Buffalo never came to pass as the Buffalo Blizzard chose to join the smaller and more financially stable National Professional Soccer League on June 18. Attempts to find new owners for the St. Louis Storm failed, leaving the MSL with five teams. Commissioner Earl Foreman announced the dissolution of the league on July 10.


1991–92 Major Soccer League season, Recap
The remaining teams scattered; San Diego and Dallas joined the Continental Indoor Soccer League, while Cleveland and Wichita joined the NPSL. Baltimore Blast owner Ed Hale decided not to join either league, folding the team instead. A new ownership group was awarded an NPSL expansion franchise for Baltimore called the Spirit and signed Blast coach Kenny Cooper to lead the team.


1991–92 Major Soccer League season, Regular Season Schedule
The 1991–92 regular season schedule ran from October 19, 1991, to April 4, 1992. At 40 games, it was the shortest schedule for the league since the 1980–81 season and the seven-team lineup was its smallest since the inaugural season of 1978–79.


1991–92 Major Soccer League season, Team Attendance Totals, Scoring leaders
GP = Games Played, G = Goals, A = Assists, Pts = Points


1991–92 Maltese Premier League
The 1991–92 Maltese Premier League was the 12th season of the Maltese Premier League, and the 77th season of top-tier football in Malta. It was contested by 10 teams, and Valletta F.C. won the championship.


1991–92 Manchester City F.C. season
The 1991–92 season was Manchester City's third consecutive season in the top tier of English football, the Football League First Division.


1991–92 Manchester City F.C. season, Season summary
The 1991–92 season saw another solid campaign for Peter Reid's Manchester City side as they finished 5th in the top flight for a second season running.


1991–92 Manchester City F.C. season, Kit
City's kit was manufactured by English company Umbro and sponsored by Japanese electronics manufacturer Brother.


1991–92 Manchester City F.C. season, Squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


1991–92 Manchester United F.C. season
The 1991–92 season was Manchester United's 90th season in the Football League, and their 17th consecutive season in the top division of English football.


1991–92 Manchester United F.C. season
The season saw United lift the League Cup for the first time in their history with a 1–0 win over Nottingham Forest at Wembley Stadium. They also added the European Super Cup to the trophy cabinet with victory over Red Star Belgrade at Old Trafford. However, they then endured the disappointment of being beaten to the league title by rivals Leeds United, having led the league for much of the season.


1991–92 Manchester United F.C. season
New signings for the season included Danish goalkeeper Peter Schmeichel and England right-back Paul Parker. Ryan Giggs, who had played twice for United in 1990–91, broke into the first team and was one of the most exciting players in the country as he won the PFA Young Player of the Year award.


1991–92 Manchester United F.C. season
Soviet international winger Andrei Kanchelskis, who had joined United in the later stages of the 1990–91 season, was also putting in star performances to give manager Alex Ferguson a more attacking alternative to the ageing Mike Phelan on the right hand side of midfield.


1991–92 Manchester United F.C. season
It was the final season at Old Trafford for striker Mark Robins, a key player from the FA Cup winning team two seasons earlier. His first team opportunities were limited due to the form of Mark Hughes and Brian McClair, and he was unfit when injuries opened up an opportunity for regular action in attack near the season's end. He was then put on the transfer list and by the start of the following season, he had been sold to Norwich City.


1991–92 Manchester United F.C. season
Lee Martin had regained fitness following his back injury the previous season, but was unable to win a place in the team. Danny Wallace, who was by now rarely selected for the first team, was put on the transfer list before Christmas, but was still at Old Trafford when the season ended, despite talk of a return to Southampton. Russell Beardsmore, now a rare sight in the first team, had a brief loan spell at Blackburn Rovers.


1991–92 Manchester United F.C. season
Media reports for most of the season linked United with a move for Southampton striker Alan Shearer, but the player opted to remain at the South Coast club until the end of the season before making a decision on a future.


1991–92 Manchester United F.C. season
United would be among the founder members of the FA Premier League for the 1992–93 season, as the top 22 clubs broke away from the Football League.


1991–92 Manchester United F.C. season, Events of the season
Five years after becoming manager of Manchester United, Alex Ferguson finally enjoyed much-awaited success at the club. In 1990, he ended his fourth season in charge with FA Cup glory that ended the club's five-year trophy drought, and followed it up a year later with European Cup Winners' Cup glory. He now prepared his squad for an assault on the league title that had not been United's since 1967, when Matt Busby had been manager and the likes of Bobby Charlton, Denis Law and George Best were in the team.


1991–92 Manchester United F.C. season, Events of the season
Ferguson made two major signings in the close season. He boosted his defence with a £1.75 million move for Queens Park Rangers and England right-back Paul Parker, with the previous season's first choice right-back Denis Irwin being switched to left-back – the position that Clayton Blackmore and Lee Martin had spent the last couple of seasons competing for.


1991–92 Manchester United F.C. season, Events of the season
With Les Sealey and Mark Bosnich gone, Jim Leighton almost a forgotten man after just one appearance the previous season, and Gary Walsh seemingly not good enough to be first choice goalkeeper, Ferguson paid £500,000 for Brøndby and Denmark goalkeeper Peter Schmeichel. He now had a squad that few if any clubs in the First Division could match. As well as having established stars like Steve Bruce, Gary Pallister, Bryan Robson and Mark Hughes at his disposal, there was plenty of young talent on the way up at Old Trafford.


1991–92 Manchester United F.C. season, Events of the season
20-year-old winger Lee Sharpe's impressive displays in 1990–91 had earned him the PFA Young Player of the Year award, and there was much hype surrounding 17-year-old winger Ryan Giggs, who had made his debut the previous season and scored in only his second senior game. When Giggs turned professional the previous November, he was billed as the next George Best, though it still seemed that it would be a while before he would become a first team regular.


1991–92 Manchester United F.C. season, Events of the season
On 11 August, Sir Matt Busby, 82-year-old club president and former team manager, earned around £250,000 in gate receipts from his testimonial in which Manchester United drew 1–1 with a Republic of Ireland XI at Old Trafford.


1991–92 Manchester United F.C. season, Events of the season
Six days later, Manchester United began their league campaign with a 2–0 home win over newly promoted Notts County in the First Division. By 7 September, they had opened up a four-point lead over Leeds United at the top of the First Division by winning 3–0 against Norwich City at Old Trafford.


1991–92 Manchester United F.C. season, Events of the season
Later that month, they began their defence of the European Cup Winners' Cup with a 0–0 draw with Athinaikos in Greece in the first round first leg. There were ugly scenes on the night of the game, leading to five Manchester United supporters receiving £1,500 fines and seven-month prison sentences for their involvement in a Greek bar brawl.


1991–92 Manchester United F.C. season, Events of the season
Before the end of September, they began their quest for Football League Cup glory with a 3–0 home win over Cambridge United in the second round first leg.


1991–92 Manchester United F.C. season, Events of the season
The following week, they progressed to the next stage of the European Cup Winners' Cup with a 2–0 win over Athinaikos in the first round second leg at Old Trafford, four days before a goalless draw with Liverpool at Old Trafford, in which United's Mark Hughes and Liverpool's Gary Ablett were both sent off.


1991–92 Manchester United F.C. season, Events of the season
On 23 October, Manchester United's hopes of retaining the European Cup Winners' Cup received a massive blow when they lost 3–0 to Spanish club Atlético Madrid in the second round first leg.


1991–92 Manchester United F.C. season, Events of the season
Before the month had ended, they ensured that their League Cup quest remained alive by beating Portsmouth 3–1 in the third round at Old Trafford. Mark Robins, the striker whose first team chances were becoming increasingly limited due to the strength of the Hughes–McClair partnership, scored twice in the game. By this stage of the season, however, the United player attracting the most attention was Ryan Giggs, still not quite 18 but now United's first choice left winger and the youngest Wales international to date.


1991–92 Manchester United F.C. season, Events of the season
On 6 November, United's defence of the European Cup Winners' Cup ended when they could only manage a 1–1 draw at home to Atletico Madrid, meaning that they suffered a 4–1 aggregate defeat. Consolation came from the fact that they remained unbeaten at home in European competitions 35 years after first competing.


1991–92 Manchester United F.C. season, Events of the season
There was still European glory for United this season, though with a less significant trophy than before, when on 19 November they clinched the European Super Cup with a 1–0 win over European Cup winners Red Star Belgrade at Old Trafford. The only goal of the game came from Brian McClair.


1991–92 Manchester United F.C. season, Events of the season
With Hughes and McClair both now 28 and their long-term future as a top striker partnership looking doubtful, rumours began to circulate in early December that Alex Ferguson was going to bring Southampton's 21-year-old striker Alan Shearer to Old Trafford. Newcastle-born Shearer had been the centre of much speculation and hope since scoring a hat-trick on his Football League debut nearly four years ago at the age of 17, and in 1991–92 had established himself as a regular goalscorer.


1991–92 Manchester United F.C. season, Events of the season
Boxing Day was a dramatic day for United, who triumphed 6–3 against local rivals and relegation battlers Oldham Athletic at Boundary Park. Denis Irwin and Brian McClair both scored twice, with the other goals coming from Ryan Giggs and Andrei Kanchelskis, helping United maintain their lead at the top of the league. Three days later, they drew 1–1 with their nearest title contenders Leeds United at Elland Road. However, New Year's Day brought one of United's worst home results ever when they were crushed 4–1 at Old Trafford by Queen's Park Rangers, in a game which also brought them their first home defeat of the season.


1991–92 Manchester United F.C. season, Events of the season
United's FA Cup quest began on 15 January when they faced Leeds United at Elland Road, with both teams fighting it out to cancel the other out of the Double race. The game ended in a 1–0 win for Manchester United, with Mark Hughes scoring the only goal of the game. 12 days later, United travelled to the south coast to take on Southampton in the FA Cup fourth round. The game ended in a goalless draw, and was replayed the following week at Old Trafford.


1991–92 Manchester United F.C. season, Events of the season
The replay ended in a 2–2 draw, with Bryan Robson being denied a goal which would have won the game for United. With the scores still level at the end of extra time, the match went to penalties. Penalty misses from Ryan Giggs and Neil Webb ended their hopes of a unique domestic treble and left them with just the league title and League Cup to challenge for.


1991–92 Manchester United F.C. season, Events of the season
On the day of the cup exit, United were saddened to hear of the death of Alan Davies, a member of their FA Cup winning squad from nine years earlier, who had committed suicide in South Wales.


1991–92 Manchester United F.C. season, Events of the season
The next day, out of favour goalkeeper Jim Leighton headed out of the Old Trafford exit door in a £250,000 move to Dundee, 16 months after making his final United appearance.


1991–92 Manchester United F.C. season, Events of the season
At the end of March, by which time United had slowed down in the league and were being pushed hard by Leeds United, defender Gary Pallister was voted PFA Player of the Year, while 18-year-old winger Ryan Giggs was voted PFA Young Player of the Year.


1991–92 Manchester United F.C. season, Events of the season
12 April 1992 saw Manchester United win the Football League Cup for the first time in their history with a 1–0 win over Nottingham Forest in the final at Wembley Stadium, in which Brian McClair scored the only goal of the game. It ensured that Peter Schmeichel, Paul Parker, Andrei Kanchelskis and Ryan Giggs gained the first major honours of their English league careers, as well as ensuring United silverware for the third season running.


1991–92 Manchester United F.C. season, Events of the season
Eight days later, however, the highest Football League audience of the season saw Manchester United lose 2–1 to Nottingham Forest at home, a result which made winning the title look like an uphill task following a recent downturn in form which saw Leeds United emerge as the stronger side in what had been a two-horse title race for most of the season. However, the team from Yorkshire were a point ahead, and had played a game more. There was still a chance.


1991–92 Manchester United F.C. season, Events of the season
That chance came on 22 April, when United travelled to East London to take on a West Ham United side heading for relegation. They had high hopes for the game, only to lose 1–0, a result that left them needing to beat Liverpool at Anfield four days later to stay in the title race.


1991–92 Manchester United F.C. season, Events of the season
On 26 April, United lost 2–0 to Liverpool and the title went to a Leeds United side who defeated Sheffield United 3–2. The key player in the West Yorkshire club's title glory was Gordon Strachan, who had been sold to them from Manchester United just three years earlier and on his transfer had spoken of his hope that he would soon be able to get his new club promoted to the top flight when his old club were league champions.


1991–92 Manchester United F.C. season, Events of the season
After the season ended, Alex Ferguson began his quest to sign a striker in order to address the lack of goals which had cost United the title. One player high on his wish list was Alan Shearer, who had been linked with a move to the club from Southampton since before Christmas, but had decided to wait until the end of the season before deciding on where his future lay.


1991–92 Manchester United F.C. season, Events of the season
He also had plenty of strength in reserve as an exciting crop of young players won the FA Youth Cup.


1991–92 Manchester United F.C. season, Events of the season
The last game of the season was the last ever in front of the Stretford End terraces, it would be knocked down during the Summer and rebuilt as a modern single tiered stand by the start of the 1993-94 season, and a second tier was consequently added in 2001.


1991–92 Mansfield Town F.C. season
The 1991–92 season was Mansfield Town's 55th season in the Football League and 13th in the Fourth Division they finished in 3rd position with 77 points gaining an instant return to the Third tier.


1991–92 Marquette Warriors men's basketball team
The 1991–92 Marquette Warriors men's basketball team represented Marquette University during the 1991–92 men's college basketball season.


1991–92 Meistriliiga (ice hockey) season
The 1991-92 Meistriliiga season was the second season of the Meistriliiga, the top level of ice hockey in Estonia. Nine teams participated in the league, and Kreenholm Narva won the championship.


1991–92 Memphis State Tigers men's basketball team
The 1991–92 Memphis State Tigers men's basketball team represented Memphis State University as a member of the Great Midwest Conference during the 1991–92 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Tigers were led by head coach Larry Finch and played their home games at the Pyramid Arena in Memphis, Tennessee.


1991–92 Memphis State Tigers men's basketball team
The Tigers received an at-large bid to the 1992 NCAA Tournament as No. 6 seed in the Midwest region. After defeating No. 11 seed Pepperdine, No. 3 seed Arkansas, and No. 7 seed Georgia Tech, Memphis State fell to No. 4 seed Cincinnati for the fourth time in the Midwest Regional Final. The team finished with a 23–11 record (5–5 Great Midwest).


1991–92 MetJHL season
The 1991–92 MetJHL season is the 1st season of the Metro Junior A Hockey League (MetJHL). The 12 teams of the Fullan and Bauer Divisions competed in a 44-game schedule. The top 6 teams in each division made the playoffs.


1991–92 MetJHL season
The winner of the MetJHL playoffs, the Wexford Raiders, could not proceed further in the National playdowns as the MetJHL was not a member of the Ontario Hockey Association.


1991–92 MetJHL season, Final standings
Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; OTL = Overtime Losses; SL = Shootout Losses; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against; PTS = Points; x = clinched playoff berth; y = clinched division title; z = clinched conference title


1991–92 Mexican Primera División season
The following statistics encompass the 1991–92 Primera División de México season.


1991–92 Mexican Primera División season, Overview
It was contested by 20 teams, and the León won the championship.


1991–92 Mexican Primera División season, Overview
Starting in 1991–92, there was a change in the system of relegation to the Segunda División. The so-called "relegation table" was implemented, in which the points obtained in the last two seasons were divided between the games played in the current season to obtain a coefficient.


1991–92 Mexican Primera División season, Overview
This is the relegation system used by Primera Div./Liga MX to this day. The difference is in that due to the change in the calendar which allowed for shorter tournaments, it encompasses the past five seasons (equivalent to about 2.5 years' worth of league games).


1991–92 Mexican Primera División season, Overview
The club that was known at the time as Cobras de Ciudad Juárez was relegated to Segunda División, it was the first team relegated with the relegation table system.


1991–92 Mexican Segunda División season
The 1991–92 Segunda División was the 43rd season of the Mexican Segunda División. The season started on 16 August 1991 and concluded on 14 June 1992. It was won by Pachuca.


1991–92 Mexican Segunda División season
As of this season, the system to define the champion changed, the two-group system was eliminated and they began to play in the Playoff format, starting in the quarterfinals.


1991–92 Miami Heat season
The 1991–92 NBA season was the fourth season of the Miami Heat in the National Basketball Association (NBA). The Heat selected Steve Smith with the fifth pick in the 1991 NBA draft, and hired Kevin Loughery as their new head coach after the resignation of Ron Rothstein prior to the start of season. The Heat got off to a fast start winning seven of their first ten games, but lost 8 of their next 9 games along the way.


1991–92 Miami Heat season
After holding out most of the 91–92 season only playing in five games, the Heat traded Sherman Douglas to the Boston Celtics for crafty guard Brian Shaw. Loughery coached the Heat to their first ever postseason appearance in franchise history, as they finished fourth in the Atlantic Division with a 38–44 record, winning a tie-breaker for the #8 seed in the Eastern Conference over the Atlanta Hawks.


1991–92 Miami Heat season
The Heat also managed to hold down home court quite well that season posting a 28–13 record at the Miami Arena. Glen Rice led all Heat scorers averaging 22.3 points per game in the 91–92 campaign. Smith was selected to the All-Rookie First Team averaging 12.0 points per game.


1991–92 Miami Heat season
However, in the first round of Eastern Conference Playoffs, the Heat were swept in three games by Michael Jordan and his defending world champion Chicago Bulls, who were coming off a 67–win regular season, and would eventually repeat as NBA champions.


1991–92 Miami Redskins men's basketball team
The 1991–92 Miami Redskins men's basketball team represent Miami University in the 1991–92 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Redskins, led by 2nd-year head coach Joby Wright, played their home games at Millett Hall in Oxford, Ohio as members of the Mid-American Conference. The team finished atop the conference regular season standings, and followed that success by winning the MAC Tournament to earn an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. As the No. 13 seed in the Southeast region, Miami was beaten by North Carolina in the opening round, 68–63.


1991–92 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team
The 1991–92 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team represented Michigan State University in the 1991–92 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team played their home games at Breslin Center in East Lansing, Michigan and were members of the Big Ten Conference. They were coached by Jud Heathcote in his 16th year at Michigan State. The Spartans finished the season with a record of 22–8, 11–7 to finish in third place in Big Ten play. They received an at-large bid as a No. 5 seed to the NCAA Tournament, the school's third consecutive trip to the Tournament. There they beat Southwest Missouri State before losing to Cincinnati in the Second Round in a rematch of an earlier Spartan win.


1991–92 Michigan State Spartans men's basketball team, Previous season
The Spartans finished the 1990–91 season with an overall record of 19–11, 11–7 to finish in third place in the Big Ten. Michigan State received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament as a No. 5 seed. They beat Green Bay in the First Round and lost to Utah in the Second Round.


1991–92 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team
The 1991–92 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team represented the University of Michigan in intercollegiate college basketball during the 1991–92 season. The team played its home games in the Crisler Arena in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and was a member of the Big Ten Conference. Under the direction of head coach Steve Fisher, the team finished tied for third in the Big Ten Conference. The team earned an invitation to the 1992 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament where it was national runner up.


1991–92 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team
Although the team compiled a 25–9 record during the season, the National Collegiate Athletic Association has adjusted the team's record to 24–8 due to the University of Michigan basketball scandal. The team was ranked for the entire eighteen weeks of Associated Press Top Twenty-Five Poll, starting the season ranked twentieth, rising as high as number eleven and ending ranked fifteenth, and it ended the season ranked seventeenth in the final USA Today/CNN Poll.


1991–92 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team
The team had a 6–6 record against ranked opponents, including the following victories: January 9, 1992, against the number sixteen ranked Iowa Hawkeyes 80–77 (overtime) at Carver–Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City, Iowa, January 29 against the number thirteen ranked Michigan State Spartans 89–79 (overtime) at the Breslin Student Events Center in East Lansing, Michigan, March 8 against the number two ranked Indiana Hoosiers 68–60 at Crisler Arena, March 27 the number eleven ranked Oklahoma State Cowboys 75–72 in the 1992 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament at Rupp Arena, March 29 the number three ranked Ohio State Buckeyes 75–71 at Rupp Arena in Lexington, Kentucky, and April 4 against the number twelve ranked Cincinnati Bearcats 76–72 at the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome in Minneapolis.


1991–92 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team
The team had rotating captains on a game-by-game basis, and Chris Webber earned team MVP. The team's leading scorers were Jalen Rose (597 points), Chris Webber (528 points), and Juwan Howard (377 points). The leading rebounders were Webber (340), Howard (212), and Rose (146).


1991–92 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team
During the season, the team won the Big Ten Conference statistical championships in rebounding and rebounding margin with at 38.2 average and 5.8 average margin in conference games, respectively. Chris Webber became the first freshman to lead the Big Ten in rebounds with a 9.8 average in 18 conference games and 10.0 average in 34 overall games. However, his 340 rebounds in 34 games fell short of Phil Hubbard's school freshman single-season record of 352 rebounds set as a member of the 1975–76 team that still stands as the school record as of 2010.


1991–92 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team
Jalen Rose set the current school record for points scored by a freshman 597. Rose also set the school single-season record for minutes played with 1132 minutes. The following season, four players surpassed this total.


1991–92 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team
The team set the school record for single-season team blocks with 182 in 34 games, surpassing the 1986 teams total of 146 in 33 games. The following season the team would rebreak the record.


1991–92 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team
The Wolverines 25–9 record was an improvement on the previous years record of 14–15. Due to the success of the Fab Five, athletic royalties increased from 2 million dollars in 1990 ($4 million today) to 4.4 million dollars ($8.1 million) in 1992.


1991–92 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team
The team, coached  by Steve Fisher, is best remembered for the entry of a remarkably talented freshman class, known as the Fab Five, that would become the starting lineup:


1991–92 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team
Reserve point guard Rob Pelinka would go on to greater fame as an agent for numerous NBA stars, most notably Kobe Bryant.


1991–92 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team
Although the Wolverines would make the NCAA title game that season, losing to defending national champion Duke, they vacated their Final Four appearance in the wake of a major scandal involving many years of improper payments from a major booster to several former players, among them Webber.


1991–92 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team, Regular season
As Michigan celebrated Midnight Madness on October 15, 1991, there was already talk that at least four of the five freshmen would be starting before the season ended. (The five eventually started in a combined 304 of a possible 350 man-games among them during their first two seasons.) In the Elite Eight round of the 1992 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, Michigan earned a rematch against a Jimmy Jackson-led Ohio State Buckeyes team that had beaten them twice during the regular season by double digits.


1991–92 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team, Regular season
Michigan won the rematch, during which the Fab Five scored all but two Wolverines points. When the 24–8 Wolverines reached the Final Four round of the tournament, they found themselves matched against a 29–4 Bob Huggins-coached Cincinnati Bearcats team that averaged 83.6 points per game and had lost to only three teams, two of which had beaten Michigan. Nick Van Exel, who became the starter in the middle of the season, led Cincinnati in postseason scoring. Howard, King and Riley shaved their heads for the game. Michigan won and earned a rematch with the Duke Blue Devils team that had beaten them by three points in overtime in December. Duke scored in its final 12 possessions of the championship game, going on a 23–6 run to win by a final margin of 71–51.


1991–92 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team, NCAA tournament
On March 20 as the number six seed in the first round of the southeast region of the 1992 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament in Atlanta at the Omni Coliseum, the team defeated number eleven seed Temple 73–66. On March 22, the team defeated number fourteen seed East Tennessee State 102–90 in Atlanta. Then in the sweet sixteen, in Lexington, Kentucky, at Rupp Arena on March 27, the team defeated number two seeded Oklahoma State 75–72. On March 29 in the elite eight round in Lexington, the team defeated number one seed Ohio State 75–71 in overtime. In the national semifinal round of the final four on April 4 in Minneapolis at the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome, the team defeated number four seed Cincinnati 76–72. However, in the championship game at the Metrodome on April 6, the team lost to number one seed Duke 51–71.


1991–92 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team, NCAA tournament
The team established the NCAA record for fewest single-game three-point field goals made in a final four (1 vs. Duke on April 6, 1992), a record the team would surpass the following year. It also established the record for lowest single-game three-point field goal percentage with a 1-for-11 performance (9.1%) that stood until 2006. Although these final four records have been surpassed, both of these marks continue to stand as NCAA records for the championship game.


1991–92 Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team, Team players drafted into the NBA
Five players from this team were selected in the NBA Draft.


1991–92 Michigan Wolverines men's ice hockey season
The 1991–92 Michigan Wolverines men's ice hockey team represented the University of Michigan in intercollegiate college ice hockey during the 1991–92 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season. The head coach was Red Berenson and the team captain was David Harlock. The team played its home games in the Yost Ice Arena on the University campus in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The team finished first in the Central Collegiate Hockey Association regular season and qualified for the Frozen Four of the 1992 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament. In the tournament, Michigan was a number one seed in the West Region and defeated Northern Michigan 7–6 in the quarterfinals before losing to Wisconsin 4–2 in the semifinals, but Wisconsin's participation has been vacated.


1991–92 Michigan Wolverines men's ice hockey season, Renovations
Prior to the season renovations occurred to change Yost's seating capacity from 8100 to 7235. The renovation included a new energy efficient refrigeration unit and rink floor as well as the installation of a desiccant dehumidification system. Other elements of the $US1.2 million (US$2.3 million in 2019 dollars) renovation included arena lighting, sound system, and dasherboards topped with tempered glass as well as renovation of the player, penalty, and scorer's area boxes. Despite the renovations that reduced seating capacity, as of 2011 the January 31 – February 1, 1992, weekend series against eventual national champion Lake Superior State continues to rank as the third highest weekend series attendance (15,240) in team history.


1991–92 Michigan Wolverines men's ice hockey season, Honors
Denny Felsner earned first team All-CCHA honors as well as Division I All-American recognition by the American Hockey Coaches Association. During the season alumni Todd Brost won a silver medal in Ice hockey at the 1992 Winter Olympics for Canada.


1991–92 Michigan Wolverines men's ice hockey season, Statistics and record
Denny Felsner's 139 career goals achieved from 1988–1992 stands as the school record, as does his 60 power play goals. Felsner led the CCHA in points (62) and tied for the lead in goals (29) with Dwayne Norris of the Michigan State Spartans men's ice hockey team. Goaltender Steve Shields was second in the CCHA in goals against average (2.90) during a career that would see him total a national record 111 wins by 1994.


1991–92 Middlesbrough F.C. season
During the 1991–92 English football season, Middlesbrough F.C. competed in the Football League Second Division.


1991–92 Middlesbrough F.C. season, Season summary
In the 1991–92 season, Lawrence's first season at the helm was a success, with Boro reaching the League Cup semi-finals for the second time and most significantly finishing runners-up in the Second Division and booking their place in the inaugural Premier League.


1991–92 Middlesbrough F.C. season, Squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


1991–92 Midland Football Combination
The 1991–92 Midland Football Combination season was the 55th in the history of Midland Football Combination, a football competition in England.


1991–92 Midland Football Combination, Premier Division
The Premier Division featured 17 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with four new clubs:


1991–92 Millwall F.C. season
During the 1991–92 English football season, Millwall F.C. competed in the Football League Second Division.


1991–92 Millwall F.C. season, Season summary
In the 1991–92 season, Millwall were looking to challenge for automatic promotion but started the campaign poorly with 1 win from their first 7 league games which saw them in relegation zone near the end of September and even though their form slightly improved onwards, manager Rioch was sacked after a 6–1 defeat at Portsmouth and Mick McCarthy took over as player-manager and kept them up from possible relegation, with Millwall finishing in a disappointing 15th place.


1991–92 Millwall F.C. season, Squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


1991–92 Milwaukee Bucks season
The 1991–92 NBA season was the Bucks' 24th season in the National Basketball Association. In the offseason, the Bucks signed free agent and former All-Star Moses Malone. After an 8–9 start to the season, head coach Del Harris was fired and replaced with Frank Hamblen. Under Hamblen, the Bucks hovered around .500 for the first half of the season with a 22–24 record. However, their glory days came to a crashing end losing 27 of 36 games after the All-Star break.


1991–92 Milwaukee Bucks season
The Bucks went on an 11-game losing streak as they lost 14 of their final 15 games, finishing last place in the Central Division with a 31–51 record missing the playoffs for the first time since 1977. Malone averaged 15.6 points and 9.1 rebounds per game. Following the season, Dale Ellis was traded to the San Antonio Spurs, Jay Humphries was dealt along with Larry Krystkowiak to the Utah Jazz, and Jeff Grayer signed as an unrestricted free agent with the Golden State Warriors.


1991–92 Minnesota North Stars season
The 1991–92 Minnesota North Stars season was the North Stars' 25th, and penultimate season in the Twin Cities area. A major aspect of the season was that several players were lost to the San Jose Sharks expansion team.


1991–92 Minnesota North Stars season, Offseason, NHL Draft
Minnesota's draft picks at the 1991 NHL Entry Draft held at the Buffalo Memorial Auditorium in Buffalo, New York.


1991–92 Minnesota North Stars season, Regular season
The North Stars allowed the most short-handed goals during the regular season, with 22. This tied an NHL record set by the 1984-85 Pittsburgh Penguins.


1991–92 Minnesota North Stars season, Regular season, Final standings
Divisions: NRS – Norris, SMY – Smythe bold – Qualified for playoffs


1991–92 Minnesota North Stars season, Player statistics, Forwards
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes


1991–92 Minnesota North Stars season, Player statistics, Defencemen
Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes


1991–92 Minnesota North Stars season, Player statistics, Goaltending
Note: GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; SO = Shutouts; GAA = Goals against average


1991–92 Minnesota Timberwolves season
The 1991–92 NBA season was the Timberwolves' 3rd season in the National Basketball Association. Under new head coach Jimmy Rodgers, the Timberwolves began their season amidst a blizzard when a one-day record 24 inches or 0.61 metres of snow fell as they lost to the Utah Jazz 112–97 on November 1. Early into the season, the team traded Tyrone Corbin to the Jazz for Thurl Bailey as they continued to get worse with an awful 8–38 start around the All-Star Break.


1991–92 Minnesota Timberwolves season
Their struggles continued as they went on a 16-game losing streak in March, finishing last place in the Midwest Division with a 15–67 record (.183), which remains the equal lowest winning percentage in the franchise’s history alongside the 2009–10 Timberwolves. Following the season, Tony Campbell was traded to the New York Knicks, and Pooh Richardson and Sam Mitchell were both dealt to the Indiana Pacers.


1991–92 Mississippi Valley State Delta Devils basketball team
The 1991–92 Mississippi Valley State Delta Devils basketball team represented Mississippi Valley State University during the 1991–92 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Delta Devils, led by head coach Lafayette Stribling, played their home games at Harrison HPER Complex as members of the Southwestern Athletic Conference. The Delta Devils finished the season 16–14, 11–3 in SWAC play to be crowned SWAC regular season champions. They also won the SWAC Basketball Tournament to earn the conference's automatic bid into the 1992 NCAA Tournament. As the No. 16 seed in the Southeast Region, the Delta Devils were beaten by Ohio State in the opening round, 83–56.


1991–92 Missouri Tigers men's basketball team
The 1991–92 Missouri Tigers men's basketball team represented the University of Missouri as a member of the Big Eight Conference during the 1991–92 NCAA men's basketball season. Led by head coach Norm Stewart, the Tigers finished third in the Big Eight Conference, lost in the quarterfinal round of the Big Eight Tournament, and received a bid to the NCAA Tournament as the No. 5 seed in the East region. After defeating West Virginia in the opening round, Missouri fell to Seton Hall in the second round. The Tigers finished with an overall record of 21–9 (8–6 Big Eight).


1991–92 Montana Grizzlies basketball team
The 1991–92 Montana Grizzlies basketball team represented the University of Montana during the 1991–92 NCAA Division I basketball season. The Grizzlies were led by former assistant coach and first-year head coach Blaine Taylor and played their home games on campus at Adams Fieldhouse in Missoula, Montana.


1991–92 Montana Grizzlies basketball team
They finished the regular season at 25–3, with a 14–2 record in conference to win the regular season title. The Grizzlies earned an automatic berth in the NCAA Tournament by winning the Big Sky Conference Tournament.


1991–92 Montana Grizzlies basketball team
In the opening round of the NCAA Tournament at BSU Pavilion in Boise, Idaho, Montana faced the No. 3 seed Florida State. The Grizzlies were beaten in a competitive game, 78–68.


1991–92 Montreal Canadiens season
The 1991–92 Montreal Canadiens season was the team's 83rd season. The season saw the Canadiens place first in the Adams Division and make it to the second round of the playoffs, losing to the Boston Bruins in the Adams Division final. After the sweep, head coach Pat Burns resigned.


1991–92 Montreal Canadiens season, Pre-season
The Canadiens changed their personnel in the off-season. Andrew Cassels, Tom Chorske, Stephane Richer and Ryan Walter were traded. The Canadiens picked up Kirk Muller and Roland Melanson.


1991–92 Montreal Canadiens season, Regular season
The team started well, losing just three times in October. At New Year's, the team led the league overall standings with 54 points. In February, the Canadiens reacquired Chris Nilan three years after he left Montreal. In the last 17 games of his NHL career, the veteran enforcer adds 74 penalty minutes to raise his overall total with the Canadiens to 2,248 minutes, the most in team history. In March, the team traded Petr Svoboda to Buffalo in return for Kevin Haller.