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1992 Minnesota Vikings season
Head Coach Dennis Green
Home Field Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome
Results
Record 11–5
Place 1st NFC Central
Playoff Finish Lost Wild Card
Timeline
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1992 was the 32nd year of season play for the Minnesota Vikings and the 73rd regular season of the National Football League. The Vikings finished with a record of eleven wins and five losses.

Offseason[]

  • On January 10, 1992, Dennis Green was named the fifth head coach in franchise history.[1]

NFL Draft[]

Personnel[]

Staff[]

1992 Minnesota Vikings staff
Front Office
  • Chairman of the Board – John Skoglund
  • President/Chief Executive Officer – Roger Headrick

Head Coaches

Offensive Coaches

  • Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks – Jack Burns
  • Running Backs – Tyrone Willingham
  • Receivers – Tom Moore
  • Tight Ends – Brian Billick
  • Offensive Line – John Michels
 

Defensive Coaches

  • Defensive Coordinator – Tony Dungy
  • Defensive Line – John Teerlinck
  • Inside Linebackers – Monte Kiffin
  • Outside Linebackers – Richard Solomon
  • Secondary – Willie Shaw

Special Teams Coaches

  • Special Teams – Tom Batta

Strength and Conditioning

  • Strength and Conditioning – Steve Wetzel
  • Strength and Conditioning Assistant – Mike Wolf

[2]

Roster[]

1992 Minnesota Vikings roster
Quarterbacks

Running Backs

  • 21 Terry Allen
  • 33 Roger Craig
  • 30 Keith Henderson
  • 20 Darrin Nelson

Wide Receivers

  • 81 Anthony Carter
  • 80 Cris Carter
  • 89 Joe Johnson
  • 84 Hassan Jones
  • 86 Jake Reed
  • 35 Ronnie West

Tight Ends

  • 83 Steve Jordan
  • 85 Brent Novoselsky
  • 46 Derek Tennell
  • 87 Mike Tice
  • 82 Danta Whitaker
Offensive Linemen
  • 72 Scott Adams G
  • 71 Bernard Dafney G
  • 74 Brian Habib G
  • 76 Tim Irwin T
  • 69 Todd Kalis G
  • 63 Kirk Lowdermilk C
  • 64 Randall McDaniel G
  • 68 Mike Morris C
  • 73 Tom Rehder G
  • 60 Adam Schreiber C
  • 65 Gary Zimmerman T

Defensive Linemen

  • 92 Roy Barker DT
  • 77 Brad Culpepper DT
  • 56 Chris Doleman DE
  • 90 Robert Harris DE
  • 96 Skip McClendon DE
  • 99 Al Noga DE
  • 93 John Randle DT
  • 97 Henry Thomas DT
  • 95 Esera Tuaolo DT
Linebackers
  • 52 David Bavaro
  • 50 Ray Berry
  • 55 Jack Del Rio
  • 59 Mark Dusbabek
  • 51 Carlos Jenkins
  • 91 Greg Manusky
  • 58 Ed McDaniel
  • 57 Mike Merriweather
  • 54 Van Waiters

Defensive Backs

  • 31 Eric Everett CB
  • 25 Vencie Glenn S
  • 39 Carl Lee CB
  • 26 Audray McMillian CB
  • 27 Anthony Parker CB
  • 48 Reggie Rutland CB
  • 38 Todd Scott S
  • 32 Tripp Welborne S
  • 24 David Wilson S
  • 23 Felix Wright S

Special Teams

  • 18 Harry Newsome P
  •  7 Fuad Reveiz K
Reserve Lists

Practice Squad


Rookies in italics

[3]

Regular season[]

Schedule[]

Week Date Opponent Result Attendance
1 September 6 at Green Bay Packers W 23-20 (OT)
58,617
2 September 13 at Detroit Lions L 31-17
57,519
3 September 20 Tampa Bay Buccaneers W 26-20
48,113
4 September 27 at Cincinnati Bengals W 42-7
53,847
5 October 4 Chicago Bears W 21-20
60,992
6 Bye
7 October 15 Detroit Lions W 31-14
52,816
8 October 25 Washington Redskins L 15-13
59,098
9 November 2 at Chicago Bears W 38-10
61,257
10 November 8 at Tampa Bay Buccaneers W 35-7
49,095
11 November 15 Houston Oilers L 17-13
56,726
12 November 22 Cleveland Browns W 17-13
53,323
13 November 29 at Los Angeles Rams W 31-17
54,831
14 December 6 at Philadelphia Eagles L 28-17
65,280
15 December 13 San Francisco 49ers L 20-17
60,685
16 December 20 at Pittsburgh Steelers W 6-3
53,613
17 December 27 Green Bay Packers W 27-7
61,461

Standings[]

Template:1992 NFC Central standings

Playoffs[]

Washington Redskins 24, Minnesota Vikings 7
1 2 3 4 Total
Redskins 3 14 7 0 24
Vikings 7 0 0 0 7

at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome, Minneapolis, Minnesota

  • Game time: 12:30 p.m. EST/11:30 a.m. CST
  • Game weather: Played indoors, domed stadium
  • Game attendance: 57,353
  • Referee: Gordon McCarter
  • TV announcers (ABC): Al Michaels, Frank Gifford, and Dan Dierdorf

Awards and Records[]

  • Audrey MacMillan, NFL Leader, Interceptions (8)

References[]

  1. NFL 2001 Record and Fact Book, Workman Publishing Co, New York,NY, ISBN 0-7611-2480-2, p.108
  2. 2009 Minnesota Vikings Media Guide,2009 Minnesota Vikings Media Guide. Retrieved on 2010-02-26. ISBN .
  3. Minnesota Vikings Player Alumni. MinnesotaVikings.com. Retrieved on 2010-02-26.
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