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1992 Michigan

9–⁠0–⁠3 (6–⁠0–⁠2 Big Ten), coached by Gary Moeller, finished No. 5 in the AP poll.

Schedule and results

Michigan in 1992, game by game: tied at No. 3 Notre Dame 17–17; won vs. Oklahoma State 35–3; won vs. Houston 61–7; won vs. Iowa 52–28; won vs. Michigan State 35–10; won at Indiana 31–3; won vs. Minnesota 63–13; won at Purdue 24–17; won at Northwestern 40–7; tied vs. Illinois 22–22; tied vs. No. 17 Ohio State 13–13; won vs. No. 9 Washington 38–31+54Tied 17–17 at No. 3 Notre Dame0No. 3 Notre DameWon 35–3 vs. Oklahoma State+32Oklahoma StateWon 61–7 vs. Houston+54HoustonWon 52–28 vs. Iowa+24IowaWon 35–10 vs. Michigan State+25Michigan StateWon 31–3 at Indiana+28IndianaWon 63–13 vs. Minnesota+50MinnesotaWon 24–17 at Purdue+7PurdueWon 40–7 at Northwestern+33NorthwesternTied 22–22 vs. Illinois0IllinoisTied 13–13 vs. No. 17 Ohio State0No. 17 Ohio StateWon 38–31 vs. No. 9 Washington+7No. 9 Washington
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 12at3Notre DameT 17–⁠1741%
Sep 19vsOklahoma StateW 35–⁠388%
Sep 26vsHoustonW 61–⁠775%
Oct 3vsIowaW 52–⁠2875%
Oct 10vsMichigan StateW 35–⁠1086%
Oct 17atIndianaW 31–⁠367%
Oct 24vsMinnesotaW 63–⁠1392%
Oct 31atPurdueW 24–⁠1780%
Nov 7atNorthwesternW 40–⁠788%
Nov 14vsIllinoisT 22–⁠2285%
Nov 21vs17Ohio StateT 13–⁠1353%
Jan 1Bowls & playoffvs9WashingtonRose BowlW 38–⁠3155%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Washington 38–⁠31 in the Rose Bowl; No. 5 in the final AP poll; Big Ten champions.

In program history: The 7th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 140 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 6
  2. Wk 2: 5
  3. Wk 3: 6
  4. Wk 4: 6
  5. Wk 5: 4
  6. Wk 6: 4
  7. Wk 7: 3
  8. Wk 8: 3
  9. Wk 9: 3
  10. Wk 10: 3
  11. Wk 11: 4
  12. Wk 12: 3
  13. Wk 13: 6
  14. Wk 14: 7
  15. Wk 15: 7
  16. Wk 16: 7
  17. Final: 5

Players on this team

Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1992.

Big Ten champions6–⁠0–⁠2 in the conference

Led the nationElvis Grbac: passer rating (154.2)

Record
9–⁠0–⁠3
Conference
6–⁠0–⁠2 first in Big Ten
AP final
No. 5 peak No. 3
Points
431–⁠171
Coach
Gary Moeller
Elo
1779 +103 this season
SP+ rating
24.7 No. 6 of 105; offense No. 5, defense No. 17
SRS
22.1 No. 4 of 107 in Division I-A
Recruiting class
—
Defensive coordinator
Lloyd Carr
Captains
Corwin Brown, Elvis Grbac and Chris Hutchinson
Most valuable player
Chris Hutchinson

Drafted in 1993

The 1993 draft
Rd 1Steve Everitt CCleveland Browns
Rd 2Tony McGee TECincinnati Bengals
Rd 3Joe Cocozzo OGSan Diego Chargers
Rd 4Corwin Brown DBNew England Patriots

All-Big Ten

10 first team, 3 second team

First team

Second team

  • Doug SkeneOGAP-2
  • Matt DysonDefensive linemen/outside linebackersAP-2
  • Steve MorrisonLBAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1992 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1992 Big Ten standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Michigan6–⁠0–⁠29–⁠0–⁠35
Ohio State5–⁠2–⁠18–⁠3–⁠118
Michigan State5–⁠35–⁠6
Illinois4–⁠3–⁠16–⁠5–⁠1
Iowa4–⁠45–⁠7
Wisconsin3–⁠55–⁠6
Indiana3–⁠55–⁠6
Purdue3–⁠54–⁠7
Northwestern3–⁠53–⁠8
Minnesota2–⁠62–⁠9

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.