The 1992 New England Patriots season was the team’s 33rd season overall and 23rd in the National Football League. It was the team’s second year with Dick MacPherson as head coach, but the team had its third owner in the last five seasons. Businessman Victor Kiam, who had purchased the team from its founders, the Sullivan family, in 1988, sold the team to advertising executive and Anheuser-Busch scion James Orthwein in the 1991–92 offseason. Rumours Orthwein planned to move the Patriots from Foxborough were denied.
The Patriots were looking to improve on their 6–10 record from the year before but instead regressed back to a 2–14 record, being affected by serious knee damage to mainstay offensive tackle Bruce Armstrong that caused him to miss the second half of the season. However, an inept running game that did not score a rushing touchdown until the ninth game was the primary cause of the Patriots’ bad record. They finished last in the AFC East and their record tied the Seattle Seahawks for the worst mark in the entire league. However, the Patriots finished in last place in the NFL because of their Week 3 loss to the Seahawks. The Patriots thus received the first pick in the subsequent draft.
Following the season, wholesale changes were made. MacPherson and his staff were fired and Bill Parcells, who had last coached the New York Giants to victory in Super Bowl XXV, was brought in as his replacement. The 1992 team was also the last to play in the colors that the Patriots had played in since their founding, as the team adopted a new logo and a blue, silver, and red color scheme.
After the season, Gene Chilton decided he had played his final NFL game.
Offseason
1992 NFL draft
+ 1992 New England Patriots Draft SelectionsRoundOverallPlayerPositionCollege1 13 Eugene ChungOffensive TackleVirginia Tech2 35 Rod SmithCornerbackNotre Dame3 64 Todd CollinsLinebackerCarson–Newman3 71 Kevin TurnerRunning backAlabama4 90 Dion LambertCornerbackUCLA4 93 Darren Anderson Cornerback Toledo5 116 Dwayne Sabb Linebacker New Hampshire6 165 Tracy Boyd Guard Elizabeth City State6 142 Lawrence Hatch Cornerback Florida7 176 Wayne Hawkins Wide receiver Southwest Minnesota State7 194 Jim Gray Defensive tackle West Virginia8 204 Scott Lockwood Running back USC8 205 Sam Gash Fullback Penn State9 232 David Dixon Guard Arizona State10 261 Turner Baur Tight end Stanford10 277 Steve Gordon Center California11 288 Mike Petko Linebacker Nebraska12 333 Freeman Baysinger Wide receiver Humboldt State
Undrafted free agents + 1992 undrafted free agents of note Player Position College Waldy Clark Cornerback Boston College Charles Esty Guard St. Lawrence Al Golden Tight end Penn State Greg Lahr Tackle Kentucky William Price Safety Kansas State
Staff
Roster
Regular season
Schedule Week Date Opponent Result Record Venue Attendance 1Bye 2 September 13 at Los Angeles Rams L 0–14 0–1 Anaheim Stadium 40,402 3 September 20 Seattle Seahawks L 6–10 0–2 Foxboro Stadium 42,327 4 September 27 Buffalo Bills L 7–41 0–3 Foxboro Stadium 52,527 5 October 4 at New York Jets L 21–30 0–4 Giants Stadium 60,180 6 October 11 San Francisco 49ers L 12–24 0–5 Foxboro Stadium 54,126 7 October 18 at Miami Dolphins L 17–38 0–6 Joe Robbie Stadium 57,282 8 October 25 Cleveland Browns L 17–19 0–7 Foxboro Stadium 32,219 9November 1 at Buffalo Bills L 7–16 0–8 Rich Stadium 78,268 10 November 8 New Orleans Saints L 14–31 0–9 Foxboro Stadium 45,413 11 November 15 at Indianapolis Colts W 37–34 1–9 Hoosier Dome 42,631 12 November 22 New York Jets W 24–3 2–9 Foxboro Stadium 27,642 13 November 29 at Atlanta Falcons L 0–34 2–10 Georgia Dome 54,494 14 December 6 Indianapolis Colts L 0–6 2–11 Foxboro Stadium 19,429 15 December 13 at Kansas City Chiefs L 20–27 2–12 Arrowhead Stadium 52,208 16 December 20 at Cincinnati Bengals L 10–20 2–13 Riverfront Stadium 45,355 17 December 27 Miami Dolphins L 13–16 2–14 Foxboro Stadium 34,726 Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.
Standings
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