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1992 NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship Game

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1992 NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship
I-AA National Championship Game
Youngstown State Penguins Marshall Thundering Herd
(11–2–1)(11–3)
Independent SoCon
2831
Head coach: 
Jim Tressel 		Head coach: 
Jim Donnan
NCAA Seed
7—
NCAA Seed
6—
1234Total
Youngstown State00141428
Marshall01414331
DateDecember 19, 1992
Season 1992
Stadium Marshall University Stadium
Location Huntington, West Virginia
Favorite Marshall by 8.5 [1]
Attendance31,304 [2]
United States TV coverage
Network CBS Sports
Announcers Jim Nantz (play-by-play), John Robinson (color) [3]
NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship
 ← 1991 1993 → 

The 1992 NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship Game was a postseason college football game between the Youngstown State Penguins and the Marshall Thundering Herd. The game was played on December 19, 1992, at Marshall University Stadium in Huntington, West Virginia. The culminating game of the 1992 NCAA Division I-AA football season, it was won by Marshall, 31–28. [2] The game was a rematch of the prior season's championship game.

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Teams

The participants of the Championship Game were the finalists of the 1992 I-AA Playoffs, which began with a 16-team bracket. [4] The site of the title game, Marshall University Stadium, had been predetermined months earlier. [5]

Youngstown State Penguins

Youngstown State finished their regular season with an 8–2–1 record. [6] Unseeded in the tournament and ranked seventh in the final NCAA I-AA in-house poll, [7] the Penguins defeated Villanova, second-seed The Citadel, and third-seed Northern Iowa to reach the final. This was the second appearance, both consecutively and overall, for Youngstown State in a Division I-AA championship game, having won in 1991.

Marshall Thundering Herd

Marshall finished their regular season with an 8–3 record (5–2 in conference). [8] Unseeded and ranked sixth in the final NCAA I-AA in-house poll, [7] the Thundering Herd defeated Eastern Kentucky, fourth-seed Middle Tennessee, and Delaware to reach the final. This was the third appearance overall, and second consecutively, for Marshall in a Division I-AA championship game, having lost in 1987 and 1991.

Game summary

After a scoreless first quarter, Marshall led 14–0 at halftime, and extended their lead to 28–0 with 5:46 left in the third quarter. Youngstown State then rallied, cutting the lead to 28–14 by the end of the third quarter, and tying the game with 2:28 left in the fourth quarter. Marshall then drove from their 19-yard-line to the Youngstown State 5-yard-line, and senior kicker Willy Merrick made a 22-yard-field goal with seven seconds left to play, providing the winning points for Marshall. [9] It was Merrick's first collegiate field goal, as the team's usual kicker, Merrick's sophomore brother David, was suspended for the game due to missing a practice. [10]

Scoring summary

Scoring summary
QuarterTime Drive TeamScoring informationScore
Plays Yards TOP YSUMU
210:33MU Mike Bartrum 6-yard touchdown reception from Michael Payton, Willy Merrick kick good07
23:30728MUOrlando Hatchett 5-yard touchdown run, Merrick kick good014
3MUGlenn Pedro 1-yard touchdown run, Merrick kick good021
35:46MUHatchett 22-yard touchdown reception from Payton, Merrick kick good028
33:41572:05YSUHerb Williams 30-yard touchdown reception from Nick Cochran, Jeff Wilkins kick good728
30:16650:40YSUTamron Smith 4-yard touchdown run, Wilkins kick good1428
412:044491:19YSUSmith 1-yard touchdown run, Wilkins kick good2128
42:28YSUSmith 10-yard touchdown run, Wilkins kick good2828
40:0776MU22-yard field goal by Merrick2831
"TOP" = time of possession. For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football.2831

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Game statistics

1234Total
Penguins00141428
Thundering Herd01414331
StatisticsYSUMU
First downs1726
Plays–yards65–37282–455
Rushes–yards34–11642–185
Passing yards256270
Passing: comp–att–int18–31–125–40–2
Time of possession27:5732:03
TeamCategoryPlayerStatistics
Youngstown StatePassingNick Cochran18–31, 256 yds, 1 TD, 1 INT
RushingTamron Smith20 car, 82 yds, 3 TD
ReceivingHerb Williams5 rec, 105 yds, 1 TD
MarshallPassing Michael Payton 25–39, 270 yds, 2 TD, 2 INT
RushingOrlando Hatchett15 car, 112 yds, 1 TD
Receiving Troy Brown 10 rec, 115 yds

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References

  1. ↑ "The Odds". The Advocate . Newark, Ohio. December 19, 1992. p. 2B. Retrieved April 15, 2019– via newspapers.com.
  2. 1 2 "Kick Gives Marshall I-AA Title". Chicago Tribune . December 20, 1992. Retrieved April 15, 2019.
  3. ↑ Crowe, Steve (December 21, 1992). "Double-A Dandy". Detroit Free Press . p. 2D. Retrieved April 16, 2019– via newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ Jensen, Mike (November 23, 1992). "'Nova girds for playoff on Youngstown's turf". The Philadelphia Inquirer . p. C10. Retrieved April 15, 2019– via newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ Nielsen, Brian (September 9, 1992). "Here's the Word about The Herd". Journal Gazette. Mattoon, Illinois. p. B3. Retrieved April 17, 2019.
  6. ↑ "Youngstown State Penguins 1992 Schedule". cfbinfo.com. Archived from the original on November 3, 2017. Retrieved April 15, 2019.
  7. 1 2 "NCAA Div. I-AA Top 20". Star Tribune . Minneapolis. November 23, 1992. p. 6C. Retrieved April 15, 2019– via newspapers.com.
  8. ↑ "Marshall Thundering Herd 1992 Schedule". cfbinfo.com. Retrieved April 15, 2019.[ permanent dead link ]
  9. ↑ "Marshall Thundering Herd - Winning kick vs YSU in 1992 1-AA". WeHerdU. July 23, 2006. Retrieved April 16, 2019– via YouTube.
  10. 1 2 "Marshall tops Youngstown St. on last-second field goal, 31-28". News Record. North Hills, Pennsylvania. AP. December 20, 1992. p. C6. Retrieved April 16, 2019– via newspapers.com.
  11. 1 2 "Field goal elevates Herd to I-AA title". The News Journal . Wilmington, Delaware. December 20, 1992. p. C6. Retrieved April 15, 2019– via newspapers.com.

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