# 1992 New England Patriots season

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 dead last 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.

## Offseason
### 1992 NFL Draft

1992 New England Patriots Draft Selections :
| Round | Overall | Player | Position | College |
| 1 | 13 | Eugene Chung | Offensive Tackle | Virginia Tech |
| 2 | 35 | Rod Smith | Cornerback | Notre Dame |
| 3 | 64 | Todd Collins | Linebacker | Carson–Newman |
| 3 | 71 | Kevin Turner | Running back | Alabama |
| 4 | 90 | Dion Lambert | Cornerback | UCLA |
| 4 | 93 | Darren Anderson | Cornerback | Toledo |
| 5 | 116 | Dwayne Sabb | Linebacker | New Hampshire |
| 6 | 165 | Tracy Boyd | Guard | Elizabeth City State |
| 6 | 142 | Lawrence Hatch | Cornerback | Florida |
| 7 | 176 | Wayne Hawkins | Wide receiver | Southwest Minnesota State |
| 7 | 194 | Jim Gray | Defensive tackle | West Virginia |
| 8 | 204 | Scott Lockwood | Running back | USC |
| 8 | 205 | Sam Gash | Fullback | Penn State |
| 9 | 232 | David Dixon | Guard | Arizona State |
| 10 | 261 | Turner Baur | Tight end | Stanford |
| 10 | 277 | Steve Gordon | Center | California |
| 11 | 288 | Mike Petko | Linebacker | Nebraska |
| 12 | 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 |

## Regular season
### Schedule

| Week | Date | Opponent | Result | Record | Venue | Attendance |
| 1 | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye |
| 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 |
| 9 | November 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 (OT) | 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 | Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium | 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 (OT) | 2–14 | Foxboro Stadium | 34,726 |
| Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text. |||||||

### Standings

AFC East :
| viewtalkedit | W | L | T | PCT | DIV | CONF | PF | PA | STK |
| $^{(2)}$ Miami Dolphins | 11 | 5 | 0 | .688 | 5–3 | 9–3 | 340 | 281 | W3 |
| $^{(4)}$ Buffalo Bills | 11 | 5 | 0 | .688 | 5–3 | 7–5 | 381 | 283 | L1 |
| Indianapolis Colts | 9 | 7 | 0 | .563 | 5–3 | 7–7 | 216 | 302 | W5 |
| New York Jets | 4 | 12 | 0 | .250 | 3–5 | 4–8 | 220 | 315 | L3 |
| New England Patriots | 2 | 14 | 0 | .125 | 2–6 | 2–10 | 205 | 363 | L5 |