1992 Los Angeles Raiders season

The 1992 Los Angeles Raiders season was their 33rd in the National Football League (NFL). They were unable to improve upon their previous season's output of 9–7, winning only seven games. This was the first time in three seasons the team failed to qualify for the playoffs.

1992 Los Angeles Raiders season
Owner	Al Davis
General manager	Al Davis
Head coach	Art Shell
Home field	L.A. Memorial Coliseum
Local radio	KLAC
Results
Record	7–9
Division place	4th AFC West
Playoff finish	Did not qualify

This was Bill King's 27th and last season as radio voice of the Raiders. King retired from football play-by-play to focus on his duties with the Oakland Athletics of Major League Baseball. King remained active with the Athletics until his death on November 1, 2005.

Offseason

NFL Draft

Main article: 1992 NFL draft

1992 Los Angeles Raiders draft
Round	Pick	Player	Position	College	Notes
1	16	Chester McGlockton	Defensive tackle	Clemson
2	32	Greg Skrepenak	Tackle	Michigan
Made roster    *   Made at least one Pro Bowl during career

Staff

1992 Los Angeles Raiders staff

Front office President of the general partner – Al Davis Director of football operations – Steve Ortmayer Senior executive – John Herrera Head coaches Head coach – Art Shell Offensive coaches Offense/tight ends – Terry Robiskie Offense – Tom Walsh Quarterbacks – Mike White Offensive backs – Joe Scannella Wide receivers – Fred Biletnikoff Offensive line – Kim Helton

Defensive coaches Defense/linebackers – Gunther Cunningham Defensive line – Earl Leggett Linebackers – Ronnie Jones Defensive backs – Odis McKinney Defensive backs – Jack Stanton Special teams coaches Special teams – Steve Ortmayer Strength and conditioning Strength and conditioning – Todd Sperber Strength and conditioning – Doug Wilkerson

Roster

1992 Los Angeles Raiders roster

Quarterbacks (QB) 11 Vince Evans 12 Todd Marinovich 10 Jay Schroeder Running backs (RB) 32 Marcus Allen 38 Nick Bell 29 Eric Dickerson 41 Napoleon McCallum 35 Steve Smith FB Wide receivers (WR) 81 Tim Brown PR 86 Mervyn Fernandez 83 Willie Gault 85 Sam Graddy 89 Alexander Wright KR Tight ends (TE) 87 Andrew Glover 88 Ethan Horton 82 David Jones 39 Kevin Smith

Offensive linemen (OL) 77 Reggie McElroy T 65 Max Montoya G 72 Don Mosebar C 64 Todd Peat G/T 55 Rich Stephens G 76 Steve Wisniewski G 66 Steve Wright T Defensive linemen (DL) 97 Willie Broughton DT 56 Aundray Bruce DE 79 Bob Golic DT 74 Nolan Harrison DT 75 Howie Long DE/DT 91 Chester McGlockton DT 94 Anthony Smith DE/DT 93 Greg Townsend DE

Linebackers (LB) 59 Anthony Bell MLB 52 Mike Jones MLB 99 Winston Moss OLB 51 Aaron Wallace OLB Defensive backs (DB) 33 Eddie Anderson FS 46 Torin Dorn CB 20 Derrick Hoskins SS 25 Dan Land CB/S 42 Ronnie Lott SS 36 Terry McDaniel CB 48 Lionel Washington CB 44 Dave Waymer FS Special teams  7 Jeff Gossett P 18 Jeff Jaeger K 67 Dan Turk LS

Practice squad 92 Ferric Collons DE 14 Daryl Hobbs WR 17 Tyrone Montgomery RB Reserve 50 Riki Ellison LB (IR) 49 Kyle Freeman LB (IR) 43 Elvis Patterson CB/S (IR) 78 Greg Skrepenak T (IR) 68 Bruce Wilkerson T (IR) 47 active, 5 inactive, 3 practice squad Rookies in italics

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Venue	Attendance	Recap
1	September 6	at Denver Broncos	L 13–17	0–1	Mile High Stadium	75,418	Recap
2	September 13	at Cincinnati Bengals	L 21–24 (OT)	0–2	Riverfront Stadium	54,240	Recap
3	September 20	Cleveland Browns	L 16–28	0–3	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum	48,102	Recap
4	September 28	at Kansas City Chiefs	L 7–27	0–4	Arrowhead Stadium	77,486	Recap
5	October 4	New York Giants	W 13–10	1–4	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum	43,103	Recap
6	October 11	Buffalo Bills	W 20–3	2–4	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum	52,287	Recap
7	October 18	at Seattle Seahawks	W 19–0	3–4	Kingdome	56,904	Recap
8	October 25	Dallas Cowboys	L 13–28	3–5	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum	91,505	Recap
9	Bye
10	November 8	at Philadelphia Eagles	L 10–31	3–6	Veterans Stadium	65,388	Recap
11	November 15	Seattle Seahawks	W 20–3	4–6	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum	46,862	Recap
12	November 22	Denver Broncos	W 24–0	5–6	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum	50,011	Recap
13	November 29	at San Diego Chargers	L 3–27	5–7	Jack Murphy Stadium	59,894	Recap
14	December 6	Kansas City Chiefs	W 17–7	6–7	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum	45,227	Recap
15	December 14	at Miami Dolphins	L 7–20	6–8	Joe Robbie Stadium	67,098	Recap
16	December 20	San Diego Chargers	L 14–36	6–9	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum	40,152	Recap
17	December 26	at Washington Redskins	W 21–20	7–9	RFK Stadium	53,032	Recap
Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.

Game summaries

Week 5

New York Giants at Los Angeles Raiders

1 2 3 4 Total Giants 0 10 0 0 10 • Raiders 0 0 10 3 13 Date: October 4 Location: Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles Game start: 1:00 p.m. PST Game weather: 66 °F (19 °C), wind 8 mph (13 km/h) Source: Pro-Football-Reference.com

Scoring summary 2 Giants Jarrod Bunch 5-yard run (Matt Bahr kick) Giants 7–0 2 Giants Matt Bahr 18-yard field goal Giants 10–0 3 Raiders Jeff Jaeger 26-yard field goal Giants 10–3 3 Raiders Tim Brown 68-yard pass from Todd Marinovich (Jeff Jaeger kick) Tie 10–10 4 Raiders Jeff Jaeger 54-yard field goal Raiders 13–10

Week 6

1 2 3 4 Total Bills 0 3 0 0 3 • Raiders 7 10 3 0 20 Date: October 11 Location: Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles Game start: 4:00 p.m. EST Game weather: 64 °F (18 °C); wind 10 mph (16 km/h)

Scoring summary Q1 LA Dickerson 2 yard pass from Marinovich (Jaeger kick) LA 7–0 Q2 BUF Christie 25 yard field goal LA 7–3 Q2 LA Brown 52 yard pass from Marinovich (Jaeger kick) LA 14–3 Q2 LA Jaeger 45 yard field goal LA 17–3 Q3 LA Jaeger 36 yard field goal LA 20–3

Week 17

Los Angeles Raiders at Washington Redskins

1 2 3 4 Total • Raiders 0 0 7 14 21 Redskins 0 3 7 10 20 Date: December 26 Location: RFK Stadium, Washington, D.C. Game start: 4:00 p.m. EST Game weather: 38 °F (3 °C), wind 16 mph (26 km/h) Source: Pro-Football-Reference.com

Scoring summary 2 Redskins Chip Lohmiller 39-yard field goal Redskins 3–0 3 Raiders Alexander Wright 41-yard pass from Vince Evans (Jeff Jaeger kick) Raiders 7–3 3 Redskins Art Monk 49-yard pass from Mark Rypien (Chip Lohmiller kick) Redskins 10–7 4 Redskins Chip Lohmiller 22-yard field goal Redskins 13–7 4 Raiders Nick Bell 5-yard run (Jeff Jaeger kick) Raiders 14–13 4 Redskins Ricky Ervins 1-yard run (Chip Lohmiller kick) Redskins 20–14 4 Raiders Tim Brown 3-yard pass from Vince Evans (Jeff Jaeger kick) Raiders 21–20

Standings

AFC West
	W	L	T	PCT	DIV	CONF	PF	PA	STK
(3) San Diego Chargers	11	5	0	.688	5–3	9–5	335	241	W7
(6) Kansas City Chiefs	10	6	0	.625	6–2	8–4	348	282	W1
Denver Broncos	8	8	0	.500	4–4	7–5	262	329	L1
Los Angeles Raiders	7	9	0	.438	4–4	5–7	243	281	W1
Seattle Seahawks	2	14	0	.125	1–7	2–10	140	312	L4