1992 Seattle Seahawks season

1992 Seattle Seahawks season
Head coach	Tom Flores
Home field	Kingdome
Results
Record	2–14
Division place	5th AFC West
Playoff finish	did not qualify
Timeline
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The 1992 Seattle Seahawks season was the team's 17th season with the National Football League. The 1992 season was the first of three seasons in Seattle for head coach Tom Flores. The Seahawks' 0.125 winning percentage in 1992 remains the worst in franchise history.

The Seahawks' 140 points (8.8 points per game) scored in the regular season is the lowest total for any team playing a 16-game season. For comparison, the 2008 Detroit Lions, who went winless, scored 268 points, nearly double. Long-time quarterback Dave Krieg had left Seattle for the rival Kansas City Chiefs in the offseason, leaving Seattle with Kelly Stouffer, Stan Gelbaugh and Dan McGwire (brother of Major League Baseball star Mark McGwire) as their three quarterbacks.

Football Outsiders calls Seattle's 1992 offense "the worst offense in [their ranking system's] history." Seattle's 1,778 passing yards are the fewest in a season by any team during the 1990s.

Despite their historically-inept offense, Football Outsiders also ranked Seattle as having the third-best defense in 1992, making them the most imbalanced team ever measured. The Seahawks' star defensive tackle Cortez Kennedy was named the 1992 NFL Defensive Player of the Year. Seattle gave up the fourth-fewest passing yards (2,661), and tied for fewest passing touchdowns allowed (11) of any team in 1992.

Before Seattle's Monday Night Football victory over Denver in the Kingdome the Seahawks honored Pete Gross inducting him as the first member of the Ring of Honor. Gross would pass away two days later after his long bout with cancer. That game would also be the last MNF game played in the Kingdome and the last in Seattle until 2002 (the Seahawks themselves didn't appear on MNF again until Mike Holmgren's return to Green Bay in 1999).

Offseason

NFL Draft

1992 Seahawks Draft Selections

Round/Pick	Player	Position	College
1/10	Ray Roberts	Offensive Tackle	Virginia
3/66	Bob Spitulski	Linebacker	Central Florida
5/122	Gary Dandridge	Defensive Back	Appalachian State
6/150	Michael Bates	Wide Receiver	Arizona
7/178	Mike Frier	Defensive End	Appalachian State
8/207	Muhammad Shamsid-Deen	Running Back	Tennessee-Chattanooga
9/234	Larry Stayner	Tight End	Boise State
10/263	Anthony Hamlet	Defensive End	Miami Hurricanes
11/290	Kris Rongen	Offensive Guard	Washington
12/319	Chico Fraley	Linebacker	Washington
12/320	John MacNeil	Defensive End	Michigan State

Personnel

Staff

1992 Seattle Seahawks staff
Front Office Owner – Ken Behring Executive Vice President of Finance – Mickey Loomis Vice President of Football Operations – Chuck Allen Player Personnel Director – Mike Allman Pro Personnel Director – Randy Mueller Head Coaches President/Head Coach – Tom Flores Assistant Head Coach/Defense – Tom Catlin Offensive Coaches Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks – Larry Kennan Running Backs – Clarence Shelmon Wide Receivers – Bob Bratkowski Tight Ends/Special Teams – Russ Purnell Offensive Line – Hudson Houck			Defensive Coaches Defensive Coordinator/Linebackers – Rusty Tillman Defensive Line – Tommy Brasher Defensive Backs – Paul Moyer Defensive – Dave Brown Strength and Conditioning Strength and Conditioning – Frank Raines

Regular season

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Game site	Record	Attendance
1	September 6, 1992	Cincinnati Bengals	L 3-21	Kingdome	0-1	57,350
2	September 13, 1992	at Kansas City Chiefs	L 7-26	Arrowhead Stadium	0-2	75,125
3	September 20, 1992	at New England Patriots	W 10-6	Foxboro Stadium	1-2	42,327
4	September 27, 1992	Miami Dolphins	L 17-19	Kingdome	1-3	59,374
5	October 4, 1992	at San Diego Chargers	L 6-17	Jack Murphy Stadium	1-4	36,783
6	October 11, 1992	at Dallas Cowboys	L 0-27	Texas Stadium	1-5	62,311
7	October 18, 1992	Los Angeles Raiders	L 0-19	Kingdome	1-6	56,904
8	October 25, 1992	at New York Giants	L 10-23	Giants Stadium	1-7	67,399
9	Bye
10	November 8, 1992	Washington Redskins	L 3-16	Kingdome	1-8	53,616
11	November 15, 1992	at Los Angeles Raiders	L 3-20	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum	1-9	46,862
12	November 22, 1992	Kansas City Chiefs	L 14-24	Kingdome	1-10	49,867
13	November 30, 1992	Denver Broncos	W 16-13 OT	Kingdome	2-10	51,612
14	December 6, 1992	at Pittsburgh Steelers	L 14-20	Three Rivers Stadium	2-11	47,015
15	December 13, 1992	Philadelphia Eagles	L 17-20 OT	Kingdome	2-12	47,492
16	December 20, 1992	at Denver Broncos	L 6-10	Mile High Stadium	2-13	72,570
17	December 27, 1992	San Diego Chargers	L 14-31	Kingdome	2-14	49,324

Standings

AFC West
	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA	STK
San Diego Chargers	11	5	0	.688	335	241	W7
Kansas City Chiefs	10	6	0	.625	348	282	W1
Denver Broncos	8	8	0	.500	262	329	L1
Los Angeles Raiders	7	9	0	.438	249	281	W1
Seattle Seahawks	2	14	0	.125	140	312	L4

External links

• Seahawks draft history at NFL.com
• 1992 NFL season results at NFL.com