WThe 1892 college football season was the season of American football played among colleges and universities in the United States during the 1892–93 academic year.
WThe 1892 Alabama Cadets football team represented the University of Alabama in the 1892 college football season. The team was led by their head coach E. B. Beaumont and played their home games at Lakeview Park in Birmingham, Alabama. In what was the inaugural season of Alabama football, the team finished with a record of two wins and two losses (2–2).
WThe 1892 College Football All-America team was composed of college football players who were selected as the best players at their respective positions for the 1892 college football season, as selected by Caspar Whitney for Harper's Weekly and the Walter Camp Football Foundation. Whitney began publishing his All-America Team in 1889, and his list, which was considered the official All-America Team, was published in Harper's Weekly from 1891 to 1896. Harvard Law School student and football center William H. Lewis became the first African-American to be selected as an All-American in 1892, an honor he would receive again in 1893.
WThe 1892 Auburn Tigers football team represented Auburn University in the 1892 college football season. It was the first college football team fielded by the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Alabama, now known as Auburn University. The squad was first coached by George Petrie. Auburn shut out Georgia Tech, 26–0, just two days after being shut out themselves by North Carolina, 64–0. The team finished the season with a record of 2–2.
WThe 1892 Centre football team represented Centre College in the 1892 college football season. The head coach was Durant Berry, coaching his second season with the Praying Colonels.
WThe 1892 Chicago Maroons football team represented the University of Chicago during the 1892 college football season. The University of Chicago opened its doors for its first semester on October 1, 1892, and the football team, led by Amos Alonzo Stagg as both player and coach, played its first game one week later on October 8, 1892. In its first year of intercollegiate football, the Chicago team compiled an 8–4–1 record. The 1892 season included four victories over local high school teams, two victories over a local YMCA team, and seven intercollegiate games. In intercollegiate play, the team compiled a 2–4–1 record.
WThe 1892 Georgia Bulldogs football team represented the Georgia Bulldogs of the University of Georgia during the 1892 college football season and was its first football team ever fielded. The team completed its inaugural season with a 1–1 record. The Bulldogs played their first inter-collegiate football game in history against Mercer and won by a final score of 50–0. Georgia's second and final game of 1892 was against Auburn, which marked the beginning of a rivalry that would later become known as the Deep South's Oldest Rivalry. This was the Georgia Bulldogs' one and only season under the guidance of head coach Charles Herty, the so-called father of football at Georgia.
WThe 1892 Georgia Tech football team represented the Georgia Institute of Technology during the 1892 college football season. It was the team's inaugural season.
WThe 1892 Hampden–Sydney football team represented Hampden–Sydney College during the 1892 college football season. In the fall of 1892, William Ford Bull brought together the first official football team at Hampden–Sydney. The 1892 team played just one game, falling 0–24 at home to Richmond College.
WThe 1892 Kalamazoo football team was an American football team that represented Kalamazoo College in the 1892 college football season. In their first season fielding a football team, the Kalamazoo eleven lost two games against Olivet College, being outscored 32 to 8 by their opponent. The first game, played October 24 at Olivet, was planned as a part of Olivet's field day of 1892, which also included boxing matches, tennis, and track and field events like the hammer throw and pole vaulting. During the contest, Kalamazoo took an early 4–0 lead, but allowed 20 answered points, 8 in the first half and 12 in the second.
WThe 1892 Maryland Aggies football team represented the Maryland Agricultural College in the 1892 college football season. It was the first football team to officially represent the school. Maryland played three games, all of which it lost, and failed to score any points. Halfback Pearse "Shorty" Prough gained the only positive yardage for the team against Episcopal High School. He netted 35 yards from scrimmage after first running 30 yards in the wrong direction. It remained the only winless Maryland team until matched by the 1967 squad coached by Bob Ward.
WThe 1892 Michigan State Normal Normalites football team represented Michigan State Normal School during the 1892 college football season. In their first and only season under head coach Dean W. Kelley, the Normalites compiled a record of 2–1 and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 36 to 30. George L. Wilson was the team captain.
WThe 1892 Navy Midshipmen football team represented the United States Naval Academy during the 1892 college football season. In their first and only season under head coach Ben Crosby, the Midshipmen compiled a 5–2 record and outscored their opponents by a combined score of 121 to 62.
WThe 1892 North Carolina Tar Heels football team represented the University of North Carolina in the 1892 college football season. They played six games with a final record of 5–1. The team captain for the 1892 season was Mike Hoke. The team claims a southern title even though it was defeated by Virginia, for it beat the Cavaliers in a rematch. Those games with UVA mark the beginning of the South's Oldest Rivalry.
WThe 1892 Oberlin Yeomen football team represented Oberlin College during the 1892 college football season. In its first season under head coach John Heisman, the team compiled a perfect 7–0 record, shut out five opponents, and outscored all opponents, 262 to 20. The season included a disputed victory over Michigan and a pair of victories over Ohio State. The 1892 and 1893 teams combined for a 13-game winning streak that was broken on November 18, 1893, in a loss to the Case School of Applied Science.
WThe 1892 Penn State football team was an American football that represented Pennsylvania State College—now known as Pennsylvania State University–as an independent during the 1892 college football season. The team was coached by George Hoskins and played its home games on the Old Main lawn in University Park, Pennsylvania.
WThe 1892 Rutgers Queensmen football team represented Rutgers University in the 1892 college football season. The Queensmen compiled a 3–5–1 record and were outscored by their opponents, 160 to 108. The team had no coach, and its captain was John C. Loud.
WThe 1892 Stanford football team represented Stanford University in the 1892 college football season and was coached by Walter Camp.
WThe 1892 University of Utah football season was the first season in history for the University of Utah football team. The team played three games and compiled a 1–2 record. However, only one game counts in official NCAA records so their official record is 0–1. Utah lost to Utah Agricultural College 12–0 in the first game of what is now known as the Battle of the Brothers.
WThe 1892 VAMC football team represented Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College in the 1892 college football season. The team was led by their head coach E. A. Smyth. In what was the inaugural season of Virginia Tech football, the team finished with a record of one win and one loss (1–1).
WThe 1892 Vanderbilt Commodores football team represented Vanderbilt University during the 1892 college football season. The team's head coach and team captain was Elliott H. Jones, who served his third and last season in that capacity. This was the first year for Vandy and University of Tennessee to play football also the first year to play at (Old) Dudley Field. The 1892 team was the oldest in the memory of Grantland Rice. He claimed Phil Connell then would be a good player in any era.
WThe 1892 Virginia Cavaliers football team represented the University of Virginia in the 1892 college football season. The team was led by first-year coach William C. Spicer. The team posted a 3–2–1 record to claim a Southern championship, though it split two games with co-champion North Carolina. Those games with UNC mark the beginning of the South's Oldest Rivalry.
WThe 1892 VMI Keydets football team represented the Virginia Military Institute (VMI) in their second season of organized football. The Keydets went 4–0–1, a game better than they were the previous season.
WThe 1892 Washington football team was an American football team that represented the University of Washington during the 1892 college football season. In its first season under W. B. Goodwin, the 1892 Washington team played two games, both against the Seattle Athletic Club. Washington lost the first game, 28–0, and won the second game, 14–0. The victory in the second game was the program's first win. Otto Collings was the team captain.
WThe 1892 Western University of Pennsylvania football team was an American football team that represented the Western University of Pennsylvania as an independent during the 1892 college football season.
WThe 1892 Yale Bulldogs football team represented Yale University in the 1892 college football season. In its fifth and final season under head coach Walter Camp, the team finished with a 13–0 record and outscored opponents by a total of 429 to 0. Mike Murphy was the team's trainer. The team is regarded as the 1892 national champion, having been selected retrospectively as such by the Billingsley Report, Helms Athletic Foundation, Houlgate System, National Championship Foundation, and Parke H. Davis. Yale's 1892 season was part of a 37-game winning streak that began with the final game of the 1890 season and stopped at the end of the 1893 season.