1992 London Monarchs season

1992 London Monarchs season
Head coach	Ray Willsey
General manager	Billy Hicks
Home field	Wembley Stadium
Results
Record	2–7–1
Division place	3rd European
Playoff finish	did not qualify

The 1992 London Monarchs season was the second season for the franchise in the World League of American Football (WLAF). The team was led by head coach Ray Willsey in his first year, and played its home games at Wembley Stadium in London, England. They finished the season in third place of the European Division with a record of two wins, seven losses and one tie.

Offseason

World League draft

1992 London Monarchs World League draft selections

Draft order		Player name	Position	College
Round	Overall
1	10	Roland Smith	CB	Miami (FL)
2	21	Bernard Ford	WR	UCF
3	32	William Kirksey	LB	Southern Miss
4	43	Rich McCullough	DE	Clemson
5	54	Ron Shipley	T	New Mexico
6	65	Danta Whitaker	TE	Mississippi Valley State
7	76	Charlie Young	RB	Stanford
8	87	Eddie Godfrey	CB	Western Kentucky
9	98	Clarence Seay	WR	UTEP
10	109	Anthony Thompson	LB	East Carolina
11	120	Michael Harris	OG	Grambling State
12	131	Emanuel McNeil	DT	Tennessee-Martin
13	142	Ted Popson	TE	Portland State
14	153	Marvin Hargrove	WR	Richmond
15	164	Shane Foley	QB	USC
16	175	Bob Christian	RB	Northwestern
17	186	Scott Hough	T	Maine
18	197	Elijah Austin	DT	North Carolina State
19	208	Antonio Gibson	S	Cincinnati
20	219	Ruben Mendoza	OG	Wayne State
21	230	Damon Baldwin	OG	San Diego State
22	241	Ernest Thompson	FB	Georgia Southern
23	252	Douglas Craft	S	Southern
24	263	Fred McNair	QB	Alcorn State
25	274	Patrick Moore	DT	California Poly State
26	285	Paul Alsbury	P	Southwest Texas State
27	295	Richard Booker	LB	TCU
28	305	Brian Inman	OG	Northern Colorado
29	315	Jimmy McCarney	S	Middle Tennessee

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Personnel

Staff

1992 London Monarchs staff
	Front office General Manager – Billy Hicks Assistant General Manager – Candida Wenham Director of Public Relations - Jack Gallagher Head coaches Head Coach – Ray Willsey Offensive coaches Offensive Coordinator/Offensive Line – George Warhop Quarterbacks/Receivers – Bill Schmitz Running Backs – Ned James			Defensive coaches Defensive Coordinator/Defensive Line – Jim Washburn Linebackers/Special Teams – Dennis Danielson Defensive Backs/Pass Coverages – Bob Mischak

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Roster

1992 London Monarchs roster
	Quarterbacks 10 Stan Gelbaugh  5 Fred McNair Running Backs  1 Leonard Conley 20 Jeff Alexander FB 22 Judd Garrett 32 Dwayne Lovell Wide Receivers 80 Bernard Ford  7 Sean Foster 85 Tony Sargent Tight Ends 83 Dave Harbour LS 82 Greg Harrell 87 Ted Popson		Offensive Linemen 60 Theo Adams T 70 Paul Berardelli G 68 Larry Jones G 59 Doug Marrone C 72 Todd Oberdorf T 67 James Parrish T 64 Alvin Powell T 76 Ron Shipley C Defensive Linemen 65 Milford Hodge NT 75 Steve Kaufusi DE 95 Rich McCullough DE 73 Scott Miller NT 71 John Shannon DE 90 Carnel Smith DE		Linebackers 58 William Kirksey OLB 94 Danny Lockett OLB 53 Curtis Moore ILB 51 Ken Sale ILB 99 Anthony Thompson OLB 56 Rickey Williams ILB Defensive Backs 31 Danny Crossman S 33 Dedrick Dodge S 25 Howard Feggins CB 21 Irvin Smith CB 34 Roland Smith CB 42 Harvey Wilson S Special Teams  2 Paul Alsbury P		Operation Discovery  3 Phil Alexander K 29 Victor Ebubedike RB 27 Mike Taylor S Rookies in italics

Schedule

Week	Date	Kickoff	Opponent	Results		Game site	Attendance
				Final score	Team record
1	Sunday, March 22	6:00 p.m	New York/New Jersey Knights	W 26–20 ^OT	1–0	Wembley Stadium	30,167
2	Saturday, March 28	6:00 p.m.	Frankfurt Galaxy	L 28–31	1–1	Wembley Stadium	21,799
3	Saturday, April 4	6:00 p.m.	at Barcelona Dragons	L 7–13	1–2	Estadi Olímpic de Montjuïc	19,337
4	Saturday, April 11		Birmingham Fire	T 17–17 ^OT	1–2–1	Wembley Stadium	20,370
5	Saturday, April 18		Barcelona Dragons	L 0–9	1–3–1	Wembley Stadium	18,518
6	Sunday, April 26		Sacramento Surge	L 26–31	1–4–1	Wembley Stadium	18,653
7	Saturday, May 3		at New York/New Jersey Knights	L 13–41	1–5–1	Giants Stadium	30,112
8	Saturday, May 10		at Orlando Thunder	L 0–9	1–6–1	Florida Citrus Bowl	20,268
9	Sunday, May 17		at Montreal Machine	W 45–13	2–6–1	Olympic Stadium	14,637
10	Saturday, May 23	7:00 p.m.	at Frankfurt Galaxy	L 16–19	2–7–1	Waldstadion	43,259

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Standings

European Division
Team	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA	DIV	STK
Barcelona Dragons	5	5	0	.500	104	161	3–1	L4
Frankfurt Galaxy	3	7	0	.300	150	257	3–1	W1
London Monarchs	2	7	1	.250	178	203	0–4	L1

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Game summaries

Week 1: vs New York/New Jersey Knights

Week One: New York/New Jersey Knights at London Monarchs – Game summary

	1	2	3	4	OT	Total
NY/NJ	0	10	0	10	0	20
London	3	3	7	7	6	26

at Wembley Stadium, Wembley, England

• Date: Sunday, March 22
• Game time: 6:00 p.m.
• Game attendance: 30,167

Week 2: vs Frankfurt Galaxy

Week Two: Frankfurt Galaxy at London Monarchs – Game summary

	1	2	3	4	Total
Frankfurt	10	3	8	10	31
London	0	14	14	0	28

at Wembley Stadium, Wembley, England

• Date: Saturday, March 28
• Game time: 6:00 p.m.
• Game attendance: 21,799
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Game information

First quarter Frankfurt – 19-yard field goal by Robbie Keen, 8:08. Frankfurt – Chad Fortune 5-yard touchdown reception from Mike Perez, Robbie Keen kick good, 4:04. Second quarter Frankfurt – 37-yard field goal by Robbie Keen, 14:26. London – Tony Sargent 16-yard touchdown reception from Stan Gelbaugh, Phil Alexander kick good, 7:26. London – Jeff Alexander 1-yard touchdown run, Phil Alexander kick good, 0:32. Third quarter London – Bernard Ford 32-yard touchdown reception from Stan Gelbaugh, Phil Alexander kick good, 13:32. London – Sean Foster 98-yard touchdown reception from Stan Gelbaugh, Phil Alexander kick good, 2:13. Frankfurt – Richard Buchanan 31-yard touchdown reception from Mike Perez, Tony Baker two-point conversion reception from Mike Perez, 0:49. Fourth quarter Frankfurt – Richard Buchanan 6-yard touchdown reception from Mike Perez, Robbie Keen kick good, 4:36. Frankfurt – 20-yard field goal by Robbie Keen, 0:12. Leading passers Frankfurt – Mike Perez – 30/53, 353 yards, 3 touchdowns, 1 interception. London – Stan Gelbaugh – 21/44, 323 yards, 3 touchdowns, 2 interceptions. Leading rushers Frankfurt – Mike Perez – 2 rushes, 24 yards. London – Jeff Alexander – 14 rushes, 45 yards, 1 touchdown. Leading receivers Frankfurt – Richard Buchanan – 5 receptions, 101 yards, 2 touchdowns. London – Sean Foster – 4 receptions, 142 yards, 1 touchdown.

Week 3: at Barcelona Dragons

Week Three: London Monarchs at Barcelona Dragons – Game summary

	1	2	3	4	Total
London	0	0	0	7	7
Barcelona	7	6	0	0	13

at Estadi Olímpic de Montjuïc, Barcelona, Spain

• Date: Saturday, April 4
• Game time: 6:00 p.m.
• Game attendance: 19,337

Game information

First quarter Barcelona – Thomas Woods 86-yard touchdown reception from Scott Erney, Teddy Garcia kick good, 9:55. Second quarter Barcelona – 22-yard field goal by Teddy Garcia, 8:58. Barcelona – 22-yard field goal by Teddy Garcia, 0:24. Third quarter No scoring. Fourth quarter London – Bernard Ford 29-yard touchdown reception from Stan Gelbaugh, Phil Alexander kick good, 6:20. Leading passers London – Stan Gelbaugh – 16/29, 224 yards, 1 touchdown, 2 interceptions. Barcelona – Scott Erney – 15/33, 181 yards, 1 touchdown, 1 interception. Leading rushers London – Jeff Alexander – 12 rushes, 36 yards. Barcelona – Paul Palmer – 22 rushes, 62 yards. Leading receivers London – Tony Sargent – 4 receptions, 80 yards. Barcelona – Thomas Woods – 2 receptions, 95 yards, 1 touchdown.

Week 4: vs Birmingham Fire

Week Four: Birmingham Fire at London Monarchs – Game summary

	1	2	3	4	OT	Total
Birmingham	7	0	0	10	0	17
London	0	10	7	0	0	17

at Wembley Stadium, Wembley, England

• Date: Saturday, April 11
• Game attendance: 20,370

Week 5: vs Barcelona Dragons

Week Five: Barcelona Dragons at London Monarchs – Game summary

	1	2	3	4	Total
Barcelona	0	6	0	3	9
London	0	0	0	0	0

at Wembley Stadium, Wembley, England

• Date: Saturday, April 18
• Game attendance: 18,518

References

1. "1992 Round by Round Draft". The Official 1996 World League of American Football Fact Book. pp. 150–151.
2. 1992 London Monarchs Media Guide.
3. "1992 London Monarchs schedule and results". The Football Database. Retrieved December 26, 2014.
4. "Galaxy 31, Monarchs 28". European Stars and Stripes. March 30, 1992. p. 23. Retrieved December 25, 2014.
5. Associated Press (May 23, 1992). "Galaxy 19, Monarchs 16". APNewsArchive.com. Associated Press. Retrieved December 25, 2014.
6. "1992 WLAF Standings". The Football Database. Retrieved December 26, 2014.