I and Super Bowl IV. He was inducted in the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1990. Preseason American Bowl A series of National Football League pre-season exhibition games that were held at sites outside the United States, a total of three games were contested. Regular season Scheduling formula Highlights of the 1992 season included: Thanksgiving: Two games were played on Thursday, November 26, featuring Houston at Detroit and the New York Giants at Dallas, with Houston and Dallas winning. Week 16: The San Diego Chargers became the first (as of 2021 the only) team to start 0-4 and made the playoffs and they achieve that feat by beating The Los Angeles Raiders. Final standings There was an unusual deviation between good teams and bad teams in the NFL in 1992. Only one team, the Denver Broncos; finished with eight wins and eight losses, nine teams had at least 11 wins, and eight teams had at least 11 losses. Only six teams had between seven, eight or nine wins in 1992. Tiebreakers Pittsburgh was the top AFC playoff seed, and Miami was the second AFC playoff seed ahead of San Diego, based on conference record (10–2 to Dolphins' 9–3 to Chargers' 9–5). Miami finished ahead of Buffalo in the AFC East based on better conference record (9–3 to Bills' 7–5). Houston was the second AFC Wild Card based on head-to-head victory over Kansas City (1–0). Washington was the third NFC Wild Card based on better conference record than Green Bay (7–5 to Packers' 6–6). Tampa Bay finished ahead of Chicago and Detroit in the NFC Central based on better conference record (5–9 to Bears' 4–8 and Lions' 3–9). Atlanta finished ahead of L.A. Rams in the NFC West based on better record against common opponents (5–7 to Rams' 4–8). Playoffs Awards Coaching changes Cincinnati Bengals: Dave Shula replaced the fired Sam Wyche. Green Bay Packers: Mike Holmgren replaced the fired Lindy Infante. Indianapolis Colts: Ted Marchibroda was named the permanent replacement, after Ron Meyer was fired after five games in 1991 and Rick Venturi served as interim for the final 11 games. Marchibroda had previously served as head coach of the Colts (then based in Baltimore) from 1975 to 1979. Los Angeles Rams: Chuck Knox replaced the fired John Robinson, having previously served as Rams head coach from 1973 to 1977. Minnesota Vikings: Dennis Green replaced the retired Jerry Burns.