The game was played on December 19, 1992, at Marshall University Stadium in Huntington, West Virginia.
The culminating game of the 1992 NCAA Division I-AA football season, it was won by Marshall, 31–28.
[4] The site of the title game, Marshall University Stadium, had been predetermined months earlier.
This was the second appearance, both consecutively and overall, for Youngstown State in a Division I-AA championship game, having won in 1991.
This was the third appearance overall, and second consecutively, for Marshall in a Division I-AA championship game, having lost in 1987 and 1991.