1956 Wichita Shockers football team
The 1956 Wichita Shockers football team, sometimes known as the Wheatshockers, was an American football team that represented Wichita University (now known as Wichita State University) as a member of the Missouri Valley Conference during the 1956 NCAA University Division football season. In its second and final season under head coach Pete Tillman, the team compiled a 4–6 record (1–3 against conference opponents), finished in fourth place in the MVC, and was outscored by a total of 198 to 117.[1] The team played its home games at Veterans Field, now known as Cessna Stadium.
| 1956 Wichita Shockers football | |
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| Conference | Missouri Valley Conference |
| Record | 4–6 (1–3 MVC) |
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| Home stadium | Veterans Field |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Houston $ | 4 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 2 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tulsa | 2 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 7 | – | 2 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oklahoma A&M | 2 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 3 | – | 5 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wichita | 1 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Detroit | 0 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 15 | BYU | W 13–0 | |||
| September 22 | at Arizona State | L 9–37 | |||
| September 29 | Hardin–Simmons |
| L 7–20 | ||
| October 6 | Oklahoma A&M |
| L 6–32 | ||
| October 13 | Detroit |
| W 19–13 | [2] | |
| October 20 | Drake |
| W 27–14 | ||
| November 3 | Houston |
| L 16–41 | 11,193 | |
| November 10 | at Cincinnati | L 0–21 | |||
| November 17 | at Dayton | W 14–6 | |||
| November 24 | at Tulsa | L 6–14 | 13,121 |
References
- "1956 Wichita State Shockers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved August 21, 2020.
- "Klisanin Leads Wichita In Upset Over Detroit". Grand Bend (KS) Tribune. October 14, 1956. p. 21 – via Newspapers.com.
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