1984 Wichita State Shockers football team

The 1984 Wichita State Shockers football team was an American football team that represented Wichita State as a member of the Missouri Valley Conference during the 1984 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their first year under head coach Ron Chismar, the team compiled a 2–9 record.[1]

1984 Wichita State Shockers football
ConferenceMissouri Valley Conference
Record3–8 (2–3 MVC)
Head coach
Home stadiumCessna Stadium
1984 Missouri Valley Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Tulsa $ 5 –0 –06 –5 –0
No. 5 Indiana State ^ 4 –1 –09 –3 –0
Illinois State 3 –2 –05 –6 –0
West Texas State 2 –3 –03 –8 –0
Wichita State 2 –3 –02 –9 –0
Drake 2 –3 –04 –7 –0
Southern Illinois 0 –5 –03 –8 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
  • The conference was a hybrid of NCAA Division I-A and I-AA programs. Tulsa and Wichita State were I-A and the other teams were I-AA.
Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee poll

Schedule
DateOpponentSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 1Southwest Texas State*
L 31–3827,481[2]
September 8at Kansas*
L 7–3133,200[3]
September 15at LSU*
TigerVisionL 7–4778,026[4]
September 22at UNLV*
W 21–38 (forfeit win)17,481[5][6]
October 6at Southwestern Louisiana*
L 3–3121,507[7]
October 13Texas–Arlington*
  • Cessna Stadium
  • Wichita, KS
L 15–1715,234[8]
October 20at Tulsa
L 20–5512,261[9]
October 27at Drake
W 23–67,480[10]
November 3New Mexico State[n 1]
  • Cessna Stadium
  • Wichita, KS
L 24–3113,303[12]
November 10West Texas State
  • Cessna Stadium
  • Wichita, KS
W 17–148,106[13]
November 17Illinois State
  • Cessna Stadium
  • Wichita, KS
L 0–171,100[14]
  • *Non-conference game

Notes
  1. Designated conference game[11]

References
  1. "1984 Wichita State Shockers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 25, 2021.
  2. "Bobcats rally for victory". Austin American-Statesman. September 2, 1984. Retrieved February 25, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. "New Kansas defense jolts Wichita State". The Kansas City Star. September 9, 1984. Retrieved February 25, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Tigers toy with Shockers, 47–7". The Shreveport Times. September 16, 1984. Retrieved February 25, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. "UNLV beats Wichita State". Reno Gazette-Journal. September 23, 1984. Retrieved February 25, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. McCurdie, Jim (March 13, 1985). "UNLV Punished for Using Ineligible Football Players". The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved February 25, 2021.
  7. "Ragin' Cajuns sack Shockers in runaway win". The Daily Advertiser. October 7, 1984. Retrieved February 25, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. "Shockers close, but fall, 17–15". The Salina Journal. October 14, 1984. p. 25. Retrieved February 25, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. "Hurricane whips past WSU 55–20". The Wichita Eagle. October 21, 1984. Retrieved February 25, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. "Denson spurs Shockers past Drake". The Des Moines Register. October 28, 1984. Retrieved February 25, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. "Valley standings". The Pantagraph. Bloomington, Illinois. November 18, 1984. p. C4. Retrieved January 20, 2023 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  12. "Miller keys Aggie win". El Paso Times. November 4, 1984. Retrieved February 25, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. "Shockers win 17–14". The Wichita Eagle. November 11, 1984. Retrieved February 25, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  14. "ISU blanks Wichita State to close on high note". The Pantagraph. November 18, 1984. Retrieved February 25, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.


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