1985 Wichita State Shockers football team

The 1985 Wichita State Shockers football team represented Wichita State University in the 1985 NCAA Division I-A football season.[1] The Shockers competed in their 89th season overall and 42nd in the Missouri Valley Conference, playing their home games at Cessna Stadium. The team, led by second-year head coach Ron Chismar, improved on their 2–9 output from the previous season, going 3–8.

1985 Wichita State Shockers football
ConferenceMissouri Valley Conference
Record3–8 (2–3 MVC)
Head coach
Home stadiumCessna Stadium
1985 Missouri Valley Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Tulsa $ 5 –0 –06 –5 –0
West Texas State 3 –1 –16 –3 –1
Illinois State 3 –1 –16 –3 –2
Indiana State 3 –2 –04 –6 –0
Wichita State 2 –3 –03 –8 –0
Southern Illinois 1 –3 –04 –7 –0
Drake 1 –5 –04 –7 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • 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.

This was the final season of football for the Missouri Valley Conference, as the league, which by this point was a mixture of NCAA Division I-A (Tulsa and Wichita State) and NCAA Division I-AA programs (Drake, Illinois State, Indiana State, Southern Illinois, and West Texas State), voted on April 30, 1985 to drop football at the end of the 1985 season.[2]

Schedule
DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 7at Kansas State*
W 16–1030,300[3]
September 14at Minnesota*
L 14–2856,094[4]
September 21Toledo*
L 15–2218,165[5]
September 28Southwestern Louisiana*
  • Cessna Stadium
  • Wichita, KS
L 15–239,876[6]
October 5at Texas–Arlington*
L 3–314,850[7]
October 12at West Texas State
L 21–3310,237[8]
October 19Drake
  • Cessna Stadium
  • Wichita, KS
W 24–218,302[9]
October 26Southern Illinois
  • Cessna Stadium
  • Wichita, KS
W 35–347,473[10]
November 2Tulsa
  • Cessna Stadium
  • Wichita, KS
L 26–4211,760[11]
November 9at Illinois State
L 0–264,423[12]
November 21at Fresno State*
L 6–4730,904[13]
  • *Non-conference game

References
  1. "1985 Wichita State Shockers Stats" "Sports Reference"
  2. "Gainesville Sun - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com. Retrieved January 9, 2019.
  3. "Call it 'Miracle in Manhattan'". The Wichita Eagle. September 8, 1985. Retrieved February 26, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Gophers open with 28–14 rouser". Star Tribune. September 15, 1985. Retrieved February 26, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. "Toledo holds off determined WSU". The Wichita Eagle. September 22, 1985. Retrieved February 26, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. "Cajuns come back again behind Jackson's brilliance". The Daily Advertiser. September 29, 1985. Retrieved February 26, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. "UTA routs Wichita State". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. October 6, 1985. Retrieved February 26, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. "Shockers crumble in Valley opener". The Wichita Eagle. October 13, 1985. Retrieved February 26, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. "Drake's title chances jolted by Wheatshockers". The Des Moines Register. October 20, 1985. Retrieved February 26, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. "WSU rallies past Salukis". The Salina Journal. October 27, 1985. Retrieved February 26, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. "Tulsa wins 24th straight in MVC". The Daily Oklahoman. November 3, 1985. Retrieved February 26, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. "ISU cruises past Wichita State, 26–0". The Pantagraph. November 10, 1985. Retrieved February 26, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. "Bulldogs stage tv spectacular". The Fresno Bee. November 22, 1985. Retrieved February 26, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
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