1946 Wichita Shockers football team

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1946 Wichita Shockers football
Conference Missouri Valley Conference
Record5–5 (2–1 MVC)
Head coach
Home stadium Veterans Field
Seasons
←  1945
1947  →
1946 Missouri Valley Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 17 Tulsa $ 3 –0 –09 –1 –0
Wichita 2 –1 –05 –5 –0
Saint Louis 1 –1 –04 –6 –0
Oklahoma A&M 1 –1 –03 –7 –1
Drake 0 –4 –02 –6 –1
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1946 Wichita Shockers football team, sometimes known as the Wheatshockers, was an American football team that represented the Wichita University (now known as Wichita State University) as a member of the Missouri Valley Conference during the 1946 college football season. In its second season under head coach Ralph Graham, the team compiled a 5–5 record (2–1 against conference opponents), finished second out of five teams in the MVC, and was outscored opponents by a total of 135 to 119. [1] The team played its home games at Veterans Field, now known as Cessna Stadium. The 1946 season was the first for Wichita after being classified as a "major college" football program. [2]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 21 Tulsa
L 13–339,000 [3]
September 28at Dayton
L 0–219,000 [4]
October 5at Kansas
L 7–14 [5]
October 11at Drake
W 12–65,500 [6]
October 19 Oklahoma City
  • Veterans Field
  • Wichita, KS
L 0–28 [7]
November 2at Washburn
W 21–0 [8]
November 9at Saint Louis
W 13–02,500 [9]
November 15at West Texas State Canyon, TX L 6–7 [10]
November 23 Toledo
  • Veterans Field
  • Wichita, KS
W 13–77,000 [11]
November 28 Arizona State
  • Veterans Field
  • Wichita, KS
W 34–19 [12]

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References

  1. ↑ "1946 Wichita State Shockers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved August 20, 2020.
  2. ↑ "Conference Standings and Champions" (PDF). NCAA. 1999. p. 471. Retrieved August 20, 2020.
  3. ↑ "Tulsa Thrashes Wichita, 33-13". The Daily Oklahoman. September 22, 1946. pp. Sports 1, 2 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ "Dayton U. Resumes Football With Victory Over Wichita". Dayton Daily News. September 29, 1946. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ "Jayhawks Edge Wichita U., 14-7". The Manhattan Mercury. October 6, 1946 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ↑ Frank Brody (October 12, 1946). "Late Flip ips Drake, 12-6: Wichita's Play Beats the Gun by 15 Seconds; 60-Yard Slash cuts 6-6 Deadlock". The Des Moines Register. p. 9 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ↑ "O.C.U. Chiefs Drub Wichita, 28-0". Miami News Record . Miami, Oklahoma. Associated Press. October 20, 1946. p. 5. Retrieved December 4, 2019– via Newspapers.com Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg .
  8. ↑ "Wichita U. Beats Washburn: Munies Run Up 21-Point Margin Over Topekans". The Wichita Eagle. November 3, 1946. p. 15 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ↑ Robert Morrison (November 10, 1946). "Billikens Drop Valley Game to Wichita, 13-0". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. pp. 1E, 3E – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ↑ "Wichita University Defeated by West Texas State, 7 to 6: Shockers Take Lead in First Quarter Touchdown Only to Lose Game in Last Seven Minutes of Play". The Wichita Eagle. November 16, 1946. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ↑ Pete Lightner (November 24, 1946). "Wichita Wins Wide Open Game: Munies Uncork Two Drives To Win 13-7 Game; Wichita Has All the Better of Things Until Last Five Minutes". The Wichita Eagle. p. 12 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ↑ "Sun Devils Fall, 34-19: Early Tempe Lead Slips In Kansas Game". The Arizona Republic. Associated Press. November 29, 1946. p. 15 – via Newspapers.com.
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