| 1948 Wichita Shockers football | |
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Camellia Bowl, L 12–49 vs. Hardin–Simmons | |
| Conference | Missouri Valley Conference |
| Record | 5–4–1 (2–1–1 MVC) |
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| Home stadium | Veterans Field |
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| Oklahoma A&M $ | 2 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wichita | 2 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Drake | 1 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tulsa | 0 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 0 | – | 9 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Saint Louis | 0 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1948 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 1948 college football season. In its first season under head coach Jim Trimble, the team compiled a 5–4–1 record (2–1–1 against conference opponents), finished second out of five teams in the MVC, lost to Hardin–Simmons in the Camellia Bowl, and was outscored by a total of 234 to 196. [1]
Wichita was ranked at No. 101 in the final Litkenhous Difference by Score System ratings for 1948. [2] The team played its home games at Veterans Field, now known as Cessna Stadium.
| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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| September 18 | Oklahoma A&M | L 14–27 | ||||||
| October 2 | at Bradley * | Peoria, IL | W 27–7 | |||||
| October 8 | at Drake | W 21–20 | ||||||
| October 16 | Utah State * |
| W 20–7 | |||||
| October 30 | Tulsa |
| T 14–14 | 12,500 | ||||
| November 6 | 2:00 p.m. | Saint Louis  |
| W 21–14 | 9,000 | [3] [4] [5] | ||
| November 13 | at Miami (OH) * | L 16–41 | 9,000 | [6] | ||||
| November 20 | Southwestern (KS) * |
| W 39–13 | |||||
| November 25 | Nevada * |
| L 12–42 | [7] | ||||
| December 30 | vs. Hardin–Simmons * | L 12–49 | < 5,000 | [8] | ||||
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The Wichita State Shockers are the athletic teams that represent Wichita State University, located in Wichita, Kansas, in intercollegiate sports as a member of the NCAA Division I ranks, primarily competing in the American Athletic Conference (AAC) since the 2017–18 academic year. The Shockers previously competed in the D-I Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) from 1945–46 to 2016–17; as an Independent from 1940–41 to 1944–45; in the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (CIC) from 1923–24 to 1939–40; and in the Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference (KIAC) of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) from 1902–03 to 1922–23. As of the 2023 conference realignment, they are one of two schools in the American to have never been a member of Conference USA.
The 1948 Kansas State Wildcats football team represented Kansas State University in the 1948 college football season. Ralph Graham served his first year as the team's head coach. The Wildcats played their home games in Memorial Stadium. The Wildcats finished the season with a 1–9 record with a 0–6 record in conference play. They finished in last place in the Big Seven Conference. The Wildcats scored 78 points and gave up 323 points.
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