1951 Wichita Shockers football team

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1951 Wichita Shockers football
Conference Missouri Valley Conference
Record2–7 (2–4 MVC)
Head coach
Home stadium Veterans Field
Seasons
←  1950
1952  →
1951 Missouri Valley Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Tulsa $ 4 –0 –09 –2 –0
Drake 3 –1 –07 –2 –0
Oklahoma A&M 3 –2 –03 –7 –0
Houston 2 –2 –06 –5 –0
Detroit 2 –4 –04 –7 –0
Wichita 2 –4 –02 –7 –0
Bradley 0 –3 –04 –5 –0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1951 Wichita Shockers football team 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 1951 college football season. In its first season under head coach Bob Carlson, the team compiled a 2–7 record (2–4 against conference opponents), tied for fifth place out of seven teams in the MVC, and was outscored by a total of 200 to 74. [1] The team played its home games at Veterans Field, now known as Cessna Stadium.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 22 Miami (OH) *
L 13–21
September 28at Utah State *
L 7–21 [2]
October 6 Bradley
  • Veterans Field
  • Wichita, KS
W 15–69,300 [3]
October 13at Oklahoma A&M
L 0–43
October 27 Tulsa
  • Veterans Field
  • Wichita, KS
L 0–338,082
November 3 Houston *
  • Veterans Field
  • Wichita, KS
W 19–146,000
November 10 Drake
  • Veterans Field
  • Wichita, KS
L 7–14
November 17at Boston University
L 6–398,442 [4]
November 23 Detroit
  • Veterans Field
  • Wichita, KS
L 7–95,689 [5]
  • *Non-conference game

References

  1. ↑ "1951 Wichita State Shockers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 1, 2019.
  2. ↑ "Utah State chgs past Shockers for damp victory". Tulsa World. September 29, 1951. Retrieved May 2, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
  3. ↑ Lightner, Pete (October 7, 1951). "Shockers Shackle Bradley 15-6". The Wichita Eagle . Wichita, Kansas. p. 30. Retrieved January 2, 2022– via Newspapers.com Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg .
  4. ↑ Birtwell, Roger (November 18, 1951). "Agganis and Gastall Lead B. U. Over Wichita, 39 to 6". Boston Globe . Boston, Massachusetts. p. 56. Retrieved June 1, 2021– via Newspapers.com Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg .
  5. ↑ "Detroit 9, Wichita 7: A Pass Backfires". The Kansas City Times. November 23, 1951. p. 22 – via Newspapers.com.
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