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
ConfOverall
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 Robert S. 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
October 6 Bradley
  • Veterans Field
  • Wichita, KS
W 15–69,300 [2]
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 [3]
November 23 Detroit
  • Veterans Field
  • Wichita, KS
L 7–95,689 [4]
  • *Non-conference game

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References

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