1952 Wichita Shockers football team

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1952 Wichita Shockers football
Conference Missouri Valley Conference
Record3–6–1 (0–3 MVC)
Head coach
Home stadium Veterans Field
Seasons
  1951
1953  
1952 Missouri Valley Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Houston $ 3 0 08 2 0
No. 12 Tulsa 3 1 08 2 1
Oklahoma A&M 2 2 03 7 0
Detroit 1 3 02 7 0
Wichita 0 3 03 6 1
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1952 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 1952 college football season. In its third and final season under head coach Robert S. Carlson, the team compiled a 3–6–1 record (0–3 against conference opponents), finished last out of five teams in the MVC, and was outscored by a total of 235 to 159. [1] The team played its home games at Veterans Field, now known as Cessna Stadium.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 20 Boston University *L 0–612,500 [2]
September 26at Detroit L 7–2213,521 [3]
October 4at Bradley * Peoria, IL W 13–0
October 11 Oklahoma A&M
  • Veterans Field
  • Wichita, KS
L 21–35
October 18at Miami (OH) *L 7–56
October 25at Tulsa L 0–2812,500
November 1 Utah State *
  • Veterans Field
  • Wichita, KS
T 20–20
November 7 Carswell Air Force Base *
  • Veterans Field
  • Wichita, KS
L 16–48
November 151:30 p.m.at Drake *W 41–142,500 [4] [5] [6]
November 27 New Mexico A&M *
  • Veterans Field
  • Wichita, KS
W 34–6

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References

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