| 1959 Wichita Shockers football | |
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| Conference | Missouri Valley Conference |
| Record | 5–4–1 (1–2–1 MVC) |
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| Home stadium | Veterans Field |
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| North Texas State + | 3 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Houston + | 3 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tulsa | 2 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wichita | 1 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cincinnati | 0 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1959 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 1959 college football season. In its third and final season under head coach Woody Woodard, the team compiled a 5–4–1 record (1–2–1 against conference opponents), finished in fourth place out of five teams in the MVC, and outscored opponents by a total of 181 to 161. [1] The team played its home games at Veterans Field, now known as Cessna Stadium.
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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| September 19 | at Kansas State * | W 19–0 | |||||
| September 26 | Hardin–Simmons * | W 27–13 | |||||
| October 9 | at George Washington * | W 21–0 | [2] | ||||
| October 17 | Cincinnati |
| T 28–28 | ||||
| October 24 | at Oklahoma State * | L 14–34 | |||||
| October 31 | at North Texas State | L 0–12 | |||||
| November 7 | Houston |
| L 13–28 | 12,000 | |||
| November 14 | Drake * |
| W 20–7 | ||||
| November 21 | at Dayton * | L 13–18 | |||||
| November 26 | Tulsa |
| W 26–21 | 6,000 | |||
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