1956 Wichita Shockers football team

1956 Wichita Shockers football
ConferenceMissouri Valley Conference
Record4–6 (1–3 MVC)
Head coach
Home stadiumVeterans Field
1956 Missouri Valley Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Houston $ 4 – 0 – 0 7 – 2 – 1
Tulsa 2 – 1 – 1 7 – 2 – 1
Oklahoma A&M 2 – 1 – 1 3 – 5 – 2
1 – 3 – 0 4 – 7 – 0
Detroit 0 – 4 – 0 2 – 8 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1956 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 1956 college football season. In its second and final season under head coach Pete Tillman, the team compiled a 4–6 record (1–3 against conference opponents), finished in fourth place in the MVC, and was outscored by a total of 198 to 117.[1] The team played its home games at Veterans Field, now known as Cessna Stadium.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 15BYU*
W 13–014,302[2]
September 22at Arizona State*
L 9–3716,000[3]
September 29Hardin–Simmons*
  • Veterans Field
  • Wichita, KS
L 7–2012,800–12,806[4]
October 6Oklahoma A&M
  • Veterans Field
  • Wichita, KS
L 6–3216,941
October 13Detroit
  • Veterans Field
  • Wichita, KS
W 19–139,724[5]
October 20Drake*
  • Veterans Field
  • Wichita, KS
W 27–1413,132
November 3Houston
  • Veterans Field
  • Wichita, KS
L 16–4111,193[6]
November 10at Cincinnati*
L 0–2116,000
November 17at Dayton*
W 14–66,150
November 24at Tulsa
L 6–1413,121
  • *Non-conference game

[7]

References

  1. ^ "1956 Wichita State Shockers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved August 21, 2020.
  2. ^ "Wichita rolls past BYU by 13–0 margin". The Times-News. September 16, 1956. Retrieved April 30, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Tempe routs Wichita, 37–9". The Arizona Daily Star. September 23, 1956. Retrieved April 6, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Baugh's Cowboys rope Wichita Shockers, 20–7". Pampa Daily News. September 30, 1956. Retrieved April 6, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Klisanin Leads Wichita In Upset Over Detroit". Grand Bend (KS) Tribune. October 14, 1956. p. 21 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Cougars edge nearer title, belt Wichita". Waco Tribune-Herald. November 4, 1956. Retrieved April 6, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Schedule/Results (1956 Wichita)". NCAA Statistics. National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved April 13, 2025.
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