1968 Wichita State Shockers football team

1968 Wichita State Shockers football
ConferenceMissouri Valley Conference
Record0–10 (0–5 MVC)
Head coach
Home stadiumVeterans Field
1968 Missouri Valley Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Memphis State $ 5 – 0 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
North Texas State 4 – 1 – 0 8 – 2 – 0
Cincinnati 3 – 2 – 0 5 – 4 – 1
Louisville 2 – 3 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
Tulsa 2 – 3 – 0 3 – 7 – 0
0 – 5 – 0 0 – 10 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • Memphis State's game against Southern Miss and Cincinnati's game against Miami (OH) counted in the conference standings.

The 1968 Wichita Shockers football team was an American football team that represented Wichita State University as a member of the Missouri Valley Conference during the 1968 NCAA University Division football season. In its first season under head coach Eddie Kriwiel, the team compiled a 0–10 record (0–5 against conference opponents), finished in last place out of six teams in the MVC, and was outscored by a total of 342 to 131.[1] The team played its home games at Veterans Field, now known as Cessna Stadium.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 21at West Texas State*
L 0–2615,100
September 28at Utah State*
L 0–3810,324
October 5Drake*
L 23–264,813
October 12Colorado State*
  • Veterans Field
  • Wichita, KS
L 15–378,226[2]
October 19Cincinnati
  • Veterans Field
  • Wichita, KS
L 27–406,221
October 26Louisville
  • Veterans Field
  • Wichita, KS
L 14–216,309
November 9at New Mexico State*
L 21–477,356
November 16at Memphis State
L 18–4013,334
November 23North Texas State
  • Veterans Field
  • Wichita, KS
L 6–446,537[3]
November 28at Tulsa
L 7–238,000
  • *Non-conference game

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References

  1. ^ "1968 Wichita State Shockers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved August 21, 2020.
  2. ^ "Colorado State stops Wichita State, 37–15". Albuquerque Journal. October 13, 1968. Retrieved September 16, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "North Texas humbles Wichita". The Salina Journal. November 24, 1968. Retrieved October 31, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Schedule/Results (1968 Wichita State)". NCAA Statisticss. National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved April 14, 2025.
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