1946 Wichita Shockers football | |
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Conference | Missouri Valley Conference |
Record | 5–5 (2–1 MVC) |
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Home stadium | Veterans Field |
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Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 17 Tulsa $ | 3 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wichita | 2 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Saint Louis | 1 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Oklahoma A&M | 1 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 7 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Drake | 0 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 6 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1946 Wichita Shockers football team, sometimes known as the Wheatshockers, was an American football team that represented the Wichita University (now known as Wichita State University) as a member of the Missouri Valley Conference during the 1946 college football season. In its second season under head coach Ralph Graham, the team compiled a 5–5 record (2–1 against conference opponents), finished second out of five teams in the MVC, and was outscored opponents by a total of 135 to 119.[1] The team played its home games at Veterans Field, now known as Cessna Stadium. The 1946 season was the first for Wichita after being classified as a "major college" football program.[2]
Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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September 21 | Tulsa | L 13–33 | 9,000 | [3] | |
September 28 | at Dayton |
| L 0–21 | 9,000 | [4] |
October 5 | at Kansas | L 7–14 | [5] | ||
October 11 | at Drake | W 12–6 | 5,500 | [6] | |
October 19 | Oklahoma City |
| L 0–28 | [7] | |
November 2 | at Washburn |
| W 21–0 | [8] | |
November 9 | at Saint Louis |
| W 13–0 | 2,500 | [9] |
November 15 | at West Texas State | Canyon, TX | L 6–7 | [10] | |
November 23 | Toledo |
| W 13–7 | 7,000 | [11] |
November 28 | Arizona State |
| W 34–19 | [12] |