1954 Wichita Shockers football team
American college football season
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The 1954 Wichita Shockers football team was an American football team that represented the University of Wichita (now known as Wichita State University) as a member of the Missouri Valley Conference during the 1954 college football season. In its second and final season under head coach Jack Mitchell, the team compiled a 9–1 record (4–0 against MVC opponents), won the MVC championship, and outscored opponents by a total of 325 to 86.[1] The team played its home games at Veterans Field, now known as Cessna Stadium.
ConferenceMissouri Valley Conference
Record9–1 (4–0 MVC)
Headcoach
- Jack Mitchell (2nd season)
HomestadiumVeterans Field
| 1954 Wichita Shockers football | |
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MVC champion | |
| Conference | Missouri Valley Conference |
| Record | 9–1 (4–0 MVC) |
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| Home stadium | Veterans Field |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wichita $ | 4 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Houston | 3 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oklahoma A&M | 2 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Detroit | 1 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tulsa | 0 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 11 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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| September 18 | Emporia State* | W 69–7 | 9,372 | |||||
| September 25 | Utah State* |
| W 32–7 | 10,600–11,000 | [2] | |||
| October 1 | 8:00 p.m. | at Drake* | W 54–6 | 1,000 | [3][4][5] | |||
| October 9 | Oklahoma A&M |
| W 22–13 | 18,321 | ||||
| October 22 | at Denver* | L 14–27 | 15,076 | [6] | ||||
| October 30 | Houston |
| W 9–7 | 16,115 | [7] | |||
| November 6 | North Dakota State* |
| W 59–0 | 9,707 | [8] | |||
| November 13 | at No. 12 Cincinnati* | W 13–0 | 20,000 | [9] | ||||
| November 20 | Detroit |
| W 20–0 | 16,498 | [10] | |||
| November 25 | at Tulsa | W 33–19 | 8,661–8,800 | |||||
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