1956 Wichita Shockers football team
American college football season
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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.
ConferenceMissouri Valley Conference
Record4–6 (1–3 MVC)
Headcoach
- Pete Tillman (2nd season)
HomestadiumVeterans Field
| 1956 Wichita Shockers football | |
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| Conference | Missouri Valley Conference |
| Record | 4–6 (1–3 MVC) |
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| Home stadium | Veterans Field |
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| 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wichita | 1 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Detroit | 0 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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| September 15 | BYU* | W 13–0 | 14,302 | [2] | |||
| September 22 | at Arizona State* | L 9–37 | 16,000 | [3] | |||
| September 29 | Hardin–Simmons* |
| L 7–20 | 12,800–12,806 | [4] | ||
| October 6 | Oklahoma A&M |
| L 6–32 | 16,941 | [5] | ||
| October 13 | Detroit |
| W 19–13 | 9,724 | [6] | ||
| October 20 | Drake* |
| W 27–14 | 13,132 | [7] | ||
| November 3 | Houston |
| L 16–41 | 11,193 | [8] | ||
| November 10 | at Cincinnati* | L 0–21 | 16,000 | [9] | |||
| November 17 | at Dayton* | W 14–6 | 6,150 | [10] | |||
| November 24 | at Tulsa | L 6–14 | 13,121 | [11] | |||
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