1957 Wichita Shockers football team
American college football season
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The 1957 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 1957 college football season. In its first season under head coach Woody Woodard, the team compiled a 1–9 record (0–3 against conference opponents), finished in fifth place out of five teams in the MVC, and was outscored by a total of 250 to 66.[1] The team played its home games at Veterans Field, now known as Cessna Stadium.
ConferenceMissouri Valley Conference
Record1–9 (0–3 MVC)
Headcoach
- Woody Woodard (1st season)
HomestadiumVeterans Field
| 1957 Wichita Shockers football | |
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| Conference | Missouri Valley Conference |
| Record | 1–9 (0–3 MVC) |
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| Home stadium | Veterans Field |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Houston $ | 3 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| North Texas State | 1 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tulsa | 2 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cincinnati | 1 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wichita | 0 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 9 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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| September 21 | Arizona State* | L 0–28 | 14,001 | [2] | |||
| September 28 | Cincinnati |
| L 13–19 | 10,502 | [3] | ||
| October 5 | at Oklahoma State* | L 0–26 | 15,000 | [4] | |||
| October 12 | Detroit* |
| L 0–28 | 9,200 | [5] | ||
| October 19 | at Hardin–Simmons* |
| L 14–27 | 4,500–4,800 | [6] | ||
| November 2 | Dayton* |
| L 13–40 | 6,903 | [7] | ||
| November 9 | Drake* |
| W 14–7 | 6,000 | [8] | ||
| November 16 | Houston |
| L 6–27 | 6,000 | [9] | ||
| November 23 | at Villanova* | L 6–24 | 6,200 | [10] | |||
| November 30 | Tulsa |
| L 0–24 | 4,844 | [11] | ||
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