1962 Wichita Shockers football team
American college football season
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The 1962 Wichita Shockers football team 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 1962 NCAA University Division football season. In its first season under head coach Marcelino Huerta, the team compiled a 3–7 record (0–3 against conference opponents), finished in last place out of four teams in the MVC, and was outscored by a total of 139 to 127.[1] The team played its home games at Veterans Field, now known as Cessna Stadium. Pro Football Hall of Fame coach Bill Parcells was a junior linebacker on the team.
ConferenceMissouri Valley Conference
Record3–7 (0–3 MVC)
Headcoach
- Marcelino Huerta (1st season)
HomestadiumVeterans Field
| 1962 Wichita Shockers football | |
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| Conference | Missouri Valley Conference |
| Record | 3–7 (0–3 MVC) |
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| Home stadium | Veterans Field |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tulsa $ | 3 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| North Texas State | 2 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cincinnati | 1 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wichita | 0 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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| September 15 | Louisville* | L 20–21 | 14,600 | [2] | |||
| September 22 | Arizona State* |
| L 10–21 | 11,529–11,530 | [3] | ||
| September 29 | Hardin–Simmons* |
| W 13–6 | 9,662 | [4] | ||
| October 6 | at Cincinnati | L 15–27 | 10,000 | [5] | |||
| October 13 | New Mexico State* |
| W 24–6 | 9,891 | [6] | ||
| October 20 | at Drake* | L 0–10 | 7,500 | [7] | |||
| October 27 | Montana State* |
| W 32–10 | 7,630 | [8] | ||
| November 3 | North Texas State |
| L 7–9 | 8,185 | [9] | ||
| November 17 | at Dayton | L 0–8 | 5,000 | [10] | |||
| November 22 | at Tulsa | L 6–21 | 10,000–10,057 | [11] | |||
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