1974 Wichita State Shockers football team
American college football season
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The 1974 Wichita State Shockers football team was an American football team that represented Wichita State University as a member of the Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) during the 1974 NCAA Division I football season. In their first year under head coach Jim Wright, the team compiled an overall record of 1–9–1 with a mark of 1–4–1 in conference play, finishing in seventh place in the MVC.[1] Prior to hiring Wright, Wichita State offered the head coaching job to John Merritt of Tennessee State, who would have become the first black head coach of a major college football. Merritt, however, chose to remain at Tennessee State out of loyalty to his players and assistants.[2]
- Jim Wright (1st season)
| 1974 Wichita State Shockers football | |
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| Conference | Missouri Valley Conference |
| Record | 1–9–1 (1–4–1 MVC) |
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| Home stadium | Cessna Stadium |
| Conf. | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tulsa $ | 6 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Louisville | 3 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| West Texas State | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Drake | 2 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 3 | – | 7 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| New Mexico State | 2 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| North Texas State | 1 | – | 3 | – | 2 | 2 | – | 7 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wichita State | 1 | – | 4 | – | 1 | 1 | – | 9 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 7 | New Mexico State | L 12–13 | 25,412 | [3] | |
| September 14 | at Oklahoma State* | L 0–59 | 34,000 | [4] | |
| September 21 | at Kansas State* | L 0–17 | 32,800 | [5] | |
| September 28 | at West Texas State | L 7–41 | 8,000 | [6] | |
| October 5 | Louisville |
| L 7–14 | 15,903 | [7] |
| October 12 | at Tulsa | L 13–35 | 20,000 | [8] | |
| October 19 | Cincinnati* |
| L 0–43 | 10,732 | [9] |
| November 2 | Drake |
| W 23–14 | 6,238 | [10] |
| November 9 | North Texas State |
| T 10–10 | 8,724 | [11] |
| November 15 | at Fresno State* | L 12–24 | 5,878 | [12] | |
| November 23 | at Memphis State* | L 10–34 | 18,456 | [13] | |
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