1968 Wichita State Shockers football team

1968 Wichita State Shockers football
ConferenceMissouri Valley Conference
Record0–10 (0–5 MVC)
Head coach
Home stadiumVeterans Field
Seasons
← 1967
1969 →
1968 Missouri Valley Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Memphis State $ 4 – 0 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
North Texas State 4 – 1 – 0 8 – 2 – 0
Cincinnati 2 – 2 – 0 5 – 4 – 1
Louisville 2 – 3 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
Tulsa 2 – 3 – 0 3 – 7 – 0
Wichita State 0 – 5 – 0 0 – 10 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1968 Wichita Shockers football team was an American football team that represented Wichita State University as a member of the Missouri Valley Conference during the 1968 NCAA University Division football season. In its first season under head coach Eddie Kriwiel, the team compiled a 0–10 record (0–5 against conference opponents), finished in last place out of six teams in the MVC, and was outscored by a total of 342 to 131.[2] The team played its home games at Veterans Field, now known as Cessna Stadium.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 21at West Texas State
L 0–26
September 28at Utah State
L 0–3810,324
October 5Drake
L 23–26
October 12Colorado State
  • Veterans Field
  • Wichita, KS
L 15–378,226[3]
October 19Cincinnati
  • Veterans Field
  • Wichita, KS
L 27–40
October 26Louisville
  • Veterans Field
  • Wichita, KS
L 14–21
November 9at New Mexico State
L 21–47
November 16at Memphis State
L 18–40
November 23North Texas State
  • Veterans Field
  • Wichita, KS
L 6–446,537[4]
November 28at Tulsa
L 7–238,000

References

  1. ^ https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/conferences/mvc/1968.html
  2. ^ "1968 Wichita State Shockers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved August 21, 2020.
  3. ^ "Colorado State stops Wichita State, 37–15". Albuquerque Journal. October 13, 1968. Retrieved September 16, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "North Texas humbles Wichita". The Salina Journal. November 24, 1968. Retrieved October 31, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.