1952 Wichita Shockers football team
| 1952 Wichita Shockers football | |
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| Conference | Missouri Valley Conference |
| 1952 record | 3–6–1 (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 | 8 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 12 Tulsa | 3 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 2 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oklahoma A&M | 2 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Detroit | 1 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wichita | 0 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 6 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1952 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 1952 college football season. In its third and final season under head coach Robert S. Carlson, the team compiled a 3–6–1 record (0–3 against conference opponents), finished last out of five teams in the MVC, and was outscored by a total of 235 to 159.[1] The team played its home games at Veterans Field, now known as Cessna Stadium.
Schedule[]
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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| September 20 | Boston University* | L 0–6 | 12,500 | [2] | |||
| September 26 | at Detroit | Detroit, MI | L 7–22 | 13,521 | [3] | ||
| October 4 | at Bradley* | Peoria, IL | W 13–0 | ||||
| October 11 | Oklahoma A&M |
| L 21–35 | ||||
| October 18 | at Miami (OH)* | L 7–56 | |||||
| October 25 | at Tulsa |
| L 0–28 | ||||
| November 1 | Utah State* |
| T 20–20 | ||||
| November 7 | Carswell Air Force Base* |
| L 16–48 | ||||
| November 15 | at Drake* |
| W 41–14 | ||||
| November 27 | New Mexico A&M* |
| W 34–6 | ||||
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References[]
- ^ "1952 Wichita State Shockers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved August 21, 2020.
- ^ Lightner, Pete (September 21, 1952). "Boston Gets Winning T.D. in Final 5 Minutes". The Wichita Eagle. Wichita, Kansas. p. 31. Retrieved June 11, 2021 – via Newspapers.com
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- ^ Dick Peters (October 5, 1952). "Villanova Squeezes Past U-D by 21-7 Margin". Detroit Free Press. pp. C1, C3 – via Newspapers.com.
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- 1952 Missouri Valley Conference football season
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- 1952 in sports in Kansas