1969 Wichita State Shockers football team

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1969 Wichita State Shockers football
Conference	Missouri Valley Conference
Record	2–8 (1–3 MVC)
Head coach	Ben Wilson (1st season)
Home stadium	Cessna Stadium
Seasons ← 1968 1970 →

The 1969 Wichita Shockers football team was an American football team that represented Wichita State University as a member of the Missouri Valley Conference during the 1969 NCAA University Division football season. In its first season under head coach Ben Wilson, the team compiled a 2–8 record (1–3 against conference opponents), finished fifth out of six teams in the MVC, and was outscored by a total of 273 to 121.^[2] The team played its home games at Veterans Field, now known as Cessna Stadium.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 13	Utah State*	Cessna Stadium Wichita, KS	W 17–7	28,248
September 20	at Florida State*	Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, FL	L 0–24	31,821
September 27	at Colorado State*	Hughes Stadium Fort Collins, CO	L 21–50	20,751	^[3]
October 4	West Texas State*	Cessna Stadium Wichita, KS	L 14–24
October 11	New Mexico State*	Cessna Stadium Wichita, KS	L 6–23
October 18	at Cincinnati	Nippert Stadium Cincinnati, OH	L 14–21
October 25	at No. 4 Arkansas*	War Memorial Stadium Little Rock, AR	L 14–52	36,178
November 8	at North Texas State	Fouts Field Denton, TX	L 0–47	17,300	^[4]
November 15	at Louisville	Cardinal Stadium Louisville, KY	L 7–13
November 22	Tulsa	Cessna Stadium Wichita, KS	W 28–12	19,878
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

^ https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/conferences/mvc/1969.html
^ "1969 Wichita State Shockers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved August 21, 2020.
^ "Colorado State rips Wichita State, 50–21". The Kansas City Star. September 28, 1969. Retrieved September 16, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Yup, the gun was loaded; Shocks killed by rifle fire". The Wichita Eagle and Beacon. November 9, 1969. Retrieved October 31, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.

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Venues	Cessna Stadium (1946–1986)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games
Culture & lore	1905 Cooper game 1905 Washburn game Camellia Bowl 1970 plane crash Timeline of football in Kansas
People	Head coaches NFL draftees
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