1956 Wichita Shockers football team

1956 Wichita Shockers football
Conference	Missouri Valley Conference
Record	4–6 (1–3 MVC)
Head coach	Pete Tillman (2nd season)
Home stadium	Veterans Field

1956 Missouri Valley Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Houston $	4	–	0	–	0			7	–	2	–	1
Tulsa	2	–	1	–	1			7	–	2	–	1
Oklahoma A&M	2	–	1	–	1			3	–	5	–	2
Wichita	1	–	3	–	0			4	–	7	–	0
Detroit	0	–	4	–	0			2	–	8	–	0
$ – Conference champion

The 1956 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 1956 college football season. In its second and final season under head coach Pete Tillman, the team compiled a 4–6 record (1–3 against conference opponents), finished in fourth place in the MVC, and was outscored by a total of 198 to 117. The team played its home games at Veterans Field, now known as Cessna Stadium.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 15	BYU	Veterans Field Wichita, KS	W 13–0
September 22	at Arizona State	Goodwin Stadium Tempe, AZ	L 9–37
September 29	Hardin–Simmons	Veterans Field Wichita, KS	L 7–20
October 6	Oklahoma A&M	Veterans Field Wichita, KS	L 6–32
October 13	Detroit	Veterans Field Wichita, KS	W 19–13
October 20	Drake	Veterans Field Wichita, KS	W 27–14
November 3	Houston	Veterans Field Wichita, KS	L 16–41	11,193
November 10	at Cincinnati	Nippert Stadium Cincinnati, OH	L 0–21
November 17	at Dayton	Baujan Field Dayton, OH	W 14–6
November 24	at Tulsa	Skelly Field Tulsa, OK	L 6–14	13,121