1962 Wichita Shockers football team
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| Conference | Missouri Valley Conference |
| Record | 3–7 (0–3 MVC) |
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| Home stadium | Veterans Field |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tulsa $ | 3 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| North Texas State | 2 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cincinnati | 1 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wichita | 0 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1962 Wichita Shockers football team 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 1962 NCAA University Division football season. In its first season under head coach Marcelino Huerta, the team compiled a 3–7 record (0–3 against conference opponents), finished in last place out of four teams in the MVC, and was outscored by a total of 139 to 127.[1] The team played its home games at Veterans Field, now known as Cessna Stadium. Pro Football Hall of Fame coach Bill Parcells was a junior linebacker on the team.
Schedule
[edit]| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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| September 15 | Louisville* | L 20–21 | |||||
| September 22 | Arizona State* |
| L 10–21 | 11,529 | [2] | ||
| September 29 | Hardin–Simmons* |
| W 13–6 | ||||
| October 6 | at Cincinnati | L 15–27 | |||||
| October 13 | New Mexico State* |
| W 24–6 | ||||
| October 20 | at Drake* | L 0–10 | 7,500 | [3] | |||
| October 27 | Montana State* |
| W 32–10 | ||||
| November 3 | North Texas State |
| L 7–9 | [4] | |||
| November 17 | at Dayton | L 0–8 | |||||
| November 22 | at Tulsa | L 6–21 | 10,000 | ||||
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References
[edit]- ^ "1962 Wichita State Shockers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved August 21, 2020.
- ^ "Arizona State rally sinks Shockers, 21–10". The Wichita Sunday Eagle & Beacon. September 23, 1962. Retrieved September 14, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Brief Summary Of Cumulative Football Statistics". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved December 10, 2022.
- ^ "North Texas knocks off Shocks, 9–7". The Wichita Eagle & Beacon. November 4, 1962. Retrieved November 1, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.