1965 Wichita State Shockers football team
| 1965 Wichita State Shockers football | |
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| Conference | Missouri Valley Conference |
| Record | 2–7 (0–4 MVC) |
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| Home stadium | Veterans Field |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tulsa $ | 4 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Louisville | 2 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| North Texas State | 2 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cincinnati | 1 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wichita State | 0 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1965 Wichita Shockers football team was an American football team that represented Wichita State University as a member of the Missouri Valley Conference during the 1965 NCAA University Division football season. In its first season under head coach George Karras, the team compiled a 2–7 record (0–4 against conference opponents), finished last out of five teams in the MVC, and was outscored by a total of 170 to 120.[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 25 | at Montana State* | L 6–17 | 8,000 | [2] | |||
| October 2 | at Cincinnati | L 6–14 | |||||
| October 9 | at Arizona State* | L 6–8 | |||||
| October 16 | New Mexico State* | L 20–45 | [3] | ||||
| October 23 | Southern Illinois* |
| W 27–0 | ||||
| October 30 | at Louisville | L 10–30 | |||||
| November 6 | at North Texas State | L 21–24 | 14,000 | [4] | |||
| November 13 | Utah State* |
| W 21–19 | 7,266 | |||
| November 20 | Tulsa |
| L 3–13 | 12,000 | |||
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References
- ^ "1965 Wichita State Shockers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved August 21, 2020.
- ^ "Brief Summary Of Cumulative Football Statistics". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved December 21, 2022.
- ^ Abe J. Perilman (October 17, 1965). "Aggies Stomp Shockers 45-20: Locals Produce Best Offensive Punch Of Year". Las Cruces Sun-News. p. 18 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "NTS hits late to jar Wichita". The Wichita Eagle & Beacon. November 7, 1965. Retrieved November 1, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.