1986 Wichita State Shockers football team

1986 Wichita State Shockers football
Conference	Independent
Record	3–8
Head coach	Ron Chismar (3rd season)
Home stadium	Cessna Stadium

1986 NCAA Division I-A independents football records

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 1 Penn State		–		–				12	–	0	–	0
No. 2 Miami (FL)		–		–				11	–	1	–	0
No. 20 Virginia Tech		–		–				9	–	2	–	1
No. 19 Boston College		–		–				9	–	3	–	0
Tulsa		–		–				7	–	4	–	0
Florida State		–		–				7	–	4	–	1
Army		–		–				6	–	5	–	0
Southwestern Louisiana		–		–				6	–	5	–	0
Southern Miss		–		–				6	–	5	–	0
Temple		–		–				6	–	5	–	0
Pittsburgh		–		–				5	–	5	–	1
Rutgers		–		–				5	–	5	–	1
Cincinnati		–		–				5	–	6	–	0
Notre Dame		–		–				5	–	6	–	0
Syracuse		–		–				5	–	6	–	0
South Carolina		–		–				3	–	6	–	2
Tulane		–		–				4	–	7	–	0
West Virginia		–		–				4	–	7	–	0
Louisville		–		–				3	–	8	–	0
Navy		–		–				3	–	8	–	0
Wichita State		–		–				3	–	8	–	0
East Carolina		–		–				2	–	9	–	0
Northern Illinois		–		–				2	–	9	–	0
Memphis State		–		–				1	–	10	–	0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1986 Wichita State Shockers football team represented Wichita State University in the 1986 NCAA Division I-A football season. The Shockers competed as an independent program and played their home games at Cessna Stadium. It was the Shockers 90th and final season. The team, coached by Ron Chismar, went 3–8 and announced on December 2 that the team's 1986 season would be its last. University officials cited financial issues and lack of success as two of many factors leading to the program's termination. The 1970 plane crash involving the Shockers football team, in which only nine of 37 passengers survived, also played a role in the shuttering of the program.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
September 6	San Francisco State	Cessna Stadium Wichita, KS	W 69–6
September 13	at Toledo	Glass Bowl Toledo, OH	L 13–30
September 20	Morehead State	Cessna Stadium Wichita, KS	L 35–36
September 27	at Iowa State	Jack Trice Stadium Ames, IA	L 14–36
October 4	at Tulane	Louisiana Superdome New Orleans, LA	W 21–20
October 11	UCF	Cessna Stadium Wichita, KS	W 9–6	4,167
October 18	at Florida State	Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, FL	L 3–59	56,222
October 25	Cincinnati	Cessna Stadium Wichita, KS	L 19–24
November 1	at Tulsa	Skelly Stadium Tulsa, OK	L 10–38
November 8	Illinois State	Cessna Stadium Wichita, Kansas	L 10–17
November 15	at No. 5 Arizona State	Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, AZ	L 6–52	65,333
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game