1949 Wichita Shockers football team

American college football season

1949 Wichita Shockers football
Conference	Missouri Valley Conference
Record	3–6–1 (2–3–1 MVC)
Head coach	Jim Trimble (2nd season)
Home stadium	Veterans Field
Seasons← 1948 1950 →

1949 Missouri Valley Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Detroit $	4	–	0	–	0	5	–	4	–	0
Drake	3	–	1	–	0	6	–	2	–	1
Oklahoma A&M	2	–	1	–	1	4	–	4	–	2
Wichita	2	–	3	–	1	3	–	6	–	1
Tulsa	1	–	2	–	1	5	–	5	–	1
Bradley	1	–	3	–	0	5	–	5	–	0
Saint Louis	0	–	3	–	1	2	–	6	–	0

$ – Conference champion

The 1949 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 1949 college football season. In its first season under head coach Jim Trimble, the team compiled a 3–6–1 record (2–3–1 against conference opponents), finished fourth out of seven teams in the MVC, and outscored opponents by a total of 212 to 211. The team played its home games at Veterans Field, now known as Cessna Stadium.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
September 24	Miami (OH)*	Veterans Field Wichita, KS	L 6–23
October 1	at Houston*	Public School Stadium Houston, TX	L 6–26	8,000
October 8	Bradley	Veterans Field Wichita, KS	W 21–13
October 15	at Nevada*	Mackay Stadium Reno, NV	L 7–20
October 22	Northern State*	Veterans Field Wichita, KS	W 91–0
October 29	at Tulsa	Skelly Stadium Tulsa, OK	W 27–21
November 5	at Saint Louis	Walsh Stadium St. Louis, MO	T 21–21
November 12	Drake	Veterans Field Wichita, KS	L 6–7
November 19	at Oklahoma A&M	Lewis Field Stillwater, OK	L 20–47
November 24	Detroit	Veterans Field Wichita, KS	L 7–33	8,000
*Non-conference game

References

"1949 Wichita State Shockers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 1, 2019.
Dick Peters (November 25, 1949). "Titans Win; Take Crown: Detroiters Roll Over Wichita, 33-7". Detroit Free Press. p. 36 – via Newspapers.com.

v t e Wichita State Shockers football
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
Seasons	1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986

Categories: