1968 Wichita State Shockers football team

American college football season

1968 Wichita State Shockers football

Conference| Missouri Valley Conference
Record| 0–10 (0–5 MVC)
Head coach|

* Eddie Kriwiel (1st season)

Home stadium| Veterans Field

Seasons

<- 1967

1969 ->

1968 Missouri Valley Conference football standings

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Team | W |  | L |  | T |  |  | W |  | L |  | T
Memphis State $  | 4  | - | 0  | - | 0 |  |  | 6  | - | 4  | - | 0
North Texas State | 4  | - | 1  | - | 0 |  |  | 8  | - | 2  | - | 0
Cincinnati | 2  | - | 2  | - | 0 |  |  | 5  | - | 4  | - | 1
Louisville | 2  | - | 3  | - | 0 |  |  | 5  | - | 5  | - | 0
Tulsa | 2  | - | 3  | - | 0 |  |  | 3  | - | 7  | - | 0
Wichita State | 0  | - | 5  | - | 0 |  |  | 0  | - | 10  | - | 0

* $ - Conference champion

The 1968 Wichita Shockers football team was an American football team that represented Wichita State University as a member of the Missouri Valley Conference during the 1968 NCAA University Division football season. In its first season under head coach Eddie Kriwiel, the team compiled a 0–10 record (0–5 against conference opponents), finished in last place out of six teams in the MVC, and was outscored by a total of 342 to 131.[2] The team played its home games at Veterans Field, now known as Cessna Stadium.

## Schedule[edit]

Date| Opponent| Site| Result| Attendance| Source

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September 21| at West Texas State|

* Kimbrough Memorial Stadium
* Canyon, TX

| L 0–26| |
September 28| at Utah State|

* Romney Stadium
* Logan, UT

| L 0–38| 10,324|
October 5| Drake|

* Veterans Field
* Wichita, KS

| L 23–26| |
October 12| Colorado State|

* Veterans Field
* Wichita, KS

| L 15–37| 8,226|
October 19| Cincinnati|

* Veterans Field
* Wichita, KS

| L 27–40| |
October 26| Louisville|

* Veterans Field
* Wichita, KS

| L 14–21| |
November 9| at New Mexico State|

* Memorial Stadium
* Las Cruces, NM

| L 21–47| |
November 16| at Memphis State|

* Memphis Memorial Stadium
* Memphis, TN

| L 18–40| |
November 23| North Texas State|

* Veterans Field
* Wichita, KS

| L 6–44| 6,537| [3]
November 28| at Tulsa|

* Skelly Field
* Tulsa, OK

| L 7–23| 8,000|

## References[edit]

1. ^ https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/conferences/mvc/1968.html
2. ^ "1968 Wichita State Shockers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved August 21, 2020.
3. ^ "North Texas humbles Wichita". The Salina Journal. November 24, 1968. Retrieved October 31, 2021 - via Newspapers.com.

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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

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