Wichita State Shockers football

Wichita State Shockers football
First season1897
Last season1986
StadiumCessna Stadium
(capacity: 31,500)
Field surfaceGrass
LocationWichita, Kansas
Past conferencesIndependent (1895–1923, 1927, 1940–1945, 1986)
Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference (1924–1926)
Central Intercollegiate (1928–1939)
Missouri Valley (1945–1985)
All-time record375–402–47 (.484)
Bowl record0–3 (.000)
Conference titles14
ColorsBlack and yellow[1]
   

The Wichita State Shockers football team was the college football program of Wichita State University in Wichita, Kansas. The Shockers fielded a team from 1897 to 1986.[2][3] They played their home games at Cessna Stadium and were members of the Missouri Valley Conference until the program was discontinued. The team was known as Fairmount Wheatshockers from its first season in 1897 to 1925, and the Wichita Shockers from 1926 through 1963.

  1. ^ Wichita State Athletics Brand Guide 2019 (PDF). August 2, 2019. Retrieved August 26, 2019.
  2. ^ "Wichita State drops football". Wichita, Kansas: The Rock Hill Herald. Associated Press. December 3, 1986. pp. Page 10A. Retrieved 8 July 2012.
  3. ^ "Wichita State suspends football program". The Evening News. December 3, 1986. pp. Page 2B. Retrieved 8 July 2012.