1940 Wichita Shockers football team

1940 Wichita Shockers football
ConferenceIndependent
Record6–4
Head coach
Seasons
← 1939
1941 →
1940 Midwestern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Wayne     4 1 3
Detroit     7 2 0
Notre Dame     7 2 0
Xavier     7 3 0
Ohio     5 2 2
Dayton     6 3 0
Cincinnati     5 3 1
Wichita     6 4 0
Central Michigan     4 3 1
Marquette     4 4 0
Michigan State     3 4 1
Ohio Wesleyan     2 4 3
Akron     2 5 2
Western State Teachers (MI)     2 5 0
Michigan State Normal     1 5 1
Miami (OH)     0 7 1

The 1940 Wichita Shockers football team was an American football team that represented Wichita University (now known as Wichita State University) as an independent during the 1940 college football season. In their 11th season under head coach Al Gebert, the Shockers compiled a 6–4 record and outscored opponents by a total of 102 to 72.[1]

Wichita was ranked at No. 159 (out of 697 college football teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score system for 1940.[2]

  1. ^ "1940 - Wichita St. (KS)". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 10, 2015. Retrieved August 25, 2020.
  2. ^ Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 19, 1940). "Final 1940 Litkenhous Ratings". The Boston Globe. p. 22 – via Newspapers.com.