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Record (W-L-T): 167-254-12. Adjusted Record (W-L-T): 168-253-12. Conferences: Ind, MVC. Conf. Championships: 5. Bowl Record: 3 Bowls, 0-3, .000 W-L% ( Major Bowls ) Ranked in AP Poll: 0 Times (Preseason), 0 Times (Final), 0 Weeks (Total) Ranked in CFP Rankings: 0 Times (Final), 0 Weeks (Total) Location: Wichita, Kansas.
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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. 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 from its ...
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- Cessna Stadium, (capacity: 31,500)
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Wichita State University fielded a football team for 90 years before it was cut in 1986 due to poor attendance, financial red ink, NCAA recruiting violations, and the state of disrepair of Cessna Stadium.
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Oct 1, 2020 · IT'S BEEN CALLED college football's forgotten tragedy. Why? Because it took place 50 years ago. Because Wichita State ended its football program in 1986.
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- Chris Connelly, Reporter
For 90 years, from 1896 through 1986, fall football games were rallying points for many in the Shocker community. As one Parnassus writer penned back in 1921: “When Fairmount plays football, the game is not played by eleven men in moleskins. It is played by every student in the school.
Aug 13, 2020 · In real life, Wichita State dropped football after the 1986 season. “We got to use the logo and everything and I like the fact that they don’t have a football team — just like AFC Richmond is fake, too — which allows us to create this mythology for Ted,” Sudeikis told The Kansas City Star.
List of Wichita State Shockers head football coaches. The Wichita State Shockers football program was a college football team that represented Wichita State University until the school discontinued football. The team had 32 head coaches since its first recorded football game in 1897.