Does anyone miss Wichita St football?

[PhilSimms11]

They last played in 1986. They were in the Missouri Valley Conference from 1945-85...became an independent for their last season. Judging by their lack of winning seasons I'd guess no.

1986--(3-8)
1985--(3-8)
1984--(2-9)
1983--(3-8)
1982--(8-3)
1981--(4-6-1)
1980--(5-5-1)
1979--(1-10)
1978--(4-7)
1977--(5-6)
1976--(4-7)
1975--(3-8)
1974--(1-9-1)
1973--(4-7)
1972--(6-5)
1971--(3-8)
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1970--(0-9)--Plane crash that killed 31.
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1969--(2-8)
1968--(0-10)
1967--(2-7)
1966--(2-8)
1965--(2-7)
1964--(4-6)
1963--(7-2)
1962--(3-7)
1961--(8-3)
1960--(8-2)
1959--(5-4-1)
1958--(4-5-1)
1957--(1-9)
1956--(4-7)
1955--(7-2-1)
1954--(9-1)

 

[SteelersPride]

i miss them very much.

 

[78Cyclones]

I have actually seen the Shockers play a football game in person!

 

[NolePride]

I have actually seen the Shockers play a football game in person!

So have I.

Florida State beat them like a drum. Pretty good looking unis, though.

 

[78Cyclones]

So have I.

Florida State beat them like a drum. Pretty good looking unis, though.

I saw LSU shock that wheat in 1984! 47-7 IIRC.

 

[NolePride]

I saw LSU shock that wheat in 1984! 47-7 IIRC.

They really never fully recovered from their plane crash. They went down a month or so before Marshall in 1970.
But, I believe they were flying in two planes, and not everybody was killed on the first aircraft. I'm pretty sure
they returned to the field a week or two later against Arkansas. I remember TV showing one of their injured
players at the toss of the coin.

 

[78Cyclones]

They really never fully recovered from their plane crash. They went down a month or so before Marshall in 1970.
But, I believe they were flying in two planes, and not everybody was killed on the first aircraft. I'm pretty sure
they returned to the field a week or two later against Arkansas. I remember TV showing one of their injured
players at the toss of the coin.

I remember their plane crash. That haunted me a kid. I can still visualize the picture on the front page of the Birmingham News.

 

[PhilSimms11]

They really never fully recovered from their plane crash. They went down a month or so before Marshall in 1970.
But, I believe they were flying in two planes, and not everybody was killed on the first aircraft. I'm pretty sure
they returned to the field a week or two later against Arkansas. I remember TV showing one of their injured
players at the toss of the coin.

Wichita St's crash was October 2, 1970 and Marshall's was November 14, 1970. Damn....6 weeks apart.

 

[DragonfromTO]

Prince McJunkins is one of the greatest names ever.

 

[PickleRick]

Who?

 

[Deep Creek]

If my team dropped football, no one would miss us either.

 

[Ojb81]

I have actually seen the Shockers play a football game in person!

lol of course you have. if any one poster on this website has seen a live wichita state shocker football game, it had to have been you

 

[Blackshirts BLVD]

They last played in 1986. They were in the Missouri Valley Conference from 1945-85...became an independent for their last season. Judging by their lack of winning seasons I'd guess no.

1986--(3-8)
1985--(3-8)
1984--(2-9)
1983--(3-8)
1982--(8-3)
1981--(4-6-1)
1980--(5-5-1)
1979--(1-10)
1978--(4-7)
1977--(5-6)
1976--(4-7)
1975--(3-8)
1974--(1-9-1)
1973--(4-7)
1972--(6-5)
1971--(3-8)
-------------------------------
1970--(0-9)--Plane crash that killed 31.
-------------------------------
1969--(2-8)
1968--(0-10)
1967--(2-7)
1966--(2-8)
1965--(2-7)
1964--(4-6)
1963--(7-2)
1962--(3-7)
1961--(8-3)
1960--(8-2)
1959--(5-4-1)
1958--(4-5-1)
1957--(1-9)
1956--(4-7)
1955--(7-2-1)
1954--(9-1)

 

[jjc2009]

 

[outofyourmind]

 

[BamaDude]

I never saw the Wheat Shockers play in person or on tv, but I was saddened when they dropped their football program - the same as I was when Xavier (Ohio), Samford, Drake, Long Beach St., College of the Pacific, Santa Clara, UT-Arlington, Lamar, Nebraska-Omaha, Jacksonville U., and many other teams did the same thing.

Drake brought their program back after a year's layoff. It took Samford & Lamar a bit longer. I wish some of those other teams would follow suit - along with the likes of George Washington, Bridgeport, Vermont and Cal. St.-Chico. But the chances of that happening are pretty slim at the moment.

 

[CaptainStubing]

They have a good basketball program

 

[nappyvalley]

I bet the teams that were beating up on them every year for an easy win miss them

 

[olympicoscar]

They last played in 1986. They were in the Missouri Valley Conference from 1945-85...became an independent for their last season. Judging by their lack of winning seasons I'd guess no.

1986--(3-8)
1985--(3-8)
1984--(2-9)
1983--(3-8)
1982--(8-3)
1981--(4-6-1)
1980--(5-5-1)
1979--(1-10)
1978--(4-7)
1977--(5-6)
1976--(4-7)
1975--(3-8)
1974--(1-9-1)
1973--(4-7)
1972--(6-5)
1971--(3-8)
-------------------------------
1970--(0-9)--Plane crash that killed 31.
-------------------------------
1969--(2-8)
1968--(0-10)
1967--(2-7)
1966--(2-8)
1965--(2-7)
1964--(4-6)
1963--(7-2)
1962--(3-7)
1961--(8-3)
1960--(8-2)
1959--(5-4-1)
1958--(4-5-1)
1957--(1-9)
1956--(4-7)
1955--(7-2-1)
1954--(9-1)

A lot of people in Kansas with PTSD.