1944 Wichita Shockers football team
{{short description|American college football season}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox college sports team season
| year = 1944
| team = Wichita Shockers
| sport = football
| image =
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| conference = Independent
| record = 5–2–1
| head_coach = Melvin J. Binford
| hc_year = 1st
| captain =
| stadium =
| prev_year = 1942
}}
{{1944 Midwestern college football independents records}}
The 1944 Wichita Shockers football team was an American football team that represented Wichita University (now known as Wichita State University) as an independent during the 1944 college football season. In its first season under head coach Melvin J. Binford, the team compiled a 5–2–1 record.{{cite web|title=Wichita St. (KS) Yearly Results (1940-1944)|publisher=College Football Data Warehouse|accessdate=April 9, 2019|url=https://cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/discontinued/w/wichita_state/1940-1944_yearly_results.php}}{{Dead link|date=December 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
The team was led on offense by halfback Linwood Sexton, one of the first African-Americans to play for Wichita.
Schedule
{{CFB schedule
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|September 23|||{{cfb link|year=1944|team=Rockhurst Hawks|title=Rockhurst}}||Wichita, KS|W 24-0||{{cite news|title=Wichita University Pummels Rockhurst|newspaper=The Manhattan Mercury-Chronicle|date=September 24, 1944|page=2|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/30466173/wichita_university_pummels_rockhurst/|via=Newspapers.com}}
|September 30||at|Kansas State|Memorial Stadium|Manhattan, KS|T 6-6|3,500|
|October 14|2:30 p.m.|at|Olathe NAS||Olathe, KS|L 0-13||{{cite news |author= |title=The Clippers Vs. Wichita |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-kansas-city-times/122770872/ |newspaper=Kansas City Times |location=Kansas City, Missouri |agency=Associated Press |date=October 14, 1944 |page=14 |access-date=April 12, 2023 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}{{cite news |author= |title=Munies Lose To Olathe Naval Crew, 13 To 0 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-wichita-eagle/122770755/ |newspaper=The Wichita Sunday Eagle |location=Wichita, Kansas |agency=Associated Press |date=October 15, 1944 |page=12 |access-date=April 12, 2023 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}{{cite news|title=Clippers Clip Wichita U.|newspaper=The Manhattan Mercury-Chronicle|date=October 15, 1944|page=2|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/30465875/clippers_clip_wichita_u/|via=Newspapers.com}}
|October 21|||{{cfb link|year=1944|team=Doane Tigers|title=Doane}}||Wichita, KS|W 14-13||
|October 28||at|Rockhurst||Kansas City, MO|W 14-12||{{cite news|title=Rockhurst Taken By Wichita 14-12|newspaper=The Manhattan Mercury-News|date=October 29, 1944|page=5|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/30466468/rockhurst_taken_by_wichita_1412/|via=Newspapers.com}}
|November 4|||Kansas State||Wichita, KS|L 0-15||
|November 11|||{{cfb link|year=1944|team=McCook Army Air Field Bombers|title=McCook AAF}}||Wichita, KS|W 13-7||{{cite news|title=Wichita U. Whips McCook, Neb., AAF|newspaper=The Manhattan Mercury-Chronicle|date=November 12, 1944|page=2|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/30465569/wichita_u_whips_mccook_neb_aaf/|via=Newspapers.com}}
|November 23|||{{cfb link|year=1944|team=Drake Bulldogs|title=Drake}}||Wichita, KS|W 13-12||{{cite news|title=Wichita Nips Drake, 13-12|newspaper=Minneapolis Morning Tribune|date=November 24, 1944|page=17|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/30465392/wichita_nips_drake_1312/|via=Newspapers.com}}
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References
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