1955 Wichita Shockers football team
{{short description|American college football season}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox college sports team season
| year = 1955
| team = Wichita Shockers
| sport = football
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| conference = Missouri Valley Conference
| short_conf = MVC
| record = 7–2–1
| conf_record = 3–1
| head_coach = Pete Tillman
| hc_year = 1st
| captain =
| stadium = Veterans Field
| champion = MVC co-champion
}}
{{1955 Missouri Valley Conference football standings}}
The 1955 Wichita Shockers football team was an American football team that represented the University of Wichita (now known as Wichita State University) as a member of the Missouri Valley Conference during the 1955 college football season. In its first season under head coach Pete Tillman, the team compiled a 9–1 record (4–0 against MVC opponents), tied for the MVC championship, and outscored opponents by a total of 252 to 132.{{cite web|title=1955 Wichita State Shockers Schedule and Results|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|work=SR/College Football|accessdate=April 9, 2019|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/wichita-state/1955-schedule.html}} The team played its home games at Veterans Field, now known as Cessna Stadium.
Schedule
{{CFB schedule
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|September 17||Arizona State
|September 24||Utah State
|September 30|at|Detroit|University of Detroit Stadium|Detroit, MI|L 0-41|12,800–12,837|{{cite news|title='New' Titans Spring 41-0 Surprise on Wichita|newspaper=Detroit Free Press|author=George Puscas|date=October 1, 1955|pages=11–12|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/15710519/new_titans_spring_410_surprise_on/|via=Newspapers.com}}
|October 8|at|Oklahoma A&M|Lewis Field|Stillwater, OK|W 14-7|14,500|
|October 15|at|South Dakota State
|October 22||Texas Western
|October 29|at|Houston|Rice Stadium|Houston, TX|W 21-7|18,000|{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-tyler-courier-times-cougars-bow-to-s/169694040/|work=The Tyler Courier-Times-Telegraph|title=Cougars bow to Shockers in 21–7 tilt|date=October 30, 1955|accessdate=April 6, 2025|via=Newspapers.com}}
|November 5||Cincinnati
|November 12||Drake
|November 24||Tulsa|Veterans Field|Wichita, KS|W 54-0|13,845|{{cite news|title=Shockers Deflate Tulsa|newspaper=The Manhattan Mercury|date=November 25, 1955|page=6|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/30459337/540_rout_shockers_deflate_tulsa/|via=Newspapers.com}}
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{{cite web |author= |title=Schedule/Results (1955 Wichita) |url=https://stats.ncaa.org/teams/333471 |publisher=National Collegiate Athletic Association |work=NCAA Statistics |access-date=April 12, 2025 }}
References
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{{Wichita State Shockers football navbox}}
{{Missouri Valley Conference football champions}}
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