1985 Wichita State Shockers football team
The 1985 Wichita State Shockers football team represented Wichita State University in the 1985 NCAA Division I-A football season.[1] The Shockers competed in their 89th season overall and 42nd in the Missouri Valley Conference, playing their home games at Cessna Stadium. The team, led by second-year head coach Ron Chismar, improved on their 2–9 output from the previous season, going 3–8.
| 1985 Wichita State Shockers football | |
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| Conference | Missouri Valley Conference |
| 1985 record | 3–8 (2–3 MVC) |
| Head coach | Ron Chismar (2nd season) |
| Home stadium | Cessna Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tulsa $ | 3 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| West Texas State | 3 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 6 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Illinois State | 3 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 6 | – | 3 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Indiana State | 2 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wichita State | 2 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Southern Illinois | 1 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Drake | 1 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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This was the final season of football for the Missouri Valley Conference, as the league, which by this point was a mixture of NCAA Division I-A (Tulsa and Wichita State) and NCAA Division I-AA programs (Drake, Illinois State, Indiana State, Southern Illinois, and West Texas State). The league voted on April 30, 1985 to drop football at the end of the 1985 season.[2]
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance |
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| September 7 | at Kansas State* | W 16–10 | 30,300 | |
| September 14 | at Minnesota* | L 14–28 | 56,094 | |
| September 21 | Toledo* | L 15–22 | ||
| September 28 | Southwestern Louisiana* |
| L 15–23 | |
| October 5 | at Texas–Arlington* |
| L 3–31 | |
| October 12 | at West Texas State | L 21–33 | ||
| October 19 | Drake |
| W 24–21 | |
| October 26 | Southern Illinois |
| W 35–34 | |
| November 2 | Tulsa |
| L 26–42 | |
| November 9 | at Illinois State | L 0–26 | ||
| November 23 | at Fresno State* | L 6–47 | 30,904 | |
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References
- "1985 Wichita State Shockers Stats" "Sports Reference"
- "Gainesville Sun - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com. Retrieved 2019-01-09.