1986 Wichita State Shockers football team

The 1986 Wichita State Shockers football team represented Wichita State University in the 1986 NCAA Division I-A football season.[1] The Shockers competed as an independent program and played their home games at Cessna Stadium. It was the Shockers 90th and final season. The team, coached by Ron Chismar, went 3–8 and announced on December 2 that the team's 1986 season would be its last. University officials cited financial issues and lack of success as two of many factors leading to the program's termination. The 1970 plane crash involving the Shockers football team, in which only nine of 37 passengers survived, also played a role in the shuttering of the program.

1986 Wichita State Shockers football
ConferenceIndependent
1986 record3–8
Head coachRon Chismar (3rd season)
Home stadiumCessna Stadium
1986 NCAA Division I-A independents football records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 1 Penn State        12 0 0
No. 2 Miami (FL)        11 1 0
No. 20 Virginia Tech        9 2 1
No. 19 Boston College        9 3 0
Tulsa        7 4 0
Florida State        7 4 1
Army        6 5 0
Southwestern Louisiana        6 5 0
Southern Miss        6 5 0
Temple        6 5 0
Pittsburgh        5 5 1
Rutgers        5 5 1
Cincinnati        5 6 0
Notre Dame        5 6 0
Syracuse        5 6 0
South Carolina        3 6 2
Tulane        4 7 0
West Virginia        4 7 0
Louisville        3 8 0
Navy        3 8 0
Wichita State        3 8 0
East Carolina        2 9 0
Northern Illinois        2 9 0
Memphis State        1 10 0
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendance
September 6San Francisco StateW 69–6
September 13at ToledoL 13–30
September 20Morehead State
  • Cessna Stadium
  • Wichita, KS
L 35–36
September 27at Iowa StateL 14–36
October 4at TulaneW 21–20
October 11UCF
  • Cessna Stadium
  • Wichita, KS
W 9–64,167
October 18at Florida StateL 3–5956,222
October 25Cincinnati
  • Cessna Stadium
  • Wichita, KS
L 19–24
November 1at Tulsa
L 10–38
November 8Illinois State
  • Cessna Stadium
  • Wichita, Kansas
L 10–17
November 15at No. 5 Arizona StateL 6–5265,333
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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