1974 Wichita State Shockers football team

The 1974 Wichita State Shockers football team was an American football team that represented Wichita State University as a member of the Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) during the 1974 NCAA Division I football season. In their first year under head coach Jim Wright, the team compiled an overall record of 1–9–1 with a mark of 1–4–1 in conference play, finishing in seventh place in the MVC.^[1]

1974 Wichita State Shockers football
Conference	Missouri Valley Conference
Record	1–9–1 (1–4–1 MVC)
Head coach	Jim Wright (1st season)
Home stadium	Cessna Stadium
Seasons ← 1973 1975 →

1974 Missouri Valley Conference football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Tulsa $	6	–	0	–	0			8	–	3	–	0
Louisville	3	–	2	–	0			4	–	7	–	0
West Texas State	3	–	3	–	0			6	–	5	–	0
Drake	2	–	3	–	1			3	–	7	–	1
New Mexico State	2	–	3	–	0			5	–	6	–	0
North Texas State	1	–	3	–	2			2	–	7	–	2
Wichita State	1	–	4	–	1			1	–	9	–	1
$ – Conference champion

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 7	New Mexico State	Cessna Stadium Wichita, KS	L 12–13	25,412	[2]
September 14	at Oklahoma State*	Lewis Field Stillwater, OK	L 0–59	34,000	[3]
September 21	at Kansas State*	KSU Stadium Manhattan, KS	L 0–17	32,800	[4]
September 28	at West Texas State	Kimbrough Memorial Stadium Canyon, TX	L 7–41	8,000	[5]
October 5	Louisville	Cessna Stadium Wichita, KS	L 7–14	15,903	[6]
October 12	at Tulsa	Skelly Stadium Tulsa, OK	L 13–35	20,000	[7]
October 19	Cincinnati*	Cessna Stadium Wichita, KS	L 0–43	10,732	[8]
November 2	Drake	Cessna Stadium Wichita, KS	W 23–14	6,238	[9]
November 9	North Texas State	Cessna Stadium Wichita, KS	T 10–10	8,724	[10]
November 15	at Fresno State*	Ratcliffe Stadium Fresno, CA	L 12–24	5,878	[11]
November 23	at Memphis State*	Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium Memphis, TN	L 10–34	18,456	[12]
*Non-conference game