The 1970 Wichita Shockers football team was an American football team that represented Wichita State University as a member of the Missouri Valley Conference during the 1970 NCAA University Division football season. The team compiled a 0–9 record (0–4 against conference opponents), finished last out of five teams in the MVC, and was outscored by a total of 381 to 99.[1] The team played its home games at Cessna Stadium in Wichita, Kansas.
Head coach Ben Wilson, 14 players, and 16 others died on October 2 in the Wichita State University football team plane crash. Bob Seaman took over as head coach after the crash.
The team's statistical leaders included Rick Baehr with 513 passing yards, Don Gilley with 290 rushing yards and 12 points scored, Bill Moore with 175 receiving yards.[2]
The team included 22 returning lettermen led by junior quarterback Bob Renner, senior fullback Randy Jackson, and middle linebacker John Hoheisel.[13] Hoheisel, who was described by coach Wilson in the preseason as "the heart and soul of our defense",[13] was selected as the team captain.[14] Prior to the start of the season, second-year head coach Ben Wilson described his squad as a young club with good team speed, room to improve, and "a chance to surprise a lot of people."[13]
On September 12, Wichita State opened its season with a 41–14 loss to Gene Stallings' Texas A&M Aggies before a crowd of 30,006 in College Station, Texas.[3] They followed with losses to Arkansas State on September 19 and West Texas State on September 26.
On Friday, October 2, 1970, Wichita State traveled to Logan, Utah, in two chartered planes, designated as "Gold" and "Black" according to the school colors, for a game against Utah State. The "Gold" plane carrying the first-team players and staff crashed in Colorado's Loveland Pass.[15] Thirty-one persons were killed in the crash, including the following 14 players:[16][17]
The fatalities also included head coach Ben Wilson (and his wife Helen), athletic director Bert Katzenmeyer (and his wife Marian), team manager Marty Harrison (age 19), team trainer Tom Reeves, admissions director Carl Fahrbach, ticket manager Floyd Farmer, Shocker Club chairman Ray Coleman (and his wife Maxine), Kansas state representative Ray King (and his wife Yvonne), the plane's pilot Dan Crocker, and two stewardesses.[17][24]
In addition to the 14 players killed, eight other players survived the crash with varying degrees of injury:
On the scheduled game day, the team held a memorial service at Romney Stadium in Logan and placed a wreath on the 50-yard line.[34] Classes at Wichita State were canceled for Monday, October 5, and a memorial service was held that evening at the school's Cessna Stadium.[35]
The following month, Southern Airways Flight 932 carrying the Marshall University football team crashed, killing 37 members of that team.[36] At the end of the season, a nationally televised fundraising program hosted by Monty Hall was aired to raise money for the victims of the two crashes.[37]
After the crash, the team's scheduled games against Utah State and Southern Illinois were cancelled. However, the surviving members of the team voted 76-to-1 to complete the 1970 schedule.[38] The remaining portion of the schedule was designated the "second season."[39] Assistant coach Bob Seaman took over as the team's head coach after the crash.[40]
On October 24, 1970, the team played the first game after the crash. With permission from the NCAA, the Shockers played seven freshmen in their starting lineup. Facing an Arkansas team ranked No. 9 in the country, Wichita lost by a 62–0 score.[7] The Arkansas crowd cheered for the effort demonstrated by Wichita State, and Arkansas coach Frank Broyles benched his first team after seven minutes and used 61 players in the game.[41]
On October 31, the Shockers lost by at 35–5 score to Cincinnati before a homecoming crowd of 27,210. Prior to the game, a 15-minute ceremony featuring astronaut John Swigert was held to commemorate the team's return to Cessna Stadium for its first game since the crash. The Shockers started seven freshmen and 10 sophomores and scored five points on a 37-yard field goal by John Potts and a safety when Cincinnati quarterback Bill Carter was tackled in the end zone.[8]
On November 7, the Shockers showed marked improvement in a 21–12 loss to Tulsa. Trailing 21–6 in the fourth quarter, Wichita's freshman quarterback Tom Owen threw a 21-yard touchdown pass to wingback Tim Thissen to narrow the score to 21–12.[9]
On November 14, Wichita lost to Memphis State by a 51–6 score. The Shockers only points were scored in the first quarter on a 14-yard touchdown pass from Tom Owen to Eddie Plopa.[10]
On November 21, the Shockers lost to North Texas State by a 41–24 score. The highlight of the game for Wichita was a 105-yard kickoff return by tailback Don Gilley in the first quarter. Wichita's freshman quarterback Rick Baher also threw two touchdown passes, and John Potts kicked a 47-yard field goal.[11]
In the final game of the season, the Shockers took a 17–0 lead over Lee Corso's bowl-bound Louisville Cardinals. However, the Cardinals came back to win the game by a 34–24 score.[12]
The following players from the 1970 team were not on the plane that crashed:
Ця стаття є списком правителів Литви[1], що включає усіх правителів, та співправителів литовських державних утворень. Зміст 1 Литовські князі 2 Великі князі литовські 2.1 Міндовги (1236—1285) 2.2 Гедиміновичі (1285—1440) 2.3 Ягеллони (1440—1569) 3 Королі польські й великі князі литовськ
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