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1968 Wichita State

0–⁠10 (0–⁠5 Missouri Valley Conference).

Schedule and results

Wichita State in 1968, game by game: lost at West Texas 0–26; lost at Utah State 0–38; lost vs. Drake 23–26; lost vs. Colorado State 15–37; lost vs. Cincinnati 27–40; lost vs. Louisville 14–21; lost at New Mexico State 21–47; lost at Memphis 18–40; lost vs. North Texas 6–44; lost at Tulsa 7–23+7−38Lost 0–26 at West Texas-26West TexasLost 0–38 at Utah State-38Utah StateLost 23–26 vs. Drake-3DrakeLost 15–37 vs. Colorado State-22Colorado StateLost 27–40 vs. Cincinnati-13CincinnatiLost 14–21 vs. Louisville-7LouisvilleLost 21–47 at New Mexico State-26New Mexico StateLost 18–40 at Memphis-22MemphisLost 6–44 vs. North Texas-38North TexasLost 7–23 at Tulsa-16Tulsa
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 21atWest TexasL 0–⁠2628%
Sep 28atUtah StateL 0–⁠3821%
Oct 5vsDrakeL 23–⁠2653%
Oct 12vsColorado StateL 15–⁠3748%
Oct 19vsCincinnatiL 27–⁠4042%
Oct 26vsLouisvilleL 14–⁠2131%
Nov 9atNew Mexico StateL 21–⁠4722%
Nov 16atMemphisL 18–⁠4012%
Nov 23vsNorth TexasL 6–⁠4416%
Nov 28atTulsaL 7–⁠2324%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Tulsa 23–⁠7; unranked in the final AP poll; 6th in the Missouri Valley Conference.

In program history: The 40th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 65 on file).

Record
0–⁠10
Conference
0–⁠5 6th in Missouri Valley Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
131–⁠342
Coach
—
Elo
1250 −152 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−27.6 No. 115 of 119 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

Drafted in 1969

The 1969 draft
Rd 5Earl Edwards DTSan Francisco 49ers
Rd 6Jimmy Jones LBNew York Jets

1968 Missouri Valley Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Memphis4–⁠06–⁠4
North Texas4–⁠18–⁠2
Cincinnati2–⁠25–⁠4–⁠1
Louisville2–⁠35–⁠5
Tulsa2–⁠33–⁠7
Wichita State0–⁠50–⁠10

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.