Bill Cosby, Kate Smith, Lou Rawls and Marilyn Maye performed and Ohio State coach Woody Hayes read a statement from president Richard Nixon. I would be somewhere and someone would ask me where I went to school. A list of the 31 people killed in the Wichita State football plane crash on Oct. 2, 1970. [18][19], In 2012, an attempt was made to begin a club-level football team at Wichita State with hopes of eventually reviving the football program, though no official endorsement was given by the university.[20]. A: On Nov. 14, 1970, a plane carrying Marshall's football team back crashed near the airport in Huntington, W.V., killing 75 people. A: Other factors budget woes,losing records, low attendance and loss of conference affiliation caused the demise of football. But, the DC-6 was damaged so the aviation company opted to use two Martin 4-0-4 aircraft. [38] The remaining portion of the schedule was designated the "second season. Orville Henry of the Arkansas Gazette wrote that WSU entered the stadium in a single-file line to a minute-long standing ovation from the crowd of 40,000. Date Original: Circa 1970. On October 2, 1970, a plane crashed that was carrying about half of the football team on their way to play a game against Utah State University. The starters played only 18 snaps, long enough to build a 20-0 lead. 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. According to history.com, on the plane were 37 football players, head coach Rick Tolley, team doctors, the university athletic director and 25 football boosters from the Huntington, W.Va. community. (AP Photo/File)AP. Copyright 2000-2023 Sports Reference LLC. Dorothy Harmon She served as interim athletic director after the crash. Wichita State University 2023. Taylor died Oct. 28 in a San Antonio hospital. Bert Katzenmeyer, 52, Wichita, athletic director, Marian Katzenmeyer, 52, Wichita, wife of athletic director, Marty Harrison, 19, Argonia, team manager, Carl Fahrbach, 50, Wichita, dean of admissions, Floyd Farmer, 35, Wichita, ticket manager, Ray Coleman, 45, Wichita, chairman of Shocker Club, Maxine Coleman, 43, Wichita, wife of chairman, John Grooms, 42, Wichita, won membership drive, Etta Mae Grooms, 38, Wichita, won membership drive, Yvonne King, 41, Hesston, wife of state representative. [10], On November 21, the Shockers lost to North Texas State by a 4124 score. (AP Photo)ASSOCIATED PRESS, Virginia Tech head football coach Frank Beamer places a memorial stone in honor of former Va Tech players Frank Loria and Rick Tolley at the Marshall memorial site at Springhill Cemetery in Huntington, W.Va. on Saturday, Sept. 24, 2011. All rights reserved. Eight players and the co-pilot survived. Tragedy struck the Aggies before the 1970 season as all-SWC defensive end Mike DeNiro died in a car crash. Joyce Series No: FBC613 Holdings: Box 1 (FBC613-1) Abilene Christian (Abilene Christian University - Abilene TX) 17 Sep 1960 vs East Texas State - 15 Oct 1960 vs Howard Payne - 29 Oct 1960 vs Mississippi Southern 30 Sep 1961 vs Lamar Tech 3 Nov 1962 vs Arlington State 26 Oct 1963 vs Trinity [37], After the crash, the team's scheduled games against Utah State and Southern Illinois were cancelled. YouTubes privacy policy is available here and YouTubes terms of service is available here. Bob Seaman took over as head coach after the crash. 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. (AP Photo)ASSOCIATED PRESS. Summarize this article for a 10 years old. The stadium is still used by the schools track and field, soccer, and lacrosse programs. "I look up there and think of them." Lewis could have been on the list. [11], In the final game of the season, the Shockers took a 170 lead over Lee Corso's bowl-bound Louisville Cardinals. . We were even joking about being so close to the ground, saying things like, Look, you can see the rabbits down there. Wichita State player Glenn Kostal, When we climbed out of the plane, I could tell with one quick look that I was in about the best condition. 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[11], When Willie Jeffries became Wichita States head coach in 1979, he became the first African-American head coach of a Division I-A football program. 9 in the country, Wichita lost by a 620 score. The show depicts the Shockers winning a national championship at the NCAA Division II level under the titular character.[23]. Wichita State University football players. There was talk over the summer about reviving the football program. See our list of forfeits and vacated games for more details. It crashed around 1 p.m. about 40 miles west of Denver on Mount Trelease. 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. players, athletic staff members and team boosters crashed at approximately 3 p.m. Wichita State was playing its first game since head coach Ben Wilson, athletic director Bert Katzenmeyer, 14 players and 15 other people died in a plane crash on Oct. 2, 1970 en route to a. We present them here for purely educational purposes. Aboard the plane were the Marshall University football team, coaching staff and boosters. Only nine people - including eight players - survived. Skipper. Homecomings are exciting times, Father, whether it be a homecoming with you when the game of life is over or whether it be a grand homecoming with this tremendous crowd today at Wichita State University. [1] The team played its home games at Cessna Stadium in Wichita, Kansas. It was - and still is - the largest shutout victory for Arkansas since 1947. Every year on Oct. 2, Wichita State University remembers the victims of the 1970 plane crash in Colorado, a tragedy that took the lives of 31 people on the trip to a football game in Utah the next day. The football players decided to continue the season, which was later designated as Wichita State has won fourteen conference titles. A marker on I-70 near the Eisenhower Tunnel is close to the crash site in Colorado. Or write about sports? Learn more. Marvin Brown, 19, Solomon, sophomore tailback, Don Christian, 20, Duncan, Okla., junior defensive back, John Duren, 19, Oklahoma City, sophomore end, Ron Johnson, 21, Kansas City, Mo., senior safety, Randy Kiesau, 20, Clinton, Okla., junior defensive back, Mal Kimmel, 21, St. Genevieve, Mo., senior center, Carl Krueger, 19, Chicago, sophomore tackle, Steve Moore, 21, Derby, senior linebacker, Tom Owen, 20, Temple Terrace, Fla., junior running back, Gene Robinson, 21, Dayton, Ohio, junior end, Tom Shedden, 20, Oklahoma City, junior tackle, Richard Stines, 19, Kansas City, Kan., sophomore guard, John Taylor, 21, Sherman, Texas, senior cornerback, Jack Vetter, 21, McPherson, senior tackle. 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. [2], The team included 22 returning lettermen led by junior quarterback Bob Renner, senior fullback Randy Jackson, and middle linebacker John Hoheisel. The NTSB said rain and poor visibility contributed to the crash. "[9] According to Nelson, Washburn completed three passes, and Fairmount completed two. [4], In the 1905 season, the Coleman Company set up temporary gas-powered lighting for a night game against Cooper College (now called the Sterling Warriors). In the afterglow of Kansas State's remarkable 2022 football season, some pieces are starting to fall into place for next year. Were still all so close, and we do so much of that in their memory. 1970-71 Men, 1958-59 Men, 2008-09 Women, 1975-76 Men, 1995-96 . This is a weekly feature at Hawgs247. Richard Taylor Minister at University United Methodist Church, he knew many of the players, coaches and administrators on the plane. The 1970 Wichita Shockers football teamwas an American footballteam that represented Wichita State Universityas a member of the Missouri Valley Conferenceduring the 1970 NCAA University Division football season. A longtime P.E. [13] On May 16, 2009 the Wichita State University alumni association held an all football players reunion at Cessna Stadium. However, at that point on the flight path, the crew would have been unable to see that the valley ended at Loveland Pass, and thus they proceeded into an area from which an escape was not possible. NTSB report, I feel I did everything that I could have done in the situation. 1990 Roster # Player Position Birthday Hometown High School Height Weight; 1: . A rescue worker probes though the wreckage of a plane crash in Silver Plume, Colo. on Oct. 2, 1970. For information, please contact us at: Wichita State University Libraries Special Collections and University Archives 1845 Fairmount, Wichita, KS 67260-0068 We acknowledge you as a real and important part of both. hands of the football players, university officials and eligibility rules. Do you have a blog? '70 at 9 a.m. each October 2. The official 1970 Football Roster for the North Dakota State Bison [17], In 2006, Wichita Mayor Carlos Mayans proposed to use public funds to restart the football program at Wichita State. Our reasoning for presenting offensive logos. Fairmount defeated Wichita High School, now known as Wichita East, by a score of 124 in the only game played that year. The team was headed to Logan, Utah, for a game the next day against Utah State. A little more than a month after Wichita State's tragedy, a plane carrying the Marshall football team crashed and killed all 75 people on board, including 37 players and nine members of the coaching staff. Do you have a blog? But I dont feel badly about anything I did. co-pilot Ronald Skipper. . (AP Photo/Chris Schneider) And when I heard that airplane, I knew there was something different. The NTSB estimated the plane exceeded its takeoff weight limitation by around 5,165 pounds. Explaining Shocker football's peculiar role in 'Ted Lasso', Campus of Applied Sciences and Technology, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wichita_State_Shockers_football&oldid=1133405551, American football teams established in 1895, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, Independent (18951923, 1927, 19401945, 1986), Central Intercollegiate Athletic Conference, Longest field goal (tied) Joe Williams 67 yards vs Southern Illinois October 21, 1978, This page was last edited on 13 January 2023, at 16:51. Understanding the 1970 Wichita State football plane crash. Wichita State cancelled its games against Utah State (Oct. 3) and Southern Illinois (Oct. 10) and moved its game against Cincinnati from Oct. 17 to Oct. 31. The pilots of the doomed aircraft were blamed for the accident by the National Transportation Safety Board. The National Transportation Safety Board issued this executive summary, The Board determines that the probable cause of this accident was the intentional operation of the aircraft over a mountain valley route at an altitude from which the aircraft could neither climb over the obstructing terrain ahead, nor execute a successful course reversal. [1] The team played its home games at Cessna Stadium in . Q: Did the crash contribute to Wichita State dropping football after the 1986 season? Without football, the Shockers' basketball program has become a powerhouse. The Shockers fielded a team from 1897 to 1986. The records below only includes games while a member of the conference and does not include games against teams listed below considered non-conference games. | Opinion, Rare critter eluded Kansas biologists for years. [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]. The game was officiated by then Washburn head coach John H. Outland. The 2006 movie, We Are Marshall, depicted the aftermath of the crash. on a mountain near Silver Plume, Colorado while en route to Logan, Utah for a game I headed down the mountain to get help and a pickup came and took me up to a construction site where we called for help. Wichita State player Mike Bruce, If the crew had been concerned about the aircrafts ability to clear the terrain ahead less than one minute sooner, when the aircraft was 1 1/2 to 2 miles east of Dry Gulch, a successful turnaround could have been executed. Once there, the senior parked his car and . The tragedy-ridden Wichita State football squad looked for all the world like kids just out of high school as they warmed up Saturday night to face the nations No. Herald-Dispatch photo archive - Marshall University (dark jerseys) beat Morehead State (white jerseys) 17-7 in the season opener Sept. 19, 1970, at Fairfield Stadium. The Thomas A. Reeves Memorial Scholarship honors the Wichita State trainer who died in the crash. Understanding the 1970 Wichita State football plane crash Two planes carrying Wichita State University football players, coaches, administrators and fans refueled on Oct. 2, 1970, in. Real-time updates and all local stories you want right in the palm of your hand. Taylor,. He would subsequently drop the plan weeks later. 84 defensive end Pete Naputano was a junior from Altoona who was on the injured list and not on the plane. with Utah State University. Use of and/or registration on any portion of this site constitutes acceptance of our User Agreement, Privacy Policy and Cookie Statement, and Your Privacy Choices and Rights (each updated 1/26/2023). The visiting Shockers fumbled the football an incredible 17 times, with the Seminoles recovering 10 times. 1970 Wichita State Shockers football team, 1970 NCAA University Division football season, 1970 Missouri Valley Conference football standings, Wichita State University football team plane crash. Mike Kennedy remembers when the paper bearing the Associated Press bulletin came over the wire in the KMUW radio newsroom on that October day in 1970. The first official football game played by Wichita State was in 1897, when they were known as Fairmount, under the coaching of T. H. Morrison. Keywords: Wichita, education, people. 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. ABC televised the event with Monty Hall as host. Significant factors were the overloaded condition of the aircraft, the virtual absence of flight planning for the chosen route of flight from Denver to Logan, a lack of understanding on the part of the crew of the performance capabilities and limitations of the aircraft, and the lack of operational management to monitor and appropriately control the actions of the flight crew., Federal investigators take readings from the instrument panel of the DC-9 jet that crashed in Kenova, West Virginia, Nov. 15, 1970, killing all 75 occupants, including the Marshall University football team. Matthew McConaughey stars as new head football coach Jack Lengyel who was brought in to rebuild the team. really had to, essentially, trust myself. [16], In 1998, an advisory committee at Wichita State recommended reinstating the football program at Wichita State after a 15-month study for $70,000. The main thing is that people take a few minutes to remember. 1970 Wichita State Shockers Roster | College Football at Sports-Reference.com via Sports Logos.net About logos 1970 Wichita State Shockers Roster Previous Year Next Year Record: 0-9 (123rd of 123) ( Schedule & Results ) Conference: MVC Conference Record: 0-4 Coach: Ben Wilson (0-9) Points For: 99 Points/G: 11.0 (116th of 123) Points Against: 381 Q: Why did Wichita State resume its season? The "Gold" plane, a Martin 404, carried 36 passengers and a crew of four. A: Nine days after the crash, the players voted 76-1 to start what became known as the Second Season. The players said returning to practice gave them a sense of comfort and allowed them to honor their teammates. However, the Cardinals came back to win the game by a 3424 score.[12]. Wichita State wore black jerseys, normally reserved for home games, for all six remaining games. The Wichita State Shockers football team was the college football program of Wichita State University in Wichita, Kansas. In one of the worst tragedies of college sports history, a plane carrying WSU football players, athletic staff members and team boosters crashed at approximately 3 p.m. on a mountain near Silver Plume, Colorado while en route to Logan, Utah for a game with Utah State University. [15], In 1997, the cost was cited at $11 million to restart the football program and three other women's sports. WSU lost to. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses. The team compiled a 09 record (04 against conference opponents), finished last out of five teams in the MVC, and was outscored by a total of 381 to 99. That event is the subject of the 2006 movie "We Are Marshall," starring Matthew McConaughey. Two planes carrying Wichita State University football players, coaches, administrators and fans refueled on Oct. 2, 1970, in Denver. Not a subscriber yet? They fielded a football team every year from 1895-1942 and 1944-1986. [8], On November 7, the Shockers showed marked improvement in a 2112 loss to Tulsa. Wichita Falls Coyotes State Champions: 1941 1949 1950 1958 1961 1969 1961 Schedule Record: 10-0-0 Head Coach: Joe Golding Vs Common Opponents (See All) Click on teams to see side-by-side scores. In his history of the sport of football, David M. Nelson concluded that "the first forward passes were thrown at the end of the 1905 season in a game between Fairmount and Washburn colleges in Kansas. The Shockers played in three bowl games and had an 03 record. service was held Monday evening at Cessna Stadium. Marshall lost, 17-14. Reeves, inducted in 1986 to the Shocker Sports Hall of Fame, is said to have helped several injured people after the crash. I feel badly that it happened, of course. The game with Utah State was cancelled. The university had a contract with Golden Eagle Aviation to provide a Douglas DC-6B to transport the team to away games. President Clark Ahlberg and dean of students Jim Rhatigan The universitys leaders dealt with the crush of notifications, funerals and memorial services. The Shockers would have likely still been over-matched against No. Cheers in this stadium have turned to tears and back again to cheers and all are a part of life.. KPTS will show its 2009 documentary Black & Gold: Remembering the WSU Plane Crash at 8 p.m. Friday. Q: How can I learn more about the plane crash? (What's happening with the Arkansas Razorbacks? But they could not pull the overweight plane, a Martin 404, out of a box canyon. 10/04/1970: Wichita, KS: Southeast: 6'5" 240: 99: Alonzo Spellman: DE: 9/27/1971: Mt. "[7] The Los Angeles Times reported that there was much kicking and that the game was considered much safer than regular play, but that the new rule was not "conducive to the sport."[8]. By the half, the freshmen were veterans. The first game following the air tragedy was Saturday, October A plane carrying the Wichita State University football team had crashed. Football players and coaches on the "Black" plane were told of the crash by Bob Seaman, assistant coach, shortly after arrival in Logan, Utah. It was bigger than most planes we get down here and flying a lot lower. www.kansas.com/sports/college/wichita-state/, Those left behind mourned and built new lives, A beautiful fall day then an ominous sound, Pilot steadfast in denying fault: Someone needed to be blamed, The years drive a wedge between survivors linked by tragedy, 1970 healing process began on a Saturday night in Little Rock, Former Utah State player still feels linked to Shockers, Former WSU player Rick Stephens rides to remember friends who died, Photos: Crash survivor and friends honor victims in Colorado, Bob Lutz: Bob Seaman kept Shocker football going in the wake of 1970s tragic plane crash, Payton Tolle delivers one of the best two-way games in Wichita State baseball history, About that bloody fetus picture you found on your car . Coach Bob Seaman Wichita States offensive coordinator took over as coach, a job he held until 1973, when athletic director Ted Bredehoft fired him. Join our linker program. Wichita State was playing its first game since head coach Ben Wilson, athletic director Bert Katzenmeyer, 14 players and 15 other people died in a plane crash on Oct. 2, 1970 en route to a game at Utah State. Many of us are familiar with the Marshall University story from the 2006 movie We Are Marshall.. Find . All rights reserved. View Previous Seasons LSFN All-Time Record 466-287-31 1970-71 Wichita State Roster and Stats Previous Season Next Season Record: 10-16 (0-0, in MVC ) Coach: Gary Thompson PS/G: 80.0 (82nd of 206) PA/G: 80.0 (136th of 206) SRS: 1.65 (81st of 203) SOS: 1.61 (80th of 203) Wichita State School History Roster & Stats Polls, Schedule & Results On this page: Roster Per Game Team and Opponent Stats Per Game Logos were compiled by the amazing SportsLogos.net. The elevation of the site is 10,750 feet. Instead of hanging around campus, the two traveled to Naputano's hometown of Altoona, Pa., with Withers making a detour to visit his maternal grandparents who lived in nearby Johnstown.. People can donate to the 70 Football Memorial Scholarship Fund at foundation.wichita.edu/give. The Shockers took 46 players to the game, 39 of them freshmen and sophomores. 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(AP Photo/Randy Snyder)AP. [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. However, the score took a backseat in this game. It was shown that $24 million in improvements were needed. Sports Reference Baseball; Football; Basketball; Hockey; Calcio; Blog; Stathead . Kostal, Dave Lewis, Keith Morrison, Bob Renner, Rick Stephens and co-pilot Ronald Our reasoning for presenting offensive logos. The Utah State football team held a brief memorial service at the stadium where the
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