The good news for the Wildcats is the increasing likelihood their entire offensive line will return, including junior left guard Cooper Beebe. [35], The following month, Southern Airways Flight 932 carrying the Marshall University football team crashed, killing 37 members of that team. Naputano was one of four players who led the team onto the field in the spring of 1971 the others were Felix Jordan, Ed Carter and Nate Ruffin. Looking back on it, we probably expected the coaches to do way too much, Rhatigan said. [1] The team played its home games at Cessna Stadium in Wichita, Kansas. Q: Did the crash contribute to Wichita State dropping football after the 1986 season? of the survivors to Denver. A memorial to Wichita State University football player John Taylor lies among the remains of the tragic plane clash Oct. 2, 1970, near the Loveland Ski Area that killed 31 people. 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. The crash claimed the lives of 31 members of the Wichita State University football team. We need your support. He would subsequently drop the plan weeks later. Remembering the 31 people who died on Oct. 2, 1970 through the archives of The Wichita Eagle: Photos of the team and the crash | The names of the victims, 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 | It is time to heal | Playing with pain, Marvin Brown was Solomons favorite son | Daughter grew up without her da-da | Complex connection for WSU survivors | Families never lose memories | 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. The use of software that blocks ads hinders our ability to serve you the content you came here to enjoy. And for the next five minutes, players for both sides embraced, shook hands and talked about the football game.. Former T. C. Williams High School football coach Herman Boone, who was portrayed by Denzel Washington in the film Remember the Titans, compared Jeffriess hiring to that of Jackie Robinson signing with the Brooklyn Dodgers. But it was a team that hung together. John Yeros, The friendships and bonds forged have been a very important of all our lives. A: The Wichita Eagle archives many stories and pictures from its coverage at www.kansas.com/sports/college/wichita-state/. 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. Self Proclaimed or Named by Newspaper Champions: 1937: Pittsburg (10-1) / Bishop Ward (7-0-1) / Great Bend (9-0) 1936: Pittsburg (11-1) 1935: Chanute (8-0) 1934: Wichita North (8-0) 1933: Wyandotte (9-0) / Pittsburg (11-0) 1932: Wyandotte (8-0-1) 1931: 1930: Topeka 1929: El Dorado (8-0) / Topeka (7-0) / Independence (9-0) 1928: Lawrence (7-0) / El Dorado (9-0) The Black airplane carried the reserve players and assistant coaches. List of Wichita . The only time I ever have is in the (NFL). [13] On May 16, 2009 the Wichita State University alumni association held an all football players reunion at Cessna Stadium. Watch our How-To Videos to Become a Stathead, Subscribe to Stathead and get access to more data than you can imagine. John Duren, 19, Oklahoma City, Okla., Sophomore TE, Randy Kiesau, 20, Clinton, Okla., Junior CB, Mal Kimmel, 21, St. Genevieve, Mo., Senior C, Carl Krueger, 19, Chicago, Ill., Sophomore DE, Tom Owen, 20, Temple Terrace, Fla., Junior RB, Gene Robinson, 21, Dayton, Ohio, Junior TE, Tom Shedden, 20, Oklahoma City, Okla., Junior OT, Richard Stines, 19, Kansas City, Kan., Sophomore G, Jack Vetter, 21, McPherson, Kan., Senior DT, Bert Katzenmeyer, 52, Elwood City, Penn., Athletic Director, Ray Coleman, 45, Wichita, Kan., Shocker Club Chairman, Minority Owned Businesses & Cultural Opportunities in the AAC, Wichita State Crash Survivor Relives Details, Crash site an important memorial for 'Gold Plane' family, Triumph and tragedy: Scotties grad Barkell starred at Wichita State, recalls plane crash, Forgotten tragedy: Survivors' quest to keep memories of 1970 Wichita State crash from fading, Daughter of WSU plane crash victim never knew her 'Da-da', 1990: Those left behind mourned and built new lives, Three generations later, the secrets of Wichita State's devastating plane crash are still unfolding, Wichita State plane crash killing 31 in 1970 revisited Saturday, Youve got to go on: Children of Wichita State crash victims share a 50-year bond, Wichita State marks anniversary of 1970 football team plane crash - Wichita Eagle, Overshadowed: The Wichita State Football Crash, Black & Gold: Remembering the WSU Plane Crash, Surviving Oct. 2nd: Remembering the Fallen with Rick Stephens, 'Gold Plane' & Silver Plume: the Wichita State Plane Crash Revisited, A Look at the WSU Plane Crash's Aftermath, Crash Site an Important Memorial for 'Gold Plane' Family, Former Utah State player still feels linked to Shockers, Shocker Summer: 1970 healing process began on a Saturday night in Little Rock, Shockers forever: Area graduates were part of Wichita State program when plane crash killed 31 in 1970, Greg Hansen: Remembering the Wichita State plane crash, 50 years later, The Valley of No Return: The Story of the Wichita State University Football Team Plane Crash, Wichita State University Football Team Airplane Crash Collection. players, athletic staff members and team boosters crashed at approximately 3 p.m. The Shockers only points were scored in the first quarter on a 14-yard touchdown pass from Tom Owen to Eddie Plopa. medical attention for their injuries. The highlight of the game for Wichita was a 105-yard kickoff return by tailback Don Gilley in the first quarter. Two planes carrying Wichita State University football players, coaches, administrators and fans refueled on Oct. 2, 1970, in Denver. Cheers in this stadium have turned to tears and back again to cheers and all are a part of life.. The Thomas A. Reeves Memorial Scholarship honors the Wichita State trainer who died in the crash. and supporters who died in a plane crash Friday, October 2, 1970. The team was known as Fairmount from its first season in 1897 to 1925 and Wichita from 1926 through 1963. A marker on I-70 near the Eisenhower Tunnel is close to the crash site in Colorado. When the clock ticked off the final second, the Razorbacks exploded to midfield, Thompson wrote. This story was originally published October 1, 2015, 12:36 PM. Wichita State did not play Arkansas again until 1980, when the Razorbacks won 27-7 in Fayetteville. Do you have a blog? Reeves died Oct. 5 in a Wheat Ridge, Colo., hospital. 2022-23 Men's Basketball Roster - Wichita State Athletics Skip To Main Content Pause All Rotators Skip To Main Content Wichita State Athletics Main Navigation Menu Menu Sports Baseball Basketball (M) Basketball (W) Cross Country Golf (M) Golf (W) Softball Tennis (M) Tennis (W) Track & Field Volleyball Tickets SHOCKER TICKET OFFICE Join us for a March Madness Webinar on Tuesday, March 7 at 8pm ET. To read last week's Throwback Thursday on the previous nine times Arkansas and Texas A&M played when both were ranked, click here. Pennsylvania had a connection to the Marshall tragedy No. However, the score took a backseat in this game. 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. . We have tools and resources that can help you use sports data. A fictional version of the program is shown in the Apple TV+ show Ted Lasso. 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 This week, we take a look back at Arkansas' game against Wichita State in 1970. Conrad Downing, Sports Information Director, Dale Mullen, Wichita Beacon sports writer, Bob Seaman, Coaching Staff - Offensive Coordinator. This is an opportunity to put the events in the publics mind, Stephens said in 2014. Head coach Ben Wilson, 14 players, and 16 others died on October 2 in the Wichita State University football team plane crash. The Shockers have won five Missouri Valley Conference football championships. I feel badly that we were even flying the team that day. The NCAA Logos were compiled by the amazing SportsLogos.net. 10/04/1970: Wichita, KS: Southeast: 6'5" 240: 99: Alonzo Spellman: DE: 9/27/1971: Mt. Skipper. Survivors of the crash were players Mike Bruce, John Hoheisel, Randy Jackson, Glenn Harmon, the first female member of the Shocker Sports Hall of Fame, worked as executive secretary, fieldhouse director, academic counselor and assistant to the athletic director. Find out the latest on your favorite NCAAB players on . In an annual ceremony of remembrance, a wreath is placed at Wichita State's Memorial Marshall lost, 17-14. The Gold plane was taking a more scenic route, but the pilot encountered difficulty and was unable to pull the overweight aircraft out of a canyon. at Cessna Stadium. Its just something you live with all the time. 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. However, the Cardinals came back to win the game by a 3424 score.[12]. An Ohio State football fan who wants to better document the history of the program. Few times has a home crowd openly cheered for the visitors. The Shockers played in three bowl games and had an 03 record. 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. Another 14 were university staff members and football boosters. 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. People can donate to the 70 Football Memorial Scholarship Fund at foundation.wichita.edu/give. 2023 Advance Local Media LLC. The unfortunate loss of 31 fine individuals deserves to be remembered.. According to Orville Henry's story in the following day's Arkansas Gazette, a crowd of 40,000 at War Memorial Stadium gave Wichita State's team - a 46-man roster with 19 freshmen and 20 sophomores - a minute-long standing ovation. Trailing 216 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 2112. Q: What is the significance of the Gold and Black designations for the planes? Many of us are familiar with the Marshall University story from the 2006 movie We Are Marshall.. Our reasoning for presenting offensive logos. (AP Photo/Chris Schneider) Wichita State has won fourteen conference titles. The Shockers went 6-5 in 1972 and didnt post another winning season until going 8-3 in 1983. Were still all so close, and we do so much of that in their memory. 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. This is a weekly feature at Hawgs247. school at this time. We acknowledge you as a real and important part of both. A: The Gold plane carried the starters, coach Ben Wilson and athletic director Bert Katzenmeyer. On May 16, 2009 the Wichita State University alumni association held an all football players reunion at Cessna Stadium. 9 Arkansas had the plane carrying their starters not crashed three weeks before, but it was even more pronounced with the young players they were forced to use. Preview pages of the 1970 yearbook from West High School from Wichita, Kansas online. For information, please contact us at: Wichita State University Libraries Special Collections and University Archives 1845 Fairmount, Wichita, KS 67260-0068 Dubbed the "Second Season," Wichita State took 46 players 39 of them freshmen and sophomores to Little Rock to face No. Rev. (AP Photo)ASSOCIATED PRESS. Description: . Radio voice Gus Grebe was supposed to ride on the Gold plane, but was late arriving and flew on the Black plane. The two planes traveled to Denver, Colo., to refuel. All logos are the trademark & property of their owners and not Sports Reference LLC. Id say Wichita State and they would say, Thats the school that had the plane crash, wasnt it? Id say, Yeah, it sure was. But nothing else, because I didnt want to talk about it. Dave Lewis, In almost every conversation, when people ask you where you went to school, they remember the crash and ask about it. The first year of Wichita State Shockers football was in 1895. and returned to Wichita by commercial plane Saturday. As a matter of policy, Sports Reference only reports the results of games as played on the field. The Gold aircraft carried the starting players, head coach and athletic director. 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. Utah State placed a memorial wreath at the 50-yard line at its football stadium. Coach Bob Seaman Wichita States offensive coordinator took over as coach, a job he held until 1973, when athletic director Ted Bredehoft fired him. All logos are the trademark & property of their owners and not Sports Reference LLC. Survivor Rick Stephens, a tackle on the 1970 team, has ridden his bicyle from Wichita to Colorado to raise money for the scholarship fund. Thirty-one people died as a result of the crash: 14 players, 14 WSU staff and boosters, and three crew members. Current Team: Lurleen B. Wallace CC Birthplace/Hometown: Freeport, Florida Nationality: United States Height: 6-1 (185cm) Weight: 160 (73kg) Current NBA Status: Draft Eligible in 2026 Draft Entry: 2026 NBA Draft Pre-Draft Team: Lurleen B. Wallace CC (Fr) Change player? 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"[39] Assistant coach Bob Seaman took over as the team's head coach after the crash. I think about them all the time. Bruce Gerleman, I have just felt bad about those other kids dying and me living. the "Second Season." Tolley was Marshall's head football coach when the team's plane crashed in 1970 killing all 75 people aboard. [14], In 1992, a study was done on Cessna Stadium to comply with I-A football standards. Question, Comment, Feedback, or Correction? Please consider supporting our work. Sports Reference Baseball; Football; Basketball; Hockey; Calcio; Blog; Stathead . Find . 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. Head coach Ben Wilson, 14 players, and 16 others died on October 2 in the Wichita State University football team plane crash. The material on this site may not be reproduced, distributed, transmitted, cached or otherwise used, except with the prior written permission of Advance Local. However, the surviving members of the team voted 76-to-1 to complete the 1970 schedule. John Hoheisel, linebacker and team captain. Player Randy Kiesau flew from Wichita to Denver on the Black plane, then changed to the Gold plane. No plans have been made for the construction of a new multi-purpose athletic facility to replace the decrepit stadium. And thats only because I had to. Randy Jackson, You get used to sounds in the valley. The event was organized by former Wichita State player John Potts and former Arkansas player Chuck Dicus, according to The Wichita Eagle. The pilots of the Gold plane changed their flight plan, deciding to give their passengers a scenic view of the Rocky Mountains. The main thing is that people take a few minutes to remember. 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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. The football players decided to continue the season, which was later designated as Caden Henderson NCAA Stats Splits: Stat Type: Pace Adjusted Season View Use without license or authorization is expressly prohibited. 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. FILE - In this Oct. 3, 1970, file photo, a charred Wichita State University football helmet is shown amid the wreckage of a plane that crashed in Silver Plume, Colo. Six weeks later, on Nov. 14, 1970, a plane carrying members of the Marshall football team crashed. Reeves, inducted in 1986 to the Shocker Sports Hall of Fame, is said to have helped several injured people after the crash. The Shockers fielded a team from 1897 to 1986. Classes were cancelled Monday, October 5, and a memorial He earned All-MVC honors as a senior and played three seasons in the NFL. [21], Wichita State won fourteen conference titles.[22]. A plane carrying the Wichita State University football team had crashed. The team compiled a 0-9 record , finished last out of five teams in the MVC, and was outscored by a total of 381 to 99. Or write about sports? In one of the worst tragedies of college sports history, a plane carrying WSU football The Shockers would have likely still been over-matched against No. ON THE MORNING of Oct. 2, 1970, 21-year-old Malory W. Kimmel drove away from Wichita State University's Jardine Hall, heading for the Field House nearby. The Arkansas players were clearly affected by the events that transpired, evidenced by a story written by James Thompson, another Arkansas Gazette journalist. hands of the football players, university officials and eligibility rules. A: The Black plane followed the original flight plan, north toward Laramie, Wyo., to gain altitude before crossing the Rockies.
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