1940 Texas Mines Miners football team
The 1940 Texas Mines Miners football team was an American football team that represented Texas School of Mines (now known as University of Texas at El Paso) as a member of the Border Conference during the 1940 college football season. In its 12th season under head coach Mack Saxon, the team compiled a 4–4–1 record (3–1–1 against Border Conference opponents), finished third in the conference, and outscored opponents by a total of 129 to 121.[1][2]
| 1940 Texas Mines Miners football | |
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| Conference | Border Conference |
| 1940 record | 4–4–1 (3–1–1 Border) |
| Head coach | Mack Saxon (12th season) |
| Home stadium | Kidd Field |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Arizona State $ | 3 | – | 0 | – | 1 | 7 | – | 2 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Arizona | 3 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas Mines | 3 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 4 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| New Mexico | 3 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| New Mexico A&M | 1 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas Tech | 0 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 1 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Arizona State–Flagstaff | 0 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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| September 21 | at Arizona State–Flagstaff | Flagstaff, AZ | W 28–7 | ||||
| September 28 | North Dakota* |
| W 20–6 | ||||
| October 5 | at Louisiana Tech* | Ruston, LA | L 7–19 | ||||
| October 12 | vs. Hardin–Simmons* | Odessa, TX | L 6–14 | ||||
| October 19 | New Mexico |
| W 9–7 | ||||
| October 26 | Arizona State |
| T 0–0 | ||||
| November 3 | Arizona |
| L 13–20 | ||||
| November 11 | at Fresno State* |
| L 6–16 | 10,024 | [3] | ||
| November 30 | New Mexico A&M |
| W 40–26 | ||||
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References
- "1940 UTEP Miners Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 5, 2019.
- "2014 UTEP Media Guide" (PDF). University of Texas at El Paso. 2014. p. 175.
- Ed Orman (November 12, 1940). "FSC Bulldogs Roll Over Texans, 160 To 6, Point To San Jose Next". The Fresno Bee. Fresno, California. p. 2B. Retrieved February 2, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
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