1939 Texas Mines Miners football team

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1939 Texas Mines Miners football
ConferenceBorder Conference
1939 record5–4 (3–2 Border)
Head coach
Home stadiumKidd Field
Seasons
← 1938
1940 →
1939 Border Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Arizona State $ 4 0 0 8 2 1
New Mexico 4 2 0 8 2 0
Texas Tech 2 1 0 5 5 1
Texas Mines 3 2 0 5 4 0
Arizona 1 2 0 6 4 0
New Mexico A&M 1 4 0 3 6 0
Arizona State–Flagstaff 0 4 0 1 6 1
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1939 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 1939 college football season. In its 11th season under head coach Mack Saxon, the team compiled a 5–4 record (3–2 against Border Conference opponents), finished fourth in the conference, and outscored opponents by a total of 110 to 71.[1][2]

Schedule[]

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
September 23Texas Tech
W 7–2
September 30at Fresno State*
  • Fresno State College Stadium
  • Fresno, CA
L 7–0
October 7Hardin–Simmons*
  • Kidd Field
  • El Paso, TX
L 0–12
October 13at New MexicoAlbuquerque, NML 0–14
October 21Wichita*
  • Kidd Field
  • El Paso, TX
W 17–0
October 25at Arizona StateL 7–27
November 11Arizona
  • Kidd Field
  • El Paso, TX
W 14–6
November 18Louisiana Tech*
  • Kidd Field
  • El Paso, TX
W 27–0[3]
November 25at New Mexico A&M
  • Quesenberry Field
  • Las Cruces, NM (rivalry)
W 34–0
  • *Non-conference game

References[]

  1. ^ "1939 UTEP Miners Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 5, 2019.
  2. ^ "2014 UTEP Media Guide" (PDF). University of Texas at El Paso. 2014. p. 175.
  3. ^ "Miners overwhelm game Louisiana Tech visitors, 27 to 0". The El Paso Times. November 19, 1939. Retrieved July 13, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
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