1940 Texas Mines Miners football team

1940 Border Conference football standings
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1940 Texas Mines Miners football
1940 Texas Mines Miners football
Conference	Border Conference
1940 record	4–4–1 (3–1–1 Border)
Head coach	Mack Saxon (12th season);
Home stadium	Kidd Field
	Seasons ← 1939 1941 →

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]

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 21	at Arizona State–Flagstaff	Flagstaff, AZ	W 28–7
September 28	North Dakota*	Kidd Field El Paso, TX	W 20–6
October 5	at Louisiana Tech*	Tech Stadium Ruston, LA	L 7–19		^[3]
October 12	vs. Hardin–Simmons*	Odessa, TX	L 6–14
October 19	New Mexico	Kidd Field El Paso, TX	W 9–7
October 26	Arizona State	Kidd Field El Paso, TX	T 0–0
November 3	Arizona	Kidd Field El Paso, TX	L 13–20
November 11	at Fresno State*	Fresno State College Stadium Fresno, CA	L 6–16	10,024	^[4]
November 30	New Mexico A&M	Kidd Field El Paso, TX (rivalry)	W 40–26
*Non-conference game

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.
^ "La. Tech gives Miners first loss, 19–7". The El Paso Times. October 5, 1940. Retrieved June 23, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ 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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[1] "1940 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] "La. Tech gives Miners first loss, 19–7". The El Paso Times. October 5, 1940. Retrieved June 23, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.

[4] 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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v t UTEP Miners football
Venues	Kidd Field (1938–1962) Sun Bowl (1963–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games New Mexico State (Battle of I-10)
Culture & lore	Paydirt Pete KROD
People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders
Seasons	1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943–1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021

1940 Border Conference football standings
v t	Conf					Overall
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

$ – Conference champion