1951 Texas Western Miners football team

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1951 Texas Western Miners football
ConferenceBorder Conference
1951 record3–7 (2–4 Border)
Head coach
Home stadiumKidd Field
Seasons
← 1950
1952 →
1951 Border Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Texas Tech $ 4 0 0 7 4 0
Arizona State 4 1 0 6 3 1
Hardin–Simmons 4 1 0 6 6 0
Arizona 3 3 0 6 5 0
Texas Western 2 4 0 3 7 0
New Mexico A&M 1 4 0 1 9 0
West Texas State 1 5 0 2 7 0
Arizona State–Flagstaff 0 1 0 1 7 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1951 Texas Western Miners football team was an American football team that represented Texas Western College (now known as University of Texas at El Paso) as a member of the Border Conference during the 1951 college football season. In its second season under head coach Mike Brumbelow, the team compiled a 3–7 record (2–4 against Border Conference opponents), finished fifth in the conference, and were outscored by a total of 241 to 152.[1][2]

Schedule[]

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
September 22North Texas State*
L 0–33[3]
September 29New Mexico A&M
W 41–7
October 6at Abilene Christian*Abilene, TXL 13–20
October 13at Arizona
L 15–19
October 20New Mexico*
  • Kidd Field
  • El Paso, TX
W 32–7
October 27at Cincinnati*Cincinnati, OHL 18–53
November 3Texas Tech
  • Kidd Field
  • El Paso, TX
L 7–27
November 9at Hardin–SimmonsAbilene, TXL 0–46
November 17Arizona State
  • Kidd Field
  • El Paso, TX
L 13–23
November 24at West Texas State
  • Buffalo Bowl
  • Canyon, TX
W 13–6
  • *Non-conference game

References[]

  1. ^ "1951 UTEP Miners Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 9, 2019.
  2. ^ "2014 UTEP Media Guide" (PDF). University of Texas at El Paso. 2014. p. 176.
  3. ^ "Eagles outclass Texas Western". The El Paso Times. September 23, 1951. Retrieved November 5, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
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