1957 Texas Western Miners football team

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1957 Texas Western Miners football
ConferenceBorder Conference
1957 record6–3 (3–2 Border)
Head coach
Home stadiumKidd Field
Seasons
← 1956
1958 →
1957 Border Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 12 Arizona State $ 4 0 0 10 0 0
West Texas State 3 1 0 7 3 0
Texas Western 3 2 0 6 3 0
Hardin–Simmons 3 2 0 5 5 0
New Mexico A&M 0 4 0 3 7 0
Arizona 0 4 0 1 8 1
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1957 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 1957 NCAA University Division football season. In its first season under head coach Ben Collins, the team compiled a 6–3 record (3–2 against Border Conference opponents), finished third in the conference, and outscored all opponents by a total of 202 to 168.[1][2]

Schedule[]

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
September 21North Texas State*
W 14–13[3]
September 28West Texas State
  • Kidd Field
  • El Paso, TX
W 20–12
October 5at New Mexico*
W 15–13
October 12Texas Tech*
  • Kidd Field
  • El Paso, TX
W 26–14
October 26New Mexico A&M
W 42–12
November 2at Hardin–SimmonsAbilene, TXL 20–33
November 9Arizona State
  • Kidd Field
  • El Paso, TX
L 7–43
November 16at Arizona
W 51–14
November 23at Trinity (TX)*San Antonio, TXL 7–14
  • *Non-conference game

References[]

  1. ^ "1957 UTEP Miners Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 6, 2019.
  2. ^ "2014 UTEP Media Guide" (PDF). University of Texas at El Paso. 2014. p. 177.
  3. ^ "Texas Western nips North Texas". Arizona Republic. September 22, 1957. Retrieved November 4, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
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