1938 Texas Mines Miners football team

1938 Texas Mines Miners football
ConferenceBorder Conference
Record6–3 (3–2 Border)
Head coach
Home stadiumKidd Field
Seasons
← 1937
1939 →
1938 Border Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
New Mexico A&M + 4 1 0 7 2 0
New Mexico + 4 2 0 8 3 0
No. 11 Texas Tech 2 0 0 10 1 0
Texas Mines 3 2 0 6 3 0
Arizona State–Flagstaff 1 2 0 2 6 1
Arizona 0 3 0 3 6 0
Arizona State 0 4 0 3 6 0
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1938 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 1938 college football season. In its tenth season under head coach Mack Saxon, the team compiled a 6–3 record (3–2 against Border Conference opponents), finished fourth in the conference, and outscored opponents by a total of 153 to 72.[1][2]

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 1New Mexico Military*W 26–0
October 8Colorado State–Greeley*
  • Kidd Field
  • El Paso, TX
W 32–0
October 15New Mexico
  • Kidd Field
  • El Paso, TX
W 7–6
October 22vs. Texas TechOdessa, TXL 7–147,000
October 29at St. Mary's (TX)*San Antonio, TXL 6–13
November 11at ArizonaW 26–14
November 19Arizona State
  • Kidd Field
  • El Paso, TX
W 14–6
November 24at New Mexico A&M
L 9–1310,000[3]
December 3at Fresno State*
W 26–65,000[4]
  • *Non-conference game

References

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  1. ^ "1938 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. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 3, 2014. Retrieved January 6, 2019.
  3. ^ Bob Ingram (November 25, 1938). "Too Much Miller Again And The Score Is 13-9". El Paso Herald-Post. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Fresno State Bows to Texas Miners". The Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, California. December 4, 1938. p. II–18. Retrieved March 6, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.Open access icon