1939 Texas Mines Miners football team

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]

1939 Texas Mines Miners football
ConferenceBorder Conference
Record5–4 (3–2 Border)
Head coach
Home stadiumKidd Field
1939 Border Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Arizona State $ 4 –0 –08 –2 –1
New Mexico 4 –2 –08 –2 –0
Texas Tech 2 –1 –05 –5 –1
Texas Mines 3 –2 –05 –4 –0
Arizona 1 –2 –06 –4 –0
New Mexico A&M 1 –4 –03 –6 –0
Arizona State–Flagstaff 0 –4 –01 –6 –1
  • $ – Conference champion

Texas Mines was ranked at No. 108 (out of 609 teams) in the final Litkenhous Ratings for 1939.[3]

Schedule
DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 23Texas Tech
W 7–2
September 30at Fresno State*
L 7–08,597
October 7Hardin–Simmons*
  • Kidd Field
  • El Paso, TX
L 0–12
October 13at New Mexico
L 0–14
October 21Wichita*
  • Kidd Field
  • El Paso, TX
W 17–0[4]
October 25at Arizona State
L 7–27
November 11Arizona
  • Kidd Field
  • El Paso, TX
W 14–6
November 18Louisiana Tech*
  • Kidd Field
  • El Paso, TX
W 27–05,500[5]
November 25at New Mexico A&M
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. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 3, 2014. Retrieved January 10, 2019.
  3. E. E. Litkenhous (December 31, 1939). "Vols Second In Final Litkenhous Grid Rankings; Southern California Tenth". Johnson City Sunday Press. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. Jerry Smith (October 22, 1939). "Miners Dump Wichita 14-0 In Savage Second-Quarter Attack". The El Paso Times. p. 26 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. "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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