1939 Texas Mines Miners football
ConferenceBorder Conference
Record5–4 (3–2 Border)
Head coach
Home stadiumKidd Field
Seasons
← 1938
1940 →
1939 Border Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Arizona State $ 4 – 0 – 0 8 – 2 – 1
New Mexico 4 – 2 – 0 8 – 2 – 0
Texas Tech 2 – 1 – 0 5 – 5 – 1
Texas Mines 3 – 2 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Arizona 1 – 2 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
New Mexico A&M 1 – 4 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
Arizona State–Flagstaff 0 – 4 – 0 1 – 6 – 1
  • $ – Conference champion

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]

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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