1940 Texas Mines Miners football
ConferenceBorder Conference
Record4–4–1 (3–1–1 Border)
Head coach
Home stadiumKidd Field
Seasons
← 1939
1941 →
1940 Border Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Arizona State $ 3 – 0 – 1 7 – 2 – 2
Arizona 3 – 1 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
Texas Mines 3 – 1 – 1 4 – 4 – 1
New Mexico 3 – 2 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
New Mexico A&M 1 – 4 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
Texas Tech 0 – 1 – 0 9 – 1 – 1
Arizona State–Flagstaff 0 – 5 – 0 2 – 6 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1940 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 1940 college football season. In its 12th season under head coach Mack Saxon, the team compiled a 4–4–1 record (3–1–1 against Border Conference opponents), finished third in the conference, and outscored opponents by a total of 129 to 121.[1][2]

Texas Mines was ranked at No. 149 (out of 697 college football teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score system for 1940.[3]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 21at Arizona State–FlagstaffFlagstaff, AZW 28–7
September 28North Dakota*
  • Kidd Field
  • El Paso, TX
W 20–6
October 5at Louisiana Tech*
L 7–19[4]
October 12vs. Hardin–Simmons*Odessa, TXL 6–14
October 19New Mexico
  • Kidd Field
  • El Paso, TX
W 9–7
October 26Arizona State
  • Kidd Field
  • El Paso, TX
T 0–0
November 3Arizona
  • Kidd Field
  • El Paso, TX
L 13–20
November 11at Fresno State*
L 6–1610,024[5]
November 30New Mexico A&M
W 40–26
  • *Non-conference game

References

  1. ^ "1940 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. ^ Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 19, 1940). "Final 1940 Litkenhous Ratings". The Boston Globe. p. 22 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "La. Tech gives Miners first loss, 19–7". The El Paso Times. October 5, 1940. Retrieved June 23, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ Ed Orman (November 12, 1940). "FSC Bulldogs Roll Over Texans, 160 To 6, Point To San Jose Next". The Fresno Bee. Fresno, California. p. 2B. Retrieved February 2, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.Open access icon


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