1954 Texas Western Miners football
Sun Bowl champion
Sun Bowl, W 47–20 vs. Florida State
ConferenceBorder Conference
Record8–3 (4–2 Border)
Head coach
Home stadiumKidd Field
Seasons
← 1953
1955 →
1954 Border Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Texas Tech $ 4 – 0 – 0 7 – 2 – 1
Arizona State 3 – 1 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
Texas Western 4 – 2 – 0 8 – 3 – 0
Arizona 3 – 2 – 0 7 – 3 – 0
Hardin–Simmons 2 – 3 – 0 4 – 6 – 0
West Texas State 1 – 5 – 0 1 – 8 – 0
New Mexico A&M 0 – 4 – 0 0 – 9 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1954 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 1954 college football season. In its fifth season under head coach Mike Brumbelow, the team compiled an 8–3 record (4–2 against Border Conference opponents), finished third in the conference, defeated Florida State in the Sun Bowl, and outscored all opponents by a total of 290 to 197.[1]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 18Sul Ross*
W 35–14
September 25McMurry*
  • Kidd Field
  • El Paso, TX
W 27–6
October 2at Arizona State
L 27–3415,000
October 9at Texas Tech
L 28–55
October 168:00 p.m.Trinity (TX)*
  • Kidd Field
  • El Paso, TX
L 14–207,500[2][3][4]
October 23at North Texas State*
W 6–0[5]
October 30at New Mexico A&M
W 12–7
November 6Hardin–Simmons
  • Kidd Field
  • El Paso, TX
W 20–7
November 13Arizona
  • Kidd Field
  • El Paso, TX
W 41–21
November 25West Texas State
  • Kidd Field
  • El Paso, TX
W 33–13[6]
January 1, 1955Florida State*
W 47–20

References

  1. ^ "1954 UTEP Miners Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 5, 2019.
  2. ^ "Texas Western Hosts Trinity In Scoring Duel Tonight". El Paso Times. El Paso, Texas. Associated Press. October 16, 1954. p. 12. Retrieved February 6, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  3. ^ Whitlock, Chuck (October 16, 1954). "Trinity University Whips Texas Western Miners, 20-14". El Paso Times. El Paso, Texas. Associated Press. p. 1A. Retrieved February 6, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  4. ^ Whitlock, Chuck (October 16, 1954). "Trinity Tigers Down Texas Western Miners, 20-14 (continued)". El Paso Times. El Paso, Texas. Associated Press. p. 1D. Retrieved February 6, 2022 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  5. ^ "TWC upsets North Texas, 6–0". The El Paso Times. October 24, 1954. Retrieved November 4, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Texas Western finishes season with 33–13 triumph". The El Past Times. November 26, 1954. Retrieved February 9, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.


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