1957 Texas Western Miners football
ConferenceBorder Conference
Record6–3 (3–2 Border)
Head coach
Home stadiumKidd Field
Seasons
← 1956
1958 →
1957 Border Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 12 Arizona State $ 4 – 0 – 0 10 – 0 – 0
West Texas State 3 – 1 – 0 7 – 3 – 0
Texas Western 3 – 2 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Hardin–Simmons 3 – 2 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
New Mexico A&M 0 – 4 – 0 3 – 7 – 0
Arizona 0 – 4 – 0 1 – 8 – 1
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1957 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 1957 NCAA University Division football season. In its first season under head coach Ben Collins, the team compiled a 6–3 record (3–2 against Border Conference opponents), finished third in the conference, and outscored all opponents by a total of 202 to 168.[1][2]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
September 21North Texas State*
W 14–13[3]
September 28West Texas State
  • Kidd Field
  • El Paso, TX
W 20–12
October 5at New Mexico*
W 15–13
October 12Texas Tech*
  • Kidd Field
  • El Paso, TX
W 26–14
October 26New Mexico A&M
W 42–12
November 2at Hardin–SimmonsAbilene, TXL 20–33
November 9Arizona State
  • Kidd Field
  • El Paso, TX
L 7–43
November 16at Arizona
W 51–14
November 23at Trinity (TX)*San Antonio, TXL 7–14
  • *Non-conference game

References

  1. ^ "1957 UTEP Miners Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 6, 2019.
  2. ^ "2014 UTEP Media Guide" (PDF). University of Texas at El Paso. 2014. p. 177. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 3, 2014. Retrieved January 6, 2019.
  3. ^ "Texas Western nips North Texas". Arizona Republic. September 22, 1957. Retrieved November 4, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.


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