1946 Texas Mines Miners football team

The 1946 Texas Mines Miners football team was an American football team that represented the Texas School of Mines (now known as the University of Texas at El Paso) as a member of the Border Conference during the 1946 college football season. In its first season under head coach Jack Curtice, the team compiled a 3–6 record (2–4 against Border Conference opponents), finished seventh in the conference, and was outscored by a total of 150 to 136.[1][2]

1946 Texas Mines Miners football
ConferenceBorder Conference
1946 record3–6 (2–4 Border)
Head coach
Home stadiumKidd Field
1946 Border Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Hardin–Simmons $ 6 0 011 0 0
Texas Tech 3 1 08 3 1
New Mexico 4 2 15 5 2
Arizona 2 2 14 4 2
West Texas State 3 4 05 5 0
Arizona State–Flagstaff 1 2 15 2 2
Texas Mines 2 4 03 6 0
Arizona State 1 4 12 7 2
New Mexico State 1 4 04 5 0
  • $ Conference champion

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 27DrakeL 2–7
October 12at ArizonaL 13–26
October 19West Texas State
  • Kidd Field
  • El Paso, TX
W 26–20
October 26Houston*
  • Kidd Field
  • El Paso, TX
W 20–7[3]
November 2at New Mexico
L 13–21
November 9at Arizona StateW 34–20
November 16Hardin–Simmons
  • Kidd Field
  • El Paso, TX
L 7–208,000[4]
November 22BYU
  • Kidd Field
  • El Paso, TX
L 13–14
November 28New Mexico A&M
L 7–14
  • *Non-conference game

References

  1. "1946 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. 176.
  3. "Mines tops Houston 21–7 with early splurge". The El Paso Times. October 27, 1946. Retrieved April 25, 2022 via Newspapers.com.
  4. Grenville Mott (November 17, 1946). "Miners Hand Cowboys Scare But Lose 20-7: Force Mobley To Last Half Spree To Win". El Paso Times. pp. 1, 25. Retrieved April 28, 2022 via Newspapers.com.
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