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1937 Texas Mines Miners football team

The 1937 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 1937 college football season. In its ninth season under head coach Mack Saxon, the team compiled a 7–1–2 record (2–1–1 against Border Conference opponents), finished fourth in the conference, and outscored opponents by a total of 215 to 91.[1][2]

1937 Texas Mines Miners football
ConferenceBorder Conference
Record7–1–2 (2–1–1 Border)
Head coach
Home stadiumKidd Field
Seasons
← 1936
1938 →
1937 Border Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Texas Tech $ 3 – 0 – 0 8 – 4 – 0
New Mexico A&M 4 – 1 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
Arizona 3 – 1 – 0 8 – 2 – 0
Texas Mines 2 – 1 – 1 7 – 1 – 2
New Mexico 2 – 3 – 1 4 – 4 – 1
Arizona State–Flagstaff 1 – 4 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
Arizona State 0 – 5 – 0 0 – 8 – 1
  • $ – Conference champion

Quarterback Ken Heineman set two school records (since surpassed) with 407 yards of total offense and 296 all-purpose yards in a game against Arizona State-Flagstaff.[3] At the end of the season, Heineman was named to the Little All-America teams selected by NEA and Collyer's.[4] He was also selected as a first-team player on the All-Border Conference football team.[5]

Schedule edit

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 24at New Mexico A&M
L 0–143,000[6]
October 2at New Mexico Military*Roswell, NMW 19–3[7]
October 9West Texas State*
W 16–145,000[8]
October 16at New Mexico
T 7–7[9]
October 22at Santa Barbara State*
T 13–13[10]
October 30Colorado State–Greeley*
  • Kidd Field
  • El Paso, TX
W 20–04,500[11]
November 6Arizona State–Flagstaff 
  • Kidd Field
  • El Paso, TX
W 53–135,500[12]
November 11at Arizona State
W 19–0[13]
November 20Sul Ross*
  • Kidd Field
  • El Paso, TX
W 34–206,000[14]
November 27St. Edward's*
  • Kidd Field
  • El Paso, TX
W 34–75,000[15]
  • *Non-conference game
  •  Homecoming

References edit

  1. ^ "1937 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 6, 2019.
  3. ^ 2014 Media Guide, p. 92.
  4. ^ 2014 Media Guide, p. 83.
  5. ^ 2014 Media Guide, p. 82.
  6. ^ Johny Ward (September 25, 1937). "Aggies Prove Too Tough For El Paso Team". The El Paso Times. pp. 1, 8 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ Frank Junell (October 3, 1937). "Miners' Aerial Attack Tramples Military Institute Eleven, 19-3". The El Paso Times. p. 16 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Muckers Come From Behind To Defeat Canyon Teachers, 16 To 14". p. 18 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Lobos and Texas Miners Battle 7 to 7 Tie in Conference Game". Albuquerque Journal. October 17, 1937. p. 4 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Miners Feted In Hollywood". El Paso Times. October 24, 1937. p. 20 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "Ore Diggers Defeat Greeley State Bears, 20 To 0, Before 4500". El Paso Times. October 31, 1937. p. 18 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ Johnny Ward (November 7, 1937). "Heineman Sparkles As Miners Deluge Arizona Lumberjacks, 53-13". The El Paso Times. p. 18 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ^ "Texas Mines Defeats Bulldogs, 19 to 0: Heineman's Passes Feature Dull Game". Arizona Republic. November 12, 1937. p. II-2 – via Newspapers.com.
  14. ^ Johnny Ward (November 21, 1937). "Muckers Down Sul Ross Lobos, 34-20 In Hard-Fought Tussle". The El Paso Times. p. 20 – via Newspapers.com.
  15. ^ Johnny Ward (November 28, 1937). "Muckers Close Season With 34 To 7 Victory Over St. Edward's: Heinie Again Sparks Team". The El Paso Times. p. 18 – via Newspapers.com.


 

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