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1942 Texas Mines Miners football team

The 1942 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 1942 college football season. In its first and only season under head coach Walter Milner, the team compiled a 5–4 record (4–3 against Border Conference opponents), finished fifth in the conference, and outscored opponents by a total of 162 to 111.[1][2]

1942 Texas Mines Miners football
ConferenceBorder Conference
Record5–4 (4–3 Border)
Head coach
Home stadiumKidd Field
Seasons
← 1941
1946 →
1942 Border Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Hardin–Simmons + 4 – 0 – 1 9 – 1 – 1
Texas Tech + 3 – 0 – 1 4 – 5 – 1
West Texas State 5 – 2 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
Arizona 4 – 2 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
Texas Mines 4 – 3 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
New Mexico 3 – 4 – 0 4 – 5 – 2
Arizona State 2 – 5 – 0 2 – 8 – 0
Arizona State–Flagstaff 1 – 4 – 0 1 – 5 – 0
New Mexico A&M 0 – 6 – 0 1 – 8 – 0
  • + – Conference co-champions

Texas Mines was ranked at No. 167 (out of 590 college and military teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score System for 1942.[3]

Schedule edit

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultSource
September 27at Louisiana Tech*
L 0–20[4]
October 2New Mexico
W 7–0
October 9Abilene Christian*
  • Kidd Field
  • El Paso, TX
W 20–14
October 24at West Texas State
L 0–7
October 31at Arizona State–FlagstaffFlagstaff, AZW 20–0
November 7Hardin–Simmons
  • Kidd Field
  • El Paso, TX
L 0–39
November 14Arizona State
  • Kidd Field
  • El Paso, TX
W 40–6
November 21Arizona
  • Kidd Field
  • El Paso, TX
L 0–7
November 262:30 p.m.New Mexico A&M
W 61–6[5]

References edit

  1. ^ "1942 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. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 3, 2014. Retrieved January 10, 2019.
  3. ^ Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 16, 1942). "Litkenhous Rates Georgia No. 1, Ohio State No. 2". Twin City Sentinel. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Muckers bow to Bulldogs in opener, 20–0". The El Paso Times. September 26, 1942. Retrieved June 23, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Miners Meet N. M. Aggies In Traditional Turkey Day Clash". El Paso Times. El Paso, Texas. November 26, 1942. p. 8. Retrieved August 22, 2021 – via Newspapers.com  .


 

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