The 1959 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 1959 NCAA University Division football season. In its third season under head coach Ben Collins, the team compiled a 3–7 record (2–3 against Border Conference opponents), finished fifth in the conference, and was outscored by a total of 191 to 163.[1][2]
| 1959 Texas Western Miners football | |
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| Conference | Border Conference |
| Record | 3–7 (2–3 Border) |
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| Home stadium | Kidd Field |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Arizona State $ | 5 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 10 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Arizona | 2 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| New Mexico A&M | 2 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hardin–Simmons | 2 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas Western | 2 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| West Texas State | 0 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 9 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule edit
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | ||
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| September 19 | University of Mexico* | W 43–8 | |||
| September 26 | North Texas State |
| L 7–31 | ||
| October 3 | at New Mexico* | L 7–17 | |||
| October 10 | West Texas State |
| W 13–12 | ||
| October 17 | at Trinity (TX) | San Antonio, TX | L 20–21 | ||
| October 24 | New Mexico A&M |
| W 20–15 | ||
| October 31 | at Hardin–Simmons | Abilene, TX | L 14–25 | ||
| November 7 | Arizona State |
| L 7–20 | ||
| November 14 | Abilene Christian* |
| L 22–28 | ||
| November 21 | at Arizona | L 0–14 | |||
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References edit
- ^ "1959 UTEP Miners Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 6, 2019.
- ^ "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 10, 2019.
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