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]
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Conference | Border Conference |
Record | 3–6 (2–4 Border) |
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Home stadium | Kidd Field |
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Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hardin–Simmons $ | 6 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 11 | – | 0 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Texas Tech | 3 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
New Mexico | 4 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arizona | 2 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 4 | – | 4 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
West Texas State | 3 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arizona State–Flagstaff | 1 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 5 | – | 2 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Texas Mines | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arizona State | 1 | – | 4 | – | 1 | 2 | – | 7 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
New Mexico A&M | 1 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
editDate | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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September 27 | Drake | L 2–7 | 7,000 | [3] | |||
October 12 | at Arizona | L 13–26 | 12,000 | [4] | |||
October 19 | West Texas State |
| W 26–20 | 7,000 | [5] | ||
October 26 | Houston* |
| W 20–7 | 7,500 | [6] | ||
November 2 | at New Mexico |
| L 13–21 | 7,000 | [7] | ||
November 9 | at Arizona State | W 34–20 | [8][9] | ||||
November 16 | Hardin–Simmons |
| L 7–20 | 8,000 | [10] | ||
November 22 | BYU |
| L 13–14 | [11] | |||
November 28 | New Mexico A&M |
| L 7–14 | 9,000 | [12] | ||
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References
edit- ^ "1946 UTEP Miners Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 5, 2019.
- ^ "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.
- ^ Grenville Mott (September 29, 1946). "Drake Capitalizes on Lone Chance To Nose Mines, 7-2: Miners Drop Ball To Ruin Scoring Tries". El Paso Times. p. 9 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Abe Chanin (October 13, 1946). "Arizona Pressed to Defeat Tricky Texas Miners, 27-13: Pair of Touchdowns in Fourth Period Break 13-13 Stalemate for Cats; Texans' Screen Pass Baffles Arizona". Arizona Daily Star. pp. I-1, II-1 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Grenville Mott (October 20, 1946). "Miners Employ Big Lead To Defeat Buffs 26-20: Muckers Rapidly Race Into Four Touchdown Lead". El Paso Times. pp. 1, 25 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Mines tops Houston 21–7 with early splurge". The El Paso Times. October 27, 1946. Retrieved April 25, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Lobos Second-Half Drive Overcome Mines Lead for 21-13 Victory". Albuquerque Journal. November 3, 1946. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Miners Edge Tempe Bulldogs: Texans Stop Southsiders By 35 To 20". Arizona Republic. Associated Press. November 10, 1946. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Miners Uncover Punch, Defeat Tempe 34-20: Ed Smith Stars As Muckers Go on Score Spree". El Paso Times. November 10, 1946. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Bob Ingram (November 23, 1946). "Miners Not Only Victim Of Cougars' Tricky Play". El Paso Herald-Post. p. 7 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Grenville Moti (November 29, 1946). "New Mexico Aggies Upset Texas Miners, 14-7, In Traditional Game". El Paso Times. pp. 1, 17 – via Newspapers.com.