1942 Texas Mines Miners football team

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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

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]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResult
September 27at Louisiana Tech*Ruston, LAL 0–20
October 2New MexicoW 7–0
October 9Abilene Christian*
  • Kidd Field
  • El Paso, TX
W 20–14
October 17at West Texas State
L 0–7
October 24Hardin–Simmons
  • Kidd Field
  • El Paso, TX
L 0–39
October 31at Arizona State–FlagstaffFlagstaff, AZW 20–0
November 7Arizona State
  • Kidd Field
  • El Paso, TX
W 40–6
November 14Arizona
  • Kidd Field
  • El Paso, TX
L 0–7
November 21New Mexico A&M
W 61–6
  • *Non-conference game

References

  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.