1940 Texas Mines Miners football team

The 1940 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 1940 college football season. In its 12th season under head coach Mack Saxon, the team compiled a 4–4–1 record (3–1–1 against Border Conference opponents), finished third in the conference, and outscored opponents by a total of 129 to 121.^[1][2]

1940 Texas Mines Miners football
Conference	Border Conference
Record	4–4–1 (3–1–1 Border)
Head coach	Mack Saxon (12th season)
Home stadium	Kidd Field
Seasons ← 1939 1941 →

1940 Border Conference football standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Arizona State $	3	–	0	–	1			7	–	2	–	2
Arizona	3	–	1	–	0			7	–	2	–	0
Texas Mines	3	–	1	–	1			4	–	4	–	1
New Mexico	3	–	2	–	0			5	–	4	–	0
New Mexico A&M	1	–	4	–	0			3	–	6	–	0
Texas Tech	0	–	1	–	0			9	–	1	–	1
Arizona State–Flagstaff	0	–	5	–	0			2	–	6	–	0
$ – Conference champion

Texas Mines was ranked at No. 149 (out of 697 college football teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score system for 1940.^[3]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 21	at Arizona State–Flagstaff	Flagstaff, AZ	W 28–7
September 28	North Dakota*	Kidd Field El Paso, TX	W 20–6
October 5	at Louisiana Tech*	Tech Stadium Ruston, LA	L 7–19		[4]
October 12	vs. Hardin–Simmons*	Odessa, TX	L 6–14
October 19	New Mexico	Kidd Field El Paso, TX	W 9–7
October 26	Arizona State	Kidd Field El Paso, TX	T 0–0
November 3	Arizona	Kidd Field El Paso, TX	L 13–20
November 11	at Fresno State*	Fresno State College Stadium Fresno, CA	L 6–16	10,024	[5]
November 30	New Mexico A&M	Kidd Field El Paso, TX (rivalry)	W 40–26
*Non-conference game

References

1. "1940 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 10, 2019.
3. Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 19, 1940). "Final 1940 Litkenhous Ratings". The Boston Globe. p. 22 – via Newspapers.com.
4. "La. Tech gives Miners first loss, 19–7". The El Paso Times. October 5, 1940. Retrieved June 23, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
5. Ed Orman (November 12, 1940). "FSC Bulldogs Roll Over Texans, 160 To 6, Point To San Jose Next". The Fresno Bee. Fresno, California. p. 2B. Retrieved February 2, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.