1941 Texas Mines Miners football team

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1941 Texas Mines Miners football
Conference Border Conference
Record4–5–1 (3–4 Border)
Head coach
Home stadium Kidd Field
Seasons
←  1940
1942  →
1941 Border Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Arizona $ 5 –0 –07 –3 –0
Texas Tech 2 –0 –09 –2 –0
West Texas State 4 –1 –08 –2 –0
Hardin–Simmons 3 –1 –07 –3 –1
New Mexico 3 –2 –15 –4 –1
Texas Mines 3 –4 –04 –5 –1
Arizona State 2 –4 –15 –1 –1
Arizona State–Flagstaff 1 –5 –03 –5 –0
New Mexico A&M 0 –6 –02 –7 –0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1941 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 1941 college football season. In its 13th and final season under head coach Mack Saxon, the team compiled a 4–5–1 record (3–4 against Border Conference opponents), finished sixth in the conference, and was outscored by a total of 192 to 184. [1] [2]

Halfback Owen Price and guard William Caver were selected by the conference coaches as first-team players on the 1941 All-Border Conference football team. Tackle William Shoopman was named to the second team. [3]

Texas Mines was ranked at No. 202 (out of 681 teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score System. [4]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 27 Louisiana Tech *
T 0–07,000 [5]
October 4at New Mexico
L 14–166,000 [6]
October 11260th Coast Artillery*
  • Austin High School Stadium
  • El Paso, TX
W 54–65,000 [7]
October 17 Loyola (CA) *
L 6–208,500 [8]
October 25 Hardin–Simmons
  • Kidd Field
  • El Paso, TX
L 14–446,000 [9]
November 1at Arizona
L 14–339,000 [10]
November 8at Arizona State
W 28–0 [11]
November 15 West Texas State
  • Kidd Field
  • El Paso, TX
L 7–404,000 [12]
November 22 New Mexico A&M
W 40–133,000 [13]
November 29 Arizona State–Flagstaff
  • Kidd Field
  • El Paso, TX
W 23–203,000 [14]
  • *Non-conference game

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References

  1. ↑ "1941 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 2014-09-03. Retrieved 2019-01-10.
  3. ↑ "Arizona, Hardin-Simmons Dominate All-Border Eleven". Arizona Republic. December 15, 1941. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 26, 1941). "Gophers Grid Kings Over 6-Year Span: Tennessee 2d, Pitt 3d Over Period Litkenhous Ratins Are Published". The Courier-Journal. p. Sports 4 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ W.T. Bentley (September 28, 1941). "Miners, Tech Tie in Rain-Splattered 0-0 Tilt". The El Paso Times. pp. 1, 22 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ↑ "New Mexico U Hangs Up 16-14 Victory Over Texas Mines Before 6000". Albuquerque Journal. October 5, 1941. p. 5 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ↑ W.T. Bentley (October 12, 1941). "Mines Downs 260th, 53 to 6". The El Paso Times. pp. 1, 15 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ↑ "Miners Toss 61 Passes, Lose to Lions, 20-6". Los Angeles Times. October 18, 1941. pp. I-7, I-8 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ↑ W.T. Bentley (October 26, 1941). "Impressive Debut: H.-S. U. Power Whips Miners Here, 44 to 14". The El Paso Times. pp. 1, 25 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ↑ Victor Thornton (November 2, 1941). "Cats Need All Power To Halt Miners, 33 To 14". The Arizona Daily Star. pp. 1, 11 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ↑ Jerry McLain (November 9, 1941). "Texas Mines Routs Tempe, 28-0". Arizona Republic. p. IV-1 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ↑ W.T. Bentley (November 16, 1941). "West Texas Handily Wins Over Locals". The El Paso Times. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ↑ W.T. Bentley (November 23, 1941). "Miners Win Annual Game From Aggies, 24-13: Small Crowd Sees Victory Over Farmers". The El Paso Times. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  14. ↑ "Flagstaff Toppled: Miners Win Final Grid Game, 23-20". El Paso Times. November 30, 1941. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
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