1942 Texas Mines Miners football team

1942 Texas Mines Miners football
Conference	Border Conference
Record	5–4 (4–3 Border)
Head coach	Walter Milner (1st season)
Home stadium	Kidd Field
Seasons ←  1941 1946  →

1942 Border Conference football standings

v t e	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]}

Texas Mines was ranked at No. 167 (out of 590 college and military teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score System for 1942. ^[3]

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Source
September 27		at Louisiana Tech *	Tech Stadium Ruston, LA	L 0–20	[4]
October 2		New Mexico	Kidd Field El Paso, TX	W 7–0
October 9		Abilene Christian *	Kidd Field El Paso, TX	W 20–14
October 24		at West Texas State	Buffalo Stadium Canyon, TX	L 0–7
October 31		at Arizona State–Flagstaff	Flagstaff, AZ	W 20–0
November 7		Hardin–Simmons	Kidd Field El Paso, TX	L 0–39
November 14		Arizona State	Kidd Field El Paso, TX	W 40–6
November 21		Arizona	Kidd Field El Paso, TX	L 0–7
November 26	2:30 p.m.	New Mexico A&M	Kidd Field El Paso, TX (rivalry)	W 61–6	[5]
*Non-conference game All times are in Mountain time

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. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 3, 2014. Retrieved January 10, 2019.
3. Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 16, 1942). "Litkenhous Rates Georgia No. 1, Ohio State No. 2". Twin City Sentinel. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
4. "Muckers bow to Bulldogs in opener, 20–0". The El Paso Times. September 26, 1942. Retrieved June 23, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
5. "Miners Meet N. M. Aggies In Traditional Turkey Day Clash". El Paso Times . El Paso, Texas. November 26, 1942. p. 8. Retrieved August 22, 2021– via Newspapers.com .