1950 Texas Western Miners football team

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1950 Texas Western Miners football
Conference Border Conference
Record7–3 (4–2 Border)
Head coach
Home stadium Kidd Field
Seasons
←  1949
1951  →
1950 Border Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
West Texas State $ 6 –0 –010 –1 –0
Arizona State 4 –1 –09 –2 –0
Texas Western 4 –2 –07 –3 –0
Texas Tech 3 –2 –03 –8 –0
Hardin–Simmons 3 –3 –05 –5 –0
Arizona 2 –4 –04 –6 –0
New Mexico 2 –5 –02 –8 –0
New Mexico A&M 1 –4 –02 –7 –0
Arizona State–Flagstaff 0 –4 –02 –7 –0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1950 Texas Western Miners football team was an American football team that represented Texas Western College (now known as University of Texas at El Paso) as a member of the Border Conference during the 1950 college football season. In its first season under head coach Mike Brumbelow, the team compiled a 7–3 record (4–2 against Border Conference opponents), finished third in the conference, and outscored all opponents by a total of 272 to 232. [1]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 16at Cincinnati *
L 0–32 [2]
September 23 New Mexico A&M
W 40–07,000 [3]
October 7 Idaho *
  • Kidd Field
  • El Paso, TX
W 43–33 [4] [5]
October 14 Arizona
  • Kidd Field
  • El Paso, TX
W 14–1312,000 [6]
October 21at New Mexico
W 41–13 [7]
October 28at Texas Tech
L 7–6113,000 [8]
November 4 West Texas State
  • Kidd Field
  • El Paso, TX
L 12–40 [9]
November 11 Hardin–Simmons
  • Kidd Field
  • El Paso, TX
W 21–2010,000 [10]
November 25 West Virginia *
  • Kidd Field
  • El Paso, TX
W 48–79,000 [11]
December 1at Hawaii *
W 46–1312,000 [12]
  • *Non-conference game

References

  1. ↑ "1950 UTEP Miners Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 5, 2019.
  2. ↑ "Texas Western dazzled by Cincinnati U, 32–0". Wichita Daily Times. September 17, 1950. Retrieved April 5, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
  3. ↑ "Cargile, Gabrel leads Miners to 40–0 win over NM Aggies". The El Paso Times. September 24, 1950. Retrieved April 5, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ "Texas Western whips Idaho 43-33 in wild, free-scoring grid game". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. October 8, 1950. p. 10.
  5. ↑ "Idaho defeated by Texas squad". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). Associated Press. October 9, 1950. p. 17.
  6. ↑ "Texas Western nips Arizona on Davis' PAT". The Abilene Reporter-News. October 15, 1950. Retrieved April 5, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
  7. ↑ "Texas Western rubs out NM Lobos, 48 to 13". Santa Fe New Mexican. October 22, 1950. Retrieved April 5, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
  8. ↑ "Raiders spank Miners by 61–7". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. October 29, 1950. Retrieved April 5, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
  9. ↑ Whitlock, Chuck (November 5, 1950). "West Texas Buffaloes Down Miners, 40–12". The El Paso Times. pp. 1, 37 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ↑ "Cowboys upset by Texas Western". Lubbock Avalanche-Journal. November 12, 1950. Retrieved April 5, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
  11. ↑ "TWC beats Mountaineers, 48–7, end home season". The El Paso Times. November 26, 1950. Retrieved December 27, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
  12. ↑ "Miners lambast Hawaii, 46 to 13". The Odessa American. December 3, 1950. Retrieved April 5, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
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