1954 Texas Western Miners football team

1954 Texas Western Miners football
Sun Bowl champion
Sun Bowl, W 47–20 vs. Florida State
Conference	Border Conference
Record	8–3 (4–2 Border)
Head coach	Mike Brumbelow (5th season)
Home stadium	Kidd Field
Seasons ←  1953 1955  →

1954 Border Conference football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Texas Tech $	4	–	0	–	0			7	–	2	–	1
Arizona State	3	–	1	–	0			5	–	5	–	0
Texas Western	4	–	2	–	0			8	–	3	–	0
Arizona	3	–	2	–	0			7	–	3	–	0
Hardin–Simmons	2	–	3	–	0			4	–	6	–	0
West Texas State	1	–	5	–	0			1	–	8	–	0
New Mexico A&M	0	–	4	–	0			0	–	9	–	0
$ – Conference champion

The 1954 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 1954 college football season. In its fifth season under head coach Mike Brumbelow, the team compiled an 8–3 record (4–2 against Border Conference opponents), finished third in the conference, defeated Florida State in the Sun Bowl, and outscored all opponents by a total of 290 to 197. ^[1]

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 18		Sul Ross *	Kidd Field El Paso, TX	W 35–14	14,000	[2]
September 25		McMurry *	Kidd Field El Paso, TX	W 27–6		[3]
October 2		at Arizona State	Goodwin Stadium Tempe, AZ	L 27–34	15,000	[4]
October 9		at Texas Tech	Jones Stadium Lubbock, TX	L 28–55	15,000	[5]
October 16	8:00 p.m.	Trinity (TX) *	Kidd Field El Paso, TX	L 14–20	7,500	[6] [7] [8]
October 23		at North Texas State *	Fouts Field Denton, TX	W 6–0		[9]
October 30		at New Mexico A&M	Memorial Stadium Las Cruces, NM	W 12–7		[10]
November 6		Hardin–Simmons	Kidd Field El Paso, TX	W 20–7		[11]
November 13		Arizona	Kidd Field El Paso, TX	W 41–21		[12]
November 25		West Texas State	Kidd Field El Paso, TX	W 33–13		[13]
January 1, 1955		vs. Florida State *	Kidd Field El Paso, TX (Sun Bowl)	W 47–20	14,000	[14]
*Non-conference game All times are in Central time

References

1. "1954 UTEP Miners Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 5, 2019.
2. "Texas Western stops Sul Ross". Clovis News-Journal. September 19, 1954. Retrieved April 5, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
3. "Miners smother McMurry, 27–6". The Abilene Reporter-News. September 26, 1954. Retrieved April 5, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
4. "Arizona State rips Miners". Lubbock Avalanche-Journal. October 3, 1954. Retrieved April 5, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
5. "Texas Tech rolls over Texas Western". The Brownsville Herald. October 10, 1954. Retrieved April 5, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
6. "Texas Western Hosts Trinity In Scoring Duel Tonight". El Paso Times . El Paso, Texas. Associated Press. October 16, 1954. p. 12. Retrieved February 6, 2022– via Newspapers.com .
7. Whitlock, Chuck (October 16, 1954). "Trinity University Whips Texas Western Miners, 20-14". El Paso Times . El Paso, Texas. Associated Press. p. 1A. Retrieved February 6, 2022– via Newspapers.com .
8. Whitlock, Chuck (October 16, 1954). "Trinity Tigers Down Texas Western Miners, 20-14 (continued)". El Paso Times . El Paso, Texas. Associated Press. p. 1D. Retrieved February 6, 2022– via Newspapers.com .
9. "TWC upsets North Texas, 6–0". The El Paso Times. October 24, 1954. Retrieved November 4, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
10. "Miners defeat fighting Aggies". The Arizona Daily Star. October 31, 1954. Retrieved April 5, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
11. "Texas Western whacks Cowboys". The Corpus Christi Caller-Times. November 7, 1954. Retrieved April 5, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
12. "Frosh boost Texas Western over mighty Arizona, 41–21". Albuquerque Journal. November 14, 1954. Retrieved April 5, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
13. "Texas Western finishes season with 33–13 triumph". The El Past Times. November 26, 1954. Retrieved February 9, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
14. "Texas team routs FSU by 47 to 20". The Tampa Tribune. January 2, 1955. Retrieved April 5, 2025– via Newspapers.com.