1954 Texas Western Miners football team

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1954 Texas Western Miners football
Sun Bowl champion
Sun Bowl, W 47–20 vs. Florida State
Conference Border Conference
Record8–3 (4–2 Border)
Head coach
Home stadium Kidd Field
Seasons
←  1953
1955  →
1954 Border Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Texas Tech $ 4 –0 –07 –2 –1
Arizona State 3 –1 –05 –5 –0
Texas Western 4 –2 –08 –3 –0
Arizona 3 –2 –07 –3 –0
Hardin–Simmons 2 –3 –04 –6 –0
West Texas State 1 –5 –01 –8 –0
New Mexico A&M 0 –4 –00 –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

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 18 Sul Ross *
W 35–14
September 25 McMurry *
  • Kidd Field
  • El Paso, TX
W 27–6
October 2at Arizona State
L 27–3415,000
October 9at Texas Tech
L 28–55
October 168:00 p.m. Trinity (TX) *
  • Kidd Field
  • El Paso, TX
L 14–207,500 [2] [3] [4]
October 23at North Texas State *
W 6–0 [5]
October 30at New Mexico A&M
W 12–7
November 6 Hardin–Simmons
  • Kidd Field
  • El Paso, TX
W 20–7
November 13 Arizona
  • Kidd Field
  • El Paso, TX
W 41–21
November 25 West Texas State
  • Kidd Field
  • El Paso, TX
W 33–13 [6]
January 1, 1955 Florida State *
W 47–20

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References

  1. ↑ "1954 UTEP Miners Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 5, 2019.
  2. ↑ "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 Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg .
  3. ↑ 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 Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg .
  4. ↑ 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 Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg .
  5. ↑ "TWC upsets North Texas, 6–0". The El Paso Times. October 24, 1954. Retrieved November 4, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
  6. ↑ "Texas Western finishes season with 33–13 triumph". The El Past Times. November 26, 1954. Retrieved February 9, 2022– via Newspapers.com.


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