1955 Texas Western Miners football team

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1955 Texas Western Miners football
Conference Border Conference
Record6–2–2 (3–2–1 Border)
Head coach
Home stadium Kidd Field
Seasons
←  1954
1956  →
1955 Border Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Texas Tech $ 3 –0 –17 –3 –1
Arizona State 4 –1 –08 –2 –1
Hardin–Simmons 3 –2 –05 –5 –0
Texas Western 3 –2 –16 –2 –2
Arizona 1 –2 –15 –4 –1
West Texas State 1 –4 –14 –4 –1
New Mexico A&M 0 –4 –03 –7 –0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1955 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 1955 college football season. In its sixth season under head coach Mike Brumbelow, the team compiled a 6–2–2 record (3–2–1 against Border Conference opponents), finished fourth in the conference, and outscored all opponents by a total of 227 to 114. [1]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 24 North Texas State *
T 7–710,000 [2]
October 1at New Mexico *
W 34–0 [3]
October 8 Texas Tech
  • Kidd Field
  • El Paso, TX
T 27–2714,000 [4]
October 15at Arizona
W 29–021,500 [5]
October 22at Wichita *
W 28–12 [6]
October 29 New Mexico A&M
  • Kidd Field
  • El Paso, TX
W 41–68,000 [7]
November 4at Hardin–Simmons
L 21–235,000 [8]
November 12 Arizona State
  • Kidd Field
  • El Paso, TX
L 13–2013,000 [9]
November 19 West Texas State
  • Kidd Field
  • El Paso, TX
W 13–610,000 [10] [11]
November 25at Trinity (TX) *
W 14–13 [12]
  • *Non-conference game

References

  1. ↑ "1955 UTEP Miners Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 5, 2019.
  2. ↑ "Miners, Eagles battle to 7–7 tie". The El Paso Times. September 25, 1955. Retrieved January 29, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
  3. ↑ "Miners bash Lobos before small crowd". Santa Fe New Mexican. October 2, 1955. Retrieved April 6, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ "Tech, Western battle to draw". Clovis News-Journal. October 9, 1955. Retrieved April 6, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ "Texas Western downs Arizona". The Billings Gazette. October 16, 1955. Retrieved April 6, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
  6. ↑ "Texas Western rallies to beat Wichita, 28–12". Tulsa World. October 23, 1955. Retrieved April 6, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
  7. ↑ "TWC routs Aggies, 41–6, in late surge". The El Paso Times. October 30, 1955. Retrieved April 6, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
  8. ↑ Fred Sanner (November 5, 1955). "Honeycutt's 21-Yard Boot Nips Miners for Pokes, 23–21". The Abilene Reporter-News. p. 8A – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ↑ "Rallies dump tough Miners". The Arizona Republic. November 13, 1955. Retrieved April 6, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
  10. ↑ Whitlock, Chuck (November 20, 1955). "Maynard Scores Two Touchdowns As Miners Defeat West Texas, 13–6". El Paso Times . El Paso, Texas. p. 1A. Retrieved January 30, 2022– via Newspapers.com Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg .
  11. ↑ Whitlock, Chuck (November 20, 1955). "Maynard Scores Two Touchdowns (continued)". El Paso Times . El Paso, Texas. p. 1D. Retrieved January 30, 2022– via Newspapers.com Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg .
  12. ↑ "Howle can't hang on but Harman saves it". El Paso Herald-Post. November 26, 1955. Retrieved April 6, 2025– via Newspapers.com.
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