1955 Texas Western Miners football team

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1955 Texas Western Miners football
Conference Border Conference
1955 record6–2–2 (3–2–1 Border)
Head coach
Home stadium Kidd Field
Seasons
  1954
1956  
1955 Border Conference football standings
ConfOverall
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
October 8 Texas Tech
  • Kidd Field
  • El Paso, TX
T 27–2714,000
October 15at Arizona W 29–0
October 22at Wichita *W 28–12
October 29 New Mexico A&M
  • Kidd Field
  • El Paso, TX
W 41–6
November 4at Hardin–Simmons
L 21–235,000 [3]
November 12 Arizona State
  • Kidd Field
  • El Paso, TX
L 13–20
November 19 West Texas State
  • Kidd Field
  • El Paso, TX
W 13–610,000 [4] [5]
November 25at Trinity (TX) * San Antonio, TX W 14–13
  • *Non-conference game

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References

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