1957 Texas Western Miners football team

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1957 Texas Western Miners football
Conference Border Conference
Record6–3 (3–2 Border)
Head coach
Home stadium Kidd Field
Seasons
  1956
1958  
1957 Border Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 12 Arizona State $ 4 0 010 0 0
West Texas State 3 1 07 3 0
Texas Western 3 2 06 3 0
Hardin–Simmons 3 2 05 5 0
New Mexico A&M 0 4 03 7 0
Arizona 0 4 01 8 1
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1957 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 1957 college football season. In its first season under head coach Ben Collins, the team compiled a 6–3 record (3–2 against Border Conference opponents), finished third in the conference, and outscored all opponents by a total of 202 to 168. [1] [2]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
September 21 North Texas State *W 14–13 [3]
September 28 West Texas State
  • Kidd Field
  • El Paso, TX
W 20–12
October 5at New Mexico *W 15–13
October 12 Texas Tech *
  • Kidd Field
  • El Paso, TX
W 26–14
October 26 New Mexico A&M
W 42–12
November 2at Hardin–Simmons Abilene, TX L 20–33
November 9 Arizona State
  • Kidd Field
  • El Paso, TX
L 7–43
November 16at Arizona W 51–14
November 23at Trinity (TX) * San Antonio, TX L 7–14
  • *Non-conference game

References

  1. "1957 UTEP Miners Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 6, 2019.
  2. "2014 UTEP Media Guide" (PDF). University of Texas at El Paso. 2014. p. 177. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 3, 2014. Retrieved January 6, 2019.
  3. "Texas Western nips North Texas". Arizona Republic. September 22, 1957. Retrieved November 4, 2021 via Newspapers.com.