List of Border Conference football champions

Border Conference football champions (defunct)
Map of Border Conference member states
Sport	College football
Conference	Border Conference
Played	1931–1961
Most championships	Texas Tech (9)

The list of Border Conference football champions includes eight teams that won the college football championship awarded by the defunct Border Conference during its existence from 1931 through 1961. In total, 9 teams sponsored football in the conference. Arizona State Teacher's College of Flagstaff (now Northern Arizona University) was the only member to never win a Border Conference football championship.

Champions by year

Year	School	Record
1931	Arizona State	3–0
1932	No champion [A 1]	N/A
1933	No champion [A 1]	N/A
1934	No champion [A 1]	N/A
1935	Arizona	4–0
1936	Arizona	3–0
1937	Texas Tech	3–0
1938	New Mexico New Mexico A&M	4–2 [A 2] 4–1
1939	Arizona State	4–0
1940	Arizona State	3–0–1
1941	Arizona	5–0
1942	Hardin–Simmons Texas Tech	3–0–1 3–0–1
1943	No full conference program	N/A
1944	No full conference program [A 1]	N/A
1945	No full conference program [A 1]	N/A
1946	Hardin–Simmons	6–0
1947	Texas Tech	4–0
1948	Texas Tech	5–0
1949	Texas Tech	5–0
1950	West Texas State	6–0
1951	Texas Tech	5–0
1952	Arizona State	4–0
1953	Texas Tech	5–0
1954	Texas Tech	4–0
1955	Texas Tech	3–0
1956	Texas Western	5–0
1957	Arizona State	4–0
1958	Hardin–Simmons	4–0
1959	Arizona State	5–0
1960	New Mexico State	4–0
1961	Arizona State	3–0

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Championships by team

Team	Championships	Years
Texas Tech	9	1937, 1942†, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1951, 1953, 1954, 1955
Arizona State	7	1931, 1939, 1940, 1952, 1957, 1959, 1961
Arizona	3	1935, 1936, 1941
Hardin–Simmons	3	1942†, 1946, 1958
New Mexico A&M/State	2	1938†, 1960
New Mexico	1	1938†
Texas Western	1	1956
West Texas State	1	1950

• "†" Denotes shared title

Notes

1. Arizona has been listed by some as conference champion for the 1945 season and Texas Tech has been listed by some as conference champion for the years 1932, 1933, 1934 and 1944, but Border Intercollegiate Athletic Association rules forbade an official conference championship being awarded to a team without a minimum of three games played between conference members. ^[1]
2. Texas Tech won its two conference games in 1938 but did not win the official championship since it did not meet the conference's three-game requirement. Its victory over New Mexico did not count toward the championship, permitting New Mexico to share the 1938 Border Conference championship with New Mexico A&M. ^[1]

References

1. "Discontinued Conferences" (PDF). Conference Standings and Champions. National Collegiate Athletic Association. p. 12. Retrieved 2011-03-06.
2. "Conference Champions". Archived from the original on 2010-02-13. Retrieved 2009-11-19.