1936 Texas Mines Miners football team
The 1936 Texas Mines Miners football team was an American football team that represented Texas School of Mines (now known as University of Texas at El Paso) as a member of the Border Conference during the 1936 college football season. In its eighth season under head coach Mack Saxon, the team compiled a 5–3–1 record (2–1–1 against Border Conference opponents), finished second in the conference, lost to Hardin–Simmons in the first Sun Bowl game, and outscored all opponents by a total of 92 to 86.[2][3]
| 1936 Texas Mines Miners football | |
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Sun Bowl, L 6–14 vs. Hardin–Simmons | |
| Conference | Border Conference |
| 1936 record | 5–3–1 (2–1–1 Border) |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Arizona $ | 3 | – | 0 | – | 1 | 5 | – | 2 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas Mines | 2 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 5 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| New Mexico A&M | 3 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas Tech | 0 | – | 0 | – | 1 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Arizona State–Flagstaff | 2 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 3 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Arizona State | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| New Mexico | 1 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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| September 26 | West Texas State* | El Paso, TX | L 7–13 | ||||
| October 3 | New Mexico Military* | El Paso, TX | W 13–6 | ||||
| October 17 | New Mexico | El Paso, TX | W 12–7 | ||||
| October 24 | at Sul Ross* | Alpine, TX | W 6–0 | ||||
| October 31 | at Silver City Teachers* | Silver City, NM | W 21–0 | 1,500 | [4] | ||
| November 7 | at Arizona State–Flagstaff | Flagstaff, AZ | T 0–0 | [5] | |||
| November 14 | Arizona State | El Paso, TX | L 0–19 | ||||
| November 26 | New Mexico A&M | El Paso, TX (rivalry) | W 27–7 | ||||
| January 1, 1937 | Hardin–Simmons |
| L 6–34 | 9,000 | [6] | ||
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References
- "1936 Border Intercollegiate Athletic Association Year Summary". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 9, 2018.
- "1936 UTEP Miners Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 6, 2019.
- "2014 UTEP Media Guide" (PDF). University of Texas at El Paso. 2014. p. 175.
- John R. Ward (November 1, 1936). "Texas Miners Score 21-0 Victory Over Silver City Teachers". The El Paso Times. pp. 21–22 – via Newspapers.com.
- "Miners And Flagstaff Battle To Scoreless Tie On Soft Field". The El Paso Times. November 8, 1936. pp. 17, 19 – via Newspapers.com.
- Paxton H. Dent (January 2, 1937). "Cowboys Win Over Miners In Sun Bowl". The El Paso Times. pp. 1, 8 – via Newspapers.com.
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