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1942 Texas Mines Miners football team

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1942 Texas Mines Miners football
ConferenceBorder Conference
Record5–4 (4–3 Border)
Head coach
Home stadiumKidd Field
Seasons
← 1941
1946 →
1942 Border Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Hardin–Simmons + 4 0 1 9 1 1
Texas Tech + 3 0 1 4 5 1
West Texas State 5 2 0 7 2 0
Arizona 4 2 0 6 4 0
Texas Mines 4 3 0 5 4 0
New Mexico 3 4 0 4 5 2
Arizona State 2 5 0 2 8 0
Arizona State–Flagstaff 1 4 0 1 5 0
New Mexico A&M 0 6 0 1 8 0
  • + – Conference co-champions

The 1942 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 1942 college football season. In its first and only season under head coach Walter Milner, the team compiled a 5–4 record (4–3 against Border Conference opponents), finished fifth in the conference, and outscored opponents by a total of 162 to 111.[1][2]

Texas Mines was ranked at No. 167 (out of 590 college and military teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score System for 1942.[3]

Schedule

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DateTimeOpponentSiteResultSource
September 27at Louisiana Tech*
L 0–20[4]
October 2New MexicoW 7–0[5]
October 9Abilene Christian*
  • Kidd Field
  • El Paso, TX
W 20–14[6]
October 17at West Texas State
L 0–7[7]
October 24Hardin–Simmons
  • Kidd Field
  • El Paso, TX
L 0–39[8]
October 31at Arizona State–Flagstaff
W 20–0[9]
November 7Arizona State
  • Kidd Field
  • El Paso, TX
W 40–6[10]
November 14Arizona
  • Kidd Field
  • El Paso, TX
L 7–19[11]
November 262:30 p.m.New Mexico A&M
W 61–6[12]

References

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  1. ^ "1942 UTEP Miners Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 5, 2019.
  2. ^ "2014 UTEP Media Guide" (PDF). University of Texas at El Paso. 2014. p. 176. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 3, 2014. Retrieved January 10, 2019.
  3. ^ Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 16, 1942). "Litkenhous Rates Georgia No. 1, Ohio State No. 2". Twin City Sentinel. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Muckers bow to Bulldogs in opener, 20–0". The El Paso Times. September 26, 1942. Retrieved June 23, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Texas Miners defeat Lobos by 7–0 count". The Gallup Independent. October 3, 1942. Retrieved April 3, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Miners rumble over Abilene eleven 20–14". Valley Morning Star. October 11, 1942. Retrieved April 3, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "WTSC blanks Muckers, 7–0". The El Paso Times. October 18, 1942. Retrieved April 3, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Cowboys down Buffaloes, 40–0". The Austin American-Statesman. November 8, 1942. Retrieved April 3, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Texas Mines blanks Flagstaff Teachers". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. November 1, 1942. Retrieved April 3, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Texas Mines romps over Tempe, 40–6". The El Paso Times. November 8, 1942. Retrieved April 3, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "Fightin' Cats topple Texas Miners, 19 to 7". The Arizona Daily Star. November 15, 1942. Retrieved April 3, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ "Miners Meet N. M. Aggies In Traditional Turkey Day Clash". El Paso Times. El Paso, Texas. November 26, 1942. p. 8. Retrieved August 22, 2021 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.