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1950 Texas Western Miners football
ConferenceBorder Conference
Record7–3 (4–2 Border)
Head coach
Home stadiumKidd Field
Seasons
← 1949
1951 →
1950 Border Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
West Texas State $ 6 – 0 – 0 10 – 1 – 0
Arizona State 4 – 1 – 0 9 – 2 – 0
Texas Western 4 – 2 – 0 7 – 3 – 0
Texas Tech 3 – 2 – 0 3 – 8 – 0
Hardin–Simmons 3 – 3 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
Arizona 2 – 4 – 0 4 – 6 – 0
New Mexico 2 – 5 – 0 2 – 8 – 0
New Mexico A&M 1 – 4 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
Arizona State–Flagstaff 0 – 4 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1950 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 1950 college football season. In its first season under head coach Mike Brumbelow, the team compiled a 7–3 record (4–2 against Border Conference opponents), finished third in the conference, and outscored all opponents by a total of 272 to 232.[1]

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 16at Cincinnati*
L 0–32[2]
September 23New Mexico A&M
W 40–07,000[3]
October 7Idaho*
  • Kidd Field
  • El Paso, TX
W 43–33[4][5]
October 14Arizona
  • Kidd Field
  • El Paso, TX
W 14–1312,000[6]
October 21at New Mexico
W 41–13[7]
October 28at Texas Tech
L 7–6113,000[8]
November 4West Texas State
  • Kidd Field
  • El Paso, TX
L 12–40[9]
November 11Hardin–Simmons
  • Kidd Field
  • El Paso, TX
W 21–2010,000[10]
November 25West Virginia*
  • Kidd Field
  • El Paso, TX
W 48–79,000[11]
December 1at Hawaii*
W 46–1312,000[12]
  • *Non-conference game

References

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  1. ^ "1950 UTEP Miners Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 5, 2019.
  2. ^ "Texas Western dazzled by Cincinnati U, 32–0". Wichita Daily Times. September 17, 1950. Retrieved April 5, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Cargile, Gabrel leads Miners to 40–0 win over NM Aggies". The El Paso Times. September 24, 1950. Retrieved April 5, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Texas Western whips Idaho 43-33 in wild, free-scoring grid game". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. October 8, 1950. p. 10.
  5. ^ "Idaho defeated by Texas squad". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). Associated Press. October 9, 1950. p. 17.
  6. ^ "Texas Western nips Arizona on Davis' PAT". The Abilene Reporter-News. October 15, 1950. Retrieved April 5, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Texas Western rubs out NM Lobos, 48 to 13". Santa Fe New Mexican. October 22, 1950. Retrieved April 5, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Raiders spank Miners by 61–7". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. October 29, 1950. Retrieved April 5, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ Whitlock, Chuck (November 5, 1950). "West Texas Buffaloes Down Miners, 40–12". The El Paso Times. pp. 1, 37 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Cowboys upset by Texas Western". Lubbock Avalanche-Journal. November 12, 1950. Retrieved April 5, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "TWC beats Mountaineers, 48–7, end home season". The El Paso Times. November 26, 1950. Retrieved December 27, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ "Miners lambast Hawaii, 46 to 13". The Odessa American. December 3, 1950. Retrieved April 5, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
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