1936 Texas Mines Miners football team

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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.[1][2]

Record5–3–1 (2–1–1 Border)
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Quick facts Texas Mines Miners football, Sun Bowl, L 6–14 vs. Hardin–Simmons ...
1936 Texas Mines Miners football
Sun Bowl, L 6–14 vs. Hardin–Simmons
ConferenceBorder Conference
Record5–3–1 (2–1–1 Border)
Head coach
Seasons
← 1935
1937 â†’
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1936 Border Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Arizona $3–0–05–2–3
Texas Mines2–1–15–3–1
New Mexico A&M3–2–06–4–1
Arizona State2–3–04–5–0
Arizona State–Flagstaff1–2–13–4–1
New Mexico1–4–02–7–0
Texas Tech0–0–05–4–1
  • $ – Conference champion
  • Arizona State and Arizona State–Flagstaff played twice, but only the first meeting counted in the conference standings. The game between Arizona and Texas Tech also did not count in the conference standings.
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Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 25at West Texas State*
L 7–13[3]
October 3New Mexico Military*
W 13–63,000[4]
October 17New Mexico
  • Kidd Field
  • El Paso, TX
W 12–7[5]
October 24at Sul Ross*
W 6–0[6]
October 31at Silver City Teachers*Silver City, NMW 21–01,500[7]
November 7at Arizona State–Flagstaff
T 0–0[8]
November 14Arizona Statedagger
  • Kidd Field
  • El Paso, TX
L 0–194,000[9]
November 26New Mexico A&M
W 27–75,500[10]
January 1, 1937vs. Hardin–Simmons
L 6–349,000[11]
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
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