1937 Texas Mines Miners football team
American college football season
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The 1937 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 1937 college football season. In its ninth season under head coach Mack Saxon, the team compiled a 7â1â2 record (2â1â1 against Border Conference opponents), finished fourth in the conference, and outscored opponents by a total of 215 to 91.[1][2]
- Mack Saxon (9th season)
| 1937 Texas Mines Miners football | |
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| Conference | Border Conference |
| Record | 7â1â2 (2â1â1 Border) |
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| Home stadium | Kidd Field |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas Tech $ | 3 | â | 0 | â | 0 | 8 | â | 4 | â | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| New Mexico A&M | 4 | â | 1 | â | 0 | 7 | â | 2 | â | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Arizona | 3 | â | 1 | â | 0 | 8 | â | 2 | â | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas Mines | 2 | â | 1 | â | 1 | 7 | â | 1 | â | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| New Mexico | 2 | â | 3 | â | 1 | 4 | â | 4 | â | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Arizona StateâFlagstaff | 1 | â | 4 | â | 0 | 5 | â | 5 | â | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Arizona State | 0 | â | 5 | â | 0 | 0 | â | 8 | â | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Quarterback Ken Heineman set two school records (since surpassed) with 407 yards of total offense and 296 all-purpose yards in a game against Arizona State-Flagstaff.[3] At the end of the season, Heineman was named to the Little All-America teams selected by NEA and Collyer's.[4] He was also selected as a first-team player on the All-Border Conference football team.[5]
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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| September 24 | at New Mexico A&M |
| L 0â14 | 3,000 | [6] | ||
| October 2 | at New Mexico Military* | Roswell, NM | W 19â3 | [7] | |||
| October 9 | West Texas State* |
| W 16â14 | 5,000 | [8] | ||
| October 16 | at New Mexico |
| T 7â7 | [9] | |||
| October 22 | at Santa Barbara State* |
| T 13â13 | [10] | |||
| October 30 | Colorado StateâGreeley* |
| W 20â0 | 4,500 | [11] | ||
| November 6 | Arizona StateâFlagstaff |
| W 53â13 | 5,500 | [12] | ||
| November 11 | at Arizona State | W 19â0 | [13] | ||||
| November 20 | Sul Ross* |
| W 34â20 | 6,000 | [14] | ||
| November 27 | St. Edward's* |
| W 34â7 | 5,000 | [15] | ||
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