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1939 Texas Mines Miners football team

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The 1939 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 1939 college football season. In its 11th season under head coach Mack Saxon, the team compiled a 5–4 record (3–2 against Border Conference opponents), finished fourth in the conference, and outscored opponents by a total of 110 to 71.[1][2]

Record5–4 (3–2 Border)
Headcoach
HomestadiumKidd Field
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1939 Texas Mines Miners football
ConferenceBorder Conference
Record5–4 (3–2 Border)
Head coach
Home stadiumKidd Field
Seasons
 1938
1940 
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1939 Border Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Arizona State $400821
New Mexico420820
Texas Tech210551
Texas Mines320540
Arizona120640
New Mexico A&M140360
Arizona State–Flagstaff040161
  • $ Conference champion
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Texas Mines was ranked at No. 108 (out of 609 teams) in the final Litkenhous Ratings for 1939.[3]

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 23Texas TechW 7–2[4]
September 30at Fresno State*L 7–08,597–9,000[5]
October 7Hardin–Simmons*
  • Kidd Field
  • El Paso, TX
L 0–125,000[6]
October 13at New MexicoL 0–14[7]
October 21Wichita*
  • Kidd Field
  • El Paso, TX
W 17–0[8]
October 28at Arizona StateL 7–27[9]
November 11Arizonadagger
  • Kidd Field
  • El Paso, TX
W 14–68,000[10]
November 18Louisiana Tech*
  • Kidd Field
  • El Paso, TX
W 27–05,500[11]
November 25at New Mexico A&M
W 34–0[12]
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
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