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The 1949 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 1949 college football season. In its fourth season under head coach Jack Curtice, the team compiled an 8–2–1 record (4–2 against Border Conference opponents), finished third in the conference, defeated Georgetown in the 1950 Sun Bowl, and outscored all opponents by a total of 292 to 113.[1]

Record8–2–1 (4–2 Border)
Headcoach
HomestadiumKidd Field
Quick facts Texas Western Miners football, Sun Bowl, W 33–20 vs. Georgetown ...
1949 Texas Western Miners football
Sun Bowl, W 33–20 vs. Georgetown
ConferenceBorder Conference
Record8–2–1 (4–2 Border)
Head coach
Home stadiumKidd Field
Seasons
 1948
1950 
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1949 Border Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Texas Tech $500750
Arizona State410730
Texas Western420821
Hardin–Simmons420641
West Texas State320540
Arizona240271
New Mexico A&M140460
New Mexico160280
Arizona State–Flagstaff030161
  • $ Conference champion
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Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 17at BYU*
W 47–6[2]
September 24John Carroll*W 33–711,000[3]
October 1Hawaii*
  • Kidd Field
  • El Paso, TX
W 14–715,000[4]
October 8at West Texas State
W 34–7[5]
October 15at ArizonaW 28–016,200[6]
October 22New Mexico
  • Kidd Field
  • El Paso, TX
W 7–05,000[7]
October 29at Hardin–Simmons
L 14–338,000[8]
November 5Texas Techdagger
  • Kidd Field
  • El Paso, TX
L 0–1313,000[9]
November 12at West Virginia*T 13–1310,000[10]
November 25New Mexico A&M
  • Kidd Field
  • El Paso, TX
W 69–75,000[11]
January 2, 1950vs. Georgetown*
W 33–2015,000[12]
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
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