1959 Texas Western Miners football team

1959 Texas Western Miners football
ConferenceBorder Conference
Record3–7 (2–3 Border)
Head coach
Home stadiumKidd Field
Seasons
← 1958
1960 →
1959 Border Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Arizona State $ 5 0 0 10 1 0
Arizona 2 1 0 4 6 0
New Mexico State 2 2 0 8 3 0
Hardin–Simmons 2 2 0 3 7 0
Texas Western 2 3 0 3 7 0
West Texas State 0 5 0 1 9 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1959 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 1959 college football season. In its third season under head coach Ben Collins, the team compiled a 3–7 record (2–3 against Border Conference opponents), finished fifth in the conference, and was outscored by a total of 191 to 163.[1][2]

  1. ^ "1959 UTEP Miners Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 6, 2019.
  2. ^ "2014 UTEP Media Guide" (PDF). University of Texas at El Paso. 2014. p. 177. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 3, 2014. Retrieved January 10, 2019.