1937 Texas Mines Miners football team

1937 Texas Mines Miners football
ConferenceBorder Conference
Record7–1–2 (2–1–1 Border)
Head coach
Home stadiumKidd Field
Seasons
← 1936
1938 →
1937 Border Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Texas Tech $ 3 – 0 – 0 8 – 4 – 0
New Mexico A&M 4 – 1 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
Arizona 3 – 1 – 0 8 – 2 – 0
Texas Mines 2 – 1 – 1 7 – 1 – 2
New Mexico 2 – 3 – 1 4 – 4 – 1
Arizona State–Flagstaff 1 – 4 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
Arizona State 0 – 5 – 0 0 – 8 – 1
  • $ – Conference champion

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 7–1–2 record (2–1–1 against Border Conference opponents), finished fourth in the conference, and outscored opponents by a total of 215 to 91.[1][2]

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]

  1. ^ "1937 UTEP Miners Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 5, 2019.
  2. ^ "2014 UTEP Media Guide" (PDF). University of Texas at El Paso. 2014. p. 175. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 3, 2014. Retrieved January 6, 2019.
  3. ^ 2014 Media Guide, p. 92.
  4. ^ 2014 Media Guide, p. 83.
  5. ^ 2014 Media Guide, p. 82.