1940 Texas Mines Miners football team

1940 Texas Mines Miners football
ConferenceBorder Conference
Record4–4–1 (3–1–1 Border)
Head coach
Home stadiumKidd Field
Seasons
← 1939
1941 →
1940 Border Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Arizona State $ 3 0 1 7 2 2
Arizona 3 1 0 7 2 0
Texas Mines 3 1 1 4 4 1
New Mexico 3 2 0 5 4 0
New Mexico A&M 1 4 0 3 6 0
Texas Tech 0 1 0 9 1 1
Arizona State–Flagstaff 0 5 0 2 6 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1940 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 1940 college football season. In its 12th season under head coach Mack Saxon, the team compiled a 4–4–1 record (3–1–1 against Border Conference opponents), finished third in the conference, and outscored opponents by a total of 129 to 121.[1][2]

Texas Mines was ranked at No. 149 (out of 697 college football teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score system for 1940.[3]

  1. ^ "1940 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 10, 2019.
  3. ^ Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 19, 1940). "Final 1940 Litkenhous Ratings". The Boston Globe. p. 22 – via Newspapers.com.