1961 Texas Western Miners football team

1961 Texas Western Miners football
ConferenceBorder Conference
Record3–7 (1–3 Border)
Head coach
Home stadiumKidd Field
Seasons
← 1960
1962 →
1961 Border Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Arizona State § 3 0 0 7 3 0
West Texas State 3 1 0 6 4 0
New Mexico State 2 1 0 5 4 1
Texas Western 1 3 0 3 7 0
Hardin–Simmons 0 4 0 0 10 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1961 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 1961 college football season. In their fifth and final season under head coach Ben Collins, the Miners compiled a 3–7 record (1–3 in conference games), finished fourth out of five teams in the Border Conference, and were outscored by a total of 283 to 176.[1][2]

The team played its home games at Kidd Field in El Paso, Texas.

  1. ^ "1961 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.