1954 Texas Western Miners football team

The 1954 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 1954 college football season. In its fifth season under head coach Mike Brumbelow, the team compiled an 8–3 record (4–2 against Border Conference opponents), finished third in the conference, defeated Florida State in the 1954 Sun Bowl, and outscored all opponents by a total of 290 to 197.[1]

1954 Texas Western Miners football
Sun Bowl, W 47–20 vs. Florida State
ConferenceBorder Conference
1954 record8–3 (4–2 Border)
Head coach
Home stadiumKidd Field
1954 Border Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Texas Tech $ 4 0 0  7 2 1
Arizona State 3 1 0  5 5 0
Texas Western 4 2 0  8 3 0
Arizona 3 2 0  7 3 0
Hardin–Simmons 2 3 0  4 6 0
West Texas State 1 5 0  1 8 0
New Mexico A&M 0 4 0  0 9 0
  • $ Conference champion

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResult
September 18Sul Ross*W 35–14
September 25McMurry*
  • Kidd Field
  • El Paso, TX
W 27–6
October 2at Arizona StateL 27–34
October 9at Texas TechL 28–55
October 16Trinity (TX)*
  • Kidd Field
  • El Paso, TX
L 14–20
October 23at North Texas State*Denton, TXW 6–0
October 30at New Mexico StateLas Cruces, NMW 12–7
November 6Hardin–Simmons
  • Kidd Field
  • El Paso, TX
W 20–7
November 13Arizona
  • Kidd Field
  • El Paso, TX
W 41–21
November 25West Texas State
  • Kidd Field
  • El Paso, TX
W 33–13
January 1, 1955Florida State*
W 47–20
  • *Non-conference game

References

  1. "1954 UTEP Miners Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 5, 2019.


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