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1948 Texas Mines Miners football team

The 1948 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 1948 college football season. In its third season under head coach Jack Curtice, the team compiled an 8–2–1 record (4–1–1 against Border Conference opponents), finished second in the conference, defeated West Virginia in the 1949 Sun Bowl, and outscored all opponents by a total of 361 to 182.[1]

1948 Texas Mines Miners football
Sun Bowl, L 12–21 vs. West Virginia
ConferenceBorder Conference
Record8–2–1 (4–1–1 Border)
Head coach
Home stadiumKidd Field
Seasons
← 1947
1949 →
1948 Border Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Texas Tech $ 5 0 0 7 3 0
Texas Mines 4 1 1 8 2 1
Arizona 3 2 0 6 5 0
Arizona State 3 2 0 5 5 0
Hardin–Simmons 3 2 1 6 2 3
West Texas State 2 3 0 6 5 0
Arizona State–Flagstaff 1 2 0 4 5 0
New Mexico 1 6 0 2 0 0
New Mexico A&M 0 4 0 3 7 0
  • $ – Conference champion

Texas Mines was ranked at No. 73 in the final Litkenhous Difference by Score System ratings for 1948.[2]

Schedule Edit

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 18vs. McMurry*Odessa, TXW 33–14
September 25Houston*W 35–76,000[3]
October 9West Texas State
  • Kidd Field
  • El Paso, TX
W 21–7
October 15BYU*
  • Kidd Field
  • El Paso, TX
W 34–20
October 23at New MexicoW 27–13
October 30Hardin–Simmons
  • Kidd Field
  • El Paso, TX
T 27–27
November 6at Texas TechLubbock, TXL 6–4614,000
November 13at ArizonaW 25–14
November 25New Mexico A&M
  • Kidd Field
  • El Paso, TX
W 92–7
December 4at Hawaii*Honolulu, HIW 49–614,000
January 1, 1949West Virginia*
L 12–21
  • *Non-conference game

References Edit

  1. ^ "1948 UTEP Miners Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 5, 2019.
  2. ^ "Michigan, Irish Finish 1-2 in Litkenhous Ratings". Wilmington Morning News. December 15, 1948. p. 32 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Miners flash 35–7 win over Houston". The El Paso Times. September 26, 1948. Retrieved April 25, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.


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