1936 Texas Mines Miners football team
{{short description|American college football season}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox college sports team season
| year = 1936
| team = Texas Mines Miners
| sport = football
| image =
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| conference = Border Conference
| short_conf = Border
| record = 5–3–1
| conf_record = 2–1–1
| head_coach = Mack Saxon
| hc_year = 8th
| captain =
| stadium =
| bowl = Sun Bowl
| bowl_result = L 6–14 vs. Hardin–Simmons
}}
{{1936 Border Conference football standings}}
The 1936 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 1936 college football season. In its eighth season under head coach Mack Saxon, the team compiled a 5–3–1 record (2–1–1 against Border Conference opponents), finished second in the conference, lost to Hardin–Simmons in the first Sun Bowl game, and outscored all opponents by a total of 92 to 86.{{cite web|title=1936 UTEP Miners Schedule and Results|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|work=SR/College Football|accessdate=January 6, 2019|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/texas-el-paso/1936-schedule.html}}{{cite web|title=2014 UTEP Media Guide|year=2014|publisher=University of Texas at El Paso|page=175|url=http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/utep/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/2014-15/misc_non_event/2014_FBMediaGuide.pdf|access-date=2019-01-06|archive-date=2014-09-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140903193201/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/utep/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/2014-15/misc_non_event/2014_FBMediaGuide.pdf|url-status=dead}}
Schedule
{{CFB schedule
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|September 25|at|{{cfb link|year=1936|team=West Texas State Buffaloes|title=West Texas State}}
|October 3||{{cfb link|year=1936|team=New Mexico Military Broncos|title=New Mexico Military}}
|October 17||New Mexico|Kidd Field|El Paso, TX|W 12–7||{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-arizona-republic-texas-mines-defeat/169382227/|work=The Arizona Republic|title=Texas Mines defeat Lobos|date=October 18, 1936|accessdate=April 1, 2025|via=Newspapers.com}}
|October 24|at|{{cfb link|year=1936|team=Sul Ross Lobos|title=Sul Ross}}
|October 31|at|{{cfb link|year=1936|team=Silver City Teachers Mustangs|title=Silver City Teachers}}
|November 7|at|{{cfb link|year=1936|team=Arizona State–Flagstaff Lumberjacks|title=Arizona State–Flagstaff}}|Skidmore Field|Flagstaff, AZ|T 0–0||{{cite news|title=Miners And Flagstaff Battle To Scoreless Tie On Soft Field|newspaper=The El Paso Times|date=November 8, 1936|pages=17, 19|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/26922840/miners_and_flagstaff_battle_to/|via=Newspapers.com}}
|November 14||Arizona State|Kidd Field|El Paso, TX|L 0–19|4,000|{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/el-paso-times-mines-folds-up-in-last-hal/169382848/|work=The El Paso Times|title=Mines folds up in last half as Tempe cops in 19 to 0 tilt|date=November 15, 1936|accessdate=April 1, 2025|via=Newspapers.com}}
|November 26||New Mexico A&M|Kidd Field|El Paso, TX (rivalry)|W 27–7|5,500|{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/el-paso-herald-post-miners-sun-bowl-gri/169382989/|work=El Paso Herald-Post|title=Miners' Sun Bowl grid opponent in doubt|date=November 27, 1936|accessdate=April 1, 2025|via=Newspapers.com}}
|January 1, 1937|vs|Hardin–Simmons|Jones Stadium|El Paso, TX (Sun Bowl)|L 6–34|9,000|{{cite news|title=Cowboys Win Over Miners In Sun Bowl|newspaper=The El Paso Times|author=Paxton H. Dent|date=January 2, 1937|pages=1, 8|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/26923079/cowboys_win_over_miners_in_sun_bowl/|via=Newspapers.com}}
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References
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Category:UTEP Miners football seasons
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