1939 Texas Mines Miners football team
{{short description|American college football season}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox college sports team season
| year = 1939
| team = Texas Mines Miners
| sport = football
| image =
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| conference = Border Conference
| short_conf = Border
| record = 5–4
| conf_record = 3–2
| head_coach = Mack Saxon
| hc_year = 11th
| captain =
| stadium = Kidd Field
}}
{{1939 Border Conference football standings}}
The 1939 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 1939 college football season. In its 11th season under head coach Mack Saxon, the team compiled a 5–4 record (3–2 against Border Conference opponents), finished fourth in the conference, and outscored opponents by a total of 110 to 71.{{cite web|title=1939 UTEP Miners Schedule and Results|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|work=SR/College Football|accessdate=January 5, 2019|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/texas-el-paso/1939-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=2019-01-10|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}}
Texas Mines was ranked at No. 108 (out of 609 teams) in the final Litkenhous Ratings for 1939.{{cite news|title=Vols Second In Final Litkenhous Grid Rankings; Southern California Tenth|author=E. E. Litkenhous|newspaper=Johnson City Sunday Press|date=December 31, 1939|page=11|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/123000367/vols-second-in-final-litkenhous-grid/|via=Newspapers.com}}
Schedule
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|September 23||Texas Tech|Kidd Field|El Paso, TX|W 7–2||{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times-texas-tech-drops-7/169455972/|work=The Los Angeles Times|title=Texas Tech drops 7–2 upset loss|date=September 24, 1939|accessdate=April 2, 2025|via=Newspapers.com}}
|September 30|at|Fresno State
|October 7||Hardin–Simmons
|October 13|at|New Mexico|Hilltop Stadium|Albuquerque, NM|L 0–14||{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/lubbock-morning-avalanche-lobos-measure/169455342/|work=Lubbock Morning Avalanche|title=Lobos measure Miners, 14–0|date=October 14, 1939|accessdate=April 2, 2025|via=Newspapers.com}}
|October 21||Wichita
|October 28|at|Arizona State|Goodwin Stadium|Tempe, AZ|L 7–27||{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/albuquerque-journal-tempe-takes-6th-stra/169453536/|work=Albuquerque Journal|title=Tempe takes 6th straight win|date=October 29, 1939|accessdate=April 2, 2025|via=Newspapers.com}}
|November 11||Arizona
|November 18||Louisiana Tech
|November 25|at|New Mexico A&M|Quesenberry Field|Las Cruces, NM (rivalry)|W 34–0||{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/waco-tribune-herald-texas-miners-triumph/169457322/|work=Waco Tribune-Herald|title=Texas Miners triumph|date=November 26, 1939|accessdate=April 2, 2025|via=Newspapers.com}}
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References
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