1940 Texas Mines Miners football team

{{Infobox college sports team season

| year = 1940

| team = Texas Mines Miners

| sport = football

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| conference = Border Conference

| short_conf = Border

| record = 4–4–1

| conf_record = 3–1–1

| head_coach = Mack Saxon

| hc_year = 12th

| captain =

| stadium = Kidd Field

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The 1940 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 1940 college football season. In its 12th season under head coach Mack Saxon, the team compiled a 4–4–1 record (3–1–1 against Border Conference opponents), finished third in the conference, and outscored opponents by a total of 129 to 121.{{cite web|title=1940 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/1940-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. 149 (out of 697 college football teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score system for 1940.{{cite news|title=Final 1940 Litkenhous Ratings|newspaper=The Boston Globe|author=Dr. E. E. Litkenhous|date=December 19, 1940|page=22|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/123126338/final-1940-litkenhous-ratings/|via=Newspapers.com}}

Schedule

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|September 21|at|{{cfb link|year=1940|team=Arizona State–Flagstaff Lumberjacks|title=Arizona State–Flagstaff}}|Skidmore Field|Flagstaff, AZ|W 28–7||{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/pampa-daily-news-texas-mines-beats-arizo/169518350/|work=Pampa Daily News|title=Texas Mines beats Arizona Profs 28–7|date=September 22, 1940|accessdate=April 3, 2025|via=Newspapers.com}}

|September 28||North Dakota|Kidd Field|El Paso, TX|W 20–6||{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/star-tribune-texas-mines-defeats-sioux/169518495/|work=The Minneapolis Sunday Tribune|title=Texas Mines defeats Sioux|date=September 29, 1940|accessdate=April 3, 2025|via=Newspapers.com}}

|October 5|at|Louisiana Tech|Tech Stadium|Ruston, LA|L 7-19||{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/80127448/la-tech-gives-miners-first-loss-197/|work=The El Paso Times|title=La. Tech gives Miners first loss, 19–7|date=October 5, 1940|accessdate=June 23, 2021|via=Newspapers.com}}

|October 12|vs|Hardin–Simmons|Fly Field|Odessa, TX|L 6–14|3,000|{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/17646457/cowboys_turn_back_miners_14_to_6/|newspaper=The Odessa American|title=Cowboys turn back Miners, 14 to 6|date=October 13, 1940|page=15|accessdate=April 3, 2025|via=Newspapers.com}}

|October 19||New Mexico|Kidd Field|El Paso, TX|W 9–7|7,000|{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/25681391/texas_miners_defeat_lobos_97_in/|newspaper=Albuquerque Journal|title=Texas Miners defeat Lobos 9–7 in hard-fought game|author=Paul weeks|date=October 20, 1940|page=6|accessdate=April 3, 2025|via=Newspapers.com}}

|October 26||Arizona State|Kidd Field|El Paso, TX|T 0–0||{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-fresno-bee-tempe-mines-play-to-scor/169515971/|work=The Fresno Bee|title=Tempe, Mines play to scoreless tie|date=October 27, 1940|accessdate=April 3, 2025|via=Newspapers.com}}

|November 2||Arizona|Kidd Field|El Paso, TX|L 13–20||{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/corpus-christi-caller-times-arizona-elev/169517746/|work=The Corpus Christi Caller-Times|title=Arizona eleven nips Texas School of Mines, 20–13|date=November 3, 1940|accessdate=April 3, 2025|via=Newspapers.com}}

|November 11|at|Fresno State|Fresno State College Stadium|Fresno, CA|L 6–16|10,024|{{cite news|title=FSC Bulldogs Roll Over Texans, 160 To 6, Point To San Jose Next|newspaper=The Fresno Bee|author=Ed Orman|date=November 12, 1940|page=2B|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/8723873/fsc_bulldogs_roll_over_texans/|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=February 2, 2017}}{{Open access}}

|November 30||New Mexico A&M|Kidd Field|El Paso, TX (rivalry)|W 40–26||{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/arizona-daily-star-texas-muckers-trip-a/169492502/|work=The Arizona Daily Star|title=Texas' Muckers trip Aggies, 40–26|date=December 1, 1940|accessdate=April 3, 2025|via=Newspapers.com}}

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References

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