1952 Texas Western Miners football team

The 1952 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 1952 college football season. In its third season under head coach Mike Brumbelow, the team compiled a 5–5–1 record (2–3–1 against Border Conference opponents), finished fifth in the conference, and was outscored by a total of 235 to 228.[1][2]

1952 Texas Western Miners football
ConferenceBorder Conference
Record5–5–1 (2–3–1 Border)
Head coach
Home stadiumKidd Field
Seasons
← 1951
1953 →
1952 Border Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Arizona State $ 4 0 0 6 3 0
Texas Tech 2 1 1 3 7 1
Arizona 3 2 0 6 4 0
Hardin–Simmons 2 2 1 5 3 2
Texas Western 2 3 1 5 5 1
New Mexico A&M 1 2 1 2 6 1
West Texas State 1 4 0 3 6 0
Arizona State–Flagstaff 0 1 0 3 4 0
  • $ – Conference champion

Schedule edit

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 20vs. North Texas State*
L 14–273,500[3]
September 27Sul Ross*W 42–0
October 4Hawaii*
  • Kidd Field
  • El Paso, TX
W 42–2510,000
October 11at Texas TechW 20–1415,500
October 18at New Mexico A&MT 20–20
October 25New Mexico*
  • Kidd Field
  • El Paso, TX
L 13–14
November 1at Midwestern (TX)*Wichita Falls, TXW 13–7
November 8Hardin–Simmons
  • Kidd Field
  • El Paso, TX
L 26–27
November 15Arizona
  • Kidd Field
  • El Paso, TX
L 7–55
November 22at Arizona StateL 0–39
November 27West Texas State
  • Kidd Field
  • El Paso, TX
W 7–36,000[4][5]
  • *Non-conference game

References edit

  1. ^ "1952 UTEP Miners Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 9, 2019.
  2. ^ "2014 UTEP Media Guide" (PDF). University of Texas at El Paso. 2014. p. 176. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 3, 2014. Retrieved January 10, 2019.
  3. ^ "North Texas nips Miners". The Odessa American. October 21, 1952. Retrieved November 5, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ Whitlock, Chuck (November 28, 1952). "TW Mines Post 31-7 Win Over West Texas". El Paso Times. El Paso, Texas. p. 1. Retrieved February 8, 2022 – via Newspapers.com  .
  5. ^ Whitlock, Chuck (November 28, 1952). "Texas Western Scores 31-7 Rout Over West Texas State (continued)". El Paso Times. El Paso, Texas. p. 28. Retrieved February 8, 2022 – via Newspapers.com  .