The 1949 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 1949 college football season. In its fourth season under head coach Jack Curtice, the team compiled an 8–2–1 record (4–2 against Border Conference opponents), finished third in the conference, defeated Georgetown in the 1950 Sun Bowl, and outscored all opponents by a total of 292 to 113.[1]
| 1949 Texas Western Miners football | |
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Sun Bowl, W 33–20 vs. Georgetown | |
| Conference | Border Conference |
| Record | 8–2–1 (4–2 Border) |
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| Home stadium | Kidd Field |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas Tech $ | 5 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Arizona State | 4 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas Western | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 2 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hardin–Simmons | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| West Texas State | 3 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Arizona | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 7 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| New Mexico A&M | 1 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| New Mexico | 1 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Arizona State–Flagstaff | 0 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 6 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
edit| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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| September 17 | at BYU* |
| W 47–6 | [2] | |||
| September 24 | John Carroll* | W 33–7 | |||||
| October 1 | Hawaii* |
| W 14–7 | 15,000 | |||
| October 8 | at West Texas State |
| W 34–7 | ||||
| October 15 | at Arizona | W 28–0 | |||||
| October 22 | New Mexico |
| W 7–0 | ||||
| October 29 | at Hardin–Simmons | Abilene, TX | L 14–33 | 8,000 | [3] | ||
| November 5 | Texas Tech |
| L 0–13 | 13,000 | |||
| November 12 | at West Virginia* | T 13–13 | 10,000 | [4] | |||
| November 26 | New Mexico A&M |
| W 69–7 | ||||
| January 2, 1950 | Georgetown* |
| W 33–20 | 15,000 | [5] | ||
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References
edit- ^ "1949 UTEP Miners Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 5, 2019.
- ^ "Texas Western Trounces B.Y. By 47-6 Count". The Ogden Standard-Examiner. September 18, 1949. p. 15A – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "H-SU Buries Miners, 33 to 14, in Thriller". Abilene Reporter-News. October 30, 1949. p. 14 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Tex Western WV are tied". San Angelo Standard-Times. November 13, 1949. Retrieved July 19, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Whitlock, Chuck (January 2, 1950). "Miners Subdue Georgetown in Sun Bowl". The El Paso Times. El Paso, Texas. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
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