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1959 Texas Western Miners football
1959 Texas Western Miners football
Conference	Border Conference
Record	3–7 (2–3 Border)
Head coach	Ben Collins (3rd season);
Home stadium	Kidd Field
	Seasons ← 1958 1960 →

1959 Border Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Arizona State $	5	–	0	–	0	10	–	1	–	0
Arizona	2	–	1	–	0	4	–	6	–	0
New Mexico State	2	–	2	–	0	8	–	3	–	0
Hardin–Simmons	2	–	2	–	0	3	–	7	–	0
Texas Western	2	–	3	–	0	3	–	7	–	0
West Texas State	0	–	5	–	0	1	–	9	–	0

$ – Conference champion

The 1959 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 1959 college football season. In its third season under head coach Ben Collins, the team compiled a 3–7 record (2–3 against Border Conference opponents), finished fifth in the conference, and was outscored by a total of 191 to 163.^[1]^[2]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
September 19	University of Mexico*	Kidd Field El Paso, TX	W 43–8
September 26	North Texas State	Kidd Field El Paso, TX	L 7–31
October 3	at New Mexico*	Zimmerman Field Albuquerque, NM	L 7–17
October 10	West Texas State	Kidd Field El Paso, TX	W 13–12
October 17	at Trinity (TX)	San Antonio, TX	L 20–21
October 24	New Mexico A&M	Kidd Field El Paso, TX (rivalry)	W 20–15
October 31	at Hardin–Simmons	Public Schools Stadium Abilene, TX	L 14–25
November 7	Arizona State	Kidd Field El Paso, TX	L 7–20
November 14	Abilene Christian*	Kidd Field El Paso, TX	L 22–28
November 21	at Arizona	Arizona Stadium Tucson, AZ	L 0–14
*Non-conference game

References

^ "1959 UTEP Miners Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 6, 2019.
^ "2014 UTEP Media Guide" (PDF). University of Texas at El Paso. 2014. p. 177. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 3, 2014. Retrieved January 10, 2019.