1937 Texas Mines Miners football team

The 1937 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 1937 college football season. In its ninth season under head coach Mack Saxon, the team compiled a 7–1–2 record (2–1–1 against Border Conference opponents), finished fourth in the conference, and outscored opponents by a total of 215 to 91.

1937 Texas Mines Miners football
ConferenceBorder Conference
Record7–1–2 (2–1–1 Border)
Head coach
  • Mack Saxon (9th season)
Home stadiumKidd Field
1937 Border Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Texas Tech $ 3 0 08 4 0
New Mexico A&M 4 1 07 2 0
Arizona 3 1 08 2 0
Texas Mines 2 1 17 1 2
New Mexico 2 3 14 4 1
Arizona State–Flagstaff 1 4 05 5 0
Arizona State 0 5 00 8 1
  • $ Conference champion

Quarterback Ken Heineman set two school records (since surpassed) with 407 yards of total offense and 296 all-purpose yards in a game against Arizona State-Flagstaff. At the end of the season, Heineman was named to the Little All-America teams selected by NEA and Collyer's. He was also selected as a first-team player on the All-Border Conference football team.

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