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Texas El Paso Football Team History


Texas El Paso Miners
University of Texas El Paso
 El Paso, TX
Founded: 1913
Stadium: Sun Bowl
Capacity: 52,000
Colors: Blue & Orange
Coach: Mack Saxon
Conference: Independent-

Team Home Summary  Coaches Games by Year Opponents Rankings Bowls Conference


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1914  <-- 1928 <- 1929 -> 1930 --> 2024
1929 Season Highlights
 Mack Saxon enters his 1st season as Head Coach at Texas El Paso.
 
1929 Season
 Date   Opponent  Score   
   vs. New Mexico Mines  46   0   W       
 Sat., Oct. 5  vs. Arizona State  31   7   W       
   vs. Wayland Baptist (TX)  9   6   W       
 Sat., Oct. 19  vs. Arizona  0   19   L       
   @ New Mexico Military Institute  20   14   W       
 Sat., Nov. 9  vs. New Mexico State  8   0   W       
   @ Sul Ross St. (TX)  0   0   T       
   vs. Eastern Arizona JC (AZ)  40   0   W       
   vs. Saint Edwards (TX)  0   0   T       
 
1929 Season Totals
  Record6-1 -2
  Points Scored154
  Scoring Average17.1
  Points Allowed46
  Defense Average5.1
  Opponents Record10-9
  Conference Record0-0
  Home Record5-1 -1
  Away Record1-0 -1
1929 NCAA Final Rankings
 Rank   Record   Source 
  was not ranked.
  
1929 Independent- Standings
  Season   Bowls   Conference 
 Team  W/L/T  PF  PA    W/L/T  PF  PA   Coach 
Connecticut 4-49247   Summer Dole
New Mexico 2-4-2133100   Roy W. Johnson
Texas Tech 1-7-231141   Grady Higgenbotham
Notre Dame 9-014538   Knute Kenneth Rockne
Pittsburgh 9-129190Lost  14-47  Dr. John B. Jock Sutherland
Arizona 7-118222   James F. Pop McKale
Boston College 7-2-120265   Joseph Joe McKenney
Army 6-4-1276132   Lawrence M. Biff Jones
Middle Tennessee State 6-3-18592   Frank Faulkinberry
Navy 6-2-223359   William A. Bill Ingram
Penn State 6-310175   Hugo F. Bezdek
Syracuse 6-325946   Lewis P. Lew Andreas
Temple 6-3-113365   Henry J. Miller
Texas El Paso 6-1-215446   Mack Saxon
Wake Forest 6-5-1107155   Frank S. Pat Miller
Jacksonville State 5-37384   J.W. Stephenson
Michigan State 5-3244104   James H. Jim Crowley
West Virginia 4-3-37795   Ira Errett Rat Rogers
New Mexico State 3-2-313257   Gerald H. Hines
Arkansas State 2-561137   Herbert Schwartz
Georgia Southern 2-1-29532   Crook Smith
Southern Mississippi 2-6-174105   William B. Saunders
Kent State 1-720161   Merle E. Wagoner
Massachusetts 3-4-15682   Charles McGeoch
Arizona State 0-613143   Aaron M. McCreary
Ball State 0-743200   Paul B. Shorty Parker

1929 All American Awards
 Player   Position   Class   Ht.   Wt.   Award   Team   Source 
 Coming Someday 

1929 All Independent Conference Players
 Player   Position   Class   Ht.   Wt.   Team   Source 
 Coming Someday 


Some records may be incomplete.


Great Moments in College Football History

The most points scored in a college football Bowl game is 66, scored by Nebraska against Northwestern in the 2000 Alamo Bowl.