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Conference | Border Conference |
Record | 3–7 (1–3 Border) |
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Home stadium | Kidd Field |
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Arizona State § | 3 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
West Texas State | 3 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
New Mexico State | 2 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Texas Western | 1 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hardin–Simmons | 0 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 10 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1961 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 1961 college football season. In its fifth and final season under head coach Ben Collins, the team compiled a 3–7 record (1–3 against Border Conference opponents), finished fourth in the conference, and was outscored by a total of 283 to 176.[1][2]
Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Source | ||
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September 16 | atUtah State* |
| L 6–21 | |||
September 30 | West Texas State |
| L 27–56 | |||
October 7 | atNew Mexico* |
| L 6–7 | |||
October 14 | McMurry* |
| W 20–16 | |||
October 21 | atTrinity (TX)* | San Antonio, TX | W 19–14 | |||
October 28 | New Mexico State |
| L 6–42 | |||
November 4 | atHardin–Simmons | Abilene, TX | W 35–7 | |||
November 11 | Arizona State |
| L 28–48 | |||
November 18 | atArizona* |
| L 15–48 | |||
November 25 | North Texas State* |
| L 14–24 | [3] | ||
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