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1951 UTEP

3–⁠7 (2–⁠4 Border Conference), coached by Mike Brumbelow.

Schedule and results

UTEP in 1951, game by game: lost vs. North Texas 0–33; won vs. New Mexico State 41–7; lost at Abilene Christian 13–20; lost at Arizona 15–19; won vs. New Mexico 32–7; lost at Cincinnati 18–53; lost vs. Texas Tech 7–27; lost at Hardin Simmons 0–46; lost vs. Arizona State 13–23; won at West Texas 13–6+34−46Lost 0–33 vs. North Texas-33North TexasWon 41–7 vs. New Mexico State+34New Mexico StateLost 13–20 at Abilene Christian-7Abilene Christi…Lost 15–19 at Arizona-4ArizonaWon 32–7 vs. New Mexico+25New MexicoLost 18–53 at Cincinnati-35CincinnatiLost 7–27 vs. Texas Tech-20Texas TechLost 0–46 at Hardin Simmons-46Hardin SimmonsLost 13–23 vs. Arizona State-10Arizona StateWon 13–6 at West Texas+7West Texas
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 22vsNorth TexasL 0–⁠3388%
Sep 29vsNew Mexico StateW 41–⁠779%
Oct 6atAbilene ChristianL 13–⁠2082%
Oct 13atArizonaL 15–⁠1942%
Oct 20vsNew MexicoW 32–⁠766%
Oct 27atCincinnatiL 18–⁠5322%
Nov 3vsTexas TechL 7–⁠2742%
Nov 9atHardin SimmonsL 0–⁠4623%
Nov 17vsArizona StateL 13–⁠2335%
Nov 24atWest TexasW 13–⁠638%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat West Texas 13–⁠6; unranked in the final AP poll; 5th in the Border Conference.

In program history: The 46th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 94 on file).

Record
3–⁠7
Conference
2–⁠4 5th in Border Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
152–⁠241
Coach
Mike Brumbelow
Elo
1364 −136 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−17.1 No. 103 of 116 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

1951 Border Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Texas Tech4–⁠07–⁠4
Arizona State4–⁠16–⁠3–⁠1
Hardin Simmons4–⁠16–⁠6
Arizona3–⁠36–⁠5
UTEP2–⁠43–⁠7
New Mexico State1–⁠41–⁠9
West Texas1–⁠52–⁠7
Northern Arizona0–⁠11–⁠7

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.