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List of Border Conference football champions

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Border Conference football champions (defunct)
Map of Border Conference member states
SportCollege football
ConferenceBorder Conference
Played1931–1961
Most championshipsTexas Tech (9)

The list of Border Conference football champions includes eight teams that won the college football championship awarded by the defunct Border Conference during its existence from 1931 through 1961. In total, 9 teams sponsored football in the conference. Arizona State Teacher's College of Flagstaff (now Northern Arizona University) was the only member to never win a Border Conference football championship.

Champions by year

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Year School Record
1931 Arizona State 3–1
1932 No champion[A 1] N/A
1933 No champion[A 1] N/A
1934 No champion[A 1] N/A
1935 Arizona 4–0
1936 Arizona 3–0
1937 Texas Tech 3–0
1938 New Mexico
New Mexico A&M
4–2[A 2]
4–1
1939 Arizona State 4–0
1940 Arizona State 3–0–1
1941 Arizona 5–0
1942 Hardin–Simmons
Texas Tech
3–0–1
3–0–1
1943 No full conference program N/A
1944 No full conference program[A 1] N/A
1945 No full conference program[A 1] N/A
1946 Hardin–Simmons 6–0
1947 Texas Tech 4–0
1948 Texas Tech 5–0
1949 Texas Tech 5–0
1950 West Texas State 6–0
1951 Texas Tech 5–0
1952 Arizona State 4–0
1953 Texas Tech 5–0
1954 Texas Tech 4–0
1955 Texas Tech 3–0
1956 Texas Western 5–0
1957 Arizona State 4–0
1958 Hardin–Simmons 4–0
1959 Arizona State 5–0
1960 New Mexico State 4–0
1961 Arizona State 3–0

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Championships by team

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Team Championships Years
Texas Tech 9 1937, 1942†, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1951, 1953, 1954, 1955
Arizona State 7 1931, 1939, 1940, 1952, 1957, 1959, 1961
Arizona 3 1935, 1936, 1941
Hardin–Simmons 3 1942†, 1946, 1958
New Mexico A&M/State 2 1938†, 1960
New Mexico 1 1938†
Texas Western 1 1956
West Texas State 1 1950
  • "†" Denotes shared title

Notes

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  1. ^ a b c d e Arizona has been listed by some as conference champion for the 1945 season and Texas Tech has been listed by some as conference champion for the years 1932, 1933, 1934 and 1944, but Border Intercollegiate Athletic Association rules forbade an official conference championship being awarded to a team without a minimum of three games played between conference members.[1]
  2. ^ Texas Tech won its two conference games in 1938 but did not win the official championship since it did not meet the conference's three-game requirement. Its victory over New Mexico did not count toward the championship, permitting New Mexico to share the 1938 Border Conference championship with New Mexico A&M.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Discontinued Conferences" (PDF). Conference Standings and Champions. National Collegiate Athletic Association. p. 12. Retrieved 2011-03-06.
  2. ^ "Conference Champions". Archived from the original on 2010-02-13. Retrieved 2009-11-19.