title: List of Border Conference football champions
text: # List of Border Conference football champions
  
  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
  
  | Year | School | Record |
  | - | - | - |
  | 1931 | Arizona State | 3–1 |
  | 1932 | No champion | N/A |
  | 1933 | No champion | N/A |
  | 1934 | No champion | N/A |
  | 1935 | Arizona | 4–0 |
  | 1936 | Arizona | 3–0 |
  | 1937 | Texas Tech | 3–0 |
  | 1938 | New Mexico New Mexico A&M | 4–2 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 | N/A |
  | 1945 | No full conference program | 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 |
  
  ## Championships by team
  
  | 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
  