1946 Miami Hurricanes football team

The 1946 Miami Hurricanes football team represented the University of Miami for the 1946 college football season. The Hurricanes played their home games at the Burdine Stadium in Miami, Florida. The team was coached by Jack Harding, in his eighth year as head coach for the Hurricanes.

1946 Miami Hurricanes football
ConferenceIndependent
1946 record8–2
Head coachJack Harding (8th season)
Home stadiumBurdine Stadium
(Capacity: 35,030)
1946 Southern college football independents records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Oklahoma City   –    10 –1 –0
Maryville   –    9 –1 –0
Miami (FL)   –    8 –2 –0
Western Maryland   –    5 –2 –0
Mississippi Southern   –    7 –3 –0
Georgetown   –    5 –3 –0
East Carolina   –    5 –3 –1
Princess Anne   –    5 –3 –1
Chattanooga   –    5 –5 –0
Grambling   –    6 –6 –0
Virginia   –    4 –4 –1
West Virginia   –    5 –5 –0
Marshall   –    2 –7 –1
Navy   –    1 –8 –0

Schedule
DateOpponentSiteResult
September 27William & Mary
W 13–3
October 4North Carolina
  • Burdine Stadium
  • Miami, FL
L 0–21
October 11TCU
  • Burdine Stadium
  • Miami, FL
W 20–12
October 19at Florida
W 20–13
October 25Chattanooga
  • Burdine Stadium
  • Miami, FL
W 33–13
November 1at Villanova
W 26–21
November 8Miami (OH)
  • Burdine Stadium
  • Miami, FL
W 20–17
November 15No. 11 LSU
  • Burdine Stadium
  • Miami, FL
L 7–20
November 22Washington and Lee
  • Burdine Stadium
  • Miami, FL
W 40–20
November 29Detroit
  • Burdine Stadium
  • Miami, FL
W 21–7
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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The November 29 game was originally scheduled to be against Penn State. That game was cancelled in early November by unanimous vote of the Penn State team.[2] Miami officials felt that Penn State fielding their African American players Wallace Triplett and Dennis Hoggard in Miami could have led to "unfortunate incidents",[3] and the team chose to cancel the game rather than playing without Triplett and Hoggard.[2] Detroit was added to the schedule in replacement of Penn State in mid-November.[4]

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References
  1. "1946 Football Schedule". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 29, 2016.
  2. "Football team stood against racism, broke barriers in 1946-47". psu.edu. February 14, 2006. Retrieved January 5, 2020.
  3. "Penn State-Miami U. Grid Game Is Latest Victim of 'Racial Problem'". The Gazette and Daily. York, Pennsylvania. AP. November 6, 1946. p. 25. Retrieved January 5, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
  4. "Detroit Fills Open Date in Miami Schedule". The Tampa Tribune. AP. November 15, 1946. p. 16. Retrieved January 5, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
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