1941 Miami Hurricanes football team

1941 Miami Hurricanes football
Conference Independent
1941 record 8–2
Head coach Jack Harding (5th season)
Home stadium Burdine Stadium
(Capacity: 35,030)
1941 NCAA independents football records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 3 Notre Dame   –    8 –0 –1
No. 6 Fordham   –    8 –1 –0
Miami (FL)   –    8 –2 –0
No. 10 Navy   –    7 –1 –1
Penn State   –    7 –2 –0
Boston College   –    7 –3 –0
Drexel   –    4 –2 –1
Army   –    5 –3 –1
Villanova   –    4 –4 –0
Pittsburgh   –    3 –6 –0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1941 Miami Hurricanes football team represented the University of Miami for the 1941 college football season. The Hurricanes played their nine home games at Burdine Stadium in Miami, Florida. The team was led by fifth-year head coach Jack Harding and finished with an 8–2 record, unranked in the AP poll.

The Florida game was played on Saturday night, the rest were on Friday nights.

Schedule

Date Time Opponent Site Result Attendance
October 3 Elon Burdine Stadium • Miami, FL [1] W 38–0   16,000
October 10 8:00 pm at Tampa Phillips Field • Tampa, FL [2][3] W 20–6    
October 17 Rollins Burdine Stadium • Miami, FL[4] W 21–0   18,000
October 24 Samford Burdine Stadium • Miami, FL[5] W 19–0   12,000
October 31 Texas Tech Burdine Stadium • Miami, FL[6] W   6–0   25,000
November 7 West Virginia Wesleyan Burdine Stadium • Miami, FL[7] W 34–0   19,284
November 15 Florida Burdine Stadium • Miami, FL[8][9] (rivalry) L    0–14   31,731
November 21 South Carolina Burdine Stadium • Miami, FL[10] W   7–6   17,210
November 28 8:15 pm No. 18 Alabama Burdine Stadium • Miami, FL[11][12] L    7–21   26,000
December 5 VMI Burdine Stadium • Miami, FL[13] W 10–7   19,544
#Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Eastern Time.

Source:[14]

References

  1. ↑ "Miami easily wins over Elon". St. Petersburg Times. United Press. October 4, 1941. p. 11.
  2. ↑ "Miami, Tampa play tonight". St. Petersburg Times. Associated Press. October 10, 1941. p. 13.
  3. ↑ "Miami tops Tampa U." St. Petersburg Times. Associated Press. October 11, 1941.
  4. ↑ "Miami trims Rollins, 21-0". St. Petersburg Times. United Press. October 18, 1941. p. 11.
  5. ↑ "Miami wins, 19-0". St. Petersburg Times. United Press. October 25, 1941. p. 12.
  6. ↑ "Texas Tech surprised by Miami". St. Petersburg Times. Associated Press. November 1, 1941. p. 11.
  7. ↑ "Miami whips Virginians". St. Petersburg Times. United Press. November 8, 1941. p. 12.
  8. ↑ "Gators to find Miami tough". Tuscaloosa News. (Alabama). Associated Press. November 14, 1941. p. 11.
  9. ↑ "Florida knocks out Miami gridders, 14-0". Tuscaloosa News. (Alabama). Associated Press. November 16, 1941. p. 6.
  10. ↑ "Miami tops South Carolina". St. Petersburg Times. Associated Press. November 22, 1941. p. 12.
  11. ↑ "Tiders await 7:15 pm kickoff". Tuscaloosa News. (Alabama). November 28, 1941. p. 11.
  12. ↑ "Tiders return at 10 tonight". Tuscaloosa News. (Alabama). November 30, 1941. p. 6.
  13. ↑ "Miami beats VMI, 10-7". St. Petersburg Times. United Press. December 6, 1941. p. 11.
  14. ↑ "1941 Football Schedule". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 7, 2016.
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