1946 Miami Hurricanes football team

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1946 Miami Hurricanes football
ConferenceIndependent
1946 record8–2
Head coach
Home stadiumBurdine Stadium
(capacity: 35,030)
Seasons
← 1945
1947 →
1946 Southern college football independents records
  • v
  • t
 Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Oklahoma City   –   10 – 1 – 0
Maryville   –   9 – 1 – 0
Miami (FL)   –   8 – 2 – 0
Middle Tennessee   –   6 – 2 – 1
Mississippi Southern   –   7 – 3 – 0
Georgetown   –   5 – 3 – 0
East Carolina   –   5 – 3 – 1
Princess Anne   –   5 – 3 – 1
Sewanee   –   4 – 3 – 0
Chattanooga   –   5 – 5 – 0
Grambling   –   6 – 6 – 0
Virginia   –   4 – 4 – 1
West Virginia   –   5 – 5 – 0
Marshall   –   2 – 7 – 1
CCUNC   –   2 – 4 – 0
Navy   –   1 – 8 – 0

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

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.[1] Miami officials felt that Penn State fielding their African American players Wallace Triplett and Dennis Hoggard in Miami could have led to "unfortunate incidents",[2] and the team chose to cancel the game rather than playing without Triplett and Hoggard.[1] Miami reportedly invited Syracuse to replace Penn State. This invitation was promptly declined and rebuked in an editorial in The Daily Orange, titled "No Thanks, Miami".[3] Detroit was added to the schedule in replacement of Penn State in mid-November.[4]

Schedule[]

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
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 33–1326,011[5]
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 21–724,747[6]
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

[7]

After the season[]

Main article: 1947 NFL Draft

The 1947 NFL Draft was held on December 16, 1946. The following Hurricanes were selected.[8]

Round Pick Player Position NFL Club
7 51 Tony Yovicsin End Philadelphia Eagles
8 56 Harvey James Center Detroit Lions
9 72 Bob McDougal Fullback Green Bay Packers

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Football team stood against racism, broke barriers in 1946-47". psu.edu. February 14, 2006. Retrieved January 5, 2020.
  2. ^ "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 open access.
  3. ^ "Syracuse Turns Down Miami Offer to Sub for Penn State". The Tribune. Scranton, Pennsylvania. 13 November 1946. p. 17. Retrieved 29 November 2020 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  4. ^ "Detroit Fills Open Date in Miami Schedule". The Tampa Tribune. AP. November 15, 1946. p. 16. Retrieved January 5, 2020 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  5. ^ "Hurricanes smash scrappy Chattanooga, 33–13". The Miami Herald. October 26, 1945. Retrieved September 8, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Miami Turns Heat on U-D to Win, 21-7". Detroit Free Press. November 30, 1946. p. 12 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "1946 Football Schedule". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 29, 2016.
  8. ^ "1947 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved November 29, 2020.
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