1939 Miami Hurricanes football team

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1939 Miami Hurricanes football
ConferenceSouthern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record5–5 (2–0 SIAA)
Head coach
Home stadiumBurdine Stadium
Seasons
← 1938
1940 →
1939 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Louisiana Normal $ 7 0 0 11 0 0
Tennessee Tech 4 0 0 6 3 1
Mississippi College 3 0 0 6 1 1
Miami (FL) 2 0 0 5 5 0
Rollins 5 1 0 8 1 0
Western Kentucky State Teachers 5 1 1 7 1 1
Mississippi State Teachers 4 1 0 4 2 3
Murray State
4 1 1 4 4 1
Newberry
3 1 1 4 1 4
Presbyterian 3 1 2 4 3 2
Georgetown (KY) 2 1 1 4 4 1
Eastern Kentucky State Teachers
3 2 0 6 3 0
Union (TN)
3 2 0 7 2 0
Morehead State 2 2 0 6 2 0
Louisville 1 1 1 5 2 1
Union (KY) 1 1 1 3 3 1
Oglethorpe 3 3 1 3 4 1
Centre 1 1 1 1 5 2
Centenary 1 1 0 2 9 1
Louisiana Tech 3 4 0 5 6 0
West Tennessee State Teachers 3 4 0 3 8 0
Troy State 2 3 0 7 4 0
SW Louisiana 2 3 0 3 5 1
Stetson 2 4 2 3 5 2
Louisiana College
2 5 0 4 6 1
Middle Tennessee State Teachers 1 5 1 1 6 1
Erskine 1 5 0 1 9 0
Delta State
1 6 0 1 9 0
Wofford 0 2 3 1 5 3
Tampa 0 3 1 2 7 1
Jacksonville State 0 3 1 0 8 2
Transylvania 0 7 0 1 8 0
Emory and Henry
0 0 0 7 2 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1939 Miami Hurricanes football team represented the University of Miami as a member of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SIAA) in the 1939 college football season. The Hurricanes played their home games at Burdine Stadium in Miami, Florida. The team was coached by Jack Harding, in his third year as head coach for the Hurricanes.

Miami was ranked at No. 88 (out of 609 teams) in the final Litkenhous Ratings for 1939.[1]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 6
Burdine Stadium
  • Miami, FL
  • L 0–3320,100[2]
    October 14at TampaW 32–7
    October 20Rollins
    • Burdine Stadium
    • Miami, FL
    W 14–616,909[3]
    October 27Catholic University*
    • Burdine Stadium
    • Miami, FL
    L 0–1417,046[4]
    November 38:15 p.m.Texas Tech*
    • Burdine Stadium
    • Miami, FL
    W 19–011,337[5][6][7]
    November 10Drake*
    • Burdine Stadium
    • Miami, FL
    W 33–616,415[8]
    November 188:15 p.m.Florida*
    L 0–1326,000–28,000[9][10][11][12][13][14]
    November 25at
    Columbia Municipal Stadium
  • Columbia, SC
  • L 6–75,000[15]
    December 18:15 p.m.NC State*
    • Burdine Stadium
    • Miami, FL
    W 27–711,420[16][17][18]
    December 88:15 p.m.Georgia*
    • Burdine Stadium
    • Miami, FL
    L 0–1316,402[19][20]

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