1946 Miami Hurricanes football team

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1946 Miami Hurricanes football
ConferenceIndependent
Record8–2
Head coach
Home stadiumOrange Bowl
Seasons
← 1945
1947 →
1946 Southern major college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Miami (FL)   –   8 – 2 – 0
Georgetown   –   5 – 3 – 0
Virginia   –   4 – 4 – 1
Chattanooga   –   5 – 5 – 0
West Virginia   –   5 – 5 – 0
Navy   –   1 – 8 – 0

The 1946 Miami Hurricanes football team was an American football team that represented the University of Miami as an independent during the 1946 college football season. In their eighth year under head coach Jack Harding, the Hurricanes compiled an 8–2 record and outscored opponents by a total of 200 to 147.[1]

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] 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".[4] Detroit was added to the schedule in replacement of Penn State in mid-November.[5]

Miami was ranked at No. 39 in the final Litkenhous Difference by Score System rankings for 1946.[6]

The team played its home games at Burdine Stadium in Miami.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 27William & Mary
W 13–329,562[7]
October 4North Carolina
  • Orange Bowl
  • Miami, FL
L 0–2131,451[8]
October 11TCU
  • Orange Bowl
  • Miami, FL
W 20–1230,860[9]
October 19at Florida
W 20–13[10]
October 25Chattanooga
  • Orange Bowl
  • Miami, FL
W 33–1326,011[11]
November 1at Villanova
W 26–2126,000[12]
November 8Miami (OH)
  • Orange Bowl
  • Miami, FL
W 20–1731,158[13]
November 15No. 11 LSU
  • Orange Bowl
  • Miami, FL
L 7–2033,504[14]
November 22Washington and Lee
  • Orange Bowl
  • Miami, FL
W 40–2024,419[15]
November 29Detroit
  • Orange Bowl
  • Miami, FL
W 21–724,747[16]
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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After the season

Main article:
1947 NFL Draft

The 1947 NFL Draft was held on December 16, 1946. The following Hurricanes were selected.[18]

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. ^ "1946 Miami (FL) Hurricanes Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved May 20, 2022.
  2. ^ a b "Football team stood against racism, broke barriers in 1946-47". psu.edu. February 14, 2006. Retrieved January 5, 2020.
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  17. ^ "1946 Football Schedule". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 29, 2016.
  18. ^ "1947 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved November 29, 2020.
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