1943 Miami Hurricanes football team

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1943 Miami Hurricanes football
ConferenceIndependent
Record5–1
Head coach
Home stadium Burdine Stadium
(capacity: 35,030)
Seasons
  1942
1944  
1943 Southern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 4 Navy   8 1 0
Miami (FL)   5 1 0
West Virginia   4 3 0
Virginia   3 4 1
Texas Tech   4 6 0
Tennessee Tech   1 5 0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1943 Miami Hurricanes football team represented the University of Miami as an independent during the 1943 college football season. The Hurricanes played their home games at Burdine Stadium in Miami, Florida. The team was coached by Eddie Dunn, in his first year as interim head coach, while active head coach Jack Harding served in World War II.

In the final Litkenhous Ratings, Miami ranked 64th among the nation's college and service teams with a rating of 76.3. [1]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 22:30 p.m.at Jacksonville NATTC
W 6–05,000 [2] [3]
October 158:15 p.m. Camp Gordon W 51–616,564 [4] [5]
October 238:15 p.m. Charleston Coast Guard
  • Burdine Stadium
  • Miami, FL
W 13–616,305 [6] [7]
November 58:15 p.m.Jacksonville NATTC
  • Burdine Stadium
  • Miami, FL
L 0–2015,989 [8] [9]
November 208:15 p.m. Presbyterian
  • Burdine Stadium
  • Miami, FL
W 32–1312,000 [10] [11] [12]
November 268:15 p.m. 176th Infantry
  • Burdine Stadium
  • Miami, FL
W 21–711,164 [13] [14]

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