1939 Miami Hurricanes football team

1939 Miami Hurricanes football
Conference	Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record	5–5 (2–0 SIAA)
Head coach	Jack Harding (1st season)
Home stadium	Burdine Stadium
Seasons ←  1938 1940  →

1939 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings

v t e	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			10	–	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

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
October 6		Wake Forest *	Burdine Stadium Miami, FL	L 0–33	20,100	[2]
October 14	8:30 p.m.	at Tampa	Phillips Field Tampa, FL	W 32–7	7,000–8,500	[3] [4] [5]
October 20		Rollins	Burdine Stadium Miami, FL	W 14–6	16,909	[6]
October 27		Catholic University *	Burdine Stadium Miami, FL	L 0–14	17,046	[7]
November 3	8:15 p.m.	Texas Tech *	Burdine Stadium Miami, FL	W 19–0	11,337	[8] [9] [10]
November 10		Drake *	Burdine Stadium Miami, FL	W 33–6	16,415	[11]
November 18	8:15 p.m.	Florida *	Burdine Stadium Miami, FL (rivalry)	L 0–13	26,000–28,000	[12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17]
November 25		at South Carolina *	Columbia Municipal Stadium Columbia, SC	L 6–7	5,000	[18]
December 1	8:15 p.m.	NC State *	Burdine Stadium Miami, FL	W 27–7	11,420	[19] [20] [21]
December 8	8:15 p.m.	Georgia *	Burdine Stadium Miami, FL	L 0–13	16,402	[22] [23]
*Non-conference game All times are in Eastern time

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References

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