1940 Miami Hurricanes football team

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1940 Miami Hurricanes football
Conference Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record3–7 (2–1 SIAA)
Head coach
Home stadium Burdine Stadium
Seasons
  1939
1941  
1940 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Rollins $ 6 0 08 1 0
Newberry 4 0 07 2 1
Mississippi College 2 0 05 1 1
Eastern Kentucky 1 0 08 0 0
Western Kentucky State Teachers 4 1 17 1 1
Louisiana Normal 4 1 16 3 1
SW Louisiana 4 1 06 3 1
Union (TN) 3 1 06 3 0
Georgetown (KY) 2 1 05 3 2
Murray State 4 2 14 3 2
Centre 2 1 03 6 0
Miami (FL) 2 1 03 7 0
Presbyterian 5 3 06 4 0
Mississippi Southern 3 2 07 4 0
Louisiana Tech 3 2 06 4 0
West Tennessee State Teachers 4 3 05 5 0
Morehead State 1 1 23 3 2
Wofford 2 2 13 4 2
Middle Tennessee State Teachers 2 4 04 4 0
Tampa 2 4 03 6 0
Oglethorpe 2 4 02 6 0
Tennessee Tech 1 2 02 6 0
Transylvania 1 2 15 3 1
Stetson 2 5 12 5 1
Troy State 1 3 03 6 0
Louisiana College 1 4 22 5 2
Union (KY) 0 1 15 1 1
Centenary 0 2 03 7 0
Louisville 0 2 03 5 1
Jacksonville State 0 2 03 5 0
Erskine 0 5 01 8 0
Delta State 0 5 10 8 2
  • $ Conference champion

The 1940 Miami Hurricanes football team represented the University of Miami as a member of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SIAA) in the 1940 college football season. The Hurricanes played their nine home games at Burdine Stadium in Miami, Florida. The team was led by fourth-year head coach Jack Harding and finished with a 3–7 record, unranked in the AP poll.

Miami was ranked at No. 156 (out of 697 college football teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score system for 1940. [1]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 4 Stetson W 19–010,000 [2]
October 11 Tampa
  • Burdine Stadium
  • Miami, FL
W 27–014,000 [3]
October 18 Catholic University *
  • Burdine Stadium
  • Miami, FL
L 18–2021,000 [4]
October 25 Elon *
  • Burdine Stadium
  • Miami, FL
W 31–715,600 [5]
November 1at Texas Tech *L 14–619,000
November 8 Rollins
  • Burdine Stadium
  • Miami, FL
L 0–715,914 [6]
November 168:30 p.m. Florida *
L 6–4617,365 [7] [8]
November 22 South Carolina *
  • Burdine Stadium
  • Miami, FL
L 2–711,000 [9]
November 29 Ole Miss *
  • Burdine Stadium
  • Miami, FL
L 7–2126,000 [10]
December 6 Georgia *
  • Burdine Stadium
  • Miami, FL
L 7–2811,860–15,000 [11] [12]

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References

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  2. "Miami trims Stetson, 19-0". St. Petersburg Times. United Press. October 5, 1940. p. 12.
  3. "Miami defeats Tampa". St. Petersburg Times. United Press. October 12, 1940. p. 11.
  4. "Catholic whips Miami, 20–18, before 21,000". The Tampa Tribune. October 19, 1940. Retrieved February 16, 2022 via Newspapers.com.
  5. Clay, Everett (October 26, 1940). "Fightin' Hurricanes Bash Elon, 31-7". Miami Herald . Miami, Florida. p. 13A. Retrieved January 22, 2024 via Newspapers.com Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg .
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  7. "20,000 to see Florida, Miami". St. Petersburg Times. Associated Press. November 16, 1940. p. 13.
  8. "Florida survives Miami Hurricanes, scres 46–6 win". Fort Myers News-Press. November 17, 1940. Retrieved September 30, 2023 via Newspapers.com.
  9. "South Carolina beats Miami". St. Petersburg Times. United Press. November 23, 1940. p. 12.
  10. "Hovious revives Ole Miss attack to defeat Miami". The Daily Herald. November 30, 1940. Retrieved September 30, 2023 via Newspapers.com.
  11. "Sinkwich stars in Georgia rally to defeat Miami, 28–7". The Palm Beach Post-Times. December 7, 1940. Retrieved February 19, 2022 via Newspapers.com.
  12. "Miami bows to Georgia". St. Petersburg Times. United Press. December 7, 1940. p. 13.
  13. "1940 Football Schedule". Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on September 20, 2015. Retrieved December 8, 2016.