1926 Miami Hurricanes football team

The 1926 Miami Hurricanes football team represented the University of Miami during the 1926 college football season. The team was only a freshman team, but was the first to play football for the university.[1]

1926 Miami Hurricanes football
The 1926 Miami Hurricanes football team in its first season of play
ConferenceIndependent
Record8–0
Head coach
Seasons
1927 →
1926 Southern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Loyola (LA)     10 0 0
Miami (FL)     8 0 0
Howard     7 0 0
Delaware State     1 0 0
No. 2 Navy     9 0 1
Wesley     6 1 0
Texas Tech     6 1 3
Davidson     7 2 1
Georgetown     7 2 1
William & Mary     7 3 0
Hampden–Sydney     5 2 3
George Washington     5 4 0
Middle Tennessee State Teachers     4 2 1
Spring Hill     3 2 1
Texas A&I     4 3 0
Wake Forest     5 4 1
Texas Mines     3 4 0
Mississippi State Teachers     3 4 1
Tennessee Docs     3 5 1
Catholic University     3 5 0
Delaware     3 5 0
East Tennessee State Teachers     2 4 1
Duke     3 6 0
Georgia Normal     1 3 0
Richmond     2 7 0
Harding     1 5 0
West Tennessee State Teachers     1 8 0
Rankings from Dickinson System

Before their first season began, plans for a 50,000-seat stadium were proposed by Bowman Foster Ashe, the university's first president. Work began on a temporary, 8,000-seat structure when on September 17, 1926, a hurricane destroyed much of South Florida, killing more than 130 people, and removing the plans for a football stadium. This postponed the season, but also gave the team its nickname, the Miami Hurricanes.[2]

Schedule edit

DateOpponentSiteResult
October 30RollinsW 7–0
November 6Florida SouthernW 12–0
November 13MercerW 22–6
November 20StetsonW 20–0
November 25HavanaW 23–0
November 27Loyola (LA)W 6–0
December 24at HavanaHavana, CubaW 23–0
January 1Howard (AL) freshmenW 9–7

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References edit

  1. ^ "1926 ~ The Miami Hurricanes' First Season". Archived from the original on December 22, 2015. Retrieved December 19, 2012.
  2. ^ "Welcome to miami-hurricanes.com - History of the Hurricanes".
  3. ^ "Hurricanes Football: Year-by-Year Results". Hurricanesports.com. Archived from the original on December 22, 2015.