1941 Miami Hurricanes football team

1941 Miami Hurricanes football
ConferenceSouthern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record8–2 (2–0 SIAA)
Head coach
Home stadiumBurdine Stadium
Seasons
← 1940
1942 →
1941 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Presbyterian $ 5 0 0 6 3 0
Miami (FL) 2 0 0 8 2 0
Centre 2 0 0 3 4 0
Mississippi Southern 6 0 1 9 0 1
Louisiana Tech 5 1 0 5 4 1
Eastern Kentucky 3 1 0 7 1 0
SW Louisiana 3 1 1 6 2 1
Union (TN) 3 1 1 5 3 1
Tennessee Tech 3 1 0 5 4 0
Western Kentucky State Teachers 3 1 1 4 5 1
Georgetown (KY) 2 1 0 7 2 0
Wofford 2 1 0 4 6 0
Memphis State 3 2 0 6 3 0
Rollins 2 2 0 5 2 1
Louisiana Normal 3 3 1 4 3 1
Murray State 3 3 2 4 3 2
Tampa 2 2 0 5 4 0
Louisville 1 1 0 4 4 0
Middle Tennessee State Teachers 2 3 1 4 3 1
Newberry 2 3 0 5 6 0
Mississippi College 1 2 0 5 3 0
SE Louisiana 2 4 0 3 6 0
Oglethorpe 1 3 0 4 4 0
Transylvania 1 3 0 3 5 0
Troy State 1 4 0 5 4 0
Louisiana College 1 5 0 4 7 0
Delta State 1 7 1 1 8 1
Union (KY) 0 1 0 0 5 0
Centenary 0 2 1 0 8 2
Morehead State 0 3 0 3 4 0
Erskine 0 4 0 2 5 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1941 Miami Hurricanes football team was an American football team that represented the University of Miami as a member of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SIAA) in the 1941 college football season. In their fifth season under head coach Jack Harding, the Hurricanes compiled an 8–2 record and outscored opponents by a total of 162 to 54. The team's victories included games against Texas Tech (6–0), South Carolina (7–6), and VMI (10–7); its losses were to Florida (0–14) and Alabama (7–21). The team was not ranked in the 1941 NCAA football rankings.[1]

Key players included halfback Russell Coates.

Miami was ranked at No. 63 (out of 681 teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score System for 1941.[2]

The Hurricanes played nine of their ten games at Burdine Stadium in Miami, Florida. The Florida–Miami football rivalry game was played on a Saturday night, and the other home games were played on Friday nights.

  1. ^ "1941 Miami (FL) Hurricanes Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 24, 2019.
  2. ^ Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 26, 1941). "Gophers Grid Kings Over 6-Year Span: Tennessee 2d, Pitt 3d Over Period Litkenhous Ratins Are Published". The Courier-Journal. p. Sports 4 – via Newspapers.com.