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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

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]

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

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

[3]

References

  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.