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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 (14–0) and Alabama (21–7).[1]

Record8–2 (2–0 SIAA)
Headcoach
HomestadiumBurdine Stadium
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1941 Miami Hurricanes football
ConferenceSouthern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record8–2 (2–0 SIAA)
Head coach
Home stadiumBurdine Stadium
Seasons
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1941 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Presbyterian $5–0–06–3–0
Miami (FL)2–0–08–2–0
Centre2–0–03–4–0
Mississippi Southern6–0–19–0–1
Louisiana Tech5–1–05–4–1
Eastern Kentucky3–1–07–1–0
SW Louisiana3–1–16–2–1
Union (TN)3–1–15–3–1
Tennessee Tech3–1–05–4–0
Western Kentucky State Teachers3–1–14–5–1
Georgetown (KY)2–1–07–2–0
Wofford2–1–04–6–0
Memphis State3–2–06–3–0
Rollins2–2–05–2–1
Louisiana Normal3–3–14–3–1
Murray State3–3–24–3–2
Tampa2–2–05–4–0
Louisville1–1–04–4–0
Middle Tennessee State Teachers2–3–14–3–1
Newberry2–3–05–6–0
Mississippi College1–2–05–3–0
SE Louisiana2–4–03–6–0
Oglethorpe1–3–03–3–0
Transylvania1–3–03–5–0
Troy State1–4–05–4–0
Southeastern Louisiana0–3–03–6–1
Louisiana College1–5–04–7–0
Delta State1–7–11–8–1
Centenary0–1–10–8–2
Union (KY)0–1–00–5–0
Morehead State0–3–03–4–0
Erskine0–4–02–5–0
  • $ – Conference champion
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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.

Schedule

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DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 3Elon*W 38–016,000[3]
October 108:00 pmat TampaW 20–67,500[4][5]
October 17Rollins
  • Burdine Stadium
  • Miami, FL
W 21–018,000[6]
October 24Howard (AL)*
  • Burdine Stadium
  • Miami, FL
W 19–012,000[7]
October 31Texas Tech*
  • Burdine Stadium
  • Miami, FL
W 6–025,000[8][9]
November 7West Virginia Wesleyan*
  • Burdine Stadium
  • Miami, FL
W 34–019,284[10]
November 15Florida*
L 0–1431,731[11][12]
November 21South Carolina*
  • Burdine Stadium
  • Miami, FL
W 7–617,210[13][14]
November 288:15 pmNo. 18 Alabama*
  • Burdine Stadium
  • Miami, FL
L 7–2126,000[15][16]
December 5VMI*
  • Burdine Stadium
  • Miami, FL
W 10–719,544[17]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time
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