1947 Miami Hurricanes football team
American college football season
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The 1947 Miami Hurricanes football team was an American football team that represented the University of Miami as an independent during the 1947 college football season. In its ninth and final season under head coach Jack Harding, the team compiled a 2–7–1 record and was outscored by a total of 140 to 80.[1]
| 1947 Miami Hurricanes football | |
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| Conference | Independent |
| Record | 2–7–1 |
| Head coach |
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| Home stadium | Burdine Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Virginia | – | 7 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| West Virginia | – | 6 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Georgetown | – | 3 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chattanooga | – | 4 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Miami (FL) | – | 2 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Navy | – | 1 | – | 7 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Miami was ranked at No. 87 (out of 500 college football teams) in the final Litkenhous Ratings for 1947.[2]
The team played its home games at Burdine Stadium in Miami, Florida.
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 26 | Baylor | L 7–18 | 31,717 | [3] | |
| October 3 | at Villanova | T 7–7 | 26,500 | [4] | |
| October 10 | TCU |
| L 6–19 | 28,686 | [5] |
| October 17 | Rollins |
| W 6–0 | 24,403 | [6] |
| October 24 | George Washington |
| W 28–7 | 25,746 | [7] |
| October 31 | South Carolina |
| L 0–8 | 28,454 | [8] |
| November 8 | at Cincinnati | L 7–20 | 31,000 | [9] | |
| November 14 | Vanderbilt |
| L 7–33 | 29,717 | [10] |
| November 22 | Florida |
| L 6–7 | 32,102 | [11] |
| November 29 | No. 6 Alabama |
| L 6–21 | 27,941 | [12] |
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