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Miami Football Team History

Miami Hurricanes

University of Miami
Coral Gables, FL
Founded: 1925
Stadium: Dolphin Stadium
Capacity: 76,500
Colors: Orange, Green & White
Coach: Howard P. Cub Buck
Conference: Independent-

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1927 <-- 1927 <- 1927 -> 1928 --> 2024

1927 Season Highlights

Howard P. Cub Buck enters his 2nd season as Head Coach at Miami.

This was the first season Miami fielded a team.

1927 Season

Date	Opponent	Score
Sat., Oct. 29	vs. Rollins	39	3	W
Sat., Nov. 5	vs. Piedmont	46	0	W
Fri., Nov. 11	vs. Spring Hill	0	6	L
Sat., Nov. 19	vs. Stetson	0	36	L
Thu., Nov. 24	vs. Howard	0	52	L
Sat., Dec. 3	vs. Oglethorpe	0	13	L
Sat., Dec. 10	vs. Georgetown (KY)	7	7	T
Sat., Dec. 17	vs. Millsaps	0	31	L
Mon., Dec. 26	vs. Louisiana College	7	0	W
Mon., Jan. 2	vs. Furman	7	38	L

1927 Season Totals
Record	3-6 -1
Points Scored	106
Scoring Average	10.6
Points Allowed	186
Defense Average	18.6
Opponents Record	0-0
Conference Record	0-0
Home Record	3-6 -1
Away Record	0-0

1927 NCAA Final Rankings
Rank	Record	Source
was not ranked.

1927 Independent- Standings
	Season			Bowls	Conference
Team	W/L/T	PF	PA		W/L/T	PF	PA	Coach
New Mexico	8-0-1	215	28					Roy W. Johnson
Connecticut	5-4	153	100					Summer Dole
Texas Tech	5-4	134	100					Ewing Y. Freeland
Army	9-1	197	37					Lawrence M. Biff Jones
Pittsburgh	8-1-1	289	27	Lost 6-7				Dr. John B. Jock Sutherland
Notre Dame	7-1-1	158	57					Knute Kenneth Rockne
Temple	7-1	351	60					Henry J. Miller
Georgia Southern	6-1-1	90	42					Hugh A. Woodle
Middle Tennessee State	6-2	202	60					Frank Faulkinberry
Navy	6-3	192	84					William A. Bill Ingram
Penn State	6-2-1	163	81					Hugo F. Bezdek
Ball State	5-2-1	151	108					Norman Happy Wann
Memphis	5-3-1	156	116					Zach Curlin
Syracuse	5-3-2	116	81					Lewis P. Lew Andreas
Arizona	4-2-1	165	59					James F. Pop McKale
Arkansas State	4-3	61	66					Herbert Schwartz
Boston College	4-4	101	105					D. Leo Daley
Duke	4-5	215	117					James Jimmy DeHart
Michigan State	4-5	111	128					Ralph H. Young
Rutgers	4-4	103	179					Harry J. Rockafeller
San Jose State	4-5	121	67					E.R. Knolln
Troy	4-3	138	66					Gladwin Gaumer
Miami	3-6-1	106	186					Howard P. Cub Buck
New Mexico State	3-5	185	107					Ted R. Coffman
Southern Mississippi	3-4-1	52	98					William Herschel Bobo
Arizona State	2-3-1	63	50					Aaron M. McCreary
Jacksonville State	2-4-1	33	102					Al Clemens
Massachusetts	0-7-1	13	135					Harold Gore
Texas El Paso	2-2-2	69	69					Edward J. Doc Stewart
Wake Forest	2-6-2	65	223					James A. Baldwin
Kent State	1-5-1	25	80					Merle E. Wagoner

1927 All American Awards
Player	Position	Class	Ht.	Wt.	Award	Team	Source
Coming Someday

1927 All Independent Conference Players
Player	Position	Class	Ht.	Wt.	Team	Source
Coming Someday

Some records may be incomplete.

Great Moments in College Football History

College football's largest margin of victory came in 1916, when Georgia Tech defeated Cumberland by a score of 222 to 0. The game was cut short by 15 minutes.