1950 Miami Hurricanes football team

The 1950 Miami Hurricanes football team represented the University of Miami for the 1950 college football season. The Hurricanes played their home games at the Burdine Stadium in Miami. The team was coached by Andy Gustafson, in his third year as head coach for the Hurricanes. The Hurricanes participated in the Orange Bowl, in a post-season matchup against Clemson, where they lost, 15–14.

1950 Miami Hurricanes football
Orange Bowl, L 14–15 vs. Clemson
ConferenceIndependent
Ranking
CoachesNo. 13
APNo. 15
1950 record9–1–1
Head coach
Home stadiumBurdine Stadium
(Capacity: 64,552)
1950 Southern college football independents records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Maryland State      8 0 0
No. 15 Miami (FL)      9 1 1
Virginia      8 2 0
Western Maryland      6 2 0
Grambling      6 4 1
Tampa      5 4 0
Catholic University      2 3 1
Houston      4 6 0
Louisville      3 6 1
Navy      3 6 0
Sewanee      3 6 0
Delaware      2 5 1
Georgetown      2 7 0
Chattanooga      1 9 0
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendance
September 29The CitadelW 21–0
October 6Villanova
  • Burdine Stadium
  • Miami, FL
W 18–12
October 14at No. 9 PurdueW 20–14
October 20Boston UniversityNo. 14
  • Burdine Stadium
  • Miami, FL
W 34–7
October 28at PittsburghNo. 11W 28–0
November 3GeorgetownNo. 8
  • Burdine Stadium
  • Miami, FL
W 42–7
November 10LouisvilleNo. 9
  • Burdine Stadium
  • Miami, FL
T 13–13
November 18at FloridaNo. 17W 20–14
November 24IowaNo. 14
  • Burdine Stadium
  • Miami, FL
W 14–6
December 1MissouriNo. 14
  • Burdine Stadium
  • Miami, FL
W 27–9
January 1No. 11 ClemsonNo. 14
L 14–1565,181
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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References

  1. "1950 Football Schedule". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 17, 2016.


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