1946 Miami Hurricanes football team
The 1946 Miami Hurricanes football team represented the University of Miami for the 1946 college football season. The Hurricanes played their home games at Burdine Stadium in Miami, Florida. The team was coached by Jack Harding, in his eighth year as head coach for the Hurricanes. The November 29 game was originally scheduled to be against Penn State. That game was cancelled in early November by unanimous vote of the Penn State team. Miami officials felt that Penn State fielding their African American players Wallace Triplett and Dennis Hoggard in Miami could have led to  unfortunate incidents, and the team chose to cancel the game rather than playing without Triplett and Hoggard. Miami reportedly invited Syracuse to replace Penn State. This invitation was promptly declined and rebuked in an editorial in "The Daily Orange", titled "No Thanks, Miami". Detroit was added to the schedule in replacement of Penn State in mid-November. After the season. The 1947 NFL Draft was held on December 16, 1946. The following Hurricanes were selected.