The 1926 Miami Hurricanes football team was an American football team that represented the University of Miami as an independent during the 1926 college football season. In their first year under head coach Cub Buck, the team compiled a 8–0 record. Miami played their home games at University Stadium in Coral Gables, Florida. The team was only a freshman team, but was the first to play football for the university. Before their first season began, plans for a 50,000-seat stadium were proposed by Bowman Foster Ashe, the university's first president. Work began on a temporary, 8,000-seat structure when on September 17, 1926, a hurricane destroyed much of South Florida, killing more than 130 people, and removing the plans for a football stadium. This postponed the season, but also gave the team its nickname, the Miami Hurricanes. Wiki link