That watering in full sun will somehow "burn" plant foliage or grass blades is one of those longtime gardening myths that refuses to die :-) It just doesn't happen like that.

If your Bermuda appeared burned, something else was going on. It could be lack of water.......watering in midday in full sun assures that as much as 90% of the applied irrigation evaporates before ever hitting the ground and soaking into the root zone. Or it could be a fert or disease issue.....hard to tell without photos.

Chances are the lawn will revive just fine. But that is also hard to say with certainty until we can determine what went wrong. Are you sure it is just not dormant?

The grass was dead at the end of the summer

Agree with GG. If the lawn died, it was not from watering it.

Where do you live?

What was your watering schedule? How often and for how long did you water?

What was your fertilizer schedule?

Had you used any -icides? Insecticide, herbicide, fungicide?