1956 Tampa Spartans football team

The 1956 Tampa Spartans football team represented the University of Tampa as an independent during the 1956 NCAA College Division football season. It was the Spartans' 20th season. The team was led by head coach Marcelino Huerta, in his fifth year, and played their home games at Phillips Field in Tampa, Florida. They finished with a record of seven wins and two losses (7–2).

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Source
September 22	Morris Harvey	Phillips Field Tampa, FL	W 16–0
September 29	Troy State	Phillips Field Tampa, FL	W 32–19
October 6	at Southeastern Louisiana	Strawberry Stadium Hammond, LA	L 6–40
October 20	Presbyterian	Phillips Field Tampa, FL	W 19–7
October 27	Delta State	Phillips Field Tampa, FL	W 21–12
November 2	at Chattanooga	Chamberlain Field Chattanooga, TN	L 0–33	^[1]
November 10	Western Carolina	Phillips Field Tampa, FL	W 41–9
November 14	Missouri Valley	Phillips Field Tampa, FL	W 31–14
November 17	Appalachian State	Phillips Field Tampa, FL	W 21–7

^ "Chattanooga blanks Tamas". The Tampa Tribune. November 3, 1956. Retrieved September 10, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.

v t Tampa Spartans football
Venues	Plant Field (1933–1936) Phillips Field (1937–1967) Tampa Stadium (1967–1974)
Bowl games	1952 Cigar Bowl 1954 Cigar Bowl 1972 Tangerine Bowl
People	NFL draftees
	1943 1944 1945 1947 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974

1956 NCAA College Division independents football records
v t	Conf			Overall
Team	W	L	T	W		L		T
Northern Michigan		–		7	–	0	–	1
Carthage		–		8	–	2	–	0
Tampa		–		7	–	2	–	0
Cal Poly San Dimas		–		6	–	2	–	0
Mississippi Southern		–		7	–	2	–	1
Wabash		–		6	–	2	–	1
Hawaii		–		7	–	3	–	0
Hofstra		–		7	–	3	–	0
Xavier		–		7	–	3	–	0
Franklin & Marshall		–		5	–	2	–	1
Louisville		–		6	–	3	–	0
Pepperdine		–		6	–	3	–	0
Washington University		–		6	–	3	–	0
La Verne		–		6	–	4	–	0
Buffalo		–		5	–	3	–	0
Drexel		–		5	–	3	–	0
Long Beach State		–		5	–	3	–	0
Delaware		–		5	–	3	–	1
Memphis State		–		5	–	4	–	1
Arkansas State		–		5	–	4	–	0
Chattanooga		–		5	–	4	–	0
Baldwin–Wallace		–		4	–	5	–	0
Washington & Jefferson		–		3	–	4	–	1
Rose Poly		–		3	–	4	–	0
Bucknell		–		3	–	5	–	0
Carnegie Tech		–		3	–	5	–	0
Temple		–		3	–	5	–	0
Howard (AL)		–		2	–	5	–	2
Sewanee		–		1	–	6	–	1
UC Riverside		–		1	–	6	–	0