1961 Tampa Spartans football team

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1961 Tampa Spartans football
ConferenceIndependent
1961 record8–1
Head coach
Home stadiumPhillips Field
Seasons
← 1960
1962 →
1961 NCAA College Division independents football records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 2 Baldwin–Wallace     9 0 0
Wheaton (IL)     8 0 0
Tampa     8 1 0
Mississippi Southern     8 2 0
Howard (AL)     7 2 0
La Verne     7 2 0
Arlington State     7 3 0
Northern Michigan     6 2 0
Sewanee     5 2 1
Cal Poly Pomona     6 3 0
Louisville     6 3 0
Montana State     4 3 1
Drake     5 4 0
Pacific (CA)     5 4 0
Wabash     5 4 0
Northeastern     4 4 0
Santa Clara     3 3 0
Buffalo     4 5 0
Norfolk State     3 4 0
Abilene Christian     4 6 0
Chattanooga     4 6 0
North Park     3 5 0
Union (NY)     3 5 0
Arkansas State     3 6 0
Trinity (TX)     2 7 0
Carnegie Tech     1 7 0
UC Riverside     1 7 0
Pepperdine     1 9 0
Rose Poly     0 8 0
Washington University     0 9 0
Rankings from AP poll

The 1961 Tampa Spartans football team represented the University of Tampa in the 1961 NCAA College Division football season. It was the Spartans' 25th season. The team was led by head coach Marcelino Huerta, in his tenth year, and played their home games at Phillips Field in Tampa, Florida. They finished with a record of eight wins and one loss (8–1). Huerta resigned as the Spartans' head coach on January 8, 1962, to take the same position at Wichita State.[1]

Schedule[]

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
September 23Livingston StateW 41–8
September 30Western Carolina
  • Phillips Field
  • Tampa, FL
W 24–14
October 14Elon
  • Phillips Field
  • Tampa, FL
W 13–0
October 21at PresbyterianW 17–16
October 28at Southeastern LouisianaL 3–27
November 4at Troy StateW 27–6
November 11Northern Michigan
  • Phillips Field
  • Tampa, FL
W 27–6
November 18Appalachian State
  • Phillips Field
  • Tampa, FL
W 14–0[2]
November 25Wofford
  • Phillips Field
  • Tampa, FL
W 22–21

References[]

  1. ^ "Tampa coach to Wichita". The Gadsden Times. Google News Archives. UPI. January 10, 1962. p. 10. Retrieved October 21, 2012.
  2. ^ "Tampa continues 'best' season". The Tampa Tribune. November 19, 1961. Retrieved December 11, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
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