1963 Tampa Spartans football team

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1963 Tampa Spartans football
ConferenceIndependent
1963 record4–5–1
Head coach
Home stadiumPhillips Field
Seasons
← 1962
1964 →
1963 NCAA College Division independents football records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
East Carolina     9 1 0
Abilene Christian     8 1 0
Northeastern     8 1 0
Wheaton (IL)     8 1 0
Mississippi Vocational     6 3 0
Santa Clara     6 3 0
Howard (AL)     5 3 1
Cortland     4 3 0
Lamar Tech     5 4 0
Parsons     5 4 0
Drake     4 4 0
Hawaii     5 5 0
Northern Michigan     4 4 1
Wabash     4 4 1
Tampa     4 5 1
Southern Illinois     4 5 0
UC Riverside     4 5 0
UC Santa Barbara     4 5 0
Chattanooga     4 6 0
La Verne     3 5 0
Lake Forest     2 4 1
Hardin–Simmons     2 6 1
Arkansas State     2 6 0
Eastern Michigan     2 6 0
Rose Poly     2 6 0
Union (NY)     2 6 0
Cal Poly Pomona     2 7 0
Trinity (TX)     1 6 1
Carnegie Tech     1 6 0
Arlington State     1 8 0

The 1963 Tampa Spartans football team represented the University of Tampa in the 1963 NCAA College Division football season. It was the Spartans' 27th season. The team was led by head coach Fred Pancoast, in his second year, and played their home games at Phillips Field in Tampa, Florida. They finished with a record of four wins, five losses and one tie (4–5–1). Pancoast resigned as the Spartans' head coach on January 20, 1964, to take the position of ends coach at Florida.[1]

Schedule[]

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
September 21Western KentuckyT 14–14
September 26National Polytechnic Institute
  • Phillips Field
  • Tampa, FL
W 33–14
October 5Southwestern Louisiana
  • Phillips Field
  • Tampa, FL
L 17–19
October 12at McNeese StateLake Charles, LAL 12–37
October 19Presbyterian
  • Phillips Field
  • Tampa, FL
W 26–0
October 27Eastern Kentucky
  • Phillips Field
  • Tampa, FL
W 7–3
November 2at Troy StateL 0–7
November 9at Ole Miss
L 0–41
November 16Wofford
  • Phillips Field
  • Tampa, FL
W 7–6
November 23East Carolina
  • Phillips Field
  • Tampa, FL
L 8–14[2]

References[]

  1. ^ "Tampa grid coach hired by Gators". St. Petersburg Times. Google News Archives. January 21, 1964. p. C1. Retrieved October 21, 2012.
  2. ^ "E. Carolina raps Tampa in finale". Tampa Bay Times. November 24, 1963. Retrieved March 1, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
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