1966 Tampa Spartans football team

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1966 Tampa Spartans football
ConferenceIndependent
1966 record4–5
Head coach
Home stadiumPhillips Field
Seasons
← 1965
1967 →
1966 NCAA College Division independents football records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Parsons     9 2 0
Drake     8 2 0
Northern Illinois     8 2 0
IUP     7 2 0
Santa Clara     7 2 0
Cortland     6 2 0
Northeastern     6 2 0
Akron     6 3 0
Samford     6 3 1
Carnegie Tech     5 3 0
Eastern Michigan     5 3 1
UC Santa Barbara     6 4 0
Wheaton (IL)     5 4 0
Boston University     5 5 0
Cal Poly Pomona     5 5 0
Chattanooga     5 5 0
Colorado College     4 4 0
Wabash     4 4 1
Milwaukee     4 5 1
Southern Illinois     4 5 1
UC Riverside     4 5 0
Tampa     4 5 0
Rose Poly     3 4 1
Hawaii     4 6 0
Portland State     4 6 0
La Verne     3 6 0
Mississippi Valley State     3 6 0
Lake Forest     2 5 0
Wayne State (MI)     2 6 0

The 1966 Tampa Spartans football team represented the University of Tampa in the 1966 NCAA College Division football season. It was the Spartans' 30th season. The team was led by head coach Sam Bailey, in his third year, and played their home games at Phillips Field in Tampa, Florida. They finished with a record of four wins and five losses (4–5).

Schedule[]

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 17at TulsaL 11–57
September 24Bowling GreenW 20–13
October 1at AkronW 20–1210,000
October 8at North Texas StateL 6–4110,000[1]
October 15Furman
  • Phillips Field
  • Tampa, FL
W 41–2
October 29at HoustonL 9–4841,182
November 5Northeast Louisiana State
  • Phillips Field
  • Tampa, FL
L 0–17[2]
November 12Buffalo
  • Phillips Field
  • Tampa, FL
W 27–8
November 19Eastern Kentucky
  • Phillips Field
  • Tampa, FL
L 6–14

References[]

  1. ^ "Eagles trounce Tampa". The Tampa Tribune. October 9, 1966. Retrieved November 1, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Northeast does it again, upsets major college Tampa". Monroe Morning World. November 6, 1966. p. 1C. Retrieved January 25, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
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