1961 Tampa Spartans football team

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]

1961 Tampa Spartans football
ConferenceIndependent
1961 record8–1
Head coach
Home stadiumPhillips Field
1961 NCAA College Division independents football records
Conf  Overall
TeamW 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
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
Abilene Christian      4 6 0
Chattanooga      4 6 0
North Park      3 5 0
Union (NY)      3 5 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

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResult
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 PresbyterianClinton, SCW 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
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.
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