1961 Tampa Spartans football team

American college football season

1961 Tampa Spartans football
ConferenceIndependent
Record8–1
Head coach
  • Marcelino Huerta (10th season)
Home stadiumPhillips Field
Seasons
← 1960
1962 →
1961 NAIA independents football records
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 Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 2 Baldwin–Wallace   –   9 – 0 – 0
Wheaton (IL)   –   8 – 0 – 0
No. 8 Tampa   –   8 – 1 – 0
Westminster (UT)   –   7 – 1 – 1
Earlham   –   7 – 1 – 0
Oklahoma Panhandle State   –   9 – 2 – 0
La Verne   –   7 – 2 – 0
Hillsdale   –   6 – 3 – 0
Eastern New Mexico   –   6 – 4 – 0
McMurry   –   6 – 4 – 0
St. Mary of the Plains   –   4 – 5 – 0
Georgetown (KY)   –   2 – 3 – 1
Austin   –   2 – 7 – 0
Rankings from NAIA poll
1961 Midwestern college football independents records
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 Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Baldwin–Wallace   –   9 – 0 – 0
Wheaton (IL)   –   8 – 0 – 0
Earlham   –   7 – 1 – 0
St. Norbert   –   7 – 2 – 0
Northern Michigan   –   6 – 2 – 0
Hillsdale   –   6 – 3 – 0
Ferris Institute   –   5 – 3 – 0
Bradley   –   6 – 4 – 0
Xavier   –   6 – 4 – 0
Eureka   –   3 – 2 – 1
Detroit   –   5 – 4 – 0
Drake   –   5 – 4 – 0
Wabash   –   5 – 4 – 0
Youngstown   –   4 – 4 – 1
Notre Dame   –   5 – 5 – 0
Concordia (IL)   –   4 – 4 – 0
St. Mary of the Plains   –   4 – 5 – 0
North Park   –   3 – 5 – 0
William Penn   –   3 – 5 – 1
St. Procopius   –   2 – 4 – 0
Dayton   –   2 – 8 – 0
Elmhurst   –   1 – 6 – 1
Rose Poly   –   0 – 8 – 0
Washington University   –   0 – 9 – 0

The 1961 Tampa Spartans football team represented the University of Tampa in the 1961 college 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

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 23Livingston State
W 41–88,000
September 30Western Carolina
  • Phillips Field
  • Tampa, FL
W 24–147,000
October 14Elon
  • Phillips Field
  • Tampa, FL
W 13–05,000
October 21at PresbyterianW 17–163,500
October 28at No. 4 Southeastern LouisianaL 3–276,500–8,000[2][3]
November 4at Troy State
W 27–63,000[4]
November 11No. 4 Northern Michigan
  • Phillips Field
  • Tampa, FL
W 27–68,500–9,000[5]
November 18Appalachian State
  • Phillips Field
  • Tampa, FL
W 14–08,500–10,000[6][7]
November 25Wofford
  • Phillips Field
  • Tampa, FL
W 22–216,500
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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References

  1. ^ "Tampa coach to Wichita". The Gadsden Times. Google News Archives. UPI. January 10, 1962. p. 10. Retrieved October 21, 2012.
  2. ^ "SLC Speedsters Whip Tampa, 27-3". Sunday News (Bogalusa, LA). October 29, 1961. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Brief Summary Of Cumulative Football Statistics (Southeastern Louisiana)". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved August 3, 2024.
  4. ^ "Bessent passes Tampa to 27–6 win over Troy". The Tampa Tribune. November 5, 1961. Retrieved November 12, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ Larry Bush (November 12, 1961). "Tampa Upsets 4th-Ranked N. Michigan 27-6: Spartans Thrive On Mistakes". The Tampa Tribune. pp. 1C, 3C – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Tampa continues 'best' season". The Tampa Tribune. November 19, 1961. Retrieved December 11, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "1961 Brief Summary of Cumulative Football Statistics (Appalachian State)". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved January 29, 2023.
  8. ^ "Brief Summary Of Cumulative Football Statistics". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved February 27, 2023.
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