1961 Tampa Spartans football team
Date Opponent Site Result
September 23 Livingston State Phillips Field Tampa , FL W 41-8
September 30 Western Carolina Phillips Field Tampa , FL W 24-14
October 14 Elon Phillips Field Tampa , FL W 13-0
October 21 at Presbyterian Clinton , SC W 17-16
October 28 at Southeastern Louisiana Strawberry Stadium Hammond , LA L 3-27
November 4 at Troy State Veterans Memorial Stadium Troy , AL W 27-6
November 11 Northern Michigan Phillips Field Tampa , FL W 27-6
November 18 Appalachian State Phillips Field Tampa , FL W 14-0
November 25 Wofford Phillips Field Tampa , FL W 22-21
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The 1961 Tampa Spartans football team represented the University of Tampa in the 1961 college football season. It was the Spartans' 25th season and competed as a member of the NAIA. 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.