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1954 Tampa Spartans football team

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1954 Tampa Spartans football
Cigar Bowl champion
ConferenceIndependent
Record8–2
Head coach
Home stadiumPhillips Field
Seasons
← 1953
1955 →
1954 Southern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 9 Miami (FL)     8 1 0
Delaware     8 2 0
No. 5 Navy     8 2 0
Tampa     8 2 0
Florida State     8 4 0
Abilene Christian     6 3 1
Chattanooga     6 4 0
Mississippi Southern     6 4 0
Memphis State     3 4 3
Louisville     3 6 0
Arkansas State     1 8 0
Sewanee     0 8 0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1954 Tampa Spartans football team represented the University of Tampa in the 1954 college football season. It was the Spartans' 18th season. The team was led by head coach Marcelino Huerta, in his third year, and played their home games at Phillips Field in Tampa, Florida. They finished with a record of eight wins and two losses (8–2) and with a victory in the Cigar Bowl over Charleston (WV).

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResult
September 19at National Polytechnic InstituteMexico City, MexicoW 31–26
October 1at ChattanoogaL 6–28
October 9South Georgia CollegeW 67–7
October 15Stetson
  • Phillips Field
  • Tampa, FL
W 64–9
October 22Troy State
  • Phillips Field
  • Tampa, FL
W 26–0
November 6East Carolina
  • Phillips Field
  • Tampa, FL
W 27–14
November 12Livingston State
  • Phillips Field
  • Tampa, FL
W 38–7
November 20Appalachian State
  • Phillips Field
  • Tampa, FL
W 25–20
December 4Florida State
  • Phillips Field
  • Tampa, FL
L 0–13
December 17Charleston (WV)
W 21–0

References