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1959 Tampa Spartans football team

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1959 Tampa Spartans football
ConferenceIndependent
Record3–7
Head coach
Home stadiumPhillips Field
Seasons
← 1958
1960 →
1959 NCAA College Division independents football records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Hofstra     9 0 0
Howard (AL)     9 1 0
Buffalo     8 1 0
Carnegie Tech     7 1 0
Cal Poly Pomona     7 1 1
North Park     6 1 1
Santa Clara     4 1 0
No. 8 Southern Connecticut State ^     8 2 0
Northern Michigan     6 2 0
UC Riverside     5 2 0
Montana State     6 3 0
Carthage     5 3 1
Louisville     6 4 0
Memphis State     6 4 0
Mississippi Southern     6 4 0
Arlington State     4 3 0
Sewanee     4 3 1
Abilene Christian     5 5 0
Baldwin–Wallace     4 4 0
Washington and Lee     3 4 1
Xavier     4 6 0
Wabash     3 5 1
Rose Poly     2 4 1
Arkansas State     3 6 0
Hawaii     3 6 0
Trinity (TX)     3 6 0
Pepperdine     2 5 1
Chattanooga     3 7 0
Tampa     3 7 0
Drake     2 7 0
Northeastern     1 6 1
Washington University     1 7 0
St. Norbert     0 6 1
  • ^ – NAIA playoff participant
Rankings from NAIA poll

The 1959 Tampa Spartans football team represented the University of Tampa in the 1959 NCAA College Division football season. It was the Spartans' 23rd season. The team was led by head coach Marcelino Huerta, in his eighth year, and played their home games at Phillips Field in Tampa, Florida. They finished with a record of three wins and seven losses (3–7).

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResult
September 26Troy StateW 35–15
October 3Western Carolina
  • Phillips Field
  • Tampa, FL
L 8–19
October 10at McNeese StateLake Charles, LAL 14–27
October 17at Wofford
L 7–14
October 24Presbyterian
  • Phillips Field
  • Tampa, FL
L 0–27
October 31vs. Southeastern LouisianaPensacola, FLL 8–33
November 7Arkansas State
  • Phillips Field
  • Tampa, FL
W 14–13
November 14McMurry
  • Phillips Field
  • Tampa, FL
L 12–28
November 21Appalachian State
  • Phillips Field
  • Tampa, FL
W 23–6
November 28at Florida StateL 0–33

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