1938 Tampa Spartans football team
{{short description|American college football season}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2024}}
{{Infobox college sports team season
| year = 1938
| team = Tampa Spartans
| sport = football
| image =
| image_size =
| conference = Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
| short_conf = SIAA
| record = 3–7
| conf_record = 0–4
| head_coach = Nash Higgins
| hc_year = 6th
| captain =
| stadium = Phillips Field
}}
{{1938 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings}}
The 1938 Tampa Spartans football team represented the University of Tampa as a member the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SIAA) during the 1938 college football season. Led by sixth-year head coach Nash Higgins, the Spartans compiled an overall record of 3–7, with a mark of 0–4 in conference play.
Schedule
{{CFB schedule
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 23
| w/l = w
| nonconf = y
| opponent = South Georgia Teachers
| site_stadium = Phillips Field
| site_cityst = Tampa, FL
| score = 40–0
| attend = 5,000
| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-tampa-tribune-spartans-run-wild-over/144392274/|work=Tampa Morning Tribune|title=Spartans run wild over Teachers|date=September 24, 1938|accessdate=March 29, 2024|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 30
| w/l = w
| nonconf = y
| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1938|team=South Georgia Tigers|title=South Georgia}}
| site_stadium = Phillips Field
| site_cityst = Tampa, FL
| score = 21–0
| attend = 3,000
| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-tampa-tribune-tampa-u-defeats-south/144392472/|work=Tampa Morning Tribune|title=Tampa U. defeats South Georgia eleven by 21–0|date=October 1, 1938|accessdate=March 29, 2024|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 7
| w/l = l
| away = y
| opponent = Miami (FL)
| site_stadium = Burdine Stadium
| site_cityst = Miami, FL
| score = 6–32
| attend = 12,000
| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-miami-news-hurricanes-beat-tampa/144392775/|work=The Miami Daily News|title=Hurricanes beat Tampa|date=October 8, 1938|accessdate=March 29, 2024|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 15
| w/l = l
| nonconf = y
| opponent = Cincinnati
| site_stadium = Phillips Field
| site_cityst = Tampa, FL
| score = 6–7
| attend = 3,000
| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-cincinnati-enquirer-uc-bearcats-ek/144393087/|work=The Cincinnati Enquirer|title=U.C. Bearcats eke out 7–6 win over Tampa|date=October 16, 1938|accessdate=March 29, 2024|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 22
| w/l = l
| nonconf = y
| opponent = Florida
| site_stadium = Phillips Field
| site_cityst = Tampa, FL
| score = 0–33
| attend = 10,000
| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/news-press-floridas-revived-grid-team-r/132669211/|work=Fort Myers News-Press|title=Florida's revived grid team rolls over Tampa 33 to 0|date=October 23, 1938|accessdate=March 29, 2024|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 5
| w/l = l
| away = y
| nonconf = y
| opponent = Boston University
| site_stadium = Nickerson Field
| site_cityst = Weston, MA
| score = 7–31
| attend =
| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/95605780/the-boston-globe/|title=B. U. vs. Tampa|newspaper=The Boston Globe|date=November 5, 1938|accessdate=March 29, 2024|via=Newspapers.com}}{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/95489249/tampa-beaten-31-7-by-boston-u/|newspaper=The Tampa Tribune|title=Tampa beaten, 31–7, by Boston U.|date=November 6, 1938|accessdate=March 29, 2024|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 11
| w/l = l
| opponent = Stetson
| site_stadium = Phillips Field
| site_cityst = Tampa, FL
| score = 0–42
| attend = 3,000
| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-orlando-sentinel-stetson-downs-tampa/144394725/|work=Orlando Morning Sentinel|title=Stetson downs Tampa U 42–0|date=November 12, 1938|accessdate=March 29, 2024|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 18
| w/l = w
| nonconf = y
| opponent = University of Havana
| site_stadium = Phillips Field
| site_cityst = Tampa, FL
| score = 33–0
| attend = 4,000
| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-tampa-times-skirmish-follows-tampa-u/144395120/|work=The Tampa Daily Times|title=Skirmish follows Tampa U. victory over Havana|date=November 19, 1938|accessdate=March 29, 2024|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 26
| w/l = l
| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1938|team=Rollins Tars|title=Rollins}}
| site_stadium = Phillips Field
| site_cityst = Tampa, FL
| score = 0–23
| attend = 1,500
| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-orlando-sentinel-rollins-stages-aeri/144395363/|work=The Sunday Sentinel-Star|title=Rollins stages aerial attack to swamp Tampa, 23–0|date=November 27, 1938|accessdate=March 29, 2024|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = December 3
| w/l = l
| opponent = Western Kentucky State Teachers
| site_stadium = Phillips Field
| site_cityst = Tampa, FL
| score = 7–50
| attend =
| source = {{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-paducah-sun-democrat-western-swamps/144395580/|work=The Paducah Sun-Democrat|title=Western swamps Tampa University by 50 to 7 score|date=December 4, 1938|accessdate=March 29, 2024|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
}}
References
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