Miami vs. Tampa
Miami and Tampa have 10 meetings on file, the first in 1936; Miami leads the series 6–3–1 in the games on file. Over the last 10 meetings it’s Miami 6–3. Share
- Miami wins
- 6
- Tampa wins
- 3
- Ties
- 1
- Earliest on file
- 1936
- Longest streak
- 5 Miami
- Current streak
- 1 Miami
- Last 10 meetings
- Miami 6–3
- Most recent
- 1974
The series at a glance
- Average margin
- 18.9 points; 2 decided by one score (8 or fewer)
- At Miami
- 3–2–1 Miami’s record at home
- At Tampa
- 1–3 Tampa’s record at home
- Shutouts
- 3
Every meeting on file, as played. Ranks are the AP poll’s going in.
Games that tell the story
- Miami’s biggest win1942: Miami 65, Tampa 6by 59 points
- Tampa’s biggest win1970: Tampa 31, Miami 14by 17 points
- Upset1970: Tampa 31, Miami 14Tampa had a 27% chance, by our ratings before kickoff
Both programs through the years
Our Elo rating at the end of each season, a measure of how strong a team was, not a forecast; 1500 is an average FBS team.
From the newspapers
1936 · The times-news. (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, North Carolina, Oct 3, 1936
1940 · Evening star, Washington, D.C., Oct 17, 1940
Public-domain newspapers from the Library of Congress’s Chronicling America, found through the American Stories dataset (Dell and Harvard, CC BY 4.0). The earliest meetings with a story on file; each game’s page has the full text.
Every game
| Sep 28, 1974 | 20Miami 28, Tampa 26 | at Tampa | ||
| Nov 11, 1972 | Tampa 7, Miami 0 | at Tampa | ||
| Oct 16, 1970 | Tampa 31, Miami 14 | at Miami | ||
| Oct 10, 1942 | Miami 65, Tampa 6 | at Miami | ||
| Oct 10, 1941 | Miami 20, Tampa 6 | at Tampa | ||
| Oct 11, 1940 | Miami 27, Tampa 0 | at Miami | ||
| Oct 14, 1939 | Miami 32, Tampa 7 | at Tampa | ||
| Oct 7, 1938 | Miami 32, Tampa 6 | at Miami | ||
| Oct 29, 1937 | Tampa 12, Miami 0 | at Miami | ||
| Oct 2, 1936 | Miami 0, Tampa 0 | at Miami |
Every game is listed as played on the field.