Annual NCAA football game
1955 Tangerine Bowl
1 2 3 4
Total
Eastern Kentucky
0 6 0 0
6
Omaha
7 0 0 0
7
Date January 1, 1955 Season 1954 Stadium Tangerine Bowl Location Orlando, Florida MVP Bill Englehardt[1] [2] Attendance 12,759[1] [2]
The 1955 Tangerine Bowl was an American college football bowl game played after the 1954 season , on January 1, 1955, at the Tangerine Bowl stadium in Orlando, Florida . The Omaha Indians (today's Omaha Mavericks , who no longer have a football team) defeated the Eastern Kentucky Maroons (now the Eastern Kentucky Colonels ) by a score of 7–6.[3]
Game summary [ ]
Omaha scored on a 30-yard pass play in the first quarter, with Bill Englehardt both throwing the touchdown pass and then kicking the extra point . Eastern Kentucky answered with a touchdown in the second quarter, but the extra point was missed, leaving the score 7–6 at halftime. After a scoreless second half, the missed extra point proved to be the difference in the game. Englehardt was named the game's MVP.
Scoring summary [ ]
Scoring summary
Quarter
Time
Drive
Team
Scoring information
Score
Plays
Yards
TOP
EKSC
Omaha
1
5:23
6
45
Omaha
Rudy Rotella 30-yard touchdown reception from Bill Englehardt, Bill Englehardt kick good
0
7
2
3:19
12
48
EKSC
Paul Greene 10-yard touchdown reception from Bobby Lenderman, Ernie Rigrish kick wide right
6
7
"TOP" = time of possession . For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football .
6
7
[1] [2]
Statistics [ ]
Program cover for 1955 game
Statistics[1]
EKSC
Omaha
First Downs
12
12
Rushing Yards
133
103
Passes Attempted
19
23
Passes Completed
7
7
Passes Intercepted by
1
0
Passing Yards
65
105
Yards Penalized
45
30
Punts-Average
5-30
5-29.2
Fumbles Lost
3
1
References [ ]
Further reading [ ]
External links [ ]
History & conference tie-ins Tangerine Bowl Florida Citrus Bowl Capital One Bowl Citrus Bowl
There were games in January and December of 1958, 1960, and 2016. As a result, there were no games in 1959, 1986 or 2017.
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