College football game
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]
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 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
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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
^ a b c d Howard, Bob (January 2, 1955). "Engelhardt Stars For Indians, Named Most Valuable Player" Orlando Sentinel . Retrieved March 5, 2017 – via newspapers.com. ^ a b c Carrico, Johnny (January 2, 1955). "Eastern Defeated 7 to 6 In Tangerine Bowl" The Courier-Journal Louisville, Kentucky . Retrieved March 5, 2017 – via newspapers.com. ^ "Welcome cfbdatawarehouse.com – BlueHost.com" . Archived from the original on July 10, 2016. Retrieved March 5, 2017 .
Formerly known as the Tangerine / Florida Citrus / Capital One Bowl
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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