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]
Game summary [ edit ] 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 [ edit ] 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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Statistics [ edit ] 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 [ edit ] ^ 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 . Further reading [ edit ] External links [ edit ]
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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