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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
[1] [2]
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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