1955 Tangerine Bowl

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1955 Tangerine Bowl
1234Total
Eastern Kentucky06006
Omaha70007
DateJanuary 1, 1955
Season 1954
Stadium Tangerine Bowl
Location Orlando, Florida
MVPBill Englehardt [1] [2]
Attendance12,759 [1] [2]
Tangerine Bowl
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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]

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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
QuarterTime Drive TeamScoring informationScore
Plays Yards TOP EKSCOmaha
15:23645OmahaRudy Rotella 30-yard touchdown reception from Bill Englehardt, Bill Englehardt kick good07
23:191248EKSCPaul Greene 10-yard touchdown reception from Bobby Lenderman, Ernie Rigrish kick wide right67
"TOP" = time of possession. For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football.67

[1] [2]

Statistics

Program cover for 1955 game TangerineBowl-Program1955.jpg
Program cover for 1955 game
Statistics [1] EKSCOmaha
First Downs1212
Rushing Yards133103
Passes Attempted1923
Passes Completed77
Passes Intercepted by10
Passing Yards65105
Yards Penalized4530
Punts-Average5-305-29.2
Fumbles Lost31

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References

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  2. 1 2 3 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.
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