1957 Tangerine Bowl

American college football game December 2025 August 2023 Tangerine Bowl January 1 1957 1956 Mississippi Southern College Mississippi Southern Southerners 7–1–1 Thad Vann Independent 0 13 0 0 Ron Mills, West Texas State West Texas State College West Texas State Buffaloes 7–2 Frank Kimbrough Border Conference 0 0 6 14 bg Tangerine Bowl Orlando, Florida 11,000https://www.newspapers.com/image/222372457?terms=tangerine Tangerine Bowl Classic Proves Best In 11 Years Bob Howard subscription Orlando Sentinel newspapers.com January 2, 1957 March 11, 2017 1958 (Jan) Citrus Bowl The 1957 Tangerine Bowl was an American college football bowl game played on January 1, 1957, at Tangerine Bowl in Orlando, Florida. The game pitted the Mississippi Southern Southerners (today's Southern Miss) and the West Texas State Buffaloes (now West Texas A&M). Background The Buffaloes finished third in the Border Conference, but they still managed to get invited to the Tangerine Bowl, their second bowl appearance in seven seasons. The Southerners, an NCAA College Division independent, finished 7–1–1 while being invited to their third bowl game in four years.2013 Southern Miss Golden Eagles Football Media Guide 2013 History: Bowl History 176 University of Southern Mississippi Department of Athletics Hattiesburg, Mississippi http://www.provationsgroup.org/publications/2013-USM-Football/index.html#?page=176 January 4, 2017 PDF Game summary Mississippi Southern built a 13–0 halftime lead on a J.C. Arvan "Statue of Liberty" touchdown play from 51 yards out along with a 53-yard touchdown pass from Bobby Hughes to Jerry Taylor. However, Ron Mills intercepted an Eagle pass and returned it 75 yards for a touchdown to make it 13–6. Mills added a two-yard plunge to tie the game at 13. Quarterback Bubba Hillman rushed for 19 yards and the touchdown that proved to be the winning points for West Texas State.http://www.southernmiss.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/smis-bowl-history.html Southern Miss Football :: Official Athletic Site 2017-01-04 https://web.archive.org/web/20180307082329/http://www.southernmiss.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/smis-bowl-history.html 2018-03-07 dead Aftermath The Southerners return to the next Tangerine Bowl a year later. The Buffaloes' next bowl game was the 1962 Sun Bowl. References Tangerine Bowl Category:Citrus Bowl (game) Category:Southern Miss Golden Eagles football bowl games Category:West Texas A&M Buffaloes football bowl games Tangerine Bowl Tangerine Bowl