1955 Tangerine Bowl

American college football game December 2025 August 2023 Tangerine Bowl January 1 1955 1954 Tangerine Bowl Orlando, Florida Eastern Kentucky University Eastern Kentucky Maroons 8–0–1 Glenn Presnell Ohio Valley Conference 0 6 0 0 University of Omaha Omaha Indians 9–0 Lloyd Cardwell Independent 7 0 0 0 Bill Englehardt 12,759 Citrus Bowl (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.http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/active/e/eastern_kentucky/1950-1954_yearly_results.php Welcome cfbdatawarehouse.com – BlueHost.com 2017-03-05 2016-07-10 https://web.archive.org/web/20160710041345/http://cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/active/e/eastern_kentucky/1950-1954_yearly_results.php dead 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 EKSC Omaha 1 5:23 Omaha 6 45 RecTD Rudy Rotella Bill Englehardt 30 good Bill Englehardt 0 7 2 3:19 EKSC 12 48 RecTD Paul Greene Bobby Lenderman 10 wide right Ernie Rigrish 6 7 6 7 https://www.newspapers.com/image/223316460/?terms=tangerine Engelhardt Stars For Indians, Named Most Valuable Player Bob Howard subscription Orlando Sentinel newspapers.com January 2, 1955 March 5, 2017https://www.newspapers.com/image/108484712/?terms=tangerine Eastern Defeated 7 to 6 In Tangerine Bowl Johnny Carrico subscription The Courier-Journal Louisville, Kentucky newspapers.com January 2, 1955 March 5, 2017 Statistics thumb|right|Program cover for 1955 game Statistics EKSC OmahaFirst downs 12 12Rushing yards133 103Passes attempted 19 23Passes completed 7 7Passes intercepted by 1 0Passing yards65 105Yards penalized 45 30Punts–average 5–30 5–29.2Fumbles lost 3 1 References Further reading http://www.omaha.com/news/grace-years-later-omaha-u-s-tangerine-bowl-triumph-still/article_e4360f1a-8f71-539d-871c-ff865b84c0e1.html Years later, Omaha U's 1955 Tangerine Bowl triumph still sweet Erin Grace Omaha World-Herald April 13, 2014 March 5, 2017 http://video.starherald.com/A-look-back-at-1955-Tangerine-Bowl-featuring-Omaha-University-25804909 A look back at 1955 Tangerine Bowl featuring Omaha University Omaha World-Herald starherald.com March 5, 2017 (video) External links 1955 Tangerine Bowl Digital Collection from the University of Nebraska Omaha Dr. C.C. and Mabel L. Criss Library Tangerine Bowl Category:Citrus Bowl (game) Category:Eastern Kentucky Colonels football bowl games Category:Nebraska–Omaha Mavericks football bowl games Tangerine Bowl Tangerine Bowl