1958 Tangerine Bowl (January)

American college football game December 2025 August 2023 Tangerine Bowl January 1 1958 1957 Mississippi Southern College Mississippi Southern Southerners 8–2 Thad Vann Independent 7 0 2 0 Norman Roberts, East Texas Statehttps://www.newspapers.com/clip/26761024/writers_name_roberts_as_outstanding/ Writers Name Roberts as Outstanding Orlando Sentinel 17 newspapers.com January 2, 1958 March 10, 2017 East Texas State College East Texas State Lions 8–1 Jules V. Sikes Lone Star Conference 7 0 0 3 bg Tangerine Bowl Orlando, Florida 1958 (Dec) P.T. Rahaim 10,500https://www.newspapers.com/clip/26760920/east_texas_wins_tangerine_bowl/ East Texas Wins Tangerine Bowl AP Montgomery Advertiser Montgomery, Alabama 13 January 2, 1958 January 1, 2019 newspapers.com Citrus Bowl The January 1958 Tangerine Bowl was an American college football bowl game played on January 1, 1958, at the Tangerine Bowl stadium in Orlando, Florida. The game pitted the Mississippi Southern Southerners (today's Southern Miss) and the East Texas State Lions (now East Texas A&M University). It was the first of two Tangerine Bowls played in calendar year 1958. Background The Lions were champions of the Lone Star Conference after finishing 8–1, with only one conference loss in seven tries. This was their third conference title in four seasons along with their fourth Tangerine Bowl appearance in seven seasons. The Southerners, who were an NCAA College Division independent, finished 8–2,http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/active/s/southern_mississippi/1955-1959_yearly_results.php Southern Mississippi Yearly Results unfit https://web.archive.org/web/20180928170300/http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/active/s/southern_mississippi/1955-1959_yearly_results.php 2018-09-28 while being invited to their second straight Tangerine Bowl and fourth bowl game in five years.2013 Southern Miss Golden Eagles Football Media Guide 2013 History: Bowl History 175 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 Garry Berry scored a touchdown for the Lions on a three-yard touchdown plunge. The Southerners scored back on a touchdown plunge from quarterback George Sekul. A snap that went over the punter for the Lions sailed into the endzone, giving Mississippi Southern a 9–7 lead. With 7:47 to go in the game, Neal Hinson kicked a 31-yard field goal to put the go-ahead points on the board for the Lions, and they held on to win their second Tangerine Bowl in three appearances.http://www.southernmiss.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/smis-bowl-history.html Southern Miss Football Bowl History 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 Mississippi Southern's next bowl was the 1980 Independence Bowl, by which time they were known as the Southern Miss Golden Eagles. References Tangerine Bowl Category:Citrus Bowl (game) Category:Southern Miss Golden Eagles football bowl games Category:East Texas A&M Lions football bowl games Category:1958 in sports in Florida Tangerine Bowl