1954 Tangerine Bowl

American college football game December 2025 August 2023 Tangerine Bowl January 1 1954 1953 Tangerine Bowl Orlando, Florida East Texas State Teachers College East Texas State Lions 10–0 Milburn Smith Lone Star Conference 0 0 0 7 Arkansas State College Arkansas State Indians 8–0–1 Forrest England Independent 7 0 0 0 Bobby Spann, Arkansas State 12,976 Citrus Bowl (game) The 1954 Tangerine Bowl was an American college football bowl game played after the 1953 season, on January 1, 1954, at the Tangerine Bowl stadium in Orlando, Florida. The Arkansas State Indians (now the Arkansas State Red Wolves) tied the East Texas State Lions (now the East Texas A&M–Lions) by a score of 7–7. Game summary The first quarter saw the first score of the game, as Bobby Spann found James Turley on a 20-yard pass for an Arkansas State touchdown. That proved to be the only scoring of the quarter, which finished 7–0. The second quarter and third quarter were scoreless. The scoring drought was ended in the fourth quarter by East Texas State's Billy Ray Norris, on a 1-yard rush. The extra point tied the game at 7–7, and neither team managed to score again. Aftermath The tie ended a streak of 29 consecutive victories by East Texas State. Arkansas State quarterback Bobby Spann was selected as MVP of the game.https://www.newspapers.com/image/222402269/?terms=voted SPANN VOTED MOST VALUABLE subscription Orlando Sentinel newspapers.com January 2, 1954 March 4, 2017 This game was the second tie in Tangerine Bowl history (the first having been the 1949 game), and the third-lowest scoring behind the 1948 game between Catawba and Marshall (finished 7–0) and the 1950 game between Emory & Henry and St. Vincent (finished 7–6). The game's third-place position was soon overtaken, though, as Omaha and Eastern Kentucky finished 7–6 the next year and Juniata and Missouri Valley tied 6–6 the year after that, which put the 1954 edition at the fifth-lowest scoring Tangerine Bowl, a position it maintains to present day (throughout all name-changes and variations of the bowl). Scoring summary East Texas St. Arkansas St. 1 4:50 Ark. St. 3 25 RecTD James Turley Bobby Spann 20 good Ness Sechrest 0 7 4 9:00 E. Tex. St. 9 61 RushTD Billy Ray Norris 1 good George Riley 7 7 7 7 https://www.newspapers.com/image/230232428/?terms=tangerine 7-7 Tie In Tangerine Bowl Ends 29-Game Winning Streak Associated Press subscription Fort Lauderdale News newspapers.com January 2, 1954 March 4, 2017https://www.newspapers.com/image/222402090/?terms=streak Arkansas State Ties East Texas 7-7 In Tangerine Bowl Thriller Bob Howard subscription Orlando Sentinel newspapers.com January 2, 1954 March 4, 2017 Statistics Statistics Arkansas State East Texas StateFirst downs 8 19Rushing yards181 184Passes attempted 4 29Passes completed 1 9Passes intercepted by 2 0Passing yards20 83Yards penalized 20 30Punts–average 9–30.2 4–38.0Fumbles lost 0 3 References Tangerine Bowl Category:Citrus Bowl (game) Category:Arkansas State Red Wolves football bowl games Category:East Texas A&M Lions football bowl games Tangerine Bowl Tangerine Bowl