1974 Tangerine Bowl

American college football game December 2025 August 2023 Tangerine Bowl December 21 1974 1974 Georgia Bulldogs 6–5 Vince Dooley SEC 15 13 3 0 7 0 Miami Redskins 9–0–1 Dick Crum MAC 14 7 0 0 bg Tangerine Bowl Orlando, Florida Sherman Smith, Miami (back)Brad Cousino & John Roudabush, Miami (linemen) 20,246https://www.newspapers.com/image/236655877/?terms=tangerine Another Tangerine Win For Miami, 21-10 Bill Guest subscription Orlando Sentinel newspapers.com December 22, 1974 March 18, 2017 Robert Aillet (SEC;split crew: SEC, MAC)https://www.newspapers.com/image/236656154/?terms=referee Typical Miami Hurry: Dressed Out 90 Minutes Before Game subscription Orlando Sentinel newspapers.com December 22, 1974 March 18, 2017 Mizlou Citrus Bowl (game) The 1974 Tangerine Bowl was a college football bowl game played on December 21, 1974, at the Tangerine Bowl stadium in Orlando, Florida. The game featured the Georgia Bulldogs and the Miami Redskins (located in Oxford, Ohio and now nicknamed the RedHawks). Background Miami was champion of the Mid-American Conference (MAC) for the second straight year, while having a season with no losses for the second straight year as well, earning another Tangerine trip. Georgia finished tied for second in the Southeastern Conference (SEC), despite losing three of their last four games. This was their first Tangerine Bowl appearance. Delays with stadium renovation work had led to the previous Tangerine Bowl game being played in Gainesville; this year the game returned to Orlando, where it has remained since. Game summary On the first play of scrimmage, the Bulldogs fumbled the ball and Miami recovered it at the Georgia 25. Rob Carpenter scored on a one-yard touchdown run to give Miami a 7–0 lead. Despite driving into Miami territory, Georgia settled for an Allan Leavitt field goal that narrowed the lead to 7–3. Sherman Smith threw a 7-yard touchdown pass to Ricky Taylor to make it 14–3. A fumble at the Bulldogs 22 gave the ball back to the Redskins, who capitalized with a touchdown run by Smith to make it 21–3. All Georgia could do in the second half was make the score 21–10 on a Ray Goff touchdown plunge, but Georgia could not get any more points.Bowl History - Dogs fall to Miami 21-10 in 1974 Tangerine Bowl http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/geo/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/2015-16/misc_non_event/15fb-history-bowl-recaps.pdf grfx.cstv.com https://web.archive.org/web/20180711093918/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/geo/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/2015-16/misc_non_event/15fb-history-bowl-recaps.pdf July 11, 2018 81 deadhttp://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/mioh/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/2015-16/prospectus/prospectus.pdf Miami University Football 2015 guide https://web.archive.org/web/20151222081525/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/mioh/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/2015-16/prospectus/prospectus.pdf dead December 22, 2015 Aftermath Miami returned to the Tangerine Bowl the following year, after winning their third straight MAC title. Georgia returned to the Tangerine Bowl ten years later; by then the game had changed names and was the 1984 Florida Citrus Bowl. Statistics Statistics Miami (Ohio) GeorgiaFirst downs 18 17Rushing yards 228 74Passing yards 14 210Total yards 242 284Return yardage 0 0Fumbles–fumbles lost 3–3 5–2Punts–average 5–36.0 4–30.0 Penalties–penalty yards 3–25 2–24 References Tangerine Bowl Category:Citrus Bowl (game) Category:Georgia Bulldogs football bowl games Category:Miami RedHawks football bowl games Tangerine Bowl Tangerine Bowl