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. ^[3]

Game summary [ edit ]

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 [ edit ]

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References [ edit ]

Further reading [ edit ]

• Grace, Erin (April 13, 2014). "Years later, Omaha U's 1955 Tangerine Bowl triumph still sweet" . Omaha World-Herald . Retrieved March 5, 2017 .
• "A look back at 1955 Tangerine Bowl featuring Omaha University" . Omaha World-Herald . Retrieved March 5, 2017 – via starherald.com. (video)

External links [ edit ]

• 1955 Tangerine Bowl Digital Collection from the University of Nebraska Omaha Dr. C.C. and Mabel L. Criss Library