1955 Tangerine Bowl

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]

1955 Tangerine Bowl
Eastern Kentucky Maroons Omaha Indians (8–0–1) (9–0) Ohio Valley Conference Independent 6 7 Head coach:  Glenn Presnell Head coach:  Lloyd Cardwell
1 2 3 4 Total Eastern Kentucky 0 6 0 0 6 Omaha 7 0 0 0 7
Date	January 1, 1955
Season	1954
Stadium	Tangerine Bowl
Location	Orlando, Florida
MVP	Bill Englehardt[1][2]
Attendance	12,759[1][2]
Tangerine Bowl  < 1954  1956 >

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

Scoring summary

Quarter Time Drive Team Scoring information Score Plays Yards TOP EKSC Omaha 1 5:23 6 45 Omaha Rudy Rotella 30-yard touchdown reception from Bill Englehardt, Bill Englehardt kick good 0 7 2 3:19 12 48 EKSC Paul Greene 10-yard touchdown reception from Bobby Lenderman, Ernie Rigrish kick wide right 6 7 "TOP" = time of possession. For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football. 6 7

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Statistics

Program cover for 1955 game

Statistics[1]	EKSC	Omaha
First downs	12	12
Rushing yards	133	103
Passes attempted	19	23
Passes completed	7	7
Passes intercepted by	1	0
Passing yards	65	105
Yards penalized	45	30
Punts–average	5–30	5–29.2
Fumbles lost	3	1