1958 Tangerine Bowl (January)
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{{Infobox NCAA football yearly game
|game_name=Tangerine Bowl
|subheader =
|title_sponsor=
|date_game_played=January 1
|year_game_played=1958
|football_season=1957
|home_school=Mississippi Southern College
|home_name_short=Mississippi Southern
|home_nickname=Southerners
|home_record= 8–2
|home_coach= Thad Vann
|home_conference=Independent
|home_1q =7
|home_2q =0
|home_3q =2
|home_4q =0
|MVP= Norman Roberts, East Texas State{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/26761024/writers_name_roberts_as_outstanding/ |title=Writers Name Roberts as Outstanding |newspaper=Orlando Sentinel |page=17 |via=newspapers.com |date=January 2, 1958 |accessdate=March 10, 2017}}
|visitor_rank_AP=
|home_rank_AP=
|visitor_school = East Texas State College
|visitor_name_short=East Texas State
|visitor_nickname=Lions
|visitor_record= 8–1
|visitor_coach= Jules V. Sikes
|visitor_conference = Lone Star Conference
|visitor_1q =7
|visitor_2q =0
|visitor_3q =0
|visitor_4q =3
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|type=bg
|stadium=Tangerine Bowl
|city=Orlando, Florida
|different_next=1958 (Dec)
|referee= P.T. Rahaim
|attendance= 10,500{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/26760920/east_texas_wins_tangerine_bowl/ |title=East Texas Wins Tangerine Bowl |agency=AP |newspaper=Montgomery Advertiser |location=Montgomery, Alabama |page=13 |date=January 2, 1958 |accessdate=January 1, 2019 |via=newspapers.com}}
| game_link = Citrus Bowl
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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,{{cite web|url=http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/active/s/southern_mississippi/1955-1959_yearly_results.php|title=Southern Mississippi Yearly Results|url-status=unfit|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180928170300/http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/active/s/southern_mississippi/1955-1959_yearly_results.php|archive-date=2018-09-28}} while being invited to their second straight Tangerine Bowl and fourth bowl game in five years.{{cite book |title=2013 Southern Miss Golden Eagles Football Media Guide |year=2013 |chapter=History: Bowl History |page=175 |publisher=University of Southern Mississippi Department of Athletics |location=Hattiesburg, Mississippi |url=http://www.provationsgroup.org/publications/2013-USM-Football/index.html#?page=176 |accessdate=January 4, 2017 |format=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.{{Cite web |url=http://www.southernmiss.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/smis-bowl-history.html |title=Southern Miss Football Bowl History |access-date=2017-01-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180307082329/http://www.southernmiss.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/smis-bowl-history.html |archive-date=2018-03-07 |url-status=dead }}
Aftermath
Mississippi Southern's next bowl was the 1980 Independence Bowl, by which time they were known as the Southern Miss Golden Eagles.
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