1954 Tangerine Bowl
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| Date | January 1, 1954 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 1953 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Tangerine Bowl | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Orlando, Florida | ||||||||||||||||||
| MVP |
Billy Ray Norris, ETSU Bobby Spann, ASU | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 12,976 | ||||||||||||||||||
The 1954 Tangerine Bowl was held on January 1, 1954 at the Tangerine Bowl in Orlando, Florida. The Arkansas State Indians tied the East Texas State Lions by a score of 7-7.
Game summary
The first quarter saw the first touchdown of the game, as Bobby Spann found a receiver for a 20-yard Arkansas State touchdown. That proved to be the only scoring of the quarter, and the 1st quarter finished 7-0. The second quarter proved to be scoreless, and the game went into halftime 7-0. The score remained the same through three quarters, as neither team scored at all. Finally, the scoring drought was ended by East Texas State's Billy Ray Norris, who found the end zone on a 20-yard rush. The PAT tied the game at 7-7. Neither team managed to score again, which meant the game finished as a tie, 7-7.
Aftermath
This game was the first tie in Tangerine Bowl history 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).