1961 Tangerine Bowl

1961 Tangerine Bowl
1234 Total
Lamar 7707 21
Mid. Tenn. 0068 14
Date December 29, 1961
Season 1961
Stadium Citrus Bowl
Location Orlando, Florida
MVP Win Herbert, Lamar
Attendance 6,000

The 1961 Tangerine Bowl was held on December 29, 1961 at the Citrus Bowl in Orlando, Florida. The Lamar Cardinals defeated the Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders by a score of 21-14.

The scoring opened with a Lamar touchdown on a 52-yard rush by Lamar RB Win Herbert, and that play proved to be the only scoring in the first quarter, which ended 7-0. The second quarter's only scoring came when Middle Tennessee fumbled the ball in their own end zone and Lamar recovered to lead 14-0 at halftime. Middle Tennessee finally found the end zone in the third quarter, scoring on a 32-yard pass but failing the two-point conversion to make it 14-6 at the end of the third quarter. Lamar, however, bumped the score up to 21-6 after a 3-yard pass for a touchdown. The last score of the game came from the Blue Raiders, who scored a consolation touchdown and converted the two point conversion to end the game 21-14.

At the end of the game, Lamar had two more first downs, 73 more rushing yards, and 66 more total yards. However, MTSU out-passed Lamar by 6 yards.

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