1957 Tangerine Bowl

1957 Tangerine Bowl
West Texas State Buffaloes Mississippi Southern Southerners
(7–2) (7–1–1)
Border Conference Independent
20 13
Head coach: 
Frank Kimbrough		 Head coach: 
Thad Vann
1234 Total
West Texas State 00614 20
Mississippi Southern 01300 13
DateJanuary 1, 1957
Season1956
StadiumTangerine Bowl
LocationOrlando, Florida
MVPRon Mills, West Texas State[1]
Attendance11,000[1]
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The 1957 Tangerine Bowl was an American college football bowl game played on January 1, 1957, at Tangerine Bowl in Orlando, Florida. The game pitted the Mississippi Southern Southerners (today's Southern Miss) and the West Texas State Buffaloes (now West Texas A&M).

  1. ^ a b Howard, Bob (January 2, 1957). "Tangerine Bowl Classic Proves Best In 11 Years". Orlando Sentinel. Retrieved March 11, 2017 – via newspapers.com.