1958 Tangerine Bowl (January)

1958 Tangerine Bowl
1234 Total
East Texas State 7003 10
Mississippi Southern 7020 9
DateJanuary 1, 1958
Season1957
StadiumTangerine Bowl
LocationOrlando, Florida
MVPNorman Roberts, East Texas State[1]
RefereeP.T. Rahaim
Attendance10,500[2]
Tangerine 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 Texas A&M University–Commerce). It was the first of two Tangerine Bowls played in calendar year 1958.

  1. ^ "Writers Name Roberts as Outstanding". Orlando Sentinel. January 2, 1958. p. 17. Retrieved March 10, 2017 – via newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "East Texas Wins Tangerine Bowl". Montgomery Advertiser. Montgomery, Alabama. AP. January 2, 1958. p. 13. Retrieved January 1, 2019 – via newspapers.com.