1956 Tangerine Bowl

1956 Tangerine Bowl
Juniata Indians Missouri Valley Vikings
(8–0) (9–1)
Independent Missouri College Athletic Union
6 6
Head coach: 
Robert C. Hicks		 Head coach: 
Volney Ashford
1234 Total
Juniata 6000 6
Missouri Valley 6000 6
DateJanuary 2, 1956
Season1955
StadiumTangerine Bowl
LocationOrlando, Florida
MVPBarry Drexler, Juniata[1]
FavoriteMissouri Valley by 7[2]
Attendance10,000[2]
Tangerine Bowl
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The 1956 Tangerine Bowl was an American college football bowl game played after the 1955 season, on January 2, 1956, at the Tangerine Bowl stadium in Orlando, Florida. The Juniata Indians with a record of 8–0 faced the Missouri Valley Vikings with a record of 9–1.[3] Juniata had outscored their regular season opponents 240–32 with 4 shutouts, and had a 23-game winning streak, while Missouri Valley had outscored their opponents 207–84 with 2 shutouts.[3] The teams played to a 6–6 tie.

The undefeated 1955 Hillsdale College football team refused an invitation to this bowl when organizers insisted that Hillsdale's four African-American players would not be allowed to play in the game.[4][5]

  1. ^ "DREXLER NAMED MOST VALUABLE IN BOWL GAME". Orlando Sentinel. January 3, 1956. Retrieved March 9, 2017 – via newspapers.com.
  2. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference howard was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ a b Howard, Bob (January 2, 1956). "Missouri Valley Favorite In Tangerine Bowl Tonight". Orlando Sentinel. Retrieved March 9, 2017 – via newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "1955 Football Team". hillsdalechargers.com. Archived from the original on October 19, 2014. Retrieved March 3, 2017 – via Wayback Machine.
  5. ^ Cramer, Dick (December 2, 1955). "Better Kind Of Glory". The Michigan Daily. Ann Arbor, Michigan. p. 4. Archived from the original on April 24, 2018. Retrieved March 3, 2017 – via The Michigan Daily Digital Archives.