1958 Tangerine Bowl (January)
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| 1958 Tangerine Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | January 1, 1958 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 1957 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Tangerine Bowl | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Orlando, Florida | ||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Norman Roberts, East Texas State[1] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | P.T. Rahaim | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 10,500[2] | ||||||||||||||||||
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 East Texas A&M University). It was the first of two Tangerine Bowls played in calendar year 1958.
The Lions were champions of the Lone Star Conference after finishing 8–1, with only one conference loss in seven tries. This was their third conference title in four seasons along with their fourth Tangerine Bowl appearance in seven seasons. The Southerners, who were an NCAA College Division independent, finished 8–2,[3] while being invited to their second straight Tangerine Bowl and fourth bowl game in five years.[4]