1960 Tangerine Bowl (January)

College football game

1960 Tangerine Bowl

Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders	Presbyterian Blue Hose
(9–0–1)	(9–1)
Ohio Valley Conference	South Carolina Little Three
21	12
Head coach: Charles M. Murphy	Head coach: Frank Jones

	1	2	3	4	Total
Middle Tennessee	7	7	0	7	21
Presbyterian	0	6	6	0	12

Date

January 1, 1960

Season

Stadium

Location

MVP

Bob Waters, Presbyterian

Attendance

12,500

Tangerine Bowl
< 1958 (Dec)	1960 (Dec) >

The 1960 Tangerine Bowl (January) was an American college football bowl game played on January 1, 1960, at the Tangerine Bowl stadium in Orlando, Florida. The Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders defeated the Presbyterian Blue Hose by a score of 21–12. It was the first of two Tangerine Bowls played in calendar year 1960.

Statistics

Quarter	Time	Drive			Team	Scoring information	Score
Quarter	Time	Plays	Yards	TOP	Team	Scoring information	MTSC	PC
1					MTSC	Bucky Pitts 53-yard punt return, kick good	7	0
2					MTSC	Ray Purvis 5-yard touchdown run, kick good	14	0
2					PC	Bobby Pate 11-yard touchdown reception from Bob Waters, kick no good	14	6
3					PC	Bobby Pate 43-yard touchdown reception from Bob Waters, 2-point attempt failed	14	12
4					MTSC	Bucky Pitts 20-yard touchdown run, kick good	21	12
"TOP" = time of possession. For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football.							21	12

^ Bassine, Bob (January 3, 1960). "Tangerine Bowl Tilt Called Day's Finest". Orlando Sentinel. Retrieved March 10, 2017 – via newspapers.com.
^ 2011 Middle Tennessee Football Information Guide pg 182 Accessed 20 November 2011

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Bluebonnet (Dec. 19) Liberty (Dec. 19) Sun (Dec. 31) Cotton (Jan. 1) Orange (Jan. 1) Rose (Jan. 1) Sugar (Jan. 1) Tangerine (Jan. 1) Gator (Jan. 2)

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Formerly known as the Tangerine / Florida Citrus / Capital One Bowl
History & conference tie-ins	History Stadium Big Ten Conference Southeastern Conference Atlantic Coast Conference
Tangerine Bowl	1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 (Jan.) 1958 (Dec.) 1960 (Jan.) 1960 (Dec.) 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982
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There were games in January and December of 1958, 1960, and 2016. As a result, there were no games in 1959, 1986 or 2017.

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