| Game Name: | Tangerine Bowl |
| Date Game Played: | January 1 |
| Year Game Played: | 1947 |
| Football Season: | 1946 |
| Stadium: | Greater Orlando Stadium[1] |
| City: | Orlando, Florida |
| Visitor School: | Catawba College |
| Visitor Name Short: | Catawba |
| Visitor Nickname: | Indians |
| Visitor Record: | 9–2 |
| Visitor Coach: | Gordon Kirkland |
| Visitor Conference: | North State Intercollegiate Conference |
| Visitor 1Q: | 0 |
| Visitor 2Q: | 18 |
| Visitor 3Q: | 7 |
| Visitor 4Q: | 6 |
| Home School: | Maryville College |
| Home Name Short: | Maryville |
| Home Nickname: | Scots |
| Home Record: | 9–0 |
| Home Coach: | Lombe Honaker |
| Home 1Q: | 0 |
| Home 2Q: | 0 |
| Home 3Q: | 0 |
| Home 4Q: | 6 |
| Attendance: | 9,000 |
| First Game Ever Played: | yes |
| Game Link: | Citrus Bowl (game) |
The 1947 Tangerine Bowl was an American college football bowl game played after the 1946 season, on January 1, 1947, at Greater Orlando Stadium in Orlando, Florida. The game was the inaugural playing of the Tangerine Bowl, now known as the Citrus Bowl, and saw the Catawba Indians defeat the Maryville Scots, 31–6.
The first quarter of the game saw no scoring, while the second quarter saw Catawba find the end zone three times (11-yard pass, 6-yard rush, and a 35-yard interception return), though all three extra point attempts failed and the game went to halftime 18–0 Catawba.
Catawba found the end zone again in the third quarter, on a 10-yard rush. The third quarter ended 25–0.
The fourth quarter saw Catawba find the end zone one last time, on a 20-yard pass. Maryville scored for the first time in the game. Both extra point attempts failed, and the game finished 31–6 to Catawba.