| Game Name: | Tangerine Bowl |
| Date Game Played: | January 1 |
| Year Game Played: | 1955 |
| Football Season: | 1954 |
| Stadium: | Tangerine Bowl |
| City: | Orlando, Florida |
| Visitor School: | Eastern Kentucky University |
| Visitor Name Short: | Eastern Kentucky |
| Visitor Nickname: | Maroons |
| Visitor Record: | 8–0–1 |
| Visitor Coach: | Glenn Presnell |
| Visitor Conference: | Ohio Valley Conference |
| Visitor 1Q: | 0 |
| Visitor 2Q: | 6 |
| Visitor 3Q: | 0 |
| Visitor 4Q: | 0 |
| Home School: | University of Omaha |
| Home Name Short: | Omaha |
| Home Nickname: | Indians |
| Home Record: | 9–0 |
| Home Coach: | Lloyd Cardwell |
| Home Conference: | Independent |
| Home 1Q: | 7 |
| Home 2Q: | 0 |
| Home 3Q: | 0 |
| Home 4Q: | 0 |
| Mvp: | Bill Englehardt |
| Attendance: | 12,759 |
| Game Link: | Citrus Bowl (game) |
The 1955 Tangerine Bowl was an American college football bowl game played after the 1954 season, on January 1, 1955, at the Tangerine Bowl stadium in Orlando, Florida. The Omaha Indians (today's Omaha Mavericks, who no longer have a football team) defeated the Eastern Kentucky Maroons (now the Eastern Kentucky Colonels) by a score of 7–6.[1]
Omaha scored on a 30-yard pass play in the first quarter, with Bill Englehardt both throwing the touchdown pass and then kicking the extra point. Eastern Kentucky answered with a touchdown in the second quarter, but the extra point was missed, leaving the score 7–6 at halftime. After a scoreless second half, the missed extra point proved to be the difference in the game. Englehardt was named the game's MVP.
| Statistics | EKSC | Omaha |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 12 | 12 |
| Rushing yards | 133 | 103 |
| Passes attempted | 19 | 23 |
| Passes completed | 7 | 7 |
| Passes intercepted by | 1 | 0 |
| Passing yards | 65 | 105 |
| Yards penalized | 45 | 30 |
| Punts–average | 5–30 | 5–29.2 |
| Fumbles lost | 3 | 1 |