Game Name: | Tangerine Bowl |
Date Game Played: | December 30 |
Year Game Played: | 1960 |
Football Season: | 1960 |
Football Division: | NCAA College Division |
Stadium: | Tangerine Bowl |
City: | Orlando, Florida |
Visitor School: | Tennessee Technological University |
Visitor Name Short: | Tennessee Tech |
Visitor Nickname: | Golden Eagles |
Visitor Record: | 8–2 |
Visitor Coach: | Wilburn Tucker |
Visitor Conference: | Ohio Valley Conference |
Visitor 1Q: | 0 |
Visitor 2Q: | 0 |
Visitor 3Q: | 0 |
Visitor 4Q: | 0 |
Home School: | The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina |
Home Name Short: | The Citadel |
Home Nickname: | Bulldogs |
Home Record: | 7–2–1 |
Home Coach: | Eddie Teague |
Home Conference: | Southern Conference |
Home 1Q: | 7 |
Home 2Q: | 0 |
Home 3Q: | 13 |
Home 4Q: | 7 |
Mvp: | Jerry Nettles, The Citadel |
Attendance: | 13,000[1] |
Game Link: | Citrus Bowl (game) |
Different Previous: | 1960 (Jan) |
The 1960 Tangerine Bowl (December) was an American college football bowl game played on December 30, 1960 at the Tangerine Bowl stadium in Orlando, Florida. The Citadel Bulldogs of the Southern Conference defeated the of the Ohio Valley Conference by a score of 27–0. It was the second of two Tangerine Bowls played in calendar year 1960.
Heading into the game, The Citadel finished their regular season slate with a 7–2–1 record, finishing second in the Southern Conference behind VMI. This has been the only bowl appearance for The Citadel.
Tennessee Tech entered with an 8–2 record. They were Ohio Valley Conference champions after having finished 6–0 in conference play. They have appeared in only one bowl game since; the 1972 Grantland Rice Bowl, which they also lost.
Neither team was ranked before or after the game.