| Game Name: | Tangerine Bowl |
| Date Game Played: | December 18 |
| Year Game Played: | 1982 |
| Football Season: | 1982 |
| Stadium: | Orlando Stadium |
| City: | Orlando, Florida |
| Visitor School: | Auburn University |
| Visitor Name Short: | Auburn |
| Visitor Nickname: | Tigers |
| Visitor Record: | 8–3 |
| Visitor Coach: | Pat Dye |
| Visitor Conference: | SEC |
| Visitor Rank Ap: | 18 |
| Visitor Rank Coaches: | 15 |
| Visitor 1Q: | 3 |
| Visitor 2Q: | 20 |
| Visitor 3Q: | 10 |
| Visitor 4Q: | 0 |
| Home School: | Boston College |
| Home Name Short: | Boston College |
| Home Nickname: | Eagles |
| Home Record: | 8–2–1 |
| Home Coach: | Jack Bicknell |
| Home Conference: | Independent |
| Home 1Q: | 7 |
| Home 2Q: | 3 |
| Home 3Q: | 0 |
| Home 4Q: | 16 |
| Mvp: | Randy Campbell, QB, Auburn |
| Referee: | Robin Wood (ACC) |
| Attendance: | 51,296 |
| Different Next: | 1983 |
| Game Link: | Citrus Bowl |
The 1982 Tangerine Bowl was held on December 18, 1982 at the Orlando Stadium in Orlando, Florida. The #18 Auburn Tigers defeated the Boston College Eagles by a score of 33–26.
The 1982 Tangerine Bowl was the last to be called the Tangerine Bowl; the name was changed to the Florida Citrus Bowl for the 1983 game.
The first quarter was somewhat slow compared to the rest of the game; Boston College opened the scoring as Doug Flutie found the end zone on a 5-yard rush to put BC up 7–0. Auburn countered, though, scoring a 19-yard field goal. The first quarter ended 7–3. Auburn's offense turned it on in the second quarter, scoring on a Bo Jackson 1-yard rush and another 2-yard rush to take a 17–7 lead. BC converted a 34-yard field goal but Auburn found the end zone once again as Jackson scored from 6 yards out, though the two-point conversion failed and the second quarter ended 23–10. The third quarter saw Auburn's lead extend from 17 to 27 as they scored twice more, from a 23-yard field goal and then from a 15-yard rush. BC retaliated in the fourth, though, as Doug Flutie delivered two touchdown passes and was responsible for both successful two-point conversions. The 16-point comeback wasn't enough, as Auburn won the game, 33–26.
Auburn's win saw them rise in the polls and finish at #14. Boston College, who entered the game unranked, remained unranked.
Auburn fullback Greg Pratt, who scored a touchdown in the game and entered the next season as the starting fullback, died in spring practice after collapsing from heat exhaustion in spring practice.[1]