1960 Tangerine Bowl (January)

1960 Tangerine Bowl
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
Date	January 1, 1960
Season	1959
Stadium	Tangerine Bowl
Location	Orlando, Florida
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.^[2] 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

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