21 14 7 0 7 21 Champion Lamar Cardinals football | 7 7 0 7 Mid. Tenn. 0 Date 29 December 1961 | |
Location Camping World Stadium, Orlando, Florida, United States | ||
The 1961 Tangerine Bowl was held on December 29, 1961 at the Citrus Bowl in Orlando, Florida. The Lamar Cardinals defeated the Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders by a score of 21-14.
The scoring opened with a Lamar touchdown on a 52-yard rush by Lamar RB Win Herbert, and that play proved to be the only scoring in the first quarter, which ended 7-0. The second quarter's only scoring came when Middle Tennessee fumbled the ball in their own end zone and Lamar recovered to lead 14-0 at halftime. Middle Tennessee finally found the end zone in the third quarter, scoring on a 32-yard pass but failing the two-point conversion to make it 14-6 at the end of the third quarter. Lamar, however, bumped the score up to 21-6 after a 3-yard pass for a touchdown. The last score of the game came from the Blue Raiders, who scored a consolation touchdown and converted the two point conversion to end the game 21-14.
At the end of the game, Lamar had two more first downs, 73 more rushing yards, and 66 more total yards. However, MTSU out-passed Lamar by 6 yards.