1962 Tangerine Bowl
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| Date | December 22, 1962 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 1962 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Tangerine Bowl | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Orlando, Florida | ||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | RB Joe Lopasky (Houston) QB Billy Roland (Houston) |
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| Attendance | 20,000 | ||||||||||||||||||
The 1962 Tangerine Bowl was a college football postseason bowl game that featured the Miami Redskins and the Houston Cougars.
In his 7th (and final) season at Miami, Pont led the Redskins to their first bowl game since 1951. After serving as an assistant coach for eight seasons at Michigan State, Yeoman had been hired to coach Houston in 1962. He led them to their first bowl game since 1952.
Billy Roland threw 11-of-17 for 199 yards and 3 touchdowns, and Joe Lopasky caught 3 passes for 81 yards while scoring four touchdowns, with both being named MVPs of the game.
Pont left for Yale after the game ended. Miami (despite winning the MAC in 1965) would not be in a bowl game until 1973. Houston would soon utilize the Veer offense near the end of the decade, particularly in their next bowl game in 1969.
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