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1980 Tangerine Bowl

1980 Tangerine Bowl
Florida Gators Maryland Terrapins (7–4) (8–3) 35 20 Head coach:  Charley Pell Head coach:  Bobby Collins AP 18
1 2 3 4 Total Florida 0 14 14 7 35 Maryland 3 6 11 0 20
Date	December 20, 1980
Season	1980
Stadium	Orlando Stadium
Location	Orlando, Florida
MVP	LB Jeff Gaylord (Missouri)
Attendance	54,541

The 1980 Tangerine Bowl was a college football postseason bowl game that featured the Florida Gators and the Maryland Terrapins.

Background

Southern Miss had finished with 9 wins in the regular season, their most since 1962 in their second straight bowl appearance, their first consecutive bowl seasons since 1957-58. Missouri had finished 5th in the Big Eight Conference, qualifying for their 4th straight bowl appearance. This was the first Tangerine Bowl for Southern Miss since 1958. This was Missouri's first ever Tangerine Bowl.

Game summary

Bobby Meyer gave the Tigers a 7-0 lead on his three yard touchdown run in the first quarter. The Golden Eagles narrowed the lead to 7-3 on a Steve Clark field goal. Missouri increased their lead with two Bob Lucchesi field goals in the span of 5 minutes to make it 13-3 at halftime. Sammy Winder made it 13-10 on his 4 yard touchdown run in the middle of the third quarter. Lucchesi made it 16-10 on his 30 yard field goal in the third quarter. He added another one from 28 yards out to make it 19-10. Southern Miss narrowed it to 19-17 with 1:03 remaining on a David Sellers touchdown pass to Louis Lipps.

Aftermath

Collins left for SMU after the game, and the Eagles did not return to a bowl game until 1988. Southern Miss has not played in the Tangerine (now Citrus) bowl since. Missouri did not return until 2015.

Statistics

Statistics	Florida	Maryland
First Downs	14	20
Yards Rushing	172	241
Yards Passing	271	122
Total Offense	443	363
Punts-Average	39.0	34.6
Fumbles-Lost	6-4	3-3
Interceptions Thrown	0	3
Penalties-Yards	4-26	6-33

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