Juniata vs. Missouri Valley

Monday, January 2, 1956

Juniata and Missouri Valley tied 6–⁠6. It was their only meeting on record.

Neutral siteJuniata0–⁠0–⁠1 in 1955
6
Neutral siteMissouri Valley0–⁠0–⁠1 in 1955
6

FinalAttendance 10,000

MVP Barry Drexler (Juniata)Wikipedia

In the newspapers

  • The Evening star's story: Tie in Tongerine Bowl Ends Junioto Victory Streak at %

    Evening star, Washington, D.C., January 3, 1956, page 19

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    Tie in Tongerine Bowl Ends Junioto Victory Streak at % ORLANDO, Fla, Jan. 3 R.- The Tangerine Bowl once again became the graveyard Of one of college footballs longest victory streaks when Juniata’s string of % straight was ended in a 6–⁠6 tie with Missouri Valley last night. Two years ago it happened to East Texas State, winner of 80 in row before it was held to a IT. tie by Arkansas State. Passer Pat Tarquinio and Barry Drexler, a sure-handed receiver. played the dominant roles i’m carrying Juniata to its long string and the same combinaton produced the Pennsylvamans touchdown last night on a 30-yard play in the first Pc Rod. The pair also hooked up to cover 81 yards in earlier Stages of the 67-yaro touchdown drive and went on to compile a total

Public-domain newspapers from the Library of Congress’s Chronicling America, found through the American Stories dataset (Dell and Harvard, CC BY 4.0). The text is the machine reading of the page, mistakes and all.

Before kickoff

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Juniata 50% to win.

Tied 0–⁠0–⁠1 in their only meeting.

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