| Year Game Played: | 1968 |
| Game Name: | Tangerine Bowl |
| Football Season: | 1968 |
| Visitor Name Short: | Richmond |
| Visitor Nickname: | Spiders |
| Visitor School: | University of Richmond |
| Home Name Short: | Ohio |
| Home Nickname: | Bobcats |
| Home School: | Ohio University |
| Visitor Record: | 7–3 |
| Visitor Conference: | Southern Conference |
| Home Record: | 10–0 |
| Home Conference: | MAC |
| Visitor Coach: | Frank Jones |
| Home Coach: | Bill Hess |
| Home Rank Ap: | 15 |
| Home Rank Coaches: | 18 |
| Visitor 1Q: | 7 |
| Visitor 2Q: | 21 |
| Visitor 3Q: | 14 |
| Visitor 4Q: | 7 |
| Home 1Q: | 7 |
| Home 2Q: | 14 |
| Home 3Q: | 13 |
| Home 4Q: | 8 |
| Date Game Played: | December 27 |
| Stadium: | Tangerine Bowl |
| City: | Orlando, Florida |
| Mvp: | Buster O'Brien, Richmond (back) Walker Gillette, Richmond (lineman)[1] |
| Odds: | Ohio |
| Attendance: | 16,114[2] |
| Game Link: | Citrus Bowl (game) |
The 1968 Tangerine Bowl was held on December 27, 1968, at the Tangerine Bowl stadium in Orlando, Florida. The Richmond Spiders of the Southern Conference defeated the Ohio Bobcats of the Mid-American Conference by a score of 49–42. The Tangerine Bowl is the former name of what is now called the Citrus Bowl.
Heading into the game, Ohio University finished their regular season slate with a perfect 10–0–0 record. The Bobcats also held a #15 Associated Press (AP) national ranking. The 1970 Ohio Bobcats football team had one of the most potent offenses the nation and was spearheaded by quarterback Cleve Bryant. Ohio was one of only three NCAA programs to finish their regular season with an unbeaten and untied record.
The University of Richmond entered with an 8–3–0 record. They were Southern Conference champions after having finished 6–0–0 in conference play. They were decided underdogs against Ohio and the national media did not give them much of a chance to compete, let alone win the game. The upset-minded Spiders did just that, however, winning their first-ever postseason bowl game 49–42. It would ultimately be Richmond's only bowl victory (they lost in their only other bowl appearance, the 1971 Tangerine Bowl).
After the loss, the Bobcats finished #20 in the final AP Poll.
"It is the biggest thing I have ever been associated with. I know it is the biggest athletic victory for the University of Richmond." –Frank Jones, Richmond head coach
"I've played football a long time, but this is the greatest. It's been something we've been working for since spring practice." –Buster O'Brien, Richmond quarterback[3]