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- ↑ "2016 Record Book Columbia Football". gocolumbialions.com. Columbia Athletics. Retrieved December 2, 2016.
- ↑ "1873 Columbia Lions Schedule and Results | College Football". www.sports-reference.com.
- ↑ "Foot-ball". The New York Times . New York, New York. November 16, 1873. p. 3. Retrieved March 26, 2022– via Newspapers.com
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