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- ↑ "Yale and Amherst at Foot-Ball". The New York Times. October 31, 1881. p. 9 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Yale Against Amherst". The New York Times. November 6, 1881. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Sporting Notes". The Boston Daily Globe . Boston, Massachusetts. November 17, 1881. p. 1. Retrieved March 19, 2022– via Newspapers.com
. - ↑ "Amherst Vs. Dartmouth—Game Unfinished". The Boston Daily Globe . Boston, Massachusetts. November 25, 1881. p. 2. Retrieved March 19, 2022– via Newspapers.com .
- ↑ "Amherst State Game by Game Results". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 6, 2015. Retrieved May 27, 2017.
- ↑ The Dartmouth. 1908. Archived from the original on January 3, 2014.
{{cite book}}:|website=ignored (help) - ↑ "College Items, Morning journal and courier, (New Haven [Conn.]), 19 Nov. 1881". Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers, Lib. of Congress. Archived from the original on January 31, 2021.
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