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- ↑ "2016 Record Book Columbia Football". gocolumbialions.com. Columbia Athletics. Retrieved December 2, 2016.
- ↑ "The Harvard Foot Ball Eleven Defeat Columbia". The Boston Sunday Globe . Boston, Massachusetts. November 6, 1881. p. 8. Retrieved March 30, 2022– via Newspapers.com
. - ↑ "College Men At Football". New-York Tribune . New York, NY. November 13, 1881. p. 2. Retrieved March 30, 2022– via Newspapers.com .
- ↑ "Pretty Lively Football: Yale Defeats Columbia After a Long and Hot Battle". The Sun. November 17, 1881. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "City And Suburban News—New-York". The New York Times . New York, NY. November 23, 1881. p. 8. Retrieved March 30, 2022– via Newspapers.com .
- ↑ "Columbia Scores One". The New York Times . New York, NY. November 24, 1881. p. 7. Retrieved March 30, 2022– via Newspapers.com .
- ↑ "Columbia Wins By Rushing". The New York Times . New York, NY. November 27, 1881. p. 10. Retrieved May 1, 2020– via Newspapers.com .
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