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- ↑ "Mansfield eliminates Division II football program". ESPN.
- ↑ "Good Night". The Washington Post . November 18, 2006.
- ↑ "West Side News". Wilkes-Barre Times . Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. September 30, 1892. p. 3. Retrieved January 10, 2025– via Newspapers.com
. - ↑ Mansfield Chamber of Commerce Archived May 10, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Kansas City Chiefs Archived 2008-05-30 at the Wayback Machine Year-by-year record
