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- ↑ "Team Records Game by Game". September 15, 2015. Archived from the original on September 10, 2015. Retrieved August 31, 2020.
- ↑ "N. S. U. Victorious". Reno Evening Gazette. October 29, 1898. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
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