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References
- 1 2 "Our Boys". The Gainesville Star. November 6, 1903. Retrieved September 21, 2015– via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "E. F. S. Won Game Defeated Tallahassee State College 16 to 0". Florida-Times Union. November 1, 1903. p. 2.
- ↑ "Clipped from the Tampa Tribune". The Tampa Tribune. 27 December 1903. p. 1.
- 1 2 "Clipped from the Tampa Tribune". The Tampa Tribune. 2 January 1904. p. 1.
- ↑ "The Football Game". The Tampa Tribune. December 27, 1903. p. 1.
- ↑ "America's Lost Colleges".
- ↑ "1903 Football Schedule".
