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- ↑ "FSU Football - Pre 1947".
- ↑ "Stetson 5, Tampa 0". The DeLand News– via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "The DeLand weekly news. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1887-190?, October 30, 1903, Image 1".
- ↑ "Stetson's Eleven". Stetson Weekly Collegiate. Vol. XVI, no. 1. DeLand, Florida. 31 October 1903. p. 1. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
- ↑ "Great Victory for Stetson". Stetson Weekly Collegiate. Vol. XVI, no. 2. DeLand, Florida. 7 November 1903. p. 1. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
- ↑ "Thanksgiving Football Exciting". Stetson Weekly Collegiate. Vol. XVI, no. 5. DeLand, Florida. 28 November 1903. p. 1. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
- ↑ "1903 Football Schedule - Stetson University Athletics".
- ↑ "2013 Stetson Football by Stetson University Athletics - Issuu".
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