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- ↑ "Vanderbilt Equal For Yale". The Wilmington Morning Star. October 23, 1910. p. 1. Retrieved April 28, 2015– via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Brown Calls Vanderbilt '06 Best Eleven South Ever Had". Atlanta Constitution. February 19, 1911. p. 52. Retrieved March 8, 2015– via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ Edwin Pope. Football's Greatest Coaches. p. 343.
- 1 2 Bill Traughber (November 9, 2005). "Commodores Shock Powerful Yale in 1910". Archived from the original on February 12, 2015. Retrieved March 11, 2015.
- ↑ "Yale and Vanderbilt Tie". Chicago Daily Tribune. October 23, 1910. p. 3. Retrieved April 28, 2015– via Newspapers.com.
- 1 2 Bill Traughber (2011). Vanderbilt Football:Tales of Commodore Gridiron History. p. 44. ISBN 9781625842312.[ permanent dead link ]
