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- ↑ "Team Records Game by Game". September 11, 2015. Archived from the original on September 11, 2015. Retrieved June 10, 2020.
- ↑ "N. D. Starts with 40 to 0 Victory: Beats Lombard With Ease in Season Opener". The South Bend Tribune. October 5, 1924. pp. 1, Sport 2 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Lamb injured as Lombard tastes defeat in South". Chicago Tribune. November 28, 1924. Retrieved March 27, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Centenary Gentlemen close 1924 season with victory over Lombard". The Shreveport Times. December 5, 1924. Retrieved March 27, 2022– via Newspapers.com.