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- ↑ "Gil Reese To Join Nashville". The Miami News. November 30, 1926.
- ↑ "Lynx Versus Docs on Turkey Day" (PDF). The Sou'wester. Vol. 7, no. 16. February 12, 1926. p. 3.
- ↑ "Teachers hold the Doctors to 21 points in opening tilt". The Commercial Appeal. October 3, 1926. Retrieved March 27, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Tennessee Doctors Defeated By Loyola". The Shreveport Times. October 10, 1926. p. 12 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Tennessee Doctors slaughter Bethel". The Nashville Tennessean. October 17, 1926. Retrieved March 27, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ Elder, R. T. (October 24, 1926). "Polytech Bulldogs Outplaying Doctors When Game Is Halted Due to Rain". The Times . Shreveport, Louisiana. p. 15. Retrieved July 15, 2021– via Newspapers.com
. - ↑ "Doctors defeat Union, 7–0 under miserable conditions". The Commercial Appeal. October 31, 1926. Retrieved March 27, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Docs suffer crushing loss at hands of Ouachita, 37–0". The Commercial Appeal. November 12, 1926. Retrieved March 27, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Cumberland Romps on Tennessee Docs". The Tennessean . Nashville, Tennessee. November 21, 1926. p. 15. Retrieved July 15, 2021– via Newspapers.com .
- ↑ "Southwestern outclasses Doctors to triumph, 6 to 0". The Commercial Appeal. November 26, 1926. Retrieved March 27, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Little Rock Wins Over Doctors, 32-0". The Knoxville Journal. Knoxville, Tennessee. Associated Press. November 28, 1926. p. 15. Retrieved July 15, 2021– via Newspapers.com .
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