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- ↑ "Local Eleven Takes Opener". The Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, California. September 23, 1928. Retrieved April 11, 2017– via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Santa Barbara Gridders Take Football Tilt". The Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, California. September 30, 1928. p. Ia-6. Retrieved April 11, 2017– via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Fresno State Beats Santa Barbara, 7-0". The Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, California. October 7, 1928. p. I.a–2. Retrieved April 11, 2017– via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Santa Barbara State Beats Marin Jaysee Eleven, 24-6". The Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, California. October 14, 1928. p. I.a–5. Retrieved April 11, 2017– via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "San Mateo Is Easy Winner Over Barbarans". Oakland Tribune. Oakland, California. October 28, 1928. p. 2–D. Retrieved April 11, 2017– via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Santa Barbara Eleven Wallops Cal-Poly, 6-0". The Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, California. November 11, 1928. p. I.a–6. Retrieved March 13, 2018– via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "San Jose Whips Santa Barbara by 6-0 Score". Oakland Tribune. Oakland, California. November 18, 1928. p. I.a–5. Retrieved April 11, 2017– via Newspapers.com.
