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- 1 2 "'Sun Bowl' Selected As Name For New Year's Grid Battle Here". El Paso Times . December 6, 1934. p. 8. Retrieved December 25, 2018– via newspapers.com.
- 1 2 "Oil District Team Accepts Bid For Tilt". El Paso Herald-Post . December 11, 2018. p. 9. Retrieved December 25, 2018– via newspapers.com.
- ↑ "District Two (standings)". The Pampa Daily News . Pampa, Texas. November 27, 1934. p. 3. Retrieved December 25, 2018– via newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Football Results". Big Spring Daily Herald . Big Spring, Texas. November 30, 1934. p. 9. Retrieved December 25, 2018– via newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Amarillo Knocks Ranger Out of State Race". Austin American-Statesman . AP. December 9, 1934. p. 10. Retrieved December 25, 2018– via newspapers.com.
- ↑ Sanchez, Ray (October 9, 2016). "History of El Paso Sports Continues to Spread". El Paso Sports. Retrieved December 25, 2018.
- ↑ "1934 District Football Champions". Ranger Exes Memorial. Retrieved December 25, 2018.
- ↑ "El Paso All-Stars 25, Ranger (Texas) 21". sunbowl.org. January 1, 1935. Retrieved December 25, 2018.
- ↑ "El Paso All-Stars Beat Ranger, 25-21". El Paso Times . January 2, 1935. p. 6. Retrieved December 25, 2018– via newspapers.com.
- ↑ "El Paso All-Stars Beat Ranger, 25-21 (cont'd)". El Paso Times . January 2, 1935. p. 6. Retrieved December 25, 2018– via newspapers.com.
- ↑ "The Summary". El Paso Times . January 2, 1935. p. 6. Retrieved December 25, 2018– via newspapers.com.