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- ↑ "1949 UTEP Miners Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 5, 2019.
- ↑ "Texas Western Trounces B.Y. By 47-6 Count". The Ogden Standard-Examiner. September 18, 1949. p. 15A – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "H-SU Buries Miners, 33 to 14, in Thriller". Abilene Reporter-News. October 30, 1949. p. 14 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Tex Western WV are tied". San Angelo Standard-Times. November 13, 1949. Retrieved July 19, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ Whitlock, Chuck (January 2, 1950). "Miners Subdue Georgetown in Sun Bowl". The El Paso Times . El Paso, Texas. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
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