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- ↑ "Pittsburg State Yearly Results". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 6, 2015. Retrieved October 30, 2021.
- ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on July 15, 2015. Retrieved August 17, 2016.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ↑ "Pick Mohlman As Top Back". Atchison Daily Glove. December 2, 1957. p. 5 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Pittsburg Downs Bruins". Springfield Leader and Press. September 22, 1957. p. C2 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Pittsburg Blanks Mules". The Kansas City Star. September 25, 1957. p. 4B – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Pittsburg 17, St. Benedict's 13: Gorillas Frustrate Raven Bid For Lead In CIC Race". The Atchison Daily Globe. October 13, 1957. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Gorillas Still Undefeated". The Atchison Daily Globe. October 27, 1957 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Gorillas Clinch Title". St. Joseph News-Press. November 10, 1957. p. 20 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Unbeaten Gorillas Make NSC Redmen Victim No. 10". Muskogee Sunday Phoenix & Times-Democrat. November 17, 1957 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Pittsburg Upends Hillsdale, 27-26". Fort Myers News-Press. December 22, 1957. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com.