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- ↑ "Tigers upset Wyoming". Eugene Register-Guard. (location). Associated Press. January 2, 1968. p. 2B.
- ↑ "LSU rallies in 2nd half to defeat Wyoming, 20-13". Milwaukee Journal. press dispatches. January 2, 1968. p. 18. Archived from the original on January 26, 2020. Retrieved December 8, 2018.
- ↑ "Late Bengal comeback nips Cowboys, 20–13". The Shreveport Journal. January 2, 1968. Retrieved October 21, 2023– via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ DeLassus, David. "Coaching Records Game-by-game: Lloyd W. Eaton, 1967". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on November 9, 2013. Retrieved November 9, 2013.
- ↑ "1968 NFL Draft". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved November 9, 2013.