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- ↑ "1975 TLC Football Team". Texas Lutheran University. Retrieved November 27, 2021.
- ↑ "Washington leads TLC to 28–3 win". Austin American-Statesman. October 19, 1975. Retrieved August 17, 2023– via Newspapers.com.