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- ↑ "Slickers Use Tiebreaker for 2-1 Win". Daily Oklahoman. September 13, 1982. p. 31. Retrieved August 6, 2018.
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- ↑ "Scoreboard". Daily Oklahoman. September 19, 1982. p. 12. Retrieved August 6, 2018.
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- ↑ Pepper, Jon (September 23, 1982). "Express bring Detroit a title". Detroit Free Press. p. 1D. Retrieved August 6, 2018.