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- 1 2 3 "Today's bowl games: Bluebonnet". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. December 31, 1985. p. 2B.
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- ↑ "BYU throws No. 4 Falcons for a loss, 28-21". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. November 17, 1985. p. 2B.
- ↑ "Football: College bowls". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). December 31, 1985. p. C3.
- ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2015-12-22.
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