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- ↑ "Mississippi Wins Independence Bowl". Daily Sitka Sentinel. Associated Press. December 22, 1986. p. 6. Retrieved June 13, 2017– via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Ole Miss Bowl History" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-01-21.
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