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- ↑ "Priest Holmes – Legends of the Sun Bowl – Hyundai Sun Bowl – December 29, 2017 – El Paso, Texas". www.sunbowl.org.
- ↑ "December 6, 1994 AP Football Poll". collegepollarchive.com. Retrieved December 24, 2018.
- ↑ "'95 BOWL GAMES; Holmes Runs, Vaults and Somersaults to 4 Texas Scores". The New York Times. December 31, 1994.
- ↑ "Longhorns hook 'em". The El Paso Times. December 31, 1994. Retrieved February 6, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "NCAA Official Scoring Summary - 61st Annual Sun Bowl" (PDF). sunbowl.org.
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