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- ↑ "CougarStats: BYU Football: BYU vs. Air Force 1998 WAC Championship Game". cougarstats.com.
- ↑ "Air Force 20, BYU 13". UPI. December 5, 1998. Archived from the original on November 21, 2021. Retrieved November 21, 2021.
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