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- ↑ Canton Repository [ permanent dead link ] "Malone assured of another game" November 8, 2007
- ↑ Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Sports "Geneva 13, Grove City 12"
- ↑ Geneva College "Are You Ready?" 2008 Golden Tornadoes football guide
- ↑ Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Sports "Victory Bowl" November 18, 2007
- ↑ Canton Repository [ permanent dead link ] "AREA COLLEGE FOOTBALL: MALONE 45, GENEVA 17" November 18, 2007
- ↑ The National Christian College Athletic Association Archived 2008-08-21 at the Wayback Machine 2007 Victory Bowl
- ↑ "Malone College at Geneva". DakTronics 3000. Daktronics, Inc. November 17, 2007. Retrieved February 25, 2012.
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