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- ↑ Bowl Schedule, Los Angeles Times, December 10, 2013
- ↑ Chick-fil-A Bowl Sets Impressive List of TV, Game Records Archived 2014-01-12 at the Wayback Machine , Chick-fil-A Bowl, January 6, 2014
- ↑ Texas A&M to Face Duke in Chick-fil-A Bowl
- ↑ Associated Press, Texas A&M linebacker Darian Claiborne arrested, suspended, Los Angeles Times, December 22, 2013