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- ↑ "Full List of Bowl Game Lines". ESPN. December 18, 2017. Retrieved December 25, 2017.
- ↑ @quicklanebowl (December 27, 2017). "Thank you to the 20,211 🏈 fans, + 1️⃣ Ralphie, in attendance tonight! 🙌#QuickLaneBowl" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ↑ Bowl payout
- ↑ "DUKE UNIVERSITY AND NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY TO PLAY IN 2017 QUICK LANE BOWL". Detroit Lions. NFL.com. Archived from the original on December 13, 2017. Retrieved December 4, 2017.
- ↑ Staff Reports. "Start your engines: Duke football to face Northern Illinois in Quick Lane Bowl". The Chronicle. Duke Student Publishing Company. Retrieved December 4, 2017.
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