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- ↑ "2020 Rocket Mortgage MAC Football Championship - Mid-American Conference". getsomemaction.com. Retrieved December 16, 2020.
- ↑ Lenzi, Rachel (December 18, 2020). "UB football loses to Ball State in MAC championship game, 38-28". The Buffalo News . Archived from the original on December 20, 2020. Retrieved December 21, 2020.