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- ↑ "2012 Football Media Guide" (PDF). Ottawa Braves. p. 7. Retrieved February 26, 2013.[ permanent dead link ]
- ↑ Mineral Water Bowl Score history
- ↑ Ottawa University Archived July 15, 2011, at the Wayback Machine Athletic Hall of Fame
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