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- ↑ Creighton University Athletics Bluejay Logo Usage Guidelines (PDF). June 9, 2022. Retrieved June 17, 2022.
- ↑ "1893 First Creighton Football Team :: Historical Photos of Creighton University". cudigital.cdmhost.com. Archived from the original on 2019-06-04.
- ↑ "Continue to Conquer", Missouri Valley Times, Missouri Valley, Iowa, p. 5, November 15, 1900
- ↑ "20 Interesting Historical Facts About Creighton University (Nos. 16–20)". www.creighton.edu. Retrieved 4 January 2013.