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- ↑ "The Notre Dame Football Encyclopedia". Citadel Press . Retrieved October 18, 2018.
- ↑ "Throwback Thursday: Notre Dame meets Pitt for first time in 1909". ndinsider.com. Retrieved October 18, 2018.
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