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- ↑ "2000 St. Louis Rams Roster & Players". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved March 14, 2024.
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- ↑ Sloan, Alan (August 30, 2018). "'Stoerner fumble' turning point of '98 UT national title run: Hall". Farragut Press. Retrieved March 14, 2024.
- ↑ Richardson, Darrell (October 15, 2015). "Before Vols, NFL — kick set state record in '91 vs. Oak Ridge". Oak Ridger. Retrieved March 14, 2024.
- ↑ Taylor, Noah (August 21, 2018). "Pandemonium Reigns: Jeff Hall kick-started Tennessee's journey to the 1998 national championship … twice". Saturday Down South. Retrieved March 14, 2024.
- ↑ "1998 Vols kicker Jeff Hall drew a picture when he was nine years old of him kicking a game-winning field goal for Tennessee". wbir.com. September 8, 2023. Retrieved March 14, 2024.
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