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- ↑ "Embry and Aldridge Lead Angelo State To NAIA Title". Toledo Blade. December 17, 1978.
- ↑ Howard M. Balzer (ed.), Football Register 1980. St. Louis, MO: The Sporting News, 1980; p. 4.
- ↑ "Invaders Defeat Gold 16-10". Palm Beach Post. June 14, 1983. Archived from the original on December 15, 2019. Retrieved September 20, 2016.
- ↑ "Invaders Triumph". The Bryan Times. June 14, 1983.
