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- ↑ "Surprise! USC winds up No. 1". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon). Associated Press. January 3, 1973. p. 4C.
- ↑ Marshall, Joe (January 2, 1978). "That Crushmas spirit". Sports Illustrated. p. 14.
