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- ↑ "Bowl/All Star Game Records" (PDF). NCAA. p. 182. Retrieved February 2, 2024.
- ↑ "Jax defeats Troy, 19 to 0, in bowl contest". The Pensacola News Journal. December 19, 1948. Retrieved February 2, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Making Paper: Troy's First Bowl Game". The Trojan Wall. December 28, 2020. Retrieved February 2, 2024.
- ↑ "Gamecocks win bowl tilt against Livingston 12–7". The Pensacola News Journal. December 17, 1949. Retrieved February 2, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Alumni defeat Gamecocks, 7–6 in Paper Bowl". The Pensacola News Journal. December 3, 1950. Retrieved February 2, 2024– via Newspapers.com.