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References
- ↑ "Auburn Expects Hard Game With Mississippi Team". Atlanta Constitution. October 20, 1916. p. 10. Retrieved January 13, 2016– via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ Intercollegiate Athletic Calendar.
- ↑ Blinkey Horn (December 3, 1916). "Three Commodores Given Places on Mythical Eleven". The Tennessean. p. 25. Retrieved September 21, 2015– via Newspapers.com.
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