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- ↑ "Special 1985 Grey Cup win started the ball rolling From 1985 to 2006 the B.C. Lions won four Grey Cups, and no other CFL team has supped from the Cup more than that over the same stretch". canada.com. July 18, 2007. Archived from the original on August 16, 2014. Retrieved 9 August 2014.
- ↑ "BC LIONS GREY CUP RECORDS" (PDF). bclions.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 9 August 2014.
- ↑ Condotta, Bob (September 20, 2007). "UW Football, Cowans hope to hook up on fly pattern". seattletimes.com. Retrieved 9 August 2014.
