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- ↑ "Big Crowd Seen for All Sports Banquet". Stilwell Democrat-Journal. March 12, 1970. p. 1.
- ↑ "Changing Scenes Hurt Carillot". Northwest Arkansas Times. September 29, 1969. p. 15.
- ↑ "Vince Carillot". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved March 2, 2016.
- ↑ "Carillot Resigns as Tulsa Coach". Beckley (WV) Post Herald. July 23, 1970.