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- ↑ "Typical Miami Hurry: Dressed Out 90 Minutes Before Game" . Orlando Sentinel . December 22, 1974. Retrieved March 18, 2017– via newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Bowl History - Dogs fall to Miami 21-10 in 1974 Tangerine Bowl" (PDF). grfx.cstv.com. p. 81. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 11, 2018.
- ↑ "Miami University Football 2015 guide" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on December 22, 2015.