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- ↑ "All-Time Football Records". WVSU. Retrieved 2014-08-25.
- ↑ "WVIAC Schools In The D-II Football Top 25". WVIAC. 1999. Retrieved 2014-08-25.
- ↑ "WVIAC Football Year-by-Year Standings (1946–present)". WVIAC. Retrieved 2014-08-25.
- ↑ "West Virginia State Football Media Guide 2009 by John Simms - Issuu".
