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1024:"Football Records: Year-By-Year Results - 1950 - 59"
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121:1952 Mid-American Conference football standings
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1140:. September 21, 1952. p. C3 – via
1048:. Western Michigan University. Archived from
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1337:. November 9, 1952. p. 54 – via
1228:. October 19, 1952. p. 4C – via
1206:. October 12, 1952. p. C1 – via
580:1952 Western Michigan Broncos football team
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