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1547:(2023– )
1265:(2018– )
1031:(2024– )
997:Ben Hurt
654:1923–24
637:1922–23
605:1914–15
588:1913–14
559:Overall
280:Overall
265:Football
254:huddling
184:baseball
176:football
124:Baseball
84:Football
1449:No team
1433:No team
1401:No team
1337:No team
1151:No team
1095:No team
957:No team
893:No team
553:Season
532:36–14–4
518:36–14–4
250:kickoff
168:biology
148:Overall
1499:(1970)
1475:(1962)
1467:(1961)
1451:(1956)
1435:(1952)
1427:(1951)
1411:(1946)
1387:(1940)
1323:(1912)
983:(1969)
967:(1946)
943:(1939)
895:(1918)
887:(1917)
686:Total:
528:Total:
182:, and
70:, U.S.
53:, U.S.
757:(PDF)
746:(PDF)
556:Team
460:3–2–1
361:3–3–1
340:5–0–1
319:5–1–1
277:Team
274:Year
765:2014
728:2019
690:27–6
676:27–6
660:13–1
643:11–1
493:1923
472:1922
451:1921
430:1920
409:1919
373:1916
352:1915
331:1914
310:1913
170:and
58:Died
38:Born
817:at
611:2–2
594:1–2
502:3–1
481:2–6
439:4–1
418:6–0
382:5–2
244:in
1564::
748:.
707:^
222:.
178:,
77:HC
1299:e
1292:t
1285:v
1065:e
1058:t
1051:v
847:e
840:t
833:v
767:.
730:.
46:)
42:(
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