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886:at the
796:AP Poll
766:78–25–3
754:29–16–2
751:65–19–3
275:at the
228:profile
163:78–25–3
160:Overall
1387:(1943)
1371:(1938)
1339:(1930)
1307:(1922)
1251:(1902)
1243:(1901)
1227:(1896)
1219:(1895)
1028:(1942)
988:(1921)
980:(1920)
972:(1919)
964:(1918)
956:(1917)
948:(1916)
849:
762:Total:
537:Orange
524:10–0–1
421:T–27th
323:, and
209:(1940)
201:Awards
196:(1941)
190:(1938)
73:, U.S.
56:, U.S.
731:4–4–1
662:T–7th
559:4–0–1
556:8–1–1
527:4–0–1
366:Team
363:Year
269:guard
168:Bowls
101:Guard
847:ISBN
722:1948
697:1947
672:1946
647:1945
622:1944
599:1943
573:1942
547:1941
515:1940
490:1939
460:13–6
440:10–0
431:1938
406:1937
271:and
188:SIAA
61:Died
41:Born
737:7th
734:3–3
712:4th
709:2–2
706:7–3
687:5th
684:3–2
681:8–2
659:2–3
656:6–3
637:5th
634:3–2
631:6–2
593:18
588:4th
585:5–2
582:8–2
567:16
562:1st
530:2nd
505:4th
502:3–2
499:8–2
463:8–5
446:1st
443:7–0
418:1–5
415:3–6
381:AP
273:end
194:SEC
171:1–0
105:end
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824:.
541:9
338:.
319:,
315:,
192:1
186:1
113:HC
103:,
1195:e
1188:t
1181:v
916:e
909:t
902:v
855:.
798:.
534:W
480:)
476:(
396:)
392:(
230:)
49:)
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