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665:Ray Dozier,
622:
617:Tom Wilson,
591:
537:
525:
500:
495:
483:
456:
451:
423:
395:
390:World War II
367:Kiwanis Club
359:North Dakota
356:
348:
344:Thanksgiving
325:
294:
275:
253:
242:
221:Northwestern
201:Knox College
195:A native of
194:
168:
167:
66:(1968-03-02)
18:
1627:1968 deaths
1622:1880 births
1585:(2013–2019)
1583:Damon Tomeo
1577:(2010–2012)
1575:Chad Eisele
1569:(1996–2009)
1561:(1985–1995)
1553:(1977–1984)
1545:(1971–1976)
1537:(1965–1970)
1535:Dick Bowman
1529:(1955–1963)
1521:(1945–1953)
1513:(1943–1944)
1505:(1938–1942)
1497:(1935–1937)
1473:(1927–1932)
1465:(1923–1926)
1449:(1918–1921)
1433:(1915–1916)
1425:(1913–1914)
1417:(1910–1912)
1409:(1907–1909)
1385:(1903–1904)
1377:(1901–1902)
1375:John McLean
1321:(1891–1894)
1313:(1889–1890)
1226:(2017–2021)
1218:(1999–2016)
1210:(1996–1998)
1194:(1989–1994)
1186:(1973–1988)
1178:(1967–1972)
1162:(1964–1965)
1160:Gomer Jones
1154:(1947–1963)
1138:(1941–1945)
1130:(1937–1940)
1122:(1935–1936)
1114:(1932–1934)
1106:(1927–1931)
1098:(1905–1926)
1096:Bennie Owen
1082:(1902–1903)
1066:(1897–1900)
990:Emil Glaser
984:(1919–1920)
950:Ivan Doseff
944:(1909–1914)
936:(1904–1908)
912:(1900–1901)
418:days of '49
406:copperheads
97:Position(s)
1616:Categories
1479:Leigh Bell
1431:Leo DeTray
1391:Fred Ewing
1232:Bob Stoops
1216:Bob Stoops
1208:John Blake
1192:Gary Gibbs
1120:Biff Jones
1088:Fred Ewing
926:Fred Ewing
551:References
378:lay leader
353:Later life
308:Stillwater
213:Notre Dame
191:Early life
175:coach and
47:1880-10-23
22:Fred Ewing
1527:Al Partin
1447:Sam Barry
1144:Jim Tatum
484:Oklahoma:
410:Civil War
321:touchdown
205:Galesburg
177:physician
140:Knox (IL)
87:Knox (IL)
1601:(2021– )
1319:No coach
1303:No coach
1242:(2022– )
1234:# (2021)
1056:No coach
778:, p. 73.
721:Archived
700:July 28,
570:Archived
472:Oklahoma
443:Overall
414:last war
173:football
130:Oklahoma
1591:No team
1511:No team
1399:No team
1311:No team
910:Unknown
408:in the
400:in the
380:of the
233:Chicago
155:Overall
1593:(2020)
1489:(1934)
1481:(1933)
1457:(1922)
1441:(1917)
1401:(1906)
1393:(1905)
1369:(1900)
1361:(1899)
1353:(1898)
1345:(1897)
1337:(1896)
1329:(1895)
1305:(1888)
1202:(1995)
1170:(1966)
1146:(1946)
1090:(1904)
1074:(1901)
1058:(1896)
1050:(1895)
992:(1921)
976:(1918)
968:(1917)
960:(1916)
952:(1915)
928:(1903)
920:(1902)
746:
675:
538:Total:
504:(1905)
460:(1904)
398:Tories
304:Norman
290:Lawton
269:coach
219:, and
217:Kansas
209:tackle
101:Tackle
73:, U.S.
56:, U.S.
542:8–9–2
530:4–6–1
526:Knox:
518:4–6–1
515:Knox
488:4–3–1
476:4–3–1
440:Team
437:Year
332:Texas
297:rival
158:8–9–2
120:Fargo
744:ISBN
702:2023
673:ISBN
511:1905
467:1904
374:YMCA
316:punt
306:and
136:1905
126:1904
116:1903
83:1902
61:Died
41:Born
388:in
310:in
247:in
231:in
203:in
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404:,
273:.
251:.
235:.
215:,
187:.
109:HC
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1274:t
1267:v
1026:e
1019:t
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881:t
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