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1936:Categories
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1012:Homecoming
983:Murray, KY
886:November 9
847:November 2
808:October 26
769:October 19
732:October 12
616:Attendance
61:Jimmy Feix
36:Conference
1453:1943–1945
1333:1917–1919
696:October 5
625:C.W. Post
604:Opponent
594:Schedule
147:Overall
1304:Seasons
1260:Big Red
1092:May 24,
1055:May 24,
1017:AP Poll
538:–
532:–
519:–
513:–
497:–
491:–
478:–
472:–
456:–
450:–
437:–
431:–
415:–
409:–
396:–
390:–
374:–
368:–
355:–
349:–
333:–
327:–
314:–
308:–
292:–
286:–
273:–
267:–
251:–
245:–
232:–
226:–
82:Seasons
1889:season
1887:1970s
1276:People
1202:Venues
1001:15,200
971:No. 13
957:11,300
919:13,300
842:18,880
803:12,000
764:20,000
736:Dayton
691:13,400
657:13,300
613:Result
205:
195:
174:
164:
46:Record
1883:This
936:No. 8
916:36–10
894:No. 7
881:8,000
856:No. 7
839:34–24
817:No. 7
778:No. 2
761:32–15
743:No. 3
727:5,213
704:No. 2
670:No. 2
632:No. 1
1893:stub
1850:2024
1845:2023
1840:2022
1835:2021
1830:2020
1825:2019
1820:2018
1815:2017
1810:2016
1805:2015
1800:2014
1795:2013
1790:2012
1785:2011
1780:2010
1775:2009
1770:2008
1765:2007
1760:2006
1755:2005
1750:2004
1745:2003
1739:2002
1733:2001
1728:2000
1723:1999
1718:1998
1713:1997
1708:1996
1703:1995
1698:1994
1693:1993
1688:1992
1683:1991
1678:1990
1673:1989
1668:1988
1663:1987
1658:1986
1653:1985
1648:1984
1643:1983
1638:1982
1633:1981
1628:1980
1623:1979
1618:1978
1613:1977
1608:1976
1603:1975
1598:1974
1593:1973
1588:1972
1583:1971
1578:1970
1573:1969
1568:1968
1563:1967
1558:1966
1553:1965
1548:1964
1543:1963
1538:1962
1533:1961
1528:1960
1523:1959
1518:1958
1513:1957
1508:1956
1503:1955
1498:1954
1493:1953
1488:1952
1483:1951
1478:1950
1473:1949
1468:1948
1463:1947
1458:1946
1448:1942
1443:1941
1438:1940
1433:1939
1428:1938
1423:1937
1418:1936
1413:1935
1408:1934
1403:1933
1398:1932
1393:1931
1388:1930
1383:1929
1378:1928
1373:1927
1368:1926
1363:1925
1358:1924
1353:1923
1348:1922
1343:1921
1338:1920
1328:1916
1323:1915
1318:1914
1313:1913
1152:2022
1094:2017
1057:2017
954:2–20
878:36–0
800:6–10
724:24–0
688:35–7
654:48–0
610:Site
607:Rank
601:Date
562:The
153:Team
139:Conf
93:1975
88:1973
25:1974
998:7–9
965:at
850:at
772:at
220:$
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1084:.
1047:.
590:.
541:0
535:8
529:3
516:6
510:1
500:1
494:7
488:3
475:5
469:1
459:0
453:8
447:3
434:5
428:2
418:1
412:6
406:4
393:3
387:3
377:0
371:5
365:6
352:3
346:4
336:0
330:3
324:7
311:2
305:5
295:0
289:2
283:9
270:2
264:5
254:0
248:2
242:8
229:1
223:6
1924:e
1917:t
1910:v
1899:.
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1178:t
1171:v
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1100:.
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989:)
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952:L
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907:)
876:W
837:W
830:)
798:L
759:W
739:*
722:W
686:W
652:W
628:*
522:0
481:1
440:0
399:1
358:0
317:0
276:0
235:0
210:T
200:L
190:W
179:T
169:L
159:W
130:e
123:t
116:v
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