^"Detroit Yearly Results (1915-1919)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved December 8, 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
^"Detroiters Start With 18 to O Win: Coach Costello's U. of D. Eleven Shuts Out Defiance College, Using Nothing but Straight Forward Football to Reap Victory". Detroit Free Press. October 8, 1916. p. 20 – via Newspapers.com.
^"University and Hillsdale Get Third Draw: Detroiters Score Touchdown in Second Quarter and Visitors Get Theirs in Last". Detroit Free Press. October 22, 1916. p. 22 – via Newspapers.com.
^"Hillsdale Tough Foe For U. of D." Detroit Free Press. October 21, 1916. p. 17 – via Newspapers.com.
^K. W. Hall (October 29, 1916). "Ypsilanti Surprises University: Visitors Bring Strong Football Team to Detroit and Hang Up 12 to 6 Victory on the Red and White Eleven". Detroit Free Press. p. 22 – via Newspapers.com.
^"Big Score Rolled Up by U. of D.: Red and White's New Attack is Too Baffling for Findlay to Solve and Final Count is 47 to 0". Detroit Free Press. November 12, 1916. p. 22 – via Newspapers.com.
^K. W. Hall (November 19, 1916). "Heidelberg Noses Out University: Ohioans Come From Behind in Final Period to Beat Locals in Hard-Fought Battle by Single Point". Detroit Free Press. p. 20 – via Newspapers.com.
^"Scoreless Draw for University". Detroit Free Press. November 26, 1916. p. 19 – via Newspapers.com.