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2023 Coastal Athletic Association Football Conference season
LeagueNCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision
Sportfootball
DurationAugust 26, 2023
November 18, 2023
Number of teams15
TV partner(s)FloSports, ESPN+
2024 NFL draft
Seasons
← 2022
2024 →
2023 Coastal Athletic Association Football Conference standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 5 Albany +^   7 – 1     11 – 4  
No. 6 Villanova +^   7 – 1     10 – 3  
No. 15 Richmond +^   7 – 1     9 – 4  
No. 10 Delaware ^   6 – 2     9 – 4  
Elon   6 – 2     6 – 5  
New Hampshire   4 – 4     6 – 5  
Rhode Island   4 – 4     6 – 5  
William & Mary   4 – 4     6 – 5  
Campbell   4 – 4     5 – 6  
Towson   4 – 4     5 – 6  
Hampton   3 – 5     5 – 6  
Monmouth   3 – 5     4 – 7  
Maine   1 – 7     2 – 9  
North Carolina A&T   0 – 8     1 – 10  
Stony Brook   0 – 8     0 – 10  
  • + – Conference co-champions
  • ^ – FCS playoff participant
Rankings from STATS Poll

The 2023 Coastal Athletic Association Football Conference season is the 17th season of the Coastal Athletic Association Football Conference, branded as CAA Football, taking place during the 2023 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The season began on August 26, 2023 with non-conference play; conference play will begin on September 23, 2023.

While this season is the first for the conference's full name of Coastal Athletic Association Football Conference, with the first word having been "Colonial" from 2007 through 2022, the brand name of CAA Football has been used since the multi-sports Coastal Athletic Association took over operation of the former Atlantic 10 football conference in 2007.

Background

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The top ranked Albany Great Danes beat bottom ranked Stony Brook, 38-20

Campbell and North Carolina A&T joined CAA Football from the Big South Conference. Campbell also joined the multi-sports CAA at that time, while A&T had joined the multi-sports CAA in 2022.

Previous season

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Main article: 2022 Colonial Athletic Association football season

The 2022 Colonial Athletic Association co-champions were No. 8 William & Mary with an overall record of 11–2 and an in-conference record of 7–1 alongside No. 13 New Hampshire with a record of 9–4 with an in-conference record of 7–1.

Preseason

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Recruiting classes

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National Rankings
Team Total Signees
Albany 11
Campbell 17
Delaware 28
Elon 13
Hampton 13
Maine 25
Monmouth 21
New Hampshire n/a
North Carolina A&T n/a
Rhode Island 17
Richmond 15
Stony Brook 20
Towson 18
Villanova 11
William & Mary 13

CAA media day

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The 2023 CAA media day was held on July 25, 2023. The teams and representatives in respective order were as follows:[1]

Preseason poll

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The preseason poll was released on July 25, 2023.[2][3]

CAA
Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
1 William & Mary 195 (13)
2 New Hampshire 195 (1)
3 Richmond 159
4 Delaware 149 (1)
5 Elon 146
6 Rhode Island 135
7 Villanova 129
8 Monmouth 94
9 Towson 85
10 North Carolina A&T 70
11 Albany 64
12 Campbell 62
13 Maine 40
14 Stony Brook 38
15 Hampton 30
  • First place votes in ()

Preseason All-CAA teams

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2023 Preseason All-CAA

  • Offensive Player of the Year: Jaden Shirden, RB, Monmouth, Jr.[4]
  • Defensive Player of the Year: John Pius, DL, William & Mary, Jr.[4]
All-CAA Offense[4]
Position Player Class Team
QB Max Brosmer Junior New Hampshire
RB Dylan Laube Senior New Hampshire
RB Jaden Shirden Junior Monmouth
FB Johncarlos Miller III Senior Elon
TE Kyle Lepkowski Senior New Hampshire
WR Jaaron Hayek Graduate Villanova
WR Dymere Miller Senior Monmouth
WR Jourdan Townsend Graduate Delaware
OL Ryan Coll Senior Richmond
OL Michael Corbi Graduate Villanova
OL Nick Correia Senior Rhode Island
OL Mike Edwards Graduate Campbell
OL Charles Grant Junior William & Mary
OL Tairiq Stewart Graduate North Carolina A&T
PK Alex Schmoke Graduate Delaware
KR D'Ago Hunter Graduate Towson
PR Dylan Laube Senior New Hampshire
All-CAA Defense[4]
Position Player Class Team
DL Marlem Louis Senior Richmond
DL Nate Lynn Senior William & Mary
DL Dylan Ruiz Junior New Hampshire
DL Josiah Silver Junior New Hampshire
LB Isaiah Jones Senior William & Mary
LB John Pius Junior William & Mary
LB Qwahsin Townsel Graduate Hampton
LB Tristan Wheeler Senior Richmond
CB Jalen Jones Sophomore William & Mary
CB Karon Prunty Junior North Carolina A&T
CB Ryan Poole Senior William & Mary
S Aaron Banks Graduate Richmond
S Bo Sanders Senior Elon
P Ryan Kost Graduate Delaware
SPEC Chandler Brayboy Junior Elon
All-CAA Honorable Mention[4]
Position Player Team
QB Kasim Hill Rhode Island
QB Reese Poffenbarger Albany
QB Darius Wilson William & Mary
RB Jalen Hampton Elon
TE Braden Brose Delaware
WR Joey Corcoran New Hampshire
WR Kahtero Summers Rhode Island
OL Greg Anderson Monmouth
OL Fintan Brose Delaware
OL Lorenzo Thompson Rhode Island
OL Jabril Williams Elon
DL Jesus Gibbs Towson
DL Jeremiah Grant Richmond
DL Anton Juncaj Albany
LB Evan Stewart Rhode Island
LB CJ Tillman Campbell
CB Kahzir Brown Maine
CB Robert Javier Towson
CB Mike Reid Monmouth
S Jalen Goodman Villanova
S Bryson Parker Richmond
PK Caleb Dowden Campbell
PK Matt Mercurio Villanova
P Will Whitehurst William & Mary
KR Taymon Cooke North Carolina A&T

Head coaches

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Team Head coach Years at school Overall record Record at school CAA record
Albany Greg Gattuso 10 136–89 39–57 22–46
Campbell Mike Minter 11 44–60 44–60 0–0
Delaware Ryan Carty 2 8–5 8–5 4–4
Elon Tony Trisciani 5 20–20 20–20 15–13
Hampton Robert Prunty 6 21–23 21–23 1–7
Maine Jordan Stevens 2 2–9 2–9 2–6
Monmouth Kevin Callahan 31 178–135 178–135 3–5
New Hampshire Rick Santos 3 15–9 15–9 12–4
North Carolina A&T Vincent Brown 1 0–0 0–0 0–0
Rhode Island Jim Fleming 10 52–63 31–62 20–47
Richmond Russ Huesman 7 92–66 33–29 23–21
Stony Brook Chuck Priore 18 136–100 97–91 34–42
Towson Pete Shinnick 1 79–83 76–76 49–55
Villanova Mark Ferrante 7 37–26 37–26 23–21
William & Mary Mike London 6 85–77 23–16 15–12

Schedule

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Index to colors and formatting
CAA member won
CAA member lost
CAA teams in bold

All times EST time.

Regular season schedule

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Week One

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Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance Ref.
August 26 7:00 p.m. Fordham Albany Bob Ford Field at Tom & Mary Casey Stadium • Albany, NY FloSports W 34-13   8,500
August 31 7:00 p.m. No. 21 Rhode Island Georgia State Center Parc Stadium • Atlanta, GA ESPN+ L 35-42   15,546
August 31 7:00 p.m. No. 22 Delaware Stony Brook Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium • Stony Brook, NY FloSports  DEL 37-13   11,132
August 31 7:00 p.m. No. 4 William & Mary Campbell Barker–Lane Stadium • Buies Creek, NC FloSports  W&M 34-24   4,167
August 31 7:00 p.m. Elon Wake Forest Allegacy Federal Credit Union Stadium • Buies Creek, NC ACC Network L 17-37   30,028
August 31 8:00 p.m. North Carolina A&T UAB Protective Stadium • Birmingham, AL ESPN+ L 6-35   25,363
September 2 12:00 p.m. Villanova Lehigh Goodman Stadium • Bethlehem, PA ESPN+ W 38-10   4,360
September 2 1:00 p.m. No. 11 New Hampshire Stonehill W.B. Mason Stadium • Easton, MA NEC Front Row W 51-17   2,400
September 2 3:00 p.m. Grambling State Hampton Red Bull Arena • Harrison, NJ (Brick City Classic) NFLN W 35-31   7,500
September 2 3:30 p.m. Towson Maryland SECU Stadium • College Park, MD BTN L 6-38   37,241
September 2 6:00 p.m. Monmouth Florida Atlantic FAU Stadium • Boca Raton, FL ESPN+ L 20-42   20,893
September 2 6:00 p.m. Albany Marshall Joan C. Edwards Stadium • Huntington, WV ESPN+ L 17-21   25,101
September 2 6:00 p.m. Morgan State No. 18 Richmond E. Claiborne Robins Stadium • Richmond, VA FloSports L 10-17   6,603
September 2 6:30 p.m. Maine FIU Riccardo Silva Stadium • Miami, FL ESPN+ L 12-14   16,878
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in EST.

Week Two

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Date Time Visiting team Home team Site TV Result Attendance Ref.
September 8 7:00 p.m. Stony Brook No. 22 Rhode Island Meade Stadium • University Park, PA FloSports  URI 35–14   N/A
September 9 12:00 p.m. No. 19 Delaware No. 7 (FBS) Penn State Beaver Stadium • University Park, PA Peacock L 7–63   108,575
September 9 1:30 p.m. No. 11 New Hampshire Central Michigan Kelly/Shorts Stadium • Mount Pleasant, MI ESPN+ L 42–45   17,302
September 9 3:00 p.m. Campbell The Citadel Johnson Hagood Stadium • Charleston, SC ESPN+ W 56–7   9,327
September 9 3:30 p.m. Maine No. 2 North Dakota State Fargodome • Fargo, ND ESPN+ L 7–44   15,044
September 9 3:30 p.m. Richmond Michigan State Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, MI BTN L 14–45   70,049
September 9 6:00 p.m. Elon Gardner–Webb Ernest W. Spangler Stadium • Boiling Springs, NC ESPN+ L 27–34   5,078
September 9 6:00 p.m. Norfolk State Hampton Armstrong Stadium • Hampton, VA (Battle of the Bay) FloSports W 23–31   10,021
September 9 6:00 p.m. Monmouth Towson Johnny Unitas Stadium • Towson, MD FloSports  TOW 42–23   3,442
September 9 6:00 p.m. Colgate Villanova Villanova Stadium • Villanova, PA FloSports W 42–19   5,101
September 9 6:00 p.m. Wofford No. 4 William & Mary Zable Stadium • Williamsburg, VA FloSports W 23–6   8,579
September 9 7:00 p.m. No. 18 North Carolina Central North Carolina A&T Truist Stadium • Greensboro, NC (rivalry) FloSports L 16–30   N/A
September 9 12:00 a.m. Albany Hawaii Clarence T. C. Ching Athletics Complex • Manoa, HI SPEC PPV L 20–31   9,485
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in EST.

Week Three

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Week Four

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Week Five

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Week Six

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Week Seven

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Week Eight

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Week Nine

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Week Ten

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Week Eleven

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Week Twelve

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Playoffs

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Head to head matchups

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Head to head
Team Albany Campbell Delaware Elon Hampton Maine Monmouth New Hampshire North Carolina A&T Rhode Island Richmond Stony Brook Towson Villanova William & Mary
Albany – – – – – – – – – – – – W 24–17 W 31–10 –
Campbell – – – L 24–28 – – W 45–31 – – – – – – – L 24–34
Delaware – – – – – – – W 29–25 – – – W 37–13 – – –
Elon – W 28–24 – – – – – – W 27–3 – – – – – W 14–6
Hampton – L 27–30 – – – – – – – – W 31–14 – – – –
Maine – – – – – – – – – L 17–34 – W 56–28 – – L 3–28
Monmouth – L 31–45 – – – – – – – – – W 42–23 – – –
New Hampshire – – L 25–29 – – – – – – – – – L 51–54 – –
North Carolina A&T – – – L 3–27 – – – – – – – – – L 14–37 –
Rhode Island – – – – – W 34–17 – – – – – W 35–14 – L 9–35 –
Richmond – – – – L 14–31 W 42–31 – – – – – W 20–19 – – –
Stony Brook – – L 13–37 – – L 28–56 – – – L 14–35 L 19–20 – – – –
Towson L 17–24 – – – – – L 23–42 W 54–51 – – – – – – –
Villanova L 10–31 – – – – – – – – W 35–9 – – – – –
William & Mary – W 34–24 – L 6–14 – W 28–3 – – – – – – – – –

Updated with the results of all regular season conference games.

CAA vs FBS matchups

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The Football Bowl Subdivision comprises eleven conferences and four independent programs.


Date Visitor Home Site Score
August 31 Rhode Island Georgia State Center Parc Stadium • Atlanta, GA 35-42
August 31 Elon Wake Forest Allegacy Federal Credit Union Stadium • Winston-Salem, NC 17-37
August 31 North Carolina A&T UAB Protective Stadium • Birmingham, AL 6-35
September 2 Towson Maryland SECU Stadium • College Park, MD 6-38
September 2 Monmouth Florida Atlantic FAU Stadium • Boca Raton, FL 20-42
September 2 Maine FIU Riccardo Silva Stadium • Miami, FL 12=14
September 2 Albany Marshall Joan C. Edwards Stadium • Huntington, WV 17-21
September 9 Delaware Penn State Beaver Stadium • University Park, PA 7-63
September 9 New Hampshire Central Michigan Kelly/Shorts Stadium • Mount Pleasant, MI 42-45
September 9 Richmond Michigan State Spartan Stadium • East Lansing, MI 14-45
September 9 Albany Hawaii Clarence T. C. Ching Athletics Complex • Manoa, HI 20-31
September 16 Stony Brook Arkansas State Centennial Bank Stadium • Jonesboro, AR 7-31
September 16 Villanova UCF FBC Mortgage Stadium • Orlando, FL 14-48
October 7 William & Mary Virginia Scott Stadium • Charlottesville, VA 13-27
November 4 Campbell North Carolina Kenan Memorial Stadium • Chapel Hill, NC

Rankings

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Main article: 2023 NCAA Division I FCS football rankings
Legend
    Improvement in ranking
  Drop in ranking
  Not ranked previous week
  No change in ranking from previous week
RV Received votes but were not ranked in Top 25 of poll
т Tied with team above or below also with this symbol
  Pre Wk
1		 Wk
2		 Wk
3		 Wk
4		 Wk
5		 Wk
6		 Wk
7		 Wk
8		 Wk
9		 Wk
10		 Wk
11		 Wk
12		 Final
Albany STATS RV RV RV RV RV 24
C RV RV
Campbell STATS RV RV
C RV
Delaware STATS 22 19 22 19 11 9 8
C 21 19 19 16 12 10 8
Elon STATS RV RV 25 RV
C RV RV
Hampton STATS
C RV RV RV RV RV
Maine STATS
C
Monmouth STATS
C
New Hampshire STATS 11 11 11 11 14 RV RV
C 12 11 11 12 17 24 24
North Carolina A&T STATS
C RV RV
Rhode Island STATS 21 22 21 17 24 RV
C 23 22 20 18 RV 25 22
Richmond STATS 18 RV
C 16 RV RV RV RV
Stony Brook STATS
C
Towson STATS
C
Villanova STATS RV RV 24 25 16 RV RV
C RV RV RV 23 RV RV
William & Mary STATS 4 4 4 5 5 10 11
C 4 4 4 5 4 9 12

Home game announced attendance

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Team Stadium Capacity Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Game 4 Game 5 Game 6 Game 7 Total Average % of capacity
Albany Tom & Mary Casey Stadium 8,500 --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
Campbell Barker–Lane Stadium 5,500 --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
Delaware Delaware Stadium 18,800 --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
Elon Rhodes Stadium 11,250 --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
Hampton Armstrong Stadium 12,000 --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
Maine Alfond Stadium 10,000 --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
Monmouth Kessler Stadium 4,200 --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
New Hampshire Wildcat Stadium 11,015 --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
North Carolina A&T Truist Stadium 21,500 --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
Rhode Island Meade Stadium 6,555 --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
Richmond E. Claiborne Robins Stadium 8,217 --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
Stony Brook Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium 12,300 --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
Towson Johnny Unitas Stadium 11,198 --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
Villanova Villanova Stadium 12,500 --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
William & Mary Zable Stadium 12,672 --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---

Bold – exceeded capacity
† Season high
‡ Record stadium Attendance

NFL draft

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The following list includes all CAA Players who were drafted in the 2024 NFL draft.

Player Position School Draft
Round 		Round
Pick 		Overall
Pick 		Team Ref
Dylan Laube RB New Hampshire 6 32 208 Las Vegas Raiders [5]

Undrafted free agents

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The following list includes all CAA Players who went undrafted in the 2024 NFL draft but signed following the draft.

Player Position School Team Ref
Brevin Easton WR Albany Jacksonville Jaguars [6]
Mike Edwards OT Campbell Buffalo Bills [7]
Tyler McLellan OT Campbell Los Angeles Chargers [8]
Jaden Shirden RB Monmouth Carolina Panthers [9]
Lorenzo Thompson OT Rhode Island Cleveland Browns [10]
Ryan Coll OT Richmond Atlanta Falcons [11]
Robert Javier CB Towson Tennessee Titans [12]
Jalen Jackson RB Villanova Jacksonville Jaguars [6]
Nick Torres G Villanova Kansas City Chiefs [13]
Nate Lynn OLB William & Mary Detroit Lions [14]

Minicamp

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The following list includes all CAA Players who went undrafted in the 2024 NFL draft but were offered minicamp invites.

Player Position School Team Ref
Brian Abraham LB Albany Chicago Bears
Julian Hicks WR Albany Green Bay Packers [15]
Greg Anderson OG Monmouth New York Jets
Gene Scott TE Monmouth Buffalo Bills
Jesus Gibbs DE Towson Kansas City Chiefs
T.D. Ayo-Durojaiye RB Villanova Chicago Bears
Jaaron Hayek WR Villanova Kansas City Chiefs [16]
Ryan Poole CB William & Mary San Francisco 49ers

References

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  1. ^ Washburn, Rob. "CAA Football Announces Participants For 2023 Virtual Media Day On July 25". caasports.com. Retrieved July 25, 2023.
  2. ^ "UNH football picked 2nd in CAA for 2023 season. Five Wildcats named all-conference". Portsmouth Herald. Retrieved July 25, 2023.
  3. ^ "Spiders Tabbed Third in Preseason Poll, Six Earn Honors". University of Richmond Athletics. July 25, 2023. Retrieved July 25, 2023.
  4. ^ a b c d e Washburn, Rob. "William & Mary Picked To Win CAA Football Championship In 2023". caasports.com. Retrieved July 25, 2023.
  5. ^ Mosher, Marcus (April 27, 2024). "Raiders select New Hampshire RB Dylan Laube at pick No. 208". Raiders Wire. USA Today. Retrieved June 23, 2024.
  6. ^ a b Oehser, John (April 30, 2024). "2024 Undrafted Free Agents Bring Jaguars' Rookie Class to 22". Jaguars.com. Retrieved April 30, 2024.
  7. ^ White, Alec; Glab, Maddy (May 9, 2024). "Get to know these 12 undrafted free agent signings for Bills rookie minicamp". BuffaloBills.com.
  8. ^ "Los Angeles Chargers Agree to Terms with Undrafted Free Agents". chargers.com. April 27, 2024.
  9. ^ Gantt, Darin (May 10, 2024). "Panthers make roster moves, including signing 19 undrafted free agents". panthers.com.
  10. ^ "Browns sign eight undrafted free agents". ClevelandBrowns.com. May 10, 2024. Retrieved May 10, 2024.
  11. ^ "Falcons agree to terms with 10 undrafted free agents". AtlantaFalcons.com. April 30, 2024. Retrieved May 4, 2024.
  12. ^ "Titans Agree to Terms With 16 Undrafted Free Agents, Including RBs Dillon Johnson (Washington) and Jabari Small (Tennessee)". TennesseeTitans.com. May 10, 2024. Retrieved May 12, 2024.
  13. ^ "Chiefs Announce Roster Moves". Chiefs.com. May 4, 2024.
  14. ^ "TWENTYMAN: A closer look at the Lions' undrafted rookie free agents". DetroitLions.com. May 10, 2024.
  15. ^ Huber, Bill (May 4, 2024). "Packers Sign Julian Hicks, Who Took Long Road to NFL". si.com.
  16. ^ McMullen, Matt (May 8, 2024). "Chiefs Sign WR Jaaron Hayek Following a Successful Tryout at Rookie Minicamp". Chiefs.com.
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