Oklahoma running back Samaje Perine set an FBS single-game rushing record during Saturday's 44-7 win over Kansas.
The true freshman from Pflugerville, Texas, carried 34 times for 427
yards (12.6 yards per carry) and five touchdowns, breaking the record
set by Wisconsin's Melvin Gordon last week against Nebraska. Gordon rushed for 408 yards on 25 carries (16.3 yards per carry) in three quarters of a 59-24 rout.
Perine broke the record on a 42-yard run early in the fourth quarter.
After recording 222 yards in the first half, Perine ripped off a
66-yard touchdown scamper on his first carry of the third quarter.
Prior to Gordon's performance last week the FBS record was held by former TCU
and NFL star LaDainian Tomlinson, who amassed 406 yards and six
touchdowns on 43 carries in a game against Texas El-Paso in 1999. The
NCAA all-division single-game record is 455, set by Division III Western Connecticut State's Octavias McKoy in October 2013.
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