Will Cam Newton break the Super Bowl record of most
rushing yards by a QB?
The 160 combined
rushing yards by Culpepper and McNown exceeded the total of their starting running backs, Robert Smith and Curtis Enis, respectively, who picked up only 120.
Kansas State junior Michael Bishop set a school record for
rushing yards by a quarterback with 196 in the Wildcats» 41 - 11 whipping of Missouri, yet coach Bill Snyder asked Bishop not to make himself available to the media for interviews after the game.
Not to mention another 164
rushing yards by the Eagles when Butler, a sure, physical tackler, might have helped negate some of that.
Tom Brady and the Patriots have won their past six games against the Titans, including their most recent game in week 15 of the 2015 season, with New England winning 33 - 15 thanks to 51
rushing yards by Joey Iosefa (yeah, that happened).
Not exact matches
That young redbud tree delicately budding in my front
yard in early spring, that golden haze in which the rolling hills close to my home are bathed on a summer morning, that lovely pond on my walk home from work out of whose
rushes a red - winged blackbird almost invariably flies up as I pass
by in early autumn, that winter belt of trees across the street transformed
by an ice storm into a glittering fairyland — all those beauties of which nature is so achingly and serendipitously full are likewise my modest sources of healing and renewal.
ND's gone over 330
rushing yards five times in seven games, only being slowed
by the elite run defenses of Michigan State and Georgia.
By rushing for 218
yards on 28 carries, with TD runs of 44 and 28
yards, in the Bulldogs» 30 - 22 win over Virginia, Tate became the first Georgia back to
rush for more than 200
yards in a game since Herschel Walker gained 219 against Florida in 1982.
348
Rushing yards for Navy senior Shun White (on 19 carries) in a 41 — 13 win overTowson State last Saturday, a performance that broke Eddie Meyers's 27 - year - oldschool record
by 50
yards.
Redshirt freshman Jarrett Guarantano was almost all of the Volunteers» offense, passing 11 - for - 18 for 133
yards and scrambling for first downs (his
rushing yards were nuked
by seven sacks).
Only one 1,000 -
yard rusher from last year returns — Cincinnati's Isaiah Pead — though Louisville's Victor Anderson gained 1,047
yards in 2008 before being slowed
by injuries....
His 89
rushing yards, combined with a couple of timely jaunts
by quarterback Marcus Mariota, helped to crack State open, and Mariota's arm — 17 completions, 318
yards, three touchdowns, no picks — did the rest.
He
rushed for 71
yards in the Tide's spring game televised
by ESPN.
(Jamal Lewis of the Baltimore Ravens, with 2,066
rushing yards; Clinton Portis of the Denver Broncos, 1,591; and Priest Holmes of the Kansas City Chiefs, 1,420, were the running backs voted
by their peers, the coaches and the fans to play for the AFC.)
Last game they broke the all - time teammate
rushing record held
by Eric Dickerson and Craig James (8,192 career
rushing yards).
Falcons led statistically in 1st downs, 3rd down percentage, total
yards,
rushing yards (
by a ton), penalty yardage, time - of - possession, and mostly — final score.
LSU had loaded up on big plays — a 100 -
yard kickoff return
by Leonard Fournette, a 75 -
yard pass from Anthony Jennings to John Diarse, an 89 -
yard rush by Fournette * — while Notre Dame had ground out long touchdown drives: 15 plays and 66
yards, 11 plays and 75
yards, 10 plays and 59
yards.
The drive chart from the Texans second quarter touchdown says it for you: 18 -
yard pass to Kevin Walter, 7 -
yard pass to James Casey, 8 -
yard rush by Foster, 21 -
yard rush by Foster and...
Adrian Peterson had another phenomenal day for the Vikings,
rushing for for 210
yards and one touchdown on 21 carries, but in the fourth quarter with the Vikings trailing
by nine points, he did not have a touch.
The game figures to feature a prominent aerial attack on both sides as the
rushing yards have been hard to come
by for each team.
Clemson has three backs with over 600
rushing yards, led
by Travis Etienne's 720.
Led
by Garner's 158
rushing yards (the first 100 -
yard game
by an Oakland back this season) and a banner day for 39 - year - old wide receiver Jerry Rice (nine receptions, 183
yards), the Raiders beat the Jets 38 - 24 at Network Associates Coliseum and regained their Super Bowl - contender status.
Washington has beaten teams like New England and the Indianapolis Colts
by riding back Terry Allen (852
rushing yards), turning the ball over a league - low eight times, scoring on all 23 chances in the red zone and getting production from pass -
rushing tackle Sean Gilbert.
Lewis exploded onto the scene
by rushing for 1,364
yards and seven touchdowns in 1997, drawing comparisons with Herschel Walker and Bo Jackson.
That provided the big number, but don't forget these: 83 net
yards rushing for LSU, 78 for Notre Dame; 82
yards passing for LSU, 149 for Notre Dame; 87
yards lost
rushing by LSU, 53
by Notre Dame.
By season's end he'd thrown for 2,251
yards and
rushed for 1,153, and the Mountaineers had defended their national title.
He averaged an awful 2.7
yards per pass attempt (including sacks), which is deserving of a grade much worse than a C +, but he was done no favors
by drops (Jalen Saunders had a pair of them while catching just three of nine passes for 30
yards) and he gets bonus points: both for finishing drives (Oklahoma scored on all six of its trips inside ULM's 40) and for
rushing 12 times (non-sacks) for 112
yards.
Down to their third - and fourth - string options in Bryce Brown and Christine Michael — both of whom were signed off the street,
by the way — the Seahawks
rushed for 182
yards against the hapless Browns last week, which was actually their third - best total on the year.
He also ran for a whopping 207
yards off of 29 carries, and was the leading
rusher for both teams
by far.
If fans perceive the USFL as being boring, there's nothing — not sleet or spring fever or 28 -
yard -
rushing totals
by Himself — that will bury the league quicker.
The Bengals controlled the hell out of the clock
by relying on their brick - wall - on - a-treadmill rookie Jeremy Hill who
rushed for 148
yards.
Walker, who fell flat in his ballyhooed pro debut back in March and then exploded in an amazing streak of five games, during which he averaged 152.4
yards and took the league's
rushing lead, suffered even greater humiliation
by gaining a scant 28
yards in 11 carries against the Stallions.
Mohamed Sanu added five catches for 45
yards and a touchdown as a complement and Cincinnati gave Houston a taste of their own medicine
by rushing the ball 43 times for 139
yards.
Heading into the Longhorns» game with Texas Tech on Nov. 8, Williams needed a 200 -
yard rushing effort to tie the NCAA record of five straight, set
by Marcus Allen at Southern Cal in 1981 and matched
by Barry Sanders at Oklahoma State in» 88.
Darren McFadden managed to rack up 129
rushing yards on 29 attempts, but he was helped
by the fact that the Dolphins defense wasn't able to key on the run as defenses had with Brandon Weeden and Matt Cassel leading the team.
He was assisted
by 102
yards rushing from Ronnie Hillman, and another 59
yards rushing from C.J. Anderson.
Marshawn Lynch finished Super Bowl 49 with a total of 102
rushing yards, rewarding those who had the over on his 92.5
yards set
by Vegas.
And running back Josh Adams has now averaged 159
rushing yards per game since getting held to 53
by Georgia.
Doug Martin racked up 235
yards against the Philadelphia Eagles, but didn't score any touchdowns, coming just 2
yards shy of the record held
by Barry Sanders for
rushing yards in a game without a touchdown.
Johnson, who has suffered two ACL injuries and was also run over
by a forklift this past offseason, has
rushed for 641 -
yards and eight touchdowns in his career.
When Carlos Hyde, a guy that hasn't even hit 1000
yards rushing is the premier back of a class
by a significant amount, it's not really one to try and put up as evidence.
You have to understand that no matter how impressed you are with Rodgers» 560
rushing yards and 4.3
yards per carry average last season (both career highs for him), you ought to be even more impressed
by how he got them.
Newton's 45
yards made him Carolina's leading
rusher by a comfortable margin, and most of that production came on scrambles born of excellent Broncos coverage.
The last play of the quarter is a three -
yard rush by Michel.
Hopefully we could address that in picks # 2 through 4, Dallas's Oline produced consecutive RB's that led the league in
rushing —
by 500
yards more than # 2 in 2015 and 2016, with a rookie in 2016.
Marshall had promised his players that he would subject himself to the crew «do worn
by the school's Cadet Corps if the Aggies
rushed for at least 250
yards at Colorado on Oct. 4.
Against TCU in Jerry World, they pulled off the reverse, rendering the Horned Frogs one - dimensional
by shutting down the ground attack — TCU backs
rushed 11 times for just 32
yards — and playing bend - don «t - break on the TCU passing game.
The RedHawks (and former Redskins) enjoyed plenty of power running, as evidenced
by the career of running back Travis Prentice, who
rushed for more than 3,300
yards in 1997 -»98 and outgained Miami's passing game
by himself in 1998.
By the third quarter, he'd passed John Bordenkircher (3,416
yards in 1997 at Dixon) as the single - season leading
rusher in NorCal history, according to the ESPNHS Cal - Hi Sports State Record Book.
A wide
rush and a short reception
by Damien Harris gain a combined 17
yards, then a little flare pass to Robert Foster gains 12.