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Oklahoma RB Samaje Perine Breaks Melvin Gordon’s Single-Game Rushing Record

By Patrick Schmidt

Nov 22, 2014; Norman, OK, USA; Oklahoma Sooners running back Samaje Perine (32) runs for a touchdown past Kansas Jayhawks linebacker Courtney Arnick (28) during the first half at Gaylord Family - Oklahoma Memorial Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Kevin Jairaj-USA TODAY Sports
Nov 22, 2014; Norman, OK, USA; Oklahoma Sooners running back Samaje Perine (32) runs for a touchdown past Kansas Jayhawks linebacker Courtney Arnick (28) during the first half at Gaylord Family - Oklahoma Memorial Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Kevin Jairaj-USA TODAY Sports /
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Oklahoma freshman running back Samaje Perine broke the FBS single-game rushing record with against Kansas with 427 rushing yards

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They say records are meant to be broken, but I don’t think they meant after one week. Wisconsin running back Melvin Gordon’s single-game rushing record of 408 yards he set in the Badgers win last week has fallen after Oklahoma freshman Samaje Perine ran for 427 yards against Kansas.

Perine got the record on his 34th carry and also had five touchdowns in his record-breaking performance. Watch the record-breaking run in the gif below.

He surpassed Marshall Faulk’s freshman record of 386 yards in a game he set in 1991 while at San Diego State and the Big 12 record of 378 set by Troy Davis in 1996.

The previous record holder, LaDainian Tomlinson had his record stand since he set the mark against UTEP in 1999 before Gordon broke it last week and surged to the top of the Heisman Trophy conversation. Gordon did all of his damage in three quarters before sitting out the blowout, but he could have ran for 500 yards that day.

Perine became the first Oklahoma running back to rush for 1,000 yards in a single season since DeMarco Murray did so in 2010 and the first freshman running back at Oklahoma since Adrian Peterson in 2004 to top the century mark in the Sooners win last week.

At this rate one has to wonder which running back will break the record next week. I’ll put my money on Indiana’s Tevin Coleman against Purdue. Then again, Gordon may rush for 500 yards next week against Minnesota and continue his run at Barry Sanders’ single-season rushing record.

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