On Nov. 15, 2014, University of Wisconsin running back Melvin Gordon III set the single-game NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision rushing mark with 408 yards on 25 carries in just three quarters of play during a 59-24 Big Ten Conference upset victory over Nebraska at Camp Randall Stadium. On one cold, snowy afternoon, he broke the school mark held by Ron Dayne (339), the Big Ten record held by Anthony Thompson of Indiana (377) and the FBS mark held by LaDainian Tomlinson of TCU (406). In his senior year at Wisconsin, Gordon joined Dayne, the career leader with 6,397 rushing yards from 1996-99, and Montee Ball, the career leader in TDs with 83 from 2009-12. M.P. KING, STATE JOURNAL ARCHIVES Gordon,...
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