One of the most impressive individual NCAA football performances in some time came from Buffalo Bulls junior running back Jaret Patterson Saturday. In a 70-41 win over the Kent State Golden Flashes, Patterson ran for 409 yards and eight touchdowns on 36 carries, tying a FBS record for touchdowns in a single game.
A HISTORIC day for Jaret Patterson and @UBFootball
🔥 8 rushing TD (tied for most in DI history)
🔥 409 yards rushing (2nd most all time)🔥 70 points scored (school record) pic.twitter.com/x8maukjrnT
— CBS Sports Network (@CBSSportsNet) November 28, 2020
And Patterson (seen above in a December 2018 bowl game against Troy) wasn’t far from former Oklahoma running back Samaje Perine’s single-game FBS record of 427 yards (set on 36 carries in a 2014 game against Kansas), but was pulled in the fourth quarter by Buffalo coach Lance Leipold. Still, he delivered an incredible performance, and this came after he picked up 301 yards and four yards against Bowling Green in his previous game last week:
https://twitter.com/thecomeback/status/1328899676888711174
Here are some of Patterson’s touchdown runs Saturday:
For the second straight week, Buffalo RB Jaret Patterson has run for over 300 yards & a lot of touchdowns.
Patterson has 319 rushing yards & 7 touchdowns today over 29 carries (11.0 AVG).
Over the last 2 weeks, he has 620 rushing yards & 11 touchdowns. Still 12+ minutes left. pic.twitter.com/9sFHw6kW4G
— The Comeback (@thecomeback) November 28, 2020
Buffalo RB Jaret Patterson update:
32 carries, 385 yards (12.0 AVG), 8 touchdowns.
Over his last 2 games:
63 carries, 686 yards (10.9 AVG), 12 touchdowns. pic.twitter.com/70o4U43sW7
— The Comeback (@thecomeback) November 28, 2020
On the season, Patterson now has 1,020 rushing yards and 16 rushing touchdowns.
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