most rushing yards in a college football game

Samaje Perine has the most rushing yards in a game, with 427 yards against Kansas on November 22, 2014.

Interpreted as:

most rushing yards by a player in a college football game

	NAME	RUSH YDS	DATE	TM		OPP	ATT	YPC	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	TRG	AVG	REC TD
1	Samaje Perine S. Perine	427	11/22/2014	OKLA	vs	KU	34	12.6	5	19	1	2	19.0	0
2	Jaret Patterson J. Patterson	409	11/28/2020	BUFF	vs	KENT	36	11.4	8
3	Melvin Gordon M. Gordon	408	11/15/2014	WIS	vs	NEB	25	16.3	4
4	LaDainian Tomlinson L. Tomlinson	406	11/20/1999	TCU	vs	UTEP	43	9.4		6	2		3.0
5	Darren Davis D. Davis	378	9/28/1996	ISU	vs	MIZ	41	9.2		-4	1		-4.0
6	Robbie Mixon R. Mixon	377	11/2/2002	CMU	@	EMU	43	8.8	4	7	1		7.0	0
7	Travis Prentice T. Prentice	376	11/6/1999	M-OH	vs	AKR	41	9.2		35	1		35.0
8	Astron Whatley A. Whatley	373	9/20/1997	KENT	@	EMU	42	8.9		0	2		0.0
9	Ka'Deem Carey K. Carey	366	11/10/2012	ARIZ	vs	COLO	25	14.6	5	34	2		17.0	0
10	Garrett Wolfe G. Wolfe	353	9/30/2006	NIU	@	BALL	31	11.4	3	3	3		1.0	0
11	Montel Harris M. Harris	351	11/17/2012	TEM	@	ARMY	36	9.8	7
12	Scott Harley S. Harley	351	11/30/1996	ECU	vs	NCST	42	8.4		5	2		2.5
13	Ricky Williams R. Williams	350	10/3/1998	TEX	vs	ISU	37	9.5		17	2		8.5
14	Shun White S. White	348	8/30/2008	NAVY	vs	TOWS	19	18.3	3
15	Leon Allen L. Allen	345	11/15/2014	WKU	vs	ARMY	33	10.5	3	12	2	3	6.0	0
16	Tavon Austin T. Austin	344	11/17/2012	WVU	vs	OKLA	21	16.4	2	82	4		20.5	0
17	Matt Forte M. Forte	342	10/20/2007	TULN	@	SMU	38	9.0	4
18	D'Onta Foreman D. Foreman	341	11/5/2016	TEX	@	TTU	33	10.3	3	0	0	1		0
19	Andre Williams A. Williams	339	11/16/2013	BC	vs	NCST	42	8.1	2
20	Ron Dayne R. Dayne	339	11/30/1996	WIS	@	HAW	36	9.4		8	1		8.0
21	Kasey Carrier K. Carrier	338	10/20/2012	UNM	@	AFA	39	8.7	3	5	1		5.0	0
22	Kay-Jay Harris K. Harris	337	9/4/2004	WVU	vs	ECU	25	13.5	4
23	Joe Williams J. Williams	332	10/22/2016	UTAH	@	UCLA	29	11.4	4
24	Trey Sermon T. Sermon	331	12/19/2020	OSU	vs	NW	29	11.4	2	4	3	6	1.3	0
25	Justin Crawford J. Crawford	331	11/19/2016	WVU	vs	OKLA	24	13.8	0	0	0	1		0

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More Oklahoma Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

225

Mateer

RUSH

79

Avant

REC

76

Sategna

Team Rankings

PPG

51.0

27th

OPP PPG

0.0

1st

RUSH YDS/G

170.0

69th

PASS YDS/G

231.0

73rd

2026 SEC Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
8	Mississippi State	0-0	1-0
9	Missouri	0-0	1-0
10	Oklahoma	0-0	1-0
11	Ole Miss	0-0	1-0
12	South Carolina	0-0	1-0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 9/12	OKLA	@	MICH	12:00 PM
Sat 9/19	UNM	@	OKLA	7:30 PM
Sat 9/26	OKLA	@	UGA	1:00 PM
Sat 10/10	TEX	@	OKLA	3:30 PM
Sat 10/17	UK	@	OKLA	1:00 PM

Last Game

UTEP

0 - 1

Final

Oklahoma

1 - 0

Fri 4 Sep 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

653

Mensah

635

Maiava

550

Weaver

Rush Yards Leaders

280

Carter

231

Kromah

227

Sheppard

Rec Yards Leaders

330

Toney

222

Mosley

196

Duff

Pass TD Leaders

8

Mensah

7

Heintschel

6

Boley

Rush TD Leaders

5

Carter

3

Robinson

3

Anderson

Rec TD Leaders

4

Williams

4

Toney

3

Mosley

QB Rating Leaders

285.0

Hoover

281.3

Baker

272.0

Becht

Sack Leaders

3.5

Kinsler

3.0

Gilliam

3.0

Lester

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

80.0

73.0

71.0

70.0

66.0

Opp PPG Rankings

0.0

Total Yards Rankings

762.0

702.5

681.0

671.0

660.0

Rush Yards Rankings

569.0

506.0

458.0

431.0

365.0

364.0

Pass Yards Rankings

480.0

435.0

434.0

432.0

430.0

427.0

Sack Leaders

9.0

6.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Southeastern	W	PCT
1	Alabama	1	1.000
2	Arkansas	1	1.000
3	Auburn	1	1.000
4	Florida	1	1.000
5	Georgia	1	1.000
6	Kentucky	1	1.000
7	LSU	1	1.000
8	Mississippi State	1	1.000
9	Missouri	1	1.000
10	Oklahoma	1	1.000
11	Ole Miss	1	1.000
12	South Carolina	1	1.000
13	Tennessee	1	1.000
14	Texas	1	1.000
15	Texas A&M	1	1.000
16	Vanderbilt	1	1.000

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	Appalachian State	1	0	1.000
2	Louisiana	1	0	1.000
3	Georgia Southern	1	0	1.000
4	Louisiana Tech	1	0	1.000
5	Georgia State	1	0	1.000
6	South Alabama	1	0	1.000
7	James Madison	1	0	1.000
8	Southern Miss	1	0	1.000
9	Old Dominion	1	0	1.000
10	Troy	1	0	1.000
11	Coastal Carolina	0	1	.000
12	Arkansas State	0	1	.000
13	Marshall	0	1	.000
14	Louisiana-Monroe	0	1	.000

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Arizona	1	0	1.000
2	Arizona State	1	0	1.000
3	BYU	1	0	1.000
4	Cincinnati	1	0	1.000
5	Colorado	1	0	1.000
6	Houston	1	0	1.000
7	Iowa State	1	0	1.000
8	Kansas	1	0	1.000
9	Kansas State	1	0	1.000
10	Texas Tech	1	0	1.000
11	UCF	1	0	1.000
12	Utah	1	0	1.000
13	West Virginia	1	0	1.000
14	Baylor	0	1	.000
15	Oklahoma State	0	1	.000
16	TCU	0	1	.000

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Colorado State	1	0	1.000
2	San Diego State	1	0	1.000
3	Boise State	0	1	.000
4	Fresno State	0	1	.000
5	Oregon State	0	1	.000
6	Texas State	0	1	.000
7	Utah State	0	1	.000
8	Washington State	0	1	.000

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Eastern Michigan	1	1	.500
2	Buffalo	1	0	1.000
3	UMass	1	0	1.000
4	Akron	0	1	.000
5	Ball State	0	1	.000
6	Bowling Green	0	1	.000
7	Central Michigan	0	1	.000
8	Kent State	0	1	.000
9	Miami (OH)	0	1	.000
10	Ohio	0	1	.000
11	Toledo	0	1	.000
12	Western Michigan	0	1	.000
13	Sacramento State	1	1	.500

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	Memphis	2	0	1.000
2	Army	1	0	1.000
3	Navy	1	0	1.000
4	Rice	1	0	1.000
5	South Florida	1	0	1.000
6	Temple	1	0	1.000
7	Tulane	0	1	.000
8	UTSA	1	0	1.000
9	Charlotte	0	1	.000
10	East Carolina	0	1	.000
11	Florida Atlantic	0	1	.000
12	North Texas	0	1	.000
13	Tulsa	1	0	1.000
14	UAB	0	1	.000

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	2	0	1.000
2	SMU	1	0	1.000
3	Virginia	1	0	1.000
4	Duke	1	0	1.000
5	North Carolina	1	0	1.000
6	Pittsburgh	1	0	1.000
7	Syracuse	1	0	1.000
8	Virginia Tech	1	0	1.000
9	Wake Forest	1	0	1.000
10	Boston College	0	1	.000
11	California	0	1	.000
12	Clemson	0	1	.000
13	Georgia Tech	0	1	.000
14	Louisville	0	1	.000
15	Florida State	1	1	.500
16	Stanford	1	1	.500
17	NC State	0	1	.000

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	UNLV	1	1	.500
2	North Dakota State	2	0	1.000
3	Air Force	1	0	1.000
4	Nevada	1	0	1.000
5	San Jose State	1	1	.500
6	Northern Illinois	0	1	.000
7	New Mexico	1	0	1.000
8	UTEP	0	1	.000
9	Wyoming	0	1	.000
10	Hawai'i	0	2	.000

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	1	0	1.000
2	UConn	1	0	1.000

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	USC	2	0	1.000
2	Illinois	1	0	1.000
3	Indiana	1	0	1.000
4	Iowa	1	0	1.000
5	Maryland	1	0	1.000
6	Michigan	1	0	1.000
7	Michigan State	1	0	1.000
8	Minnesota	1	0	1.000
9	Nebraska	1	0	1.000
10	Northwestern	1	0	1.000
11	Ohio State	1	0	1.000
12	Oregon	1	0	1.000
13	Penn State	1	0	1.000
14	Purdue	1	0	1.000
15	UCLA	1	0	1.000
16	Washington	1	0	1.000
17	Rutgers	0	1	.000
18	Wisconsin	0	1	.000

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Delaware	1	0	1.000
2	Kennesaw State	1	0	1.000
3	Middle Tennessee	1	0	1.000
4	Jacksonville State	1	1	.500
5	New Mexico State	1	1	.500
6	Florida International	0	1	.000
7	Liberty	0	1	.000
8	Missouri State	0	1	.000
9	Sam Houston	0	1	.000
10	Western Kentucky	0	1	.000