most total yards by a running back in a college football game

Emmett White has gained the most all-purpose yards by a running back in a game, with 578 yards against New Mexico State on November 4, 2000.

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	NAME	YDS	DATE	TM		OPP	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH TD	REC YDS	REC	TRG	AVG	REC TD
1	Emmett White E. White	578	11/4/2000	USU	@	NMSU	322	34	9.5	4	134	7		19.1	0
2	Reggie Bush R. Bush	513	11/19/2005	USC	vs	FRES	294	23	12.8	2	68	3		22.7	0
3	Christian McCaffrey C. McCaffrey	461	12/5/2015	STAN	@	USC	207	32	6.5	1	105	4	4	26.3	1
4	Samaje Perine S. Perine	446	11/22/2014	OKLA	vs	KU	427	34	12.6	5	19	1	2	19.0	0
5	Robbie Mixon R. Mixon	435	11/2/2002	CMU	@	EMU	377	43	8.8	4	7	1		7.0	0
6	Rashaad Penny R. Penny	429	11/18/2017	SDSU	vs	NEV	222	24	9.3	2	6	1	1	6.0	0
7	LaDainian Tomlinson L. Tomlinson	412	11/20/1999	TCU	vs	UTEP	406	43	9.4		6	2		3.0
8	Travis Prentice T. Prentice	411	11/6/1999	M-OH	vs	AKR	376	41	9.2		35	1		35.0
9	Jaret Patterson J. Patterson	409	11/28/2020	BUFF	vs	KENT	409	36	11.4	8
10	Melvin Gordon M. Gordon	408	11/15/2014	WIS	vs	NEB	408	25	16.3	4
11	Chris Johnson C. Johnson	408	12/23/2007	ECU	vs	BSU	223	28	8.0	1	32	3		10.7	1
12	Chris Johnson C. Johnson	408	11/3/2007	ECU	@	MEM	301	20	15.1	4	12	2		6.0	0
13	Deon Jackson D. Jackson	403	10/27/2018	DUKE	@	PITT	162	10	16.2	0	89	3	3	29.7	1
14	Ka'Deem Carey K. Carey	400	11/10/2012	ARIZ	vs	COLO	366	25	14.6	5	34	2		17.0	0
15	Devin Singletary D. Singletary	396	11/26/2016	FAU	@	MTSU	235	29	8.1	3	60	5	6	12.0	0
16	Antonio Andrews A. Andrews	392	11/1/2012	WKU	vs	MTSU	136	25	5.4	0	54	5		10.8	1
17	Christian McCaffrey C. McCaffrey	389	11/21/2015	STAN	vs	CAL	192	29	6.6	0	49	1	2	49.0	1
18	Brian Hill B. Hill	387	11/1/2014	WYO	@	FRES	281	23	12.2	2	106	3	4	35.3	0
19	Maurice Drew M. Drew	384	9/18/2004	UCLA	@	WASH	322	26	12.4	5
20	Joe Mixon J. Mixon	377	10/22/2016	OKLA	@	TTU	263	31	8.5	2	114	4	4	28.5	3
21	Gartrell Johnson III G. Johnson III	375	12/20/2008	CSU	vs	FRES	285	27	10.6	2	90	5		18.0	0
22	Hodges Mitchell H. Mitchell	375	11/11/2000	TEX	@	KU	264	37	7.1	3	23	2		11.5	0
23	Ray Graham R. Graham	374	10/2/2010	PITT	vs	FIU	277	29	9.6	3	19	3		6.3	0
24	Darren Davis D. Davis	374	9/28/1996	ISU	vs	MIZ	378	41	9.2		-4	1		-4.0
25	Jason Huntley J. Huntley	373	10/13/2018	NMSU	@	UL	85	8	10.6	0	112	5	7	22.4	1

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Team Leaders

PASS

635

Brosterhous

RUSH

222

Brosterhous

REC

286

Wood

Team Rankings

PPG

13.0

164th

OPP PPG

22.0

69th

RUSH YDS/G

116.5

139th

PASS YDS/G

203.3

117th

2026 Pac-12 Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
4	Oregon State	0-0	2-2
5	Texas State	0-0	2-2
6	San Diego State	0-0	1-3
7	Utah State	0-0	1-3
8	Washington State	0-0	1-3

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 10/3	USU	@	BSU	7:30 PM
Fri 10/9	WSU	@	USU	9:00 PM
Sat 10/24	USU	@	TXST	7:30 PM
Sat 10/31	CSU	@	USU	3:30 PM
Sat 11/7	FRES	@	USU	9:30 PM

Last Game

Troy

2 - 2

Final

Utah State

1 - 3

Sat 26 Sep 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

1,499

Maiava

1,453

Jennings

1,423

Atkinson

Rush Yards Leaders

644

Sheppard

600

Baugh

592

Riley

Rec Yards Leaders

617

Smith

585

Legree

564

Toney

Pass TD Leaders

14

Taylor

14

Mensah

14

Maiava

Rush TD Leaders

11

Baugh

9

Hawkins

9

Knight

Rec TD Leaders

7

Duff

7

Dixon

7

Smith

QB Rating Leaders

228.2

Mensah

209.1

Stockton

204.6

Hoover

Sack Leaders

7.0

Simmons

7.0

Umanmielen

6.5

Hopkins

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

54.8

53.5

51.8

48.0

47.5

45.0

Opp PPG Rankings

8.0

8.3

8.5

9.0

9.8

10.3

Total Yards Rankings

588.8

550.8

548.3

533.3

532.8

523.8

Rush Yards Rankings

355.7

333.7

294.8

281.5

281.3

Pass Yards Rankings

392.5

365.3

365.0

361.3

347.3

347.0

Sack Leaders

18.0

17.0

15.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Alabama	4	0	1.000
2	Florida	4	0	1.000
3	Georgia	4	0	1.000
4	Mississippi State	4	0	1.000
5	Texas	4	0	1.000
6	Ole Miss	3	1	.750
7	Auburn	3	1	.750
8	Kentucky	3	1	.750
9	LSU	3	1	.750
10	Missouri	3	1	.750
11	Tennessee	3	1	.750
12	Vanderbilt	3	1	.750
13	Arkansas	2	2	.500
14	Oklahoma	2	2	.500
15	South Carolina	2	2	.500
16	Texas A&M	2	2	.500

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	3	1	.750
2	Fresno State	3	1	.750
3	Colorado State	2	2	.500
4	Oregon State	2	2	.500
5	Texas State	2	2	.500
6	San Diego State	1	3	.250
7	Utah State	1	3	.250
8	Washington State	1	3	.250

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	UCLA	4	0	1.000
2	Indiana	4	0	1.000
3	Iowa	4	0	1.000
4	Nebraska	4	0	1.000
5	Minnesota	3	1	.750
6	Ohio State	3	1	.750
7	Oregon	3	1	.750
8	Wisconsin	3	1	.750
9	USC	4	1	.800
10	Michigan	3	1	.750
11	Penn State	3	1	.750
12	Washington	3	1	.750
13	Northwestern	2	1	.667
14	Illinois	2	2	.500
15	Maryland	2	2	.500
16	Michigan State	2	2	.500
17	Purdue	1	3	.250
18	Rutgers	1	3	.250

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Cincinnati	4	0	1.000
2	Texas Tech	4	0	1.000
3	Utah	4	0	1.000
4	BYU	3	0	1.000
5	Baylor	3	1	.750
6	Oklahoma State	3	1	.750
7	UCF	3	1	.750
8	Arizona State	2	1	.667
9	Arizona	3	1	.750
10	Houston	3	1	.750
11	Kansas State	3	1	.750
12	West Virginia	3	1	.750
13	Colorado	2	2	.500
14	Iowa State	2	2	.500
15	TCU	2	2	.500
16	Kansas	1	2	.333

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	UMass	4	0	1.000
2	Kent State	2	2	.500
3	Eastern Michigan	2	3	.400
4	Toledo	3	1	.750
5	Buffalo	2	2	.500
6	Central Michigan	2	2	.500
7	Miami (OH)	2	2	.500
8	Ohio	2	2	.500
9	Western Michigan	2	2	.500
10	Akron	1	3	.250
11	Bowling Green	0	4	.000
12	Ball State	1	3	.250
13	Sacramento State	1	4	.200

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	4	0	1.000
2	Clemson	3	1	.750
3	Duke	4	0	1.000
4	Pittsburgh	4	0	1.000
5	Virginia Tech	4	0	1.000
6	Virginia	3	1	.750
7	Wake Forest	3	1	.750
8	Louisville	2	2	.500
9	SMU	3	1	.750
10	California	2	2	.500
11	Stanford	2	2	.500
12	North Carolina	2	1	.667
13	Boston College	2	2	.500
14	Florida State	2	2	.500
15	NC State	2	2	.500
16	Georgia Tech	1	3	.250
17	Syracuse	1	2	.333

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	4	0	1.000
2	UConn	2	2	.500

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	South Florida	4	0	1.000
2	Florida Atlantic	3	1	.750
3	UAB	2	2	.500
4	Army	2	1	.667
5	Memphis	3	1	.750
6	Tulsa	3	1	.750
7	UTSA	3	1	.750
8	East Carolina	2	2	.500
9	North Texas	2	2	.500
10	Tulane	2	2	.500
11	Rice	1	3	.250
12	Charlotte	0	4	.000
13	Temple	1	3	.250
14	Navy	1	2	.333

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Jacksonville State	3	2	.600
2	Liberty	3	1	.750
3	Delaware	2	2	.500
4	Florida International	2	2	.500
5	Kennesaw State	1	3	.250
6	Missouri State	1	3	.250
7	New Mexico State	1	3	.250
8	Sam Houston	1	3	.250
9	Western Kentucky	1	3	.250
10	Middle Tennessee	2	2	.500

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	James Madison	4	0	1.000
2	Louisiana	3	1	.750
3	Appalachian State	3	1	.750
4	South Alabama	2	2	.500
5	Georgia State	3	1	.750
6	Marshall	3	1	.750
7	Arkansas State	2	2	.500
8	Troy	2	2	.500
9	Georgia Southern	1	3	.250
10	Louisiana Tech	1	2	.333
11	Southern Miss	1	3	.250
12	Coastal Carolina	1	3	.250
13	Old Dominion	1	3	.250
14	Louisiana-Monroe	0	4	.000

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	North Dakota State	4	0	1.000
2	UNLV	2	2	.500
3	Wyoming	2	2	.500
4	Air Force	2	1	.667
5	New Mexico	3	1	.750
6	San Jose State	2	2	.500
7	UTEP	1	3	.250
8	Northern Illinois	0	4	.000
9	Nevada	1	3	.250
10	Hawai'i	1	3	.250

CFB 2026 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Sat 9/12	ODU	@	VT	21-44
Sat 9/12	PSU	@	TEM	27-9
Sat 9/12	ETSU	@	UNC	3-35
Sat 9/12	ORE	@	OKST	31-39
Sat 9/12	WOF	@	KENT	15-36

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Thu 10/1	WKU	@	NMSU	8:00 PM
Thu 10/1	UNT	@	TLSA	9:00 PM
Fri 10/2	LIB	@	DEL	7:00 PM
Fri 10/2	PITT	@	VT	7:00 PM
Fri 10/2	PSU	@	NW	8:00 PM

Emmett White has gained the most all-purpose yards by a running back in a game, with 578 yards against New Mexico State on November 4, 2000.

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592

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585

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209.1

204.6

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6.5

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