Anchored by is defense and captained by senior running back Donnel Pumphrey, San Diego State football (11-3) scored 34 unanswered points to beat the University of Houston (9-4) in the Las Vegas Bowl, 34-10.
After carrying the ball seven times for a net of negative one yard in the first quarter, Pumphrey found the rhythm that brought him 108 yards shy of cementing his name in history. The 5-foot-9 back took his six second-quarter carries for 59 yards and jumpstarted his historic day.
The record-setting run would come early in the fourth quarter with only 11 yards needed and in patented Pumphrey fashion.