Our Daily Bears · Dec 30, 2015
Final Score from Orlando: Baylor 49, North Carolina 38
Reinhold Matay-USA TODAY SportsI can summarize this game pretty easily with one stat: Johnny Jefferson began the game with 701 yards rushing on the season. He finished it with exactly 1,000 (and an MVP trophy, to boot).
On the whole, Baylor ran up an astronomical 646 yards on 86 carries, scoring 7 TDs and breaking the following records along the way:
Most rushing yards in a bowl game-- period.
Most combined yards in a bowl game -- period.
Most rushing yards in a single game -- Baylor record.
Most rushing TDs in a game -- Baylor record.
Most rushing yards in the Russell Athletic Bowl -- obviously.
Most yards in a Russell Athletic Bowl.
Most points in a Russell Athletic Bowl.