Samaje Perine trotted onto Owen Field for OU’s first possession of the fourth quarter on November 22, 2014. The Sooners led Kansas 44-7, but Perine remained in the game because his coach knew the NCAA rushing single-game record.
Six years and six days later, Jaret Patterson trotted off the UB Stadium field for the exact opposite reason. His coach did not know the NCAA rushing single-game record.
In Buffalo’s 70-41 rout of Kent State last Saturday in the Mid-American Conference, Patterson rushed for 409 yards on 36 carries, including an NCAA record-tying eight touchdowns.
Patterson fell 18 yards shy of Perine’s NCAA record of 427 against Kansas.