Running again Frank Gore Jr. had an incredible season for Southern Miss this yr. He completed the yr with 1,053 dashing yards and seven touchdowns, together with 19 receptions for 219 yards. All of these numbers represented career-high marks for the RB.
But he took his recreation to a brand new stage within the Lending Tree Bowl towards Rice on Saturday evening.
The sophomore working again exploded for 329 dashing yards and a pair of touchdowns on simply 21 carries, serving to the Golden Eagles prime Rice by a last rating of 38-24.
Gore’s 329 dashing yards had been the very best single-game mark of a participant this season, topping Pittsburgh’s Israel Abanikanda, who ran for 320 yards and 6 touchdowns in Pittsburgh’s 45-29 win over Virginia Tech again on October 8.
Gore additionally set the all-time mark for dashing yards in a bowl recreation, surpassing the hassle from Camerun Peoples from 2020, who ran for 319 yards and 5 touchdowns for Appalachian State of their win over North Texas within the 2020 Myrtle Beach Bowl:
The 329 dashing yards from Gore on Saturday evening additionally set a brand new college document, as Gore surpassed Sam Dejarnette, who ran for 304 yards again in 1982 towards Florida State.
Gore bought going early within the recreation, ripping off this 64-yard landing run to present the Golden Eagles a 14-0 lead:
Gore’s third landing run of the evening was masterful. Watch as he weaves his manner by means of the Rice protection, en path to a 55-yard landing run:
During the common season, Gore additionally accomplished 5 of 11 passes for 160 yards and a couple of scores. So, so as to add to his record-breaking evening, he needed to throw a landing move into the combo for good measure:
Not a foul evening. Not a foul evening in any respect.
Now that we’ve made it this far, we are able to admit it.
We really feel outdated now proper?