Oct. 23, 1976
Pittsburgh’s Tony Dorsett ran for 180 yards and three touchdowns to lead the No. 2 Panthers to a 45-0 win over Navy.
In the process, Dorsett broke Archie Griffin’s year-old NCAA career rushing mark and became the first player to rush for more than 1,000 yards in each of his four seasons.
His 32-yard touchdown run in the second quarter was what did the trick, giving him 5,206 career yards.
Dorsett went on to win the Heisman Trophy that season while rushing for a then-NCAA record 1,948 yards.
He finished his career with 6,082 rushing yards, a mark that stood for 22 seasons before being broken by Ricky Williams of Texas.
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Kevin
Cool story about Tony – one of my all-time favorite Cowboys. Unfortunately, your math is off. Tony won his Heisman 35 years ago, not 25…
Heisman Pundit
Gulp, good catch. Time sure flies…
starkweather
Ummm, the math is still off because there are a couple of guys with more yds in NCAA history than Dorsett. 2 of them were 1-A players that each won a Heisman.
HP
Wow. Mother of all brain farts. Chalk this up to a bad couple days of thinking.