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Top single-game rushing yardage leaders in FBS history
Melvin Gordon's FBS single-game rushing record lasted just one week, as Oklahoma's Samaje Perine broke it with 427 yards against Kansas. Have a look at top single-game rushing yardage leaders in FBS history.

On Nov. 22, 2014, Perine broke Melvin Gordon's week-old record in a 44-7 win over Kansas in rainy Norman, Okla. Perine had five touchdown runs in the win. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)

On Nov. 15, 2014, Gordon broke LaDainian Tomlinson's 15-year-old single-game rushing yardage record in a 59-24 win over Nebraska at Camp Randall Stadium in Madison, Wis. Gordon set the new mark on a 26-yard touchdown run at the end of the third quarter. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)

On Nov. 20, 1999, Tomlinson set a record that would stand for 15 years, going for 406 yards in a 52-24 win over UTEP at Amon G. Carter Stadium in Fort Worth, Texas. Tomlinson went on to play 11 seasons in the NFL for the San Diego Chargers and New York Jets. (AP Photo/Donna McWilliam)

On Nov. 23, 1991, Sands broke a record set by San Diego State's Marshall Faulk that stood for two months. Sands pulled off his feat in a 53-29 win over Missouri at Memorial Stadium in Lawrence, Kan. Sands went undrafted by NFL teams following his decorated college career at Kansas. (Credit: Kansas Athletics)

On Sept. 14, 1991, Faulk helped the Aztecs topple Pacific, 55-24, at Jack Murphy Stadium in San Diego. His mark would only occupy the top spot in the record books for two months. Faulk played 12 seasons in the NFL with the Indianapolis Colts and St. Louis Rams, and was a 2011 inductee into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. (AP Photo/Phil Sandlin)

On Sept. 28, 1996, Davis pulled off his big performance in a 45-31 win over Missouri at Jack Trice Stadium in Ames, Iowa. Davis was the Heisman Trophy runner-up to Florida's Danny Wuerffel in 1996. Davis played three seasons in the NFL with the New Orleans Saints. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)

On Nov. 11, 1989, Thompson had his big game in a 45-17 win over Wisconsin at Camp Randall Stadium in Madison, Wis. Thompson finished second to Houston's Andre Ware in the Heisman Trophy voting, and went on to play three seasons in the NFL with the Phoenix Cardinals and Los Angeles Rams. (AP Photo/Michael Canroy)