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The senior posted his fourth consecutive 200-plus-yard game to become the school’s single-season rushing leader, but it wasn’t enough to prevent the Green Wave from losing its homecoming game to Memphis, 28-27, at the Louisiana Superdome.
Forte, 6 feet 2 and 223 pounds, carried a school-record 44 times for 278 yards and two touchdowns.
He set the school record for yards rushing in a season, surpassing the 1,421 that current Minnesota Vikings running back Mewelde Moore gained in 2001. Forte finished the game with 1,539 for the season.
Only three running backs in NCAA history have had five consecutive 200-yard rushing games: Marcus Allen of USC (1981), Barry Sanders of Oklahoma State (1988) and Jamario Thomas of North Texas (2004).
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