Running back, Temple, 2007–⁠09

Lamar McPherson

Number
No. 3
Height
5′11″
Hometown
Philadelphia, PA

Lamar McPherson played running back at Temple (2007–⁠09).

Rushing

Rushing yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamCarYdsAvgTDLong
2007*Temple581.604
2009Temple341023.0014
Career391102.8014

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. * That team-season’s player lines are missing part of the team’s yards in our source, so these numbers may be short.

Defense before 2016

SeasonGSoloAstTklTFLSacks
20071015142951
2008623500
2009831400
On file20183851

Our box scores carry tackles, tackles for loss and sacks from 2016 only, so these come from other sources: cfbstats.com (Open Data Commons Attribution License), its game lines summed (G: the games he has a line in). A dash: the source has no number for it.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosHt
2007Temple3RB
2008Temple3RB
2009Temple3RB5′11″

As each season’s roster listed the player (CollegeFootballData). Classes before the latest listing are counted back from it; “Yr 1” is the year on file where that count can’t place a season he played (a redshirt, transfer or 2020 year); height and weight as last listed.

Game by game

2009 Temple 8 games, 102 rushing yards
DateOpponentResultCarYdsTDLongRecRec yds
Sep 3vs.VillanovaL 24–⁠272905––
Sep 19atPenn StateL 6–⁠311000227
Sep 26vs.BuffaloW 37–⁠131137014––
Oct 17vs.ArmyW 27–⁠1361604––
Oct 24atToledoW 40–⁠243605––
Nov 13atAkronW 56–⁠1762508––
Nov 21vs.Kent StateW 47–⁠134−201––
Dec 29 ✦vs.UCLAL 21–⁠30111011––
2007 Temple 3 games, 8 rushing yards
DateOpponentResultCarYdsTDLongRecRec yds
Sep 15atUConnL 17–⁠222604––
Sep 22atBowling GreenL 35–⁠482−100––
Nov 24atWestern MichiganL 3–⁠161303––

No box score in the source for Oct 20 vs. Miami (OH), so that game is not listed.

Box scores from CollegeFootballData, 2004 on. ✦ postseason; ★ a career high on file.

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