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Running back, North Texas, 2008–⁠11

Lance Dunbar

Number: No. 5
Height: 5′9″
Hometown: Haltom City, TX
Born: Jan 25, 1990, in New Orleans, Louisiana

Wikipedia readers: about 592 a month over the past year

Lance Dunbar played running back at North Texas (2008–⁠11).

Best season: 1,553; Rushing yards, 2010 (North Texas, 3–⁠9)
Best game: 313 yards; Vs. Middle Tennessee, week 14, 2011: No. 1 rushing game in FBS that week

313rushing yards, career highvs. Middle Tennessee, 2011 4rushing touchdowns, career hightwice; last vs. Middle Tennessee, 2011 7catches, career highvs. Indiana, 2011 152receiving yards, career highvs. Indiana, 2011

Rushing

Rushing yards, season by season, with his team’s record

178

1,378

1,553

1,115

1–⁠112–⁠103–⁠95–⁠7

Season	Team	Car	Yds	Avg	TD	Long
2008*	North Texas	39	178	4.6	1	24
2009	North Texas	200	1,378	6.9	17	71
2010	North Texas	274	1,553	5.7	13	83
2011	North Texas	269	1,115	4.1	10	60
Career		782	4,224	5.4	41	83

Receiving

Season	Team	Rec	Yds	Avg	TD	Long
2008*	North Texas	12	51	4.3	1	12
2009	North Texas	28	300	10.7	2	60
2010	North Texas	28	332	11.9	3	66
2011	North Texas	29	350	12.1	2	83
Career		97	1,033	10.6	8	83

Returns

Season	Team	KR	Yds
2009	North Texas	5	57
2011	North Texas	2	10
Career		7	67

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.

On the roster

Season	Team	No.	Pos	Ht
2008	North Texas	5	RB
2009	North Texas	5	RB
2010	North Texas	5	RB
2011	North Texas	5	RB	5′9″

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

2011 North Texas 12 games, 1,115 rushing yards, 10 TD

Date	Opponent	Result	Car	Yds	TD	Long	Rec	Rec yds
Sep 1	atFlorida International	L 16–⁠41	18	43	0	14	2	37
Sep 10	vs.Houston	L 23–⁠48	18	62	1	16	5	24
Sep 17	atAlabama	L 0–⁠41	17	16	0	9	4	45
Sep 24	vs.Indiana	W 24–⁠21	24	127	0	22	7	152
Oct 1	atTulsa	L 24–⁠41	40	127	1	29	2	17
Oct 8	vs.Florida Atlantic	W 31–⁠17	29	105	1	13	–	–
Oct 15	atLouisiana	L 10–⁠30	19	53	1	9	1	6
Oct 22	vs.UL Monroe	W 38–⁠21	29	139	1	60	4	50
Oct 29	atArkansas State	L 14–⁠37	21	90	1	43	2	11
Nov 12	atTroy	W 38–⁠33	11	38	0	12	1	1
Nov 19	vs.Western Kentucky	L 21–⁠31	3	2	0	1	–	–
Dec 3	vs.Middle Tennessee	W 59–⁠7	40	313	4	35	1	7

2010 North Texas 12 games, 1,553 rushing yards, 13 TD

Date	Opponent	Result	Car	Yds	TD	Long	Rec	Rec yds
Sep 4	atClemson	L 10–⁠35	23	117	0	21	2	62
Sep 11	vs.Rice	L 31–⁠32	17	105	1	34	4	19
Sep 18	atArmy	L 0–⁠24	12	42	0	13	5	44
Sep 25	atFlorida Atlantic	W 21–⁠17	29	72	0	9	–	–
Oct 2	vs.Louisiana	L 27–⁠28	24	141	1	26	3	33
Oct 9	vs.Arkansas State	L 19–⁠24	30	105	1	11	2	−10
Oct 16	vs.Florida International	L 10–⁠34	11	30	1	26	1	9
Oct 30	atWestern Kentucky	W 33–⁠6	30	215	3	40	3	14
Nov 6	vs.Troy	L 35–⁠41	21	96	1	25	3	80
Nov 13	atMiddle Tennessee	W 23–⁠17	36	226	1	65	2	46
Nov 20	atUL Monroe	L 37–⁠49	19	134	1	83	–	–
Nov 27	vs.Kansas State	L 41–⁠49	22	270	3	63	3	35

2009 North Texas 12 games, 1,378 rushing yards, 17 TD

Date	Opponent	Result	Car	Yds	TD	Long	Rec	Rec yds
Sep 3	atBall State	W 20–⁠10	16	63	1	16	2	6
Sep 12	vs.Ohio	L 30–⁠31	7	29	0	13	–	–
Sep 19	atAlabama	L 7–⁠53	5	5	0	3	2	40
Sep 26	vs.Middle Tennessee	L 21–⁠37	5	101	2	66	2	19
Oct 10	atLouisiana	L 34–⁠38	32	187	4	37	2	37
Oct 17	vs.Florida Atlantic	L 40–⁠44	25	238	3	50	2	13
Oct 24	atTroy	L 26–⁠50	14	111	2	69	4	90
Oct 31	vs.Western Kentucky	W 68–⁠49	23	227	1	71	5	35
Nov 7	vs.UL Monroe	L 6–⁠33	15	40	0	7	2	8
Nov 14	atFlorida International	L 28–⁠35	24	119	2	42	3	12
Nov 21	vs.Army	L 13–⁠17	13	132	1	68	2	15
Nov 28	atArkansas State	L 26–⁠30	21	126	1	36	2	25

2008 North Texas 5 games, 178 rushing yards, 1 TD

Date	Opponent	Result	Car	Yds	TD	Long	Rec	Rec yds
Sep 6	vs.Tulsa	L 26–⁠56	10	72	1	23	3	25
Sep 13	atLSU	L 3–⁠41	9	11	0	7	–	–
Sep 27	atRice	L 20–⁠77	7	32	0	11	3	14
Oct 4	vs.Florida International	L 10–⁠42	9	48	0	24	6	12
Oct 11	vs.Louisiana	L 30–⁠59	4	15	0	6	–	–

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

Other pro football

Years	League	Team
2020	XFL	Dallas Renegades

Leagues other than the NFL, from the infobox of his Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA), as it names the teams.

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Career path

20083-star recruit, No. 1095 in the nation, from Haltom, Haltom City, TX
2008–⁠11North Texas

Big days

Weeks this player had one of the three biggest games of that kind in FBS. Ranked by yards plus 20 for each touchdown (passing: less 20 for each interception); defense (from 2016, when the box scores carry tackles) by points: 8 a tackle, 12 a tackle for loss, 30 a sack (a sack is also a tackle for loss, so 42 in all), 40 an interception, 60 a touchdown.

40 carries, 313 yards, 4 TDvs. Middle Tennessee, week 14, 2011: No. 1 rushing game in FBS
22 carries, 270 yards, 3 TDvs. Kansas State, week 13, 2010: No. 2 rushing game in FBS
36 carries, 226 yards, 1 TDat Middle Tennessee, week 11, 2010: No. 3 rushing game in FBS
30 carries, 215 yards, 3 TDat Western Kentucky, week 9, 2010: No. 3 rushing game in FBS
23 carries, 227 yards, 1 TDvs. Western Kentucky, week 9, 2009: No. 3 rushing game in FBS
25 carries, 238 yards, 3 TDvs. Florida Atlantic, week 7, 2009: No. 2 rushing game in FBS

At a glance

Career highs