Matt Brown, 2011
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Running back, Temple, to 2012

Matt Brown

Number
No. 2
Height
5′5″
Hometown
Baltimore, MD
Born
Jul 28, 1989, in Baltimore, Maryland

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Matt Brown played running back at Temple (to 2012).

At a glance

Best season
884
Rushing yards, 2011 (Temple, 9–⁠4)
Best game
226 yards
At Army, week 5, 2010: No. 3 rushing game in FBS that week

Career highs

226rushing yards, best game on fileat Army, 20104rushing touchdowns, best game on fileat Army, 2010

Honors

Players of the year, conference and regional honors: Wikipedia’s lists (CC BY-SA), each linked from its honor.

Rushing

Rushing yards, season by season, with his team’s record
SeasonTeamCarYdsAvgTDLong
2009Temple895295.9571
2010Temple1628305.1742
2011Temple1448846.1658
2012Temple603726.2456
On file (2009–⁠12)4552,6155.72271

Returns

SeasonTeamKRYdsTDPRYdsTD
2009Temple163850280
2010Temple81900–––
2011Temple276030261580
2012Temple317901172410
On file (2009–⁠12)821,9681454070

Receiving

SeasonTeamRecYdsAvgTDLong
2009Temple5183.6010
2010Temple16704.4010
2011Temple372.308
2012Temple4317.8114
On file (2009–⁠12)281264.5114

Season lines from CollegeFootballData, regular season and bowls. A dash: the source has no number for that season (often an FCS season), and career totals count only the numbers on file.

On the roster

SeasonTeamNo.PosHt
2009Temple2RB
2010Temple2RB
2011Temple2RB
2012Temple2RB5′5″

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

2012 Temple 10 games, 372 rushing yards, 4 TD
DateOpponentResultCarRush ydsRush TDKRYdsPR
Aug 31vs.VillanovaW 41–⁠101914513414
Sep 8vs.MarylandL 27–⁠36103105123–
Sep 22atPenn StateL 13–⁠2442603651
Oct 6vs.South FloridaW 37–⁠28125912381
Oct 13atUConnW 17–⁠14–––124–
Oct 20vs.RutgersL 10–⁠35–––4743
Oct 27atPittsburghL 17–⁠47–––31201
Nov 3atLouisvilleL 17–⁠4525072272
Nov 10vs.CincinnatiL 10–⁠3493503783
Nov 17atArmyW 63–⁠324712––2
2011 Temple 12 games, 884 rushing yards, 6 TD
DateOpponentResultCarRush ydsRush TDKRYdsPR
Sep 1vs.VillanovaW 42–⁠7113201232
Sep 10atAkronW 41–⁠316850––4
Sep 17vs.Penn StateL 10–⁠1421103854
Sep 24atMarylandW 38–⁠71275021003
Oct 1vs.ToledoL 13–⁠3646051062
Oct 8atBall StateW 42–⁠01511411231
Oct 15vs.BuffaloW 34–⁠0121201––3
Oct 22atBowling GreenL 10–⁠132211903753
Nov 2atOhioL 31–⁠3551705961
Nov 9vs.Miami (OH)W 24–⁠212412314531
Nov 19vs.ArmyW 42–⁠14813321341
Dec 17 ✦vs.WyomingW 37–⁠1513491281

No box score in the source for Nov 25 vs. Kent State, so that game is not listed.

2010 Temple 12 games, 830 rushing yards, 7 TD
DateOpponentResultCarRush ydsRush TDKRYdsPR
Sep 3vs.VillanovaW 31–⁠2410541238–
Sep 9vs.Central MichiganW 13–⁠1016480–––
Sep 18vs.UConnW 30–⁠16280245–
Sep 25atPenn StateL 13–⁠2212480120–
Oct 2atArmyW 42–⁠35282264–––
Oct 9atNorthern IllinoisL 17–⁠3113931155–
Oct 16vs.Bowling GreenW 28–⁠2710270114–
Oct 23atBuffaloW 42–⁠0201090–––
Oct 30vs.AkronW 30–⁠013690–––
Nov 6atKent StateW 28–⁠104200–––
Nov 16vs.OhioL 23–⁠3120721118–
Nov 23atMiami (OH)L 3–⁠2314560–––
2009 Temple 11 games, 529 rushing yards, 5 TD
DateOpponentResultCarRush ydsRush TDKRYdsPR
Sep 3vs.VillanovaL 24–⁠27–––––1
Sep 19atPenn StateL 6–⁠31–––––1
Sep 26vs.BuffaloW 37–⁠13170–––
Oct 17vs.ArmyW 27–⁠13180–––
Oct 24atToledoW 40–⁠2431303110–
Oct 31atNavyW 27–⁠242130248–
Nov 5vs.Miami (OH)W 34–⁠3221005107–
Nov 13atAkronW 56–⁠1717671240–
Nov 21vs.Kent StateW 47–⁠13181562–––
Nov 27atOhioL 17–⁠35251721111–
Dec 29 ✦vs.UCLAL 21–⁠3020831369–

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

Other pro football

YearsLeagueTeam
2013–⁠14CFLSaskatchewan Roughriders *

Leagues other than the NFL, from the infobox of his Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA), as it names the teams. * Off-season roster or practice squad only.

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